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CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING AND THE USE OF FORCE BY THE POLICE
University of West Florida
Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida
2008
Abstract
The number of use of force events by the police were examined prior and post the implementation of Crisis Intervention Team training (CIT) in October 2006. Police use of force records were examined for thirty-seven police officers (eighteen CIT-trained police officers representing the experimental group and nineteen CIT-untrained police officers representing the control group) one year prior and post CIT training implementation in Escambia County. No significant differences were observed in the total number of use of force incidents between the two groups (F= .205, p= .654), or between the two groups prior to CIT training (F= .065, p= .801) and post CIT training (F= .418, p= .522), and the police officers’ age, gender, level of education, and years of experience as police officers did not seem to affect the number of use of force events in the manner predicted. The short duration of the study and some other factors may have hindered a positive result and may have masked the positive affects CIT training has had in other locations.
Details
- Title
- CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING AND THE USE OF FORCE BY THE POLICE
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Identifiers
- 99380090742406600
- Academic Unit
- Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Science (MS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida