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A community response approach to mental health and substance abuse crises reduced crime

The quasi-experimental Denver study estimated fewer targeted recorded offenses during a civilian response pilot for eligible mental-health and substance-use calls; it did not evaluate intimate-partner violence, sexual assault, or trafficking response.

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Thomas S. Dee and Jaymes Pyne, Science Advances 8(23), 2022.

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The quasi-experimental Denver study estimated fewer targeted recorded offenses during a civilian response pilot for eligible mental-health and substance-use calls; it did not evaluate intimate-partner violence, sexual assault, or trafficking response.

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