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Behavioral Health Crisis Alternatives

Shifting from Police to Community Responses

Special Report
  • Jackson Beck, Melissa Reuland, Leah Pope
November 12, 2020
Special Report

Series: Covid-19

Coronavirus, Mental Health, and the Enduring Importance of Health-Centered Crisis Response

With support from the NFL Foundation, Vera’s Serving Safely initiative promotes crisis response programs that connect people in crisis to community-based services while minimizing involvement with police and the criminal justice system. In today’s fraught environment, however, vital social distancing efforts deprive people of traditional supports a ...

Blog Post
  • Jackson Beck
    Jackson Beck
  • Leah  Pope
    Leah Pope
May 28, 2020
Blog Post

Crisis Response Services for People with Mental Illnesses or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

A Review of the Literature on Police-based and Other First Response Models

The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) launched Serving Safely in May 2018 as a national initiative to improve police responses to people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) and intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). The initiative’s Research and Evaluation Committee developed this literature review as a first step toward creating a research ...

Publication
  • Leah Pope
October 30, 2019
Publication

Bringing Back Mental Institutions Won't Stop Mass Shootings

It’s inaccurate and cruel to blame people with mental illness for societal violence. Rather than reverting to outdated, ineffective, and inhumane approaches to mental health, we should instead invest in community-based treatment that works. Comprehensive, integrated, and evidence-based care in communities can foster recovery and allow people to liv ...

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  • Leah  Pope
    Leah Pope
  • Karina Schroeder
    Karina Schroeder
September 11, 2019
Blog Post

Racial Disparities In Mental Health And Criminal Justice

Blog Post
  • Leah  Pope
    Leah Pope
July 25, 2019
Blog Post

Serving Safely

Fact Sheet on the National Initiative to Enhance Policing for Persons with Mental Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities

People living with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities are disproportionately represented in contacts with the police, and these interactions can lead to stress and dangerous conditions for everyone involved. Law enforcement agencies can now request the tools they need to serve safely and effectively.

Publication
February 28, 2019
Publication

For Mental Health Month, a New Initiative Focused on Serving Safely

As organizations across the country draw attention to Mental Health Awareness Month this May and to the various ways that mental illness impacts people’s lives, the launch of Serving Safely offers a chance to reflect on the myriad opportunities for improving the way criminal justice stakeholders interact with vulnerable community members at all sta ...

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  • Leah  Pope
    Leah Pope
  • Rebecca Neusteter
    Rebecca Neusteter
May 23, 2018
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New Vera Report Highlights the Need to Shift from Police to Community Responses

Vera Press Release November 12, 2020

Statement from Vera on Recent Incidents of Police Violence: “Systemic policing reform is long overdue.”

Vera Press Release May 29, 2020

Rebecca Neusteter Assumes Senior Research Fellow Role

Vera Press Release October 28, 2019
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