Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing

✍ Scribed by Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron (editor), James Clover (editor), Denise Martin (editor), Richard F. Southby (editor), Nick Crofts (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The expanding remit of policing as a fundamental part of the public health continuum is increasingly acknowledged on the international scene. Similarly the growing role of health professionals as brokers of public safety means that the need for scholarly resources for developing knowledge and broadening theoretical positioning and questioning is becoming urgent and crucial. The fields of law enforcement and public health are beginning to understand the inextricable links between public safety and public health and the need to shift policies and practices towards more integrated practices. This book comes as a first, an utterly timely scholarly collection that brings together the views of multidisciplinary commentators on a wide range of issues and disciplines within the law enforcement and public health (LEPH) arena. The book addresses the more conceptual aspects of the relationship as well as more applied fields of collaboration, and the authors describe and analyze a range of servicedelivery examples taken from real-life instances of partnerships in action. Among the topics covered:

• ​Defund, Dismantle or Define
• Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability
• Law Enforcement and Mental Health: The Missing Middle
• The Challenges of Sustaining Partnerships and the Diversification of Cultures
• Using Public Health Concepts and Metrics to Guide Policing Strategy and Practice
• Policing Pandemics

Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing is essential reading for a wide array of professions and areas of expertise in the intersectoral field of LEPH. It is an indispensable resource for public health and law enforcement specialists (practitioners, educators, scholars, and researchers) and training programs across the world, as well as individuals interested in developing their knowledge and capacity to respond to complex LEPH issues in the field, including public prosecutors, coroners, and the judiciary. The text also can be used for undergraduate and postgraduate university policing, criminology, sociology, psychology, social work, public health, and medicine programs.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
From Incrementalism to Radical Restructuring: A Preface
Contents
About the Contributors
About the Editors
Abbreviations
Part I: Historical and Conceptual Issues
Chapter 1: Conceptual and Practice Tensions in LEPH: Public Health Approaches to Policing and Police and Public Health Collabo...
Introduction
A Rationale for LEPH
Key Themes
Structure of the Book
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: The Historical Public Health and Social Work Role of the Police
Introduction
Early Work with the Police and Public Health
Coventry Health Promotion Team
Director of Public Health Sandwell and Work on Violence and Health
The Safer Sandwell Partnership
Evidence-Based or Evidence-Informed´ Law Enforcement and Health Crime Is a Public Health Problem: Early Work with the Campbell CollaborationCRIMEGRIP´
Unintended Consequences: Interventions That Cause Harm
Communities of Interest: Young People´s Services
Communities of Interest: Domestic Violence
Communities of Interest: Alcohol Services Strategy
Communities of Interest: Community Development and Involvement
Communities of Interest: Designing Out Crime
Partnerships of Necessity
Safer Sandwell Partnership: A Partnership of Necessity
Child Protection
Mental Health: Diversion
Emergency Preparedness
National and International Work
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Defund, Dismantle, or Define
Introduction
Language Is Important to Consider When Having Any Discussion
The Genesis of Modern´´ Policing Global Mission, Corporate Objectives, and Unintended Consequences What We Want the Police to Be, or Not to Be Is as Important as What We Want the Police to Do or Not to Do Conclusion References Chapter 4: Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Vulnerability Introduction Background Positioning Vulnerability at the Centre of LEPH: Year 2020 Increased, Necessary Cross-Agency Collaboration Spotlight on (Not Forgotten) Vulnerabilities and Elevated Communication Visibility of Police Action in Vulnerability Matters Conclusion References Chapter 5: Challenges and Opportunities in Educating Law Enforcement Officers: 2020 and Beyond Introduction Societal Expectations of Law Enforcement Personnel TheMilitarization´´ of Law Enforcement
Challenges for Law Enforcement to Develop and Sustain Improved Education and Training Programs
An Illustration of Two Educational Initiatives
Additional Opportunities for Collaboration and Partnerships: Joint Faculty Appointments, Expansion of Applied Research, and Ev...
A Perspective from the UK
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Historical and Conceptual Issues: Community Voices
Introduction
The Impact of Trauma and the Response from Public Health
Giving Voice´: Communicating with Young People to Enhance Police Legitimacy and Compliance References Part II: Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partnerships and Collaborations in Practice Chapter 7: Improving Community Outcomes and Social Equity Through Leveraged Police Leadership Introduction Historical Pathways to Senior Police Leadership Context Pathways to Senior Leadership: Looking Back and Forward The Rapidly Evolving Twenty-First Century Context: Renewing the Policing Mission Our Personal Reflections on Three Decades of Leadership Change Dale McFee Matt Torigian Cal Corley Norm Taylor Three Distinctive Characteristics that Will Define Police Leadership for a Renewed Mission Leaders with the Courage and Passion to Expand the Mission Leaders Able to Shift from Positional Power to Multi-Sector Influence Leaders Who Develop, Serve, and Support Their Own Members Some Concluding Observations References Chapter 8: Law Enforcement and Mental Health: The Missing Middle Introduction What Is Mental Distress? Multiple Disadvantage and the Social Determinants of Health The Role of the Police in Responding to Mental Health-Related Incidents The Impact of Gaps in the System and Human Responses to People´s Experiences of Being Kept Safe Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 9: The Challenges of Sustaining Partnerships and the Diversification of Cultures Introduction The Importance and Emerging Nature of Collaboration Prevention First: A New Local Partnership to Prevent Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Focused Deterrence Strategy Public Health Approach in Glasgow Northampton: Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV) Discussion and Lessons from the Case Studies Conclusions References Chapter 10: Using Public Health Concepts and Metrics to Guide Policing Strategy and Practice: The Case for an Academic Center ... Introduction The Call for Reform A Nascent Collaborative Approach An Alignment of Policing and Public Health A Public Health Approach to Policing Practically Defined Policing, Public Health, Harms, and Racial Justice An Institutional Center for Policing and Public Health The First Step: An Executive Session Pilot Conclusion References Chapter 11: Law Enforcement and Public Health Partnerships and Collaborations in Practice: Community Voices Introduction The Power of Collective Practices Contested Spaces: South African Sex Worker and Operational Policing Interactions Case Study 1: The Sex Worker Education & Advocacy Taskforce Case Study 2: The Grass Roots Practitioner From Prosecuting Overdoses to Preventing Them: Overdose Prevention Sites, Harm Reduction, and Prosecutorial Culture Shift The Current Landscape The Benefits of Overdose Prevention Sites Promoting OPSs Amidst the Current National Crises Reform Prosecutors Rallying around the Need for OPSs and Harm Reduction Strategies A Growing Prosecutorial Voice Is Embracing New Thinking References Part III: Special Issues in Law Enforcement and Public Health Chapter 12: Moving Beyond the War on Drugs? The Rhetoric and Reality of Harm Minimisation in Australia Introduction Background Depenalisation and Diversion The Push for Decriminalisation Pill Testing Cannabis Conclusion References Chapter 13: Refugees: Sitting at the Nexus of Law Enforcement and Public Health Introduction Background and Definitions Case Study 1:Fidele´
Individual Vulnerabilities
Trauma and Iatrogenic Vulnerability
Case Study 2: `Jason´
Individual and Situational Vulnerabilities
Iatrogenic Inefficiencies
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 14: First Responder Stress and Resilience as a Matter of the Public Health: A Scientific Approach to Police Commander´...
Introduction: Presenting the Issue
A Testimonial from a Veteran Police Officer
Barriers to Mental Health Use Services and Pathways to Care
Mental Health Risk Factors
Burnout
Compassion Fatigue
Moral Injury
The Impact of Moral Injury in Police Officers´ Health and Work
Other Types of Moral Distress
The Integral Role of Prevention in the Organizational Level
Mental Health Promotion and Education
Protective Factors
Conclusion
References
Chapter 15: Law Enforcement and Public Health: A Framework for Analysis of LEPH in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Introduction
Defining LMICs and the Global South
The Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and LEPH
What Is LEPH in LMICs and the Global South?
Dimensions Shaping the LEPH Intersection
Vulnerabilities
Risks and Constraints
Benefits and Opportunities
Summary
What Does This Framework Contribute to Solving Future LEPH Problems?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 16: Policing Pandemics: Developing Effective Policing Responses During Health Emergencies
Introduction
National Pandemic Plans, Policy, and the Legislative Context
National Pandemic Plans and the Police
Legislation, Police, and Pandemics
Multiagency Working: Police Engagement and Cooperation with Government, Public Health, and Other Stakeholders
Police Relationships with Informal Groups
Strategies to Encourage Effective Multiagency Working
Police and Community Engagement During a Pandemic
Police Organisational Challenges During Pandemics
Protecting Police Staff from Infection
Restricting Access to Police Premises
Personal Protective Equipment
Social Distancing
Cleaning Premises and Equipment
Police Absenteeism
Changes in Crime Patterns
Pandemics, Policing, and the Criminal Justice System
Police Wellbeing
Planning for Future Pandemics
Summary and Conclusion
References
Chapter 17: Special Issues in Law Enforcement and Public Health: Community Voices
Introduction
Being Vulnerable with the Vulnerable
Working with Diversity: The Case of GLBTQ2 Communities
Working with Diversity: The Case of Disability
A Word About Autism
Hidden in Plain Sight: Epilepsy and the Law
Reference
Index