Integrating Municipal Police Officers onto Assertive Community Treatment teams (IMPACT): Social Service, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Health Care Perspectives
May 6, 2019
Catherine Costigan, Ph.D. & Erica Woodin, Ph.D.
We have now completed a second report on the impact of integrating police officers onto Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams in Victoria, BC. In this phase of the research, we interviewed members of the Victoria social service, psychiatric emergency, and criminal justice communities individually. We also met four times with an Advisory Board which included individuals with lived experience, family members of individuals with lived experience, and social service providers. This report summarizes the results of this phase of the research.
Integrating police officers onto Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams: The views of clients and staff
March 1, 2018
Catherine Costigan, Ph.D. & Erica Woodin, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology, University of Victoria
Island Health and the Victoria Police Department asked us to provide an impartial, independent evaluation of the impact of integrating police officers onto Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams in Victoria, BC. Because little research has explored the question of how police involvement affects ACT teams, we decided that the initial focus should be on assessing the experiences of those people who are directly involved: the ACT clients and ACT staff. This report summarizes the results of our research.