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Evaluation of ‘the R-Model’ crisis intervention de-escalation training for law enforcement

Peterson J., Densley J., Erickson G.

The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles · 2019

External published research · Published literature

Discipline

Protection Sciences

Level of evidence

Program evaluation

DOI

10.1177/0032258x19864997

Topics

De-escalation

What the study reports

An evaluation of a crisis-intervention de-escalation training model delivered to law enforcement, reporting on officer response and programme outcomes.

The PROMACHOS reading

De-escalation is a teachable technical skill with measurable outcomes. It belongs in protection education alongside physical capability, not opposed to it.

This work was produced by its authors and published in the journal named above. PROMACHOS did not conduct this research, holds no interest in its findings, and provides this summary for educational use only. Read the source before relying on it.

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