Strategies for Improving Police Response Models involving Opioid Overdoses and Overdose Deaths

Thomas B. Sease; Wayne Lehman; Jennifer Pankow; Jac Charlier; Renee Castillo; Jennifer Becan; Kevin Knight

doi:10.5281/zenodo.15223156

Autores/as

Thomas B. Sease
Wayne Lehman Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University
Jennifer Pankow
Jac Charlier
Renee Castillo
Jennifer Becan
Kevin Knight

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15223156

Palabras clave:

Aplicación de la ley, sobredosis de opiáceos, vinculación con la comunidad, trauma, impacto en los niños, bienestar de los agentes, deflexión, desviación, derivación previa a la detención, co-responsable, seguridad comunitaria, justicia penal, ODS 1, ODS 3, ODS 5, ODS 10, ODS 16, ODS, ODS 5, ODS 10, ODS 16

Resumen

Los programas de desviación han surgido como un enfoque prometedor para abordar la crisis de sobredosis de opiáceos, ofreciendo una alternativa innovadora a los enfoques tradicionales de la justicia penal. Diversas iniciativas de colaboración reúnen a las fuerzas del orden, los primeros intervinientes y los organismos de salud conductual para desviar a las personas del sistema penal y orientarlas hacia servicios de apoyo basados en la comunidad. Aplicados en todo Estados Unidos, estos programas han arrojado importantes resultados positivos, como la reducción de las muertes por sobredosis, el menor número de encuentros con la policía y la disminución de las tasas de encarcelamiento. A medida que el campo de la desviación sigue evolucionando, la próxima generación de iniciativas de desviación está en condiciones de ampliar su impacto en la comunidad centrándose en cuatro áreas críticas de intervención: 1) el apoyo a los niños y las familias afectados, 2) la aplicación de prácticas informadas sobre el trauma, 3) el bienestar de las fuerzas del orden y 4) la mejora de la participación de la comunidad. Al hacer hincapié en estos componentes interconectados, los programas de desviación tienen el potencial de mejorar significativamente el compromiso de los participantes, transformar las relaciones entre la policía y la comunidad y, en última instancia, lograr mejores resultados de salud conductual a largo plazo.

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