“Right Care, Right Person”: Tensions between policy aim and operational reality in mental health emergency response

This article is related directly to the Seventh International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health (LEPH) held in Ottawa, Canada in July 2025.

Authors

  • Claire Warrington School for Business and Society, University of York, York, UK; Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, York, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-4812
  • Carolina Campodonico School of Psychology and Humanities, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7054-1107
  • Michael Brown Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, York, UK; Department of Community, Social Justice and Health, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK; Centre for Crime, Justice, Policing, Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0262-0424

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https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.517

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2026-03-19

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Warrington, C., Campodonico, C., & Brown, M. (2026). “Right Care, Right Person”: Tensions between policy aim and operational reality in mental health emergency response: This article is related directly to the Seventh International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health (LEPH) held in Ottawa, Canada in July 2025. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 11(1), 7–9. https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.517

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2026)

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