Research and Resources

Research Publications

• Sanders, C. B., Lavoie, J. A. A. (2020). Boundary objects and technological frames: Officer’s perceptions and experiences with using mental health screeners on the frontline. Policing and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2020.1813140
• Popham, J., Lavoie, J., & Coomber, N. (2020). Constructing a public narrative of regulations for big data and analytics: Results from a community-driven discussion. Social Sciences Computer Review, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318788619
• Lavoie, J. A. A. & Blandford, S. (2019). Police response to crisis involving suicide risk: Strategies for suicide intervention and prevention(pp. 223-244). In Canadian Perspectives: A Practical Approach to Mental Health Response for Police Personnel (Edited by Uzma Williams). Canadian Scholars.
• Shore, K. & Lavoie, J. A. A. (2019). Exploring mental health-related calls for police service: A Canadian study of police officers as “frontline mental health workers”. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 13 (2),157-171.
• Lavoie, J. A. A. (2018). Relative invisibility: An integrative review of carers’ lived experiences of a family member’s emergency mental health crisis. Social Work in Mental Health,16 (5) 601-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2018.1467845
• Adair, C. E., Streiner, D. L., Barnhart, R., Kopp, B., Veldhuizen, S., Patterson, M., Aubry, T., Lavoie, J., Sareen, J., LeBlanc, S. R., & Goering, P. (2017). Outcome trajectories among homeless individuals with mental disorders in a multisite randomised controlled trial of Housing First. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 62 (1), 30-39. DOI: 10.1177/0706743716645302
• Adair, C. E., Kopp, B., Distasio, J., Hwang, S. W., Lavoie, J., Veldhuizen, S., Voronka, J., Kaufman, A. E., Somers, J. M., LeBlanc, S. R., Cote, S., Addorisio, S., Matte, D., & Goering, P. (2016). Housing quality in a randomized controlled trial of Housing First for homeless individuals with mental illness: Correlates and associations with outcomes. Journal of Urban Health, 93(4), 682-697.
• Connolly, D. A. & Lavoie, J. A. A. (2015). Discriminating veracity between children’s reports of single, repeated, and fabricated events: A critical analysis of Criteria-based Content Analysis. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 33, (1), 25-48.
• Lavoie, J. A., Eaton, J., Sanders, C., & Smith, M. (2014). “The Wall is the City”: A narrative analysis of Vancouver’s Post-Riot Apology Wall. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 43, 203-222. DOI:10.1108/S0163-239620140000043019.
• Adair, C. A., Kopp, B., Lavoie, J., Distasio, J., Hwang, S. W., Watson, A., Veldhuizen, S., Chislett, K., Voronka, J., Ahmad, M., Ahmed, N. & Goering, P. (2014). Development and initial validation of the Observer-Rated Housing Quality Scale (OHQS) in a multi-site trial of Housing First. Journal of Urban Health, 91 (2), 242- 255.
• Lavoie, J. A. A. (2013). Eye of the beholder: Perceived stress, coping style, and coping effectiveness among discharged psychiatric patients. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.Aug; 27(4):185-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2013.02.004.

Media Coverage and Interviews

• Broadcast Interviewee (June 25, 2020), CBC Radio:The Current with Matt Galloway Mental health and police wellness checks [Radio Broadcast].
• Broadcast Interviewee (June 24, 2020), Global National[Television Broadcast].
• Interviewed and featured on Global News(June 24,2020)  Police wellness checks: Why they’re ending violently and what experts say needs to change by Beatrice Britneff [Newspaper].
• Interviewed and featured onCBC News Front Burner (June 24, 2020) Should police be on mental health calls? [Podcast].
• Interviewed and featured in The Globe and Mail(June 23, 2020), “We need justice”: Brother of police shooting victim Ejaz Choudry, by Patrick White and Vjosa Isai [Newspaper].
• Interviewed and was featured on CTV Newson Quibi (June 22, 2020) with Jeremiah Rodriguez.
• Interviewed by The Canadian Press and was featured in Ottawa Matters(June 15, 2020),  With a spotlight on policing failures: How can the system better respond to mental health crisis?  by Cassandra Szklarski [Newspaper].
• Interviewed and was featured in Alberta Views: New Perspectives for Engaged Citizens (November, 2019). Changing the culture of Canadian policingby Doug Horner.
• Broadcast Interviewee (April 6, 2018), Global News Radio 640 Toronto: The Exchangewith Matt Gurney [Radio Broadcast].
• Broadcast Interviewee (April 6, 2018), Jennifer Campbell Show [Radio Program], 570 News Kitchener.
• Interview and was featured in The Toronto Star [Newspaper] (April 9, 2018), Deaths by police can and must be reduced, by Star Editorial Board.
• Interviewed and was featured in CBC Investigates [Newspaper] (April 4, 2018), Most Canadians killed in police encounters since 2000 had mental health or substance abuse issues, by Katie Nicholson & Jacques Marcoux.
• Interviewed and was featured in the Toronto Star [Newspaper] (October 13, 2017), In suicide attempt calls, police can be the difference between life and death, by Vjosa Isai.
• Press Conference Panel Speaker, Brantford Police Service, Wednesday April 20, 2016. Featured in Brant News [Newspaper] (April 22, 2016), Police partner with agencies to improve mental health crisis response, by Mike Peeling.
• Press Conference Panel Speaker, Brantford Police Service, Wednesday April 20, 2016. Featured in Brantford Expositor [Newspaper] (April 20, 2016), This has been a game changer, by Vincent Ball.