2019-05-14

Why American police departments are sending social workers to answer 911 calls
Two studies suggest that one in four people shot dead by the police have psychiatric conditions
原文來源：The Economist 2019-5-10

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-14/

Notes

an acute episode of mania
躁狂癥

emotionally disturbed people
精神紊亂的

died at the hands of police
死于警察之手

those shot dead by the police
槍擊死亡

Robust numbers on what proportion of those shot dead by the police are suffering from a mental illness are hard to come by.

come by sth
1 to manage to get sth 設(shè)法得到（或獲得）
Jobs are hard to come by these days.
如今找工作很難。
2 to receive sth 收到；得到
How did you come by that scratch on your cheek?
你臉頰上的抓傷是怎么來的？

確切的數(shù)字很難獲取

severe psychiatric problems
精神問題

One approach that is gaining ground involves getting police officers and social workers to respond to emergency calls together.
正在發(fā)展中

Getting these programmes established is a challenge.

Police officers can be clubby and hostile to outsiders.
排外的

Funding for the programme was also patchy, cobbled together from state and federal grants,
零星的；

cobble sth?to'gether
to produce sth quickly and without great care or effort, so that it can be used but is not perfect 草率匆忙地制作；胡亂拼湊；粗制濫造
The essay was cobbled together from some old notes.
這篇文章是用以前的一些筆記胡亂拼湊而成的。

set aside permanent funding
to keep something, especially money, time, or a particular area, for a special purpose

a cost-benefit analysis is under way
成本收益分析在進行中

opportunities for psychological help are thin on the ground.
機會少用thin來形容