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Police custody in rural Scotland: negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Andrew Wooff
Purpose This paper explores the challenging nexus of police custody, risk and intra-organisational boundaries in the context of a recently reformed national police service. Police custody is an often-hidden aspect of policing, away from the public gaze and scrutiny. Although there is increasing recognition of the importance of rural policing (e.g. Harkness (2020); Mawby and Yarwood (2011); Ruddell
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Police relationships and engagement with rural citizens: perspectives of front-line police in the United Kingdom, Australia, and France Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Kyle Mulrooney, Karen Bullock, Christian Mouhanna, Alistair Harkness
Purpose This article examines challenges and strategies related to police relationships and engagement with rural communities in England and Wales, Australia and France. It aims to bridge a gap in knowledge around how police balance public demands with organisational and contextual constraints, exploring the role of communication technology in overcoming geographical and cultural barriers in rural
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Law enforcement perceptions of job stress and barriers to supportive resources when working child sexual abuse cases in the southern United States Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Lisa Nichols, Kendra N. Bowen
Purpose The purpose of this paper was to examine law enforcement officers' perspectives on job stress and barriers to supportive resources when working child sexual abuse cases in a large southern state. It is well documented in the literature that professionals who work in healthcare, emergency services and law enforcement face tremendous amounts of stress and consequences to their physical and mental
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A multi-method case study of a police agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Cynthia Lum, Christopher S. Koper, Michael Goodier, William Johnson, James Krause
Purpose We present the results of one of the only in-depth studies of a police agency’s internal and external response to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the importance of law enforcement agencies conducting comprehensive case studies and after-action assessments to prepare, prevent and respond to prolonged public health crises and showcases the profound (and lingering)
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“It's kind of preventative maintenance”: social capital and policing in rural schools Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Dale C. Spencer, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Taryn Hepburn
Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the expectations, challenges and tensions officers describe while engaged with public schools to demonstrate that officers engage with students in public schools in a conscious, goal-oriented process to establish and maintain useful relationships. Design/methodology/approach Data collection involved 104 semi-structured interviews (including follow up
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Race, local context, and traffic stops: an examination of racial profiling in traffic stops in rural and non-rural places Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Janice Iwama
Purpose The current study examines the effects of race, agency and environment on traffic stops in rural and non-rural spaces. Design/methodology/approach Using traffic stop data collected in a Midwest US County from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, the current study uses logistic regression to examine racial disparities in traffic stops. Findings The results indicate that police decision-making
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Needs assessment of police pre-deployment training for dispatch experts in international development cooperation of policing Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Junseon Jeong, Minji Park, Hyeonah Jo, Chunju Kim, Ji Hoon Song
Purpose This study identifies the policing pre-deployment training content for Korean experts based on needs assessments. Korean policing is at an excellent level to transfer knowledge and skills. Pre-deployment training should be designed systematically and training of trainers approaches should be implemented. Design/methodology/approach This study used T-tests, Borich needs assessments, and Locus
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An ethnographic study of police culture in a rural Kansas police agency Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Joshua J. Davis, Michael L. Birzer
Purpose The study examined rural police culture in one Kansas police agency. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative ethnographic approach using in-depth interviews and non-participant observations to construct and interpret the culture of rural police through the lens of officers working in one rural police agency. Findings Five themes were found that described the complexities rural
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Shiftwork and pregnancy loss among police officers: a preliminary investigation Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 John M. Violanti, Michael E. Andrew
Purpose Policing requires atypical work hours. The present study examined associations between shiftwork and pregnancy loss among female police officers. Design/methodology/approach Participants were 91 female officers with a prior history of at least one pregnancy. Shiftwork information was assessed using daily electronic payroll work records. Any prior pregnancy loss (due to miscarriage) was self-reported
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Does citizen opinion matter? An analysis of police officers’ support for democratic policing in South Korea Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Seung Hyun Kim, Kwang Hyun Ra, Sang Hun Lee, Do Sun Lee
Purpose This study examined the effects of organizational justice and citizen respect to support for democratic policing through self-legitimacy among South Korean police officers. Design/methodology/approach The authors used survey data from 467 South Korean police officers in 2022. Structural equation model analysis was used to examine relationships between each variable. Findings This study found
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Illegal rural enterprise – developing a framework to help identify and investigate shadow infrastructures and illicit criminal networks Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Robert Smith, Gerard McElwee
Purpose This study builds on the extant research of the authors on illegal rural enterprise (IRE). However, instead of taking a single or micro case approach within specific sections of the farming and food industries we examine the concept holistically from a macro case perspective. Many IRE crimes simply could not be committed without insider knowledge and complicity, making it essential to appreciate
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Procedurally just policing and persons in behavioral crises: investigating public perceptions, stigma and emotion Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Sean Patrick Roche, Angela M. Jones, Ashley N. Hewitt, Adam Vaughan
Purpose The police often respond to persons who are not in direct violation of the law, but are rather undergoing behavioral crises due to mental illness or substance abuse disorders. The purpose of this study is to examine how police behavior influences civilian bystanders' emotional responses and perceptions of procedural justice (PPJ) when officers interact with these populations, which traditionally
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Police legitimacy in urban, suburban and rural settings: a study in Slovenia Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Gorazd Meško, Rok Hacin
Purpose Police legitimacy presents a social value of the institution based on citizens' normative, moral and ethical feelings that they should voluntarily comply with and support the authority of the police. The present study focuses on residents' perceptions of police legitimacy in different settings in Slovenia. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on data from a survey of 1,022 citizens in Slovenia
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Building career capital in policing in Australia through women's leadership programmes Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Barbara Heilemann, Polly Parker
Purpose This paper highlights how career capital is accrued through three ways of knowing in a women’s leadership programme (WLP) in an Australian State Police Department. A shift in focus to building capability rather than addressing gaps in participants' abilities was enhanced through the unique use of sponsors and positive psychology interventions. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal study
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Examining how credibility shapes public perception of police interventions in the media Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Brigitte Poirier, Remi Boivin
Purpose The proliferation of recording technologies has increased the prevalence of police intervention videos in news media. Although previous research has explored the influence of such coverage on public opinion, the mechanisms underlying this impact have received limited attention. This study investigates the role of information credibility in the assessment of police interventions portrayed in
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Police leaders' daily feedback-seeking: the role of an organization’s error-management climate, leaders' feedback orientation and the situation Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Anastasiia Lynnyk, Andrea Fischbach, Marc Lepach
Purpose Leaders lack essential information about their performance from their followers. In light of the frequently encountered error avoidance climate in the police, leaders should actively seek feedback to fill this gap. The purpose of this paper is to explore organizational, personal and situational antecedents of police leaders' daily feedback-seeking behavior. Design/methodology/approach The authors
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Police use of force and race: a focal concerns theoretical perspective Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Dae-Young Kim, Scott W. Phillips
Purpose The present study examines the risk of citizens encountering police use of intermediate and deadly force, as opposed to using physical force, given a set of individual, situational and neighborhood variables. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data from 2003 to 2016 in the Dallas Open Data Portal. Two-level multinomial logistic regression is used to analyze the data. Findings The effects
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Decision to adopt body-worn cameras in small and rural Pennsylvania police departments Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Daniel B. Yanich, Jennifer C. Gibbs, Jennifer L. Schally, Kaylie Derrickson, Daniel Howard
Purpose Internationally publicized cases of police violence against unarmed black men have led to calls for accountability in policing. Increased footage of police–public interactions, specifically through the form of police body-worn cameras (BWCs), is encouraged and considered an innovation that can improve the policing profession. However, BWC adoption is likely more feasible in big city departments
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Distinguishing between normative and non-normative motivations to obey the police: furthering the development of a police legitimacy scale Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Michael D. Reisig, Rick Trinkner
Purpose Measuring the normative obligation to obey the police, a key component of police legitimacy, has proven difficult. Pósch et al.’s (2021) proposed scales appear to overcome the problems associated with traditional measures. This study introduces new items for these scales and empirically assesses whether such additions have the desired effects on scale performance. Design/methodology/approach
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How can we help law enforcement agencies learn? A look at CALEA police accreditation Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Gordon Abner, Cullen C. Merritt, Rachel Boggs
Purpose This study explores the benefits of accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), according to those who are engaged in the practice. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data through open-ended, semi-structured telephone interviews. The authors analyzed the data using an inductive methodology. Findings The authors found that CALEA police
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Does Weisburd's law of crime concentration apply to traffic crashes? Implications for policing and traffic law enforcement Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Sangjun Park, Cynthia Lum
Purpose A considerable amount of police evaluation research focuses on innovative approaches to reduce crime at places. This is hardly coincidental; policing and place-based scholars have found crime is highly concentrated, and when police focus on these places, they can prevent and reduce crime. The regularity of such findings led Weisburd (2015) to assert the existence of a “law of crime concentration
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How the police conceptualise and view the relevance of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for policing: a qualitative investigation Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Karen Goodall, Zara P. Brodie, Kirsty Deacon, Kimberly Collins, Karri Gillespie-Smith
Purpose Knowledge about the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is pivotal to trauma-informed approaches, yet the impact of ACEs training is rarely investigated. This study reports a qualitative investigation of police perceptions of ACEs training in relation to conceptualisations of ACEs and trauma-informed working, practical applications of ACE knowledge and service-level
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Compliments or complaints: an evaluation of a community oriented policing practice Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 William Pelfrey, Steven Keener
Purpose This research study evaluates an innovative community-oriented policing program, designed to enhance officer accountability, thereby informing the scholarly community and agency decision-makers. Design/methodology/approach A multi-method approach was employed, leveraging pre- and post-implementation data collection phases. Data were collected via surveys of officers and focus groups with officers
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Bad apples or rotten orchards? Public attitudes of interactions with police and the role of political ideology Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Michael A. Hansen, John C. Navarro
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the ideological gaps across a range of policing interactions with the public. Design/methodology/approach In a survey distributed via Mechanical Turk (MTurk) (n = 979), the authors explore the role that respondents' political ideology plays in the agreement of 13 aspects of policing services, their demeanor and decorum. Findings Attitudes toward policing
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Do cultural values influence how we perceive the police? Examining the cultural impact of Confucian values on the perception of police legitimacy Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Sung Lee, YeonSoo Kim
Purpose This study aimed to expand the normative model of police legitimacy literature by assessing the impact of cultural values and their role as a driver of the perception of legitimacy. Specifically, the current study assessed cultural values like Confucianism and their impact on the perception of police legitimacy. Design/methodology/approach The current study used convenience sampling of South
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Results from an effectiveness evaluation of anti-bias training on police behavior and public perceptions of discrimination Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Lois James, Stephen James, Renée Jean Mitchell
Purpose The authors evaluated the impact of an anti-bias training intervention for improving police behavior during interactions with community members and public perceptions of discrimination. Design/methodology/approach Fifty patrol officers from a diverse municipal agency were randomly selected to participate in an anti-bias intervention. Before and after the intervention, a random selection of
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Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Jacquelyn Keaton, Kristen Jennings Black, Jonathan Houdmont, Emma Beck, David Roddy, Johnathon Chambers, Sabrina Moon
Purpose Community-police relations have gained increasing public attention during the past decade. The purpose of the present study was to better understand the relationship between perceived community support and police officer burnout and engagement. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered via online survey from 117 officers from a city police department in the Southeastern United States.
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Strategic planning practices in policing: evidence from the field Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Michael Louis McIntyre, Tarah Hodgkinson, Tullio Caputo
Purpose This study aims to provide information concerning practices for creating strategic plans in municipal policing organizations and their use in practice. Design/methodology/approach This study surveyed a sample of Canadian police services, including four of the ten largest services in Canada, to investigate their planning practices and the study’s findings to the results of a content analysis
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Emotional intelligence as a predictor of workgroup fit among police leaders Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 David R. White, Joseph Schafer
Purpose Policing scholars have largely ignored the workgroup dynamics of police command staffs. These officers work closely at the top of police organizations, promoting strategic objectives and overseeing significant changes. As leaders, emotional regulation is critical to the maintenance of internal and external relationships. Only a few research studies address emotional intelligence (EI) among
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Front porch roll calls: an innovative approach to community-oriented policing in Saginaw, MI Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Travis Carter, Scott E. Wolfe, Yongjae Nam, Spencer G. Lawson
Purpose This study aims to evaluate a promising community-oriented policing strategy called “front porch roll call” (FPRC), which involves conducting roll calls in public forums. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach was used by drawing on survey data, field observations and qualitative interviews to describe how FPRCs were implemented in Saginaw, MI from 2019 to 2022, and how they can
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Policing Asian communities in the United States: a systematic literature review and discussion Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Hyeyoung Lim, Brian Lawton, John J. Sloan
Purpose This article aims to synthesize published research on the policing of Asian communities in the United States. Design/methodology/approach This is a systematic literature review using PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Findings Sixteen studies were reviewed. Five examined violence by police against Asian community members and reported rates for Asians closer to those against Whites than against members
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Assessing the relationship between officers' broad cultural attitudes and their situational perceptions of firearm danger Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Logan J. Somers, William Terrill
Purpose The focus of the current study is to assess whether officers' broad attitudinal orientations are linked with their situational perceptions of danger in various armed citizen encounters. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on survey data from 672 officers employed at a large metropolitan police department. The police culture literature is used to inform measures of occupational stress
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Perceptions of police ineffectiveness and street codes by nationality in South Korea: an application of Anderson's code of the street framework Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Kiseong Kuen, Hyounggon Kwak, Kwang Hyun Ra
Purpose This study explores the applicability of Anderson's (1999) code of the street framework to an Asian context by examining the relationship between residents' perceptions of police ineffectiveness, nationality, and street codes in foreigner-concentrated areas in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach The authors used survey data from 1,865 residents of diverse nationalities living in 20 fo
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Examining the link between social artifacts, solvability factors and case outcomes Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Libnah Yvette Rodriguez, Gregory Drake, Irshad Altheimer, John Klofas
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the growing body of research literature on case clearance levels. Through a social artifact framework, the authors seek to understand the role that documentation of key solvability factors in investigative reports plays in shaping case clearance outcomes. Design/methodology/approach For this study, 166 non-fatal shooting investigative case files
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Exploring the direct and indirect relationships between policing and citizen satisfaction in South Korea Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Joon Tag Cho
Purpose The author explored the direct and indirect relationships between policing and citizen satisfaction, considering both the policing and neighborhood context at the regional level. Design/methodology/approach The author conducted regression and path analysis based on the combined data of 190 local governments from the Korean National Police Agency, the Korean Crime Victim Survey and Statistics
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“Please don't be too nice”: the role of political ideology in the approval of police use of force Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 John C. Navarro, Michael A. Hansen
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the ideological gaps on police use of force. Design/methodology/approach In a national-level survey distributed via Mechanical Turk (MTurk) (n = 979), the authors explore the role that respondents' political ideology plays in the approval of police use of force across a range of scenarios. Findings Across all scenarios, self-identified conservative respondents
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Public perceptions of the police and violence: an examination of both sides of the issue Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Mario A. Davila, Deborah J. Hartley, Ben Brown
Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain a broad understanding of public perceptions of the police and violence. Design/methodology/approach This study uses survey data collected from a nationally representative sample (N = 1,223) by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Descriptive, bivariate correlational and multivariate
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Police burnout and organizational stress: job and rank associations Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Lucas D. Baker, Elizabeth Richardson, Dianna Fuessel-herrmann, Warren Ponder, Andrew Smith
Purpose Burnout is an issue affecting not only individual officers, but also the agencies they work for and the communities they serve. Despite its prevalence, there is limited evidence for effective interventions that address officer burnout. This study aims to advance this area of study by identifying organizational factors associated with police burnout. By identifying these factors, stakeholders
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High-speed mobile networks and police repression during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Nigeria Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Hye-Sung Kim, Christopher J. Marier
Purpose Government repression against civilians while enforcing COVID-19 related lockdowns was widely reported in Africa. At the same time, many have claimed that high-speed (4G) mobile network proliferation provide an accountability mechanism that may constrain police abuses. This study focused on Nigeria to examine (1) the effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on police repression and (2) whether widespread
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Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Jiseun Sohn, Insun Park, Gang Lee, Sinyong Choi
Purpose Limited research exists on the perceptions of police within specific ethnic minority groups. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of Korean and Korean American residents in the Metro Atlanta area regarding their perceptions of cooperation with the police, particularly in relation to hate crimes, along with their perceptions of police legitimacy and other relevant
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Resilience among police officers: the role of personality functioning and protective factors Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Andréanne Angehrn, Colette Jourdan-Ionescu, Dominick Gamache
Purpose Police officers face a unique and challenging occupational experience and report elevated mental disorder symptoms relative to the general population. While gender differences appear to be present in police mental health, this study aims to find which factors foster and promote resilience in these workers and how gender may relate to police resilience. Design/methodology/approach The present
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Asian American police officers in the 21st century: the “other” minority cop Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Helen H. Yu
Purpose This study examines a variety of personal and workplace topics to uncover why Asians are still underrepresented in US policing, despite a 114% growth in the Asian American population during the past 30 years. Design/methodology/approach Survey responses are collected from Asian police officers (N = 70) to capture their characteristics and lived experiences. Findings This study found 11 themes
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Does Black Lives Matter support moderate the effect of procedural justice on legitimacy? Testing the procedural justice invariance thesis Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Starr J. Solomon, Brandon Ehlinger
Purpose Procedurally just policing positively affects legitimacy regardless of differences in some demographic and neighborhood characteristics. Yet, less is known about how critical citizen views of police influence the effect of procedural justice on legitimacy. Citizen Black Lives Matter (BLM) support is an indicator of views toward police and provides a useful measure to test the procedural justice
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A scoping review of police civilian oversight literature 1992–2022 Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Vance D. Keyes, Latocia Keyes
Purpose This study's aim was to systematically review available literature related to the establishment, purpose, operation, and effectiveness of civilian police oversight entities in the United States and to gain a deeper understanding of support, opposition, academic, public, and police expectations concerning their utility. Design/methodology/approach A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews
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Inside the “black box” of 1033 Program military equipment use by local law enforcement Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Wendy M. Koslicki
Purpose Recent USA police responses to civil rights demonstrations have drawn attention toward the 1033 Program – a military surplus transfer program from the Department of Defense (DOD) to police agencies in the USA – as well as calls for dissolution or reform of the program. However, policy decisions have been sporadic and empirical literature examining the program have relied on public data, which
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Small and rural police chief perspectives on human trafficking in Pennsylvania Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Jennifer C. Gibbs, Emily R. Strohacker, Jennifer L. Schally
Purpose Research on human trafficking largely focuses on large, urban areas, yet it is a problem in small, rural areas. Police in these areas must have the training to identify human trafficking and resources to combat the issue – both of which may be lacking in small, rural areas. The purpose of this project is to explore police chiefs' perspectives on human trafficking in small, rural areas. Des
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“We do employ some morons”: police trainers' opinions on recruitment procedures Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Fay Rachel Sweeting, Terri Cole
Purpose Police training is in a period of transition, requiring new recruits to already have, or work towards, a policing degree. However, recruitment procedures have not significantly changed in the past few decades. With psychometric testing commonplace in North America and Australasia to help ensure the right recruits are selected, this research seeks to understand if police trainers feel there
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Emotional labour and burnout among police officers Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Benjamin Hopkins, David Dowell, Joe Flitton
Purpose With rare research access to the police service in the United Kingdom, the authors investigate levels of burnout and the performance of emotional labour. Design/methodology/approach Using 330 surveys completed by serving police officers, the authors investigate levels of burnout and also the performance of the three elements of emotional labour. Findings Investigating heterogeneity, the authors
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The relationship between spirituality and mental health among police trainees Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Mu He, Jiahui Lu, Juliet Honglei Chen, Kwok Kit Tong
Purpose This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spirituality, including religious spirituality (i.e. supernatural beliefs) and secular spirituality (i.e. social beliefs), and mental health among police trainees. Design/methodology/approach Participants in this study were police trainees of a police academy. An online survey was conducted to measure spirituality and mental health among
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An experimental look at reasonable suspicion and police discretion Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Kyle McLean, Justin Nix, Seth W. Stoughton, Ian T. Adams, Geoffrey P. Alpert
Purpose This study aims to demonstrate the need for further examination of legal judgments and the exercise of discretion in policing. Design/methodology/approach A factorial vignette survey with traffic stop scenarios based on US Court of Appeals decisions was administered to 396 police officers across six states. Officers were asked to indicate their assessment of the presence of reasonable suspicion
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Persistence of police legitimacy: understanding Asian American perspectives Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Stephanie Van Ha, Ivan Sun
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Asian Americans' perceptions of the police, specifically how they construct support. Although such literature has been growing in recent years, research on Asian American interactions with the police remains limited. Additionally, this paper is situated within the theoretical framework of system justification theory to account for Asian Americans' views
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Investigating police self-legitimacy: individual-level predictors of self-identification and perceived external legitimacy Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Madison K. Doyle, Sean Patrick Roche
Purpose Using an online survey design and a primary data collection of police officers working in a large city in the southern United States, the current study finds evidence that officers perceptions of police legitimacy can be divided into two types: self-identification and perceived external legitimacy. The study investigates the role of perceived organizational support, leader–member exchange and
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Documenting variability in operational and organizational experiences related to COVID-19 in Washington state Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 David A. Makin, Mary K. Stohr, Jacelyn Unger, Ethan Howell, Megan Parks, Dale Willits, Craig Hemmens
Purpose The paper examines “lessons learned” from the COVID-19 pandemic by capturing the organizational and operational experiences of police departments in the state of Washington across two waves of survey administration. This study is among the first to document experiences at a state level, affording an opportunity to compare national results and allowing for documenting shifts between each wave
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The effects of differential timing in the adoption of BWCs on civilian complaints Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Erik Alda
Purpose The study examined the effects of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on civilian complaints against police using a non-representative national sample of police organizations. Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach employed a staggered difference in differences design (DiD) that exploited the variation in the timing of adoption of BWCs by police agencies from 2007 to 2016. The study considered
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Gauging the impact of negative media publicity on career decisions: exploring police recruit motivations during a recruitment crisis Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Ashleigh N. Wojslawowicz, Robert J. Doan, Jacqueline T. Fish, James A. Spencer
Purpose The purpose of the study was to provide greater understanding of the policing recruitment crisis by exploring if and how recruit decisions to become an officer were influenced by negative media publicity, As police recruits are a viable source for recruitment data. Design/methodology/approach Basic law enforcement (BLE) candidates attending a southeastern state police academy were surveyed
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Environmental drivers of delays in reporting crimes Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Dennis Wesselbaum
Purpose Extensive literature studies the causes of crime and crime reporting behaviour. In contrast, there is hardly any scholarship on delays in reporting a crime and what drives them. Understanding delays in reporting crimes is important for various reasons, for example, because they could decrease the likelihood of an arrest or lead to an issue with the statute of limitations. This paper is the
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Measuring crime: a new paradigm Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Marilyn Ee, Yan Zhang
Purpose The purpose of this exploratory study is to expand on a previously developed crime harm index – the California Crime Harm Index (CA-CHI) – by discussing the development of the CA-CHI and presenting a comparison of the distribution of crime count and harm in a large Western city in the United States. Design/methodology/approach This study used descriptive analyses, spatial univariate mapping
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Masking up and the role of the police Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Clair White, Jamie A. Snyder, Jennifer Tabler, Adrienne Freng
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic placed many challenges on policing, from limiting officers' ability to interact with citizens to enforcing regulations to prevent the spread of the virus. One of those regulations, and the focus of the current study, is mask mandates. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of over 550 US adults recruited on Amazon MTurk, the current study examines factors that may
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How long should a patron ban be: an examination of police-imposed barring notice records in Western Australia Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Clare Farmer, Peter Miller, Nicholas Taylor, Ryan Baldwin
Purpose Patron banning is widely used in response to disorderly behaviours in/around licensed venues, but there has been limited analysis of specific policies. This paper explores key findings in relation to police-imposed barring notices in Western Australia (WA). Design/methodology/approach WA Police provided de-identified data for 4,023 barring notices imposed between 2011 and 2020 and offender
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COVID-19 vaccination in Brazilian public security agents: are human values good predictors? Policing: An International Journal (IF 1.919) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Claudio V. Torres, Clerismar Aparecido Longo, Francisco Guilherme L. Macedo, Cristiane Faiad
Purpose The authors investigated the effect of basic human values in the prediction of COVID-19 vaccination behavior amongst public security agents in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 15,313 Brazilian public security agents responded to the portrait values questionnaire and a COVID vaccination behavior measure. Multidimensional scaling analysis (MDS) was used to observe the order of