Policing: An International Journal: Volume 23 Issue 1

Training in community policing: A suggested curriculum

Michael J. Palmiotto, Michael L. Birzer, N. Prabha Unnithan

The widespread acceptance of community policing necessitates the need for training of recruits into its philosophy and practices. We provide a suggested curriculum for such…

Night walking safety and overall satisfaction with police services

Ozhand Ganjavi, Rolland LeBrasseur, Robert Whissell

This is a report based on a survey that was conducted in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, Ontario Canada, which includes a medium‐size city and its surrounding towns. The…

The attitudes of juveniles toward the police: A comparison of black and white youth

Yolander G. Hurst, James Frank, Sandra Lee Browning

The relationship between race and attitudes toward the police has been the subject of numerous studies since the, 1960s. Unfortunately, only a limited number of studies have…

An examination of the convergence and divergence of internal and external allegations of misconduct filed against police officers

Kim Michelle Lersch, Tom Mieczkowski

The use of citizen complaints as a valid and reliable measure of actual police behavior has often been criticized. It is the purpose of this study to validate the use of…

Work demographics and officers’ perceptions of the work environment which add to the prediction of at risk alcohol consumption within an Australian police sample

Jeremy D. Davey, Patricia L. Obst, Mary C. Sheehan

This study examined aspects of the work environment, which may impact on individual police officers’ risk of harm from alcohol consumption. A self report survey containing…

The effects of work orientations on job satisfaction among sheriffs’ deputies practicing community‐oriented policing

Amy J. Halsted, Max L. Bromley, John K. Cochran

Numerous prior studies have explored the level of job satisfaction of police officers. Some research has also focused on officer perceptions of community policing as practiced in…

Discretion and gender disproportionality in police disciplinary systems

Matthew J. Hickman, Alex R. Piquero, Jack R. Greene

Police supervisor decision making with regard to disciplinary action has received scant empirical study in general, and has yet to be examined across gender. In this paper, we use…