Policing: An International Journal: Volume 28 Issue 2

A prospective study of alcohol consumption rates of first‐year Australian police officers

Mark Rallings, Peter Martin, Jeremy Davey

To prospectively investigate the alcohol consumption and health‐related behaviours of Australian police officers.

The role of management post‐NPM in the implementation of new policies affecting police officers' practices

Yvonne Brunetto, Rod Farr‐Wharton

This paper aims to examine the impact of resources, accountability, management practices and organisational culture on the implementation of a policy (in this case, a domestic…

Ethno‐racial political transition and citizen satisfaction with police

Brad W. Smith

One of the most consistent and widely discussed findings in research on citizens' attitudes toward the police is that African‐American citizens view the police less favorably than…

Use of existential‐phenomenological counseling for police officers

James R. Barren

The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of existential counseling on 20 police officers. Existential group therapy was expected to change locus of control beliefs…

Burnout, job stress and attitudes towards the use of force by Norwegian police officers

Ronald J. Burke, Aslaug Mikkelsen

Although many studies have considered burnout in the human services, little research on burnout has focused on police officers. This study aims to examine the relationship between…

Negotiating order in the policing of youth drinking

Joseph A. Schafer

Field studies of police behavior have tended to focus on the generalized patrol function in major urban areas. Largely absent from this body of literature are considerations of…

The importance of expectation fulfilment on domestic violence victims' satisfaction with the police in the UK

Amanda L. Robinson, Meghan S. Stroshine

This paper seeks to investigate what victims of domestic violence expect police to do for them, and how these expectations subsequently influence their levels of satisfaction.

The effect of law enforcement stress on organizational commitment

Fernando Jaramillo, Robert Nixon, Doreen Sams

This study takes an interdisciplinary research orientation in an attempt to comprehensively investigate the effects of police stress internal to the organization (i.e. role…

Neo‐liberalism, community, and police regionalization in Canada: A critical empirical analysis

Savvas Lithopoulos, George S. Rigakos

Neo‐liberal policies have had a profound effect on the organization of policing in Canada by rationalizing provincial and federal initiatives that off‐load policing costs to…

The contribution of local safety councils to local responsibility in crime prevention and provision of safety

Gorazd Meško, Branko Lobnikar

The purpose of the paper is to explore some dimensions of the community policing strategy of the Slovene police, which emphasizes establishment, reinforcement and maintenance of…