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Police militarization in the USA: the state of the field
Sam BielerThe purpose of this paper is to review the state of research of police militarization in the USA to explore the claim that the police are becoming more like the military, or…
The characteristics and results of eyewitness identification procedures conducted during robbery investigations in Houston, TX
William Wells, Bradley Campbell, Yudu Li, Stryker SwindleSocial scientific research is having a substantial impact on eyewitness identification procedural reforms. Police agencies in the USA have changed their eyewitness practices based…
A question of style: Replicating and extending Engel’s supervisory styles with new agencies and new measures
Jon Maskaly, Wesley JenningsThe purpose of this paper is to attempt to replicate Engel’s (2001) styles of supervision using data from a new sample and including additional independent variables.
General strain and police misconduct: the role of organizational influence
Stephen A. Bishopp, John Worrall, Nicole Leeper PiqueroThe purpose of this paper is to examine the utility of general strain theory in explaining the relationship between organizational stress and police deviance.
Burnout and violent victimization in police officers: a dual process model
Karoline EllrichThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between burnout and violent victimization in terms of physical assaults in patrol police officers. A burnout-victimization…
Police legitimacy and disrupting overt drug markets
Jessica Saunders, Allsion Ober, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Rod K. BrunsonOvert drug markets are particularly difficult to address using traditional law enforcement tactics alone; disrupting these markets often requires substantial community…
Police UAV use: institutional realities and public perceptions
Alana Saulnier, Scott N. ThompsonThe purpose of this paper is to explore institutional realities and public perceptions of police use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Canada in relation to each other…
The impact of media exposure and political party orientation on public perceptions of police in Taiwan
Ivan Y. Sun, Yuning Wu, Ruth Triplett, Shun-Yung Kevin WangThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of media exposure and political party orientation on public satisfaction with and trust in the police in Taiwan.
Patrol Officer Job Satisfaction Scale (POJSS): Psychometrics and associations with individual and police department demographics
S. Hakan Can, William Holt, Helen M. HendyWhen patrol officers experience poor job satisfaction and make the decision to leave their profession, their departments face the cost of recruiting and training new officers. The…
Young driver perceptions of police traffic enforcement and self-reported driving offences
Lyndel Judith Bates, Bridie Scott-Parker, Siobhan Allen, Barry WatsonRoad policing is a key method used to improve driver compliance with road laws. However, the authors have a very limited understanding of the perceptions of young drivers…
Conflict and compatibility: Perspectives of police officers with and without military service on the military model of policing
Stan ShernockThe purpose of this paper is to compare and analyze perspectives of law enforcement officers with combat deployment experience, other military background, and no military service…
Institutional isomorphism and the federal consent decree: The case of the Los Angeles Police Department
Jeffry R. Phillips, Allan Y. JiaoThe purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which constructs of institutional isomorphism apply to Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) performance measurements of…
Measuring the impact of police representativeness on communities
Maren B. Trochmann, Angela GoverThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether the representativeness of police departments, i.e. the extent to which the demographics of sworn police officers mirror their local…
Law enforcement agencies’ participation in the military surplus equipment program
Thomas C. Johnson, J. Andrew HansenThe police response to the protests in Ferguson, Missouri refocused attention on law enforcement agencies’ participation in the military surplus equipment program, or 1,033…
Mental health, race, and police contact: intersections of risk and trust in the police
Melissa Thompson, Kimberly Barsamian KahnThe purpose of this paper is to understand whether mental health status – either alone or in conjunction with race – affects perceptions of police legitimacy.
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1363-951XRenamed from:
Police Studies: Intnl Review of Police DevelopmentOnline date, start – end:
1997Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridMerged from:
American Journal of PoliceEditors:
- Professor Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich
- Professor Wesley Jennings