Policing: An International Journal: Volume 40 Issue 4

Police stressors and health: a state-of-the-art review

John M. Violanti, Luenda E. Charles, Erin McCanlies, Tara A. Hartley, Penelope Baughman, Michael E. Andrew, Desta Fekedulegn, Claudia C. Ma, Anna Mnatsakanova, Cecil M. Burchfiel

The purpose of this paper is to provide a state-of-the-art review on the topic of police stressors and associated health outcomes. Recent empirical research is reviewed in the…

The loosely coupled factors of organizational stress in police forces

Ivo Pontes Domingues, José Cunha Machado

The purpose of this paper is to examine the recursive perspective that emphasizes bureaucracy as a source of officers’ stress, explain officers’ stress as a loosely coupled…

The effects of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police and citizen outcomes: A state-of-the-art review

Jon Maskaly, Christopher Donner, Wesley G. Jennings, Barak Ariel, Alex Sutherland

The purpose of this paper is to review the extant of the published literature on body-worn cameras (BWCs) in policing, specifically in the context of how BWCs affect both citizens…

Assessing citizen perceptions of body-worn cameras after encounters with police

Michael D. White, Natalie Todak, Janne E. Gaub

The purpose of this paper is to assess perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among citizens who had BWC-recorded police encounters, and to explore the potential for a civilizing…

Attempted suspect-provoked shootings in Victoria: prevalence and characteristics

Dragana Kesic, Stuart Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence of attempted suspect-provoked shootings (SPS) in Victoria, Australia, and explore nonlethal tactics police officers use to…

Correlates of subject(ive) resistance in police use-of-force situations

Remi Boivin

In most jurisdictions, resistance is the primary legal justification for police use of force. Identifying the correlates of resistance helps to anticipate non-compliance, increase…

SWAT mobilization trends: testing assumptions of police militarization

Wendy Koslicki

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test common explanations for the growth of police militarization and to determine whether federal funding, such as Byrne grants, had a…

Minority representation in policing and racial profiling: A test of representative bureaucracy vs community context

John Shjarback, Scott Decker, Jeff J. Rojek, Rod K. Brunson

Increasing minority representation in law enforcement has long been viewed as a primary means to improve police-citizen relations. The recommendation to diversify police…

On to the next one? Using social network data to inform police target prioritization

Sadaf Hashimi, Martin Bouchard

Target prioritization is routinely done among law enforcement agencies, but the criteria to establish which targets will lead to the most crime reduction are neither systematic…