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Chief officer misconduct in policing: an exploratory study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Key findings This study has examined cases of alleged misconduct involving chief police officers and staff. The aim was to describe the nature of cases that have come to light, examine the perceived pathways that led to misconduct, and suggest ways of
Belur, J.   +3 more
core  

The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Mindfulness Training on Police Officer Stress, Mental Health, and Salivary Cortisol Levels. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2021
Grupe DW   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Officer Drug- and Alcohol-Related Workload Daily Activity Log: User's Guide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Results from this study were published in "Drug and Alcohol-Related Workload of Anchorage Patrol Officers: Results from Two Patrol Officer Surveys" by Brad A. Myrstol, N.E. Schafer, and Matthew J. Giblin.
Myrstol, Brad A.
core  

“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Quest for an Honorable Self

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
How do people who identify as friendless make sense of their condition in a moment when friendship is extolled for the support and satisfaction it offers? This article draws on interviews with 21 adults in an Atlantic Canadian city. We argue that our interviewees were rarely at ease with their friendlessness and were at pains to recover an honorable ...
Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory
wiley   +1 more source

Race and Police Brutality: The Importance of Media Framing

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2017
This article explores how the framing of a violent confrontation between a White police officer and an African American woman affects people’s perceptions of the incident.
Kim Fridkin   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

One Million Police Hours: Making 440,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in New York City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A new report released today documents the astonishing number of hours the New York Police Department has spent arresting and processing hundreds of thousands of people for low-level misdemeanor marijuana possession arrests during Mayor Bloomberg's tenure.
Gabriel Sayegh   +2 more
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Hunting and fishing harvest data collection: a horizon scanning exercise from the French context

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Legal and societal moves increasingly lead leisure hunting and fishing practitioners to record their harvest. The total number of individuals harvested per population per year is the minimum required information to feed into demographic models and allow science‐based management. Some few schemes record more detailed data, hence allowing better‐informed
Matthieu Guillemain   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

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