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Officer-Involved Shootings in Anchorage 1993–2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This report describes situational, officer, and citizen characteristics of the 45 officer-involved shootings in Anchorage for the period 1 Jan 1993 through 11 May 2013 as recorded in Anchorage Police Department (APD) criminal investigation files.
Payne, Troy C.
core  

Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Race, Expectations and Evaluations of Police Performance: An Empirical Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The purpose of the current study is two‐fold. First, using data obtained from a sample of crime victims (n = 122), this study empirically assesses the effect that police officer race has on evaluations of the police. Second, this study provides a greater
Stroshine, Meghan S.
core   +1 more source

Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of therapy dogs on perceptions of police officers

open access: yesHuman-Animal Interactions
Background: Amid national conversations about police accountability and injustice, therapy dogs in police stations may offer an innovative way to improve police-community interactions. This study examined the impact of therapy dog presence on perceptions
M.C. Delzio, M. Clements, K.E. Rodriguez
doaj   +1 more source

Brief mindfulness training for Canadian public safety personnel well-being

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2022
The body of research demonstrating the psychological and physiological benefits of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) is robust and spans decades, yet its adaptation for a population at significantly higher-than-average risk of negative health ...
Renae M Stevenson
doaj   +1 more source

Body-Worn Cameras: Reducing Citizen Complaints and Improving Relationships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Video recordings of police-citizen interactions, most notably those obtained from the dashboard cameras (dashcams) of police cars, have been successful in objectively capturing police-citizen exchanges.
Bui, Julie
core   +1 more source

B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Police officers' opinions about some effects of the use of body worn cameras [PDF]

open access: yesNBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija
In the last ten years, many police organizations around the word have been approaching the implementation of cameras that can be placed on the body of a police officer.
Milidragović Dragan, Milić Nenad
doaj   +1 more source

How police officers juggle work, a life partner, and kids

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
Police officers frequently encounter stressful social situations during their working days. Furthermore, previous research on policing and families show that police officers’ families are impacted in different ways when at least one member of the family ...
Elin Granholm Valmari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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