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Police Quarterly, 2008
It is argued that increased employment of Latino officers will enhance policing in Latino communities based on assumptions that Latino officers share a common ethnic identity and have positive attitudes toward Latino community members based on identification with the coethnic communities they police. These assumptions, however, remain largely untested.
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It is argued that increased employment of Latino officers will enhance policing in Latino communities based on assumptions that Latino officers share a common ethnic identity and have positive attitudes toward Latino community members based on identification with the coethnic communities they police. These assumptions, however, remain largely untested.
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Measuring Stress in Police Officers
Psychological Reports, 1988Based on interviews with all 27 members of a police department, 15 sources of stress were identified, such as lack of leadership, lack of support from the courts, and poor pay. Police officers rated each of these sources on a scale of stressfulness from one co four.' The stress of 63 male officers (M,,, = 33.3 yr., SD = 8.0) from two ocher small ...
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Police officers on two‐officer units
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 2003Presents results of a study which examined 50 US police officers perceptions regarding performance, applicability, effectiveness and safety issues when assigned to two‐officer units, compared with a one‐officer unit, for patrol operations in an urban setting. Half the group comprised an experimental area’s two‐officer units and half comprised a control
Alejandro del Carmen, Lori Guevara
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Occupational Stress among Senior Police Officers
British Journal of Psychology, 1996From a survey of over 500 senior UK police officers completing the occupational stress inventory, it was observed that those serving in England and Wales exhibited the highest job stress related to structure and climate, co‐worker relationships and their managerial role.
J, Brown, C, Cooper, B, Kirkcaldy
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Australian police officers and international policing practice
2020As of January 2020, Australian police are not represented amongst the figures for UN peacekeeping missions, despite higher demands for more police peacekeepers within UN mandated missions (UN, 2020; Sharland, 2016, 2017). However, maintaining involvement in a wide range of international policing initiatives retains significance to Australian police ...
Moylan, Kelly A. +3 more
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Drug‐testing police officers and police recruits
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 2002The purpose of this article is to explore the issue of drug use among police officers and police recruits. Data from two large police agencies were used in this analysis. Results of the two most popular drug screens (urinalysis and hair analysis) in the identification of drug‐involved individuals, who are either currently employed in or applying for ...
Mieczkowski, Tom, Michelle Lersch, Kim
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Police Integrity and the Czech Police Officers
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2007The Velvet Revolution of 1989 ended the socialist period in former Czechoslovakia. Sixteen years after the transition toward democratic policing, we explore the integrity contours of the Czech police. In the summer of 2005, we surveyed more than 600 police officers from East Bohemia regarding their perceptions about the seriousness of police corruption,
Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovlc +1 more
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Police Body-Worn Cameras: Effects on Officers’ Burnout and Perceived Organizational Support
Police Quarterly, 2018Police departments in the United States are rapidly adopting body-worn cameras (BWCs). To date, no study has investigated the effects of BWCs on police officers themselves, despite evidence suggesting negative effects of electronic performance monitoring
Ian Adams, Sharon H. Mastracci
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2018
All too often we emphasize the dangers of police work, but seem to neglect the hidden psychological danger of this profession. Suicide is a consequence of that hidden danger. It is a clear indication of the intolerable strain placed on the police officer’s work and life roles. Policing is an occupation replete with stress and traumatic incidents.
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All too often we emphasize the dangers of police work, but seem to neglect the hidden psychological danger of this profession. Suicide is a consequence of that hidden danger. It is a clear indication of the intolerable strain placed on the police officer’s work and life roles. Policing is an occupation replete with stress and traumatic incidents.
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