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The Relationship Between Demographic Characteristics, Types of Contact with Police, and Perceptions of Police [PDF]

, 2017
Police officers play a very important role in their communities, considering they need to interact with the public in order to carry out their duties.
Simko, Allison
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Blue remembered skills : mental health awareness training for police officers [PDF]

, 2010
The Bradley Report (Bradley, 2009) has raised a number of important questions regarding the treatment of individuals who are experiencing mental health problems and find themselves in the criminal justice system.
Bradley Lord K, Department of Health, Government, Government, Home Office, Home Office, Mental Health Act Commission, Mind, Mind, Mokhtar A, Payne-James JJ, Pinfold V, Ritchie J, Singleton N   +13 more
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‘The System Can't Cope’: The Service System Response to Alcohol and Other Drug‐Facilitated Sexual Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alcohol and other drug‐facilitated sexual violence can have significant impacts on victim‐survivors, yet little is known about what support service providers offer them. To understand the experiences and perceptions of service providers, interviews with counsellors, health workers, forensic toxicologists and harm reduction workers were ...
Jessica Ison, Jacqui Theobald, Kirsty Forsdike, Ingrid Wilson, Elena Wilson, Leesa Hooker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Researching the use of force: The background to the international project [PDF]

, 2009
This article provides the background to an international project on use of force by the police that was carried out in eight countries. Force is often considered to be the defining characteristic of policing and much research has been conducted on the ...
A. Reiss, A. Reiss, A. Schuck, Amnesty International., B. Smith, C. A. J. Coady, C. Birkbeck, C. Birkbeck, C. Klockars, C. Klockars, C. Klockars, CELS (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales)., Christopher Birkbeck, D. Chappell, D. Stewart, D. Weisburd, David Baker, E. Bittner, E. Bittner, Eduardo Paes Machado, F. Jobard, G. Alpert, G. Alpert, G. Alpert, H. - J. Lange, H. Rahtz, I. Cano, I. Loader, J. Fyfe, J. Garner, J. Jäger, J. Jäger, J. Jäger, J. Jäger, J. Kleinig, J. MacDonald, J. Mars, J. McElvain, J. Ross, J. Timmer, J. Timmer, J. Wilson, J.-P. Brodeur, K. Adams, K. Amendola, K. Sessar, L. Gabaldón, L. Rossiter, Luis Gerardo Gabaldón, M. Hickman, M. Huggins, M. Huggins, M. Mopas, M. Norris, M. Straus, Maki Haberfeld, N. Kop, N. Uildriks, N. Uildriks, O. Adang, O. Adang, O. Adang, Otto Adang, P. A. J. Waddington, P. Bourdieu, P. Hoffman, P. Manzoni, P. Neyroud, P. Shuldiner, P. Stenning, P. Waddington, Philip Stenning, R. Briceño León, R. Del Olmo, R. E. Dobash, R. Ericson, R. Lawrence, T. Ohlemacher, T. Santos, Thomas Feltes, Urban Alliance on Race Relations/Queen Street Patients Council., W. Geller, W. Terrill, W. Terrill, W. Westley, Y. Monsalve   +85 more
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Job Demands, Job Resources, and Well-being in Police Officers—a Resource-Oriented Approach

, 2019
This study examined the association between job characteristics, namely job demands and job resources, and mental health outcomes in terms of emotional exhaustion and well-being among police officers.
C. Wolter, Andreas Santa Maria, Franziska Wörfel, B. Gusy, T. Lesener, D. Kleiber, B. Renneberg   +6 more
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Disrupting Child Sexual Exploitation in New South Wales: A Mixed‐Method Survey Exploring Workforce Capacities

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is an insidious form of child sexual abuse (CSA) that impacts Australia's most vulnerable children and young people. Reports of CSE abuses experienced by children and young people living in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) have spurred urgent calls for improving responses to CSE in Australia.
Sarah Ciftci, Hannah Wilkinson, Susan Heward‐Belle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assaults Committed against Alaska Police Officers, 2002–2011 [PDF]

, 2013
This fact sheet presents information reported to the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) by Alaska police agencies on the frequency of assaults committed against police officers for the period 2002–2011. Data were extracted from DPS's annual Uniform
Myrstol, Brad A.
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Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston, Lynley A. Wallis, Heather Burke, Lorna Bogdanek, Trevina Rogers, Justine Kemp   +5 more
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Can Condoms Be Compelling? Examining the State Interest in Confiscating Condoms from Suspected Sex Workers [PDF]

, 2013
Confiscating condoms from suspected sex workers leaves them at risk for HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancy. Yet, police officers in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles collect condoms from sex workers to use ...
Newcomer, Meghan
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Policing New Zealand : perspectives of rural and urban police officers : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis presents an exploration into rural and urban police officers' perceptions and experiences of their work in Northland, New Zealand. Although international research has already investigated police officers' rural and urban experiences, there is
Fowler, Corinne Elizabeth
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