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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Canadian police"”.
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Born to be Blue? The Constructing of Canadian Police Officers’ Identity
Police professionals navigate competing conceptions of what it means to be a police officer, giving rise to a unique police identity crisis (Hunt, 2021; Pickett et al., 2022). Given the dynamic nature of personal and professional self-identity, this crisis can be examined through discursive …
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The acquisition and implementation of risk technologies by Canadian police services
Most Canadian police services have rapidly acquired and implemented a range of technological advancements in recent years. This rapid adoption of technologies has left a significant gap in our empirical and theoretical understanding of how police make decisions about which technologies to acquire. …
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Communicating police-involved deaths: a mixed-methods exploration of Canadian police agencies’ Twitter strategies and perceptions of police
Despite increasing demands for police transparency and accountability regarding police-involved deaths (PIDs), minimal research to date has explored how police agencies utilize social media to communicate these events and little research has explored how the public perceives police statements that …
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"If we didn't know what happened, you wouldn't be sitting in that chair": Communicative Purposes and Rhetorical Actions in Canadian Police Suspect Interviews
… 2021; Weigand, 2009). Research suggests that police interviews represent one of the earliest points from which a miscarriage of justice can originate (Campbell, 2018, p.85), having been described as the “most potent weapon” in securing a conviction (Kassin & Gudjonsson, 2004, p. 35). In the …
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Tools in the Toolbox: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Police Officers, mHealth Mobile Application Engagement and Associated Systems of Coping Mechanisms
A significant issue confronting Canadian police executives today pertains to the escalating prevalence of mental health and addiction cases among their officers. In response, the Halton Regional Police Service initiated a mental wellness campaign in 2020, incorporating a mobile application aimed at …
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Toward assessing and improving the protective efficacy of Canadians’ interrogation rights: misinformation and caution comprehension
… protect detainees facing the power imbalance of police interrogation. Unfortunately, research indicates people are misinformed about their rights and struggle to comprehend the police cautions which explain them. This reduces the protective efficacy of rights in practice. Three inter-related …
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Policing mental health: an exploratory study of crisis intervention teams and co-response teams in the Canadian context
Due to an increase in interactions between the police and persons with mental illness (PMI), police services have begun deploying specialized mental health responses to more adequately address these calls. One of these responses is a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) that is comprised of officers who …
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The impact of the digital society on police recruit training in Canada
… research study examines the recruit training of police officers in Canada in light of society’s increasing dependence on digital technologies, systems, and devices. The study employed qualitative interviews with eight participants from recognized police recruit training academies in Canada. An …
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Collaborative Policing: A Case Study of the Red Deer Domestic Violence Collaborative Court Program
Canadian police agencies are increasingly expected to collaborate with community agencies to resolve or prevent crime but little empirical evidence documents the complexities of these partnerships. This exploratory case study addresses this gap by examining the Domestic Violence Collaborative Court …
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The social body of the police
This thesis explores the health of the police officer in relation to the police profession. Police work continues to be regarded as one of the most stressful occupations; and as a major consequence, job stress may be partially responsible for the degree of self-construction or self-destruction of …
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The policing of terrorism: a comparative analysis of Turkish and Canadian counter-terrorism responses
Police agencies assume a significant role in the creation and enforcement of government counter-terrorism strategies. Modern police organizations are tasked with preventing and responding to terrorism, in addition to their traditional policing duties of crime prevention, criminal investigation and …
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Media portrayal of police: A content analysis of the "Toronto Star", the "Toronto Sun" and "Now" (Ontario).
… portrays individuals and events surrounding the police during the work-to-rule protest of 1992. A total of 730 newspaper articles were examined. These articles appeared in either the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun or Now. In addition articles were also drawn from the Globe and Mail, on days which a …
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For whom the cruiser rolls: a retrospective analysis of factors relating to recidivism in a sample of graduates from a court-ordered alcohol education and awareness program
… Their criminal records were obtained from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). Those program graduates who reoffended were compared to the vast majority who did not reoffend. Results of the study indicated that there was no way to determine who would recidivate from the data that were …
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Toward Inclusive Excellence: Forging Inclusive Police Organizations through Leadership Training and Development
… forefront in society, and intensifying calls for police reform. Police organizations, like many others, have responded with a greater commitment to address these issues through things like DEI training, policy changes, and targeted recruitment of diverse employees. However, these efforts have …
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"Suck it up, Buttercup": The Role of Gender in the Mental Health of Police Officers
Police officers are at higher risk for several different mental disorders relative to the general population, arguably due to the nature of their work. Women police officers report elevated mental disorders symptoms when compared to men police officers. Empirical research on which factors may be …
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Whistleblowing and Moral Dilemmas in Policing: An Analysis of Police Culture and the 'Blue Code of Silence'
This thesis explores police officers’ moral experience with the ‘blue code of silence’ and whistleblowing relating to corruption, misconduct and abuses of civilians. The interview responses of five (5) Canadian police officers is presented and examined using a meta-analytical approach of symbolic …
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Qualitative Exploration of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Creation of Informed Police Officer Training in Canada
… with the criminal justice system (CJS) and police officers as victims, witnesses, and suspects/accused parties (McLachlan et al., 2019). Within the Ontario, Canada, context, my overarching interdisciplinary research question asks: How can the experiences of justice-involved individuals with …