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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Police/Policing"”.
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Perceptions of Male Urban College Students of Color: Police, Policing, and the Impact on Their Educational Experiences
… hands of those charged with protecting them, the police. Utilizing a qualitative research design (Creswell, 2007, 2014; Merriam & Tisdell, 2016; Stake, 2006) consisting of a multiple case study methodology (Saldana, 2016; Stake, 2006; Saldana, 2016; Seidman, 2012) and an educational-life history …
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Jagged blue frontiers: The police and the policing of boundaries in South Africa
… fundamental to the approaches and practices of policing bodies in South Africa for centuries, from the mounted colonial paramilitary forces of the 1800s to the 21st century professional police. Boundaries have not only been a central mechanism that the police have consistently used to control …
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Reforming the Police: Violence, Security, and the Social in Turkey
… of new conceptions and practices of security and policing in Turkey, as the proliferation of police-related crises once again brings police reform to the global spotlight. Drawing on 18 months of fieldwork in local police stations and neighborhoods in Ankara and Istanbul, Police Academy classes, …
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Women in Policing: Their Disillusion Phase at Work
Studies on the career paths of municipal police officers have revealed an emergence of four distinct phases which officers pass through during their professional careers, phases where the perception of their profession changes. These phases are more constant at the patrol officer level where most …
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Colonial Policing in Nigeria: British Tactics of Economic Control and the Hypocrisy of Order, 1900-1930
… societies, effectively utilized colonial policing to maintain its authority and exploit Nigeria. As a pivotal administrative apparatus, the police provided coercive support for colonial rule in Nigeria and Africa. Scholars have examined the violence associated with the British suppression …
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Policing Celebratory Behavior: Tactical vs. Relationship, a Micro Study of Lexington Kentucky Police Response
… is considerably less empirical work regarding police reaction to these events, particularly concerning celebratory behavior following a sporting event. Celebratory incidents are less organized than their protests counterpart. A variety of fans with collective zeal gather in a common location …
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From engagement to estrangement: the demise of the physically accessible police officer : a study of police commitment to proactive proximal engagement with local communities
Differing from reactive interactions between the police and public, and valued by citizens for its emphasis on visibility, accessibility, and relationship-building, proactive proximal engagement, within the community policing context, refers to routine, voluntary, police-initiated interactions with …
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Space, place and policing in Scotland's night-time economy
… project has specifically focussed on the role of police in this rapidly changing regulatory NTE context. Combining data gathered from participant observation sessions with front-line police and in-depth interviews with multiple NTE stakeholders in a multi-site comparison study across Scotland, …