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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Police agencies"”.
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The Impact Of Community Policing On The Structure And Administration of Police Agencies
… and decision-making processes, and more police discretion highlight the community policing movement. Essentially, community policing is the quality movement in American policing. This thesis will explore the impact of community policing on the structure and administration of police …
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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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Culture clash: Making the case for a new paradigm in police cultural training
Hiring standards in most police agencies result in most officer candidates having little, if any, meaningful exposure to the "oppositional" culture of the urban, minority poor. Given the current popularity of the Community Oriented Policing paradigm---with its emphasis on positive police/community …
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Homicide Clearance Determinants: An Analysis of Police Departments of the 100 Largest U.S. Cities
… and the public to evaluate the ability of police agencies. The declining trend of homicide clearance rates implies the inability of police to protect society. The purpose of this study is to determine what police agencies can do to improve homicide clearance rates. The sample contains …
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An Analysis of Morale and Job Satisfaction of the Members of the Metropolitan Police, Thailand.
… organization theory has been less concerned with police agencies' greatest asset, their personnel.
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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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Problem-oriented approach to criminal investigation: implementation issues and challenges
… of the underlying causes of the problems that police deal with. In particular, analysis applications can be powerful tools for criminal investigation, such as crime reconstruction, profiling, IAFIS, VICAP, and CODIS. The SARA Model represents a problem-solving strategy of problemoriented …
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Toward Successful Negotiation Strategies in Hostage-Ttaking Situations: Case Study Approach and Future Recommendations
… through hostage situations. It is not only a police problem but also a governmental problem. Police apply either negotiation or tactical intervention in hostage situations to recover hostages without bloodshed or loss of life. Success in this endeavor is based on effective negotiation. The …
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Civil Asset Forfeiture in the Fight Against Drugs (Policy Analysis)
… a criminal action. Therefore, it is claimed that police agencies have chosen easy targets, such as wealthy drug users rather than major drug traffickers. Consequently, it has been particularly challenged on the basis of the Excessive Fines, Double Jeopardy, and Due Process Clauses. The use of …
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Assembling Zibi: How Profits, Property, and Policing Undermined Algonquin Urban Land Reclamation at Asinabka in Canada’s National Capital Region
… of government officials, municipal bureaucrats, police agencies and real estate developers, to undermine the land reclamation movement. Building on literatures in critical urban studies, settler colonial studies, and racial capitalism, this dissertation examined three facets through which …
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The Impact of Civilian Oversight on the Number of Complaints Made Against the Police
… on the number of complaints made against the police officers of a community. The research describes the number of complaints filed against police officers in two police agencies, one with civilian oversight of the police department and one agency without civilian oversight. Methodology. This …
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Assessing violent encounters: police use of lethality reporting
… at greater risk for violent victimization, police agencies have begun to use lethality assessments. This strategy involves the use of screening questions asked of victims that assess dangerousness. Grounded in the criminological literature on domestic violence (DV), the Maryland Lethality …
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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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Relationship Of Procedural Justice And Public Satisfaction In A Sub-Urban Maine Community
… data in determining the effectiveness of police. Public satisfaction with the police is the operative measurement to determine the legitimacy and effectiveness for police agencies. While there is little data for communities with a population of less than 50,000, no data existed for the …
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Vermont-Québec Police Agency Cooperation: A Case Study
… a practical ideal type model of cross-border police agency cooperation and to gauge Vermont-Québec police agency cooperation against this practical ideal type standard. Cross-border police agencies are faced with two main problems: 1) the existence of barriers to effective cross-border police …
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Police officers' adoption of information technology: A case study of the Turkish POLNET system.
… of government and vital to the community, police agencies are organizations that have high usage rates of information technology systems since they are in the intelligence sector and thus have information incentives. Not only can information technologies develop intra- and …
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Respect for human rights and the rise of democratic policing in Turkey: Adoption and diffusion of the European Union acquis in the Turkish National Police.
… Union acquis adoption in the Turkish National Police. The research employed the Diffusion of Innovations, Democratic Policing, and historical background check theoretical frameworks to study the decision-making of the TNP regarding reforms after 2003 as a qualitative case study which …
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Physical Abilities Testing: A Review of Court Cases, 1992-2006
… physical ability tests, which are often used in police agencies and fire departments. A total of 22 physical ability testing cases at the Appellate and Supreme Court level were identified to be included as part of a review to examine the outcome of litigation. Of the 22 cases, only 6 cases …
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Factors Influencing User-level Success In Police Informationsharing: An Examination Of Florida's Finder System
… objective has been to connect law enforcement agencies so they can share information that is routinely collected by police. This low-level information, gathered from sources such as traffic tickets, calls for service, incident reports and field contacts, is not widely shared but might account …
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