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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Police recruits"”.
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Corruption and police recruits in Ghana: A qualitative longitudinal study
Police corruption is a transhistorical problem. It constitutes a subject of great criminological significance, given the threats to the rule of law, human rights, and the effective functioning of the criminal justice system. The question of how police officers come to view corruption as an …
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A practical-participatory evaluation of a racial diversity education program for police recruits
… evaluate a diversity education program for police recruits. The Policing in a Multiracial Society Program (PMSP) was developed on the basis of the literature and using the input of a core academic team, veteran police officers, and community members. The PMSP is an approximately 10-hour …
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Coping isn't for the Faint of Heart: An Investigation into the Development of Coping Strategies for Incoming Police Recruits
… well-being of officers is critical as unhealthy police using poor coping strategies to handle their stress can lead to a multitude of negative consequences for the communities they serve, their departments, their fellow officers, and themselves. While the technology of policing is quickly …
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White friends harm, Black friends help: Mediators of racial color-blindness and ethnocultural empathy
… racial composition of close friendship groups in police recruits. Understanding the relationship between these constructs is important as it may shape the types of training and interventions for police officers to promote multicultural competency and effectiveness in the diverse communities that …
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Professionalism in Policing: Do Increased Education Requirements Improve Police Performance and Procedural Justice?
With the increased attention to police brutality against people of color in recent years, the credibility of police departments is being called into question. Prior research suggests that a police force can improve their trustworthiness in the eyes of the public through prioritizing procedural and …
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Perceptions of Justice and Motivations for Becoming a Police Officer: Differences Across Recruits and Law Enforcement Officers
… prevalent criminal justice issues among police recruits and police officers. Additionally, the motivations and perceptions were compared across recruits and officers to see if they changed over time. The purpose of this study was to see if the police subculture and socialization had an …
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A Study of Academic Performance in Police Basic Training
… the effect it has on academic performance of the police recruits that attended the Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) for their basic training academy in Richmond, Ky. This study focused on the academic portion of recruit training only. This study assessed whether education level is a …
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Law enforcement recruitment: the social, economic, and political considerations for police officer recruitment programs
… administrators. Public organization leaders and police agency executives struggle with constant budget constraints, mounting expectations in law enforcement mandates, personnel management conflicts, and modem socially engineered perceptions on police legitimacy. Despite these obstacles, citizen's …
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Police training in sexual assault response: Comparison of approaches
The literature abounds with criticism of negative police attitudes and behavior toward sexual assault victims, and a number of authors have responded with calls for improved training in this area. Unfortunately, very few such programs are described in the literature and almost none are …
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Written plans and self-evaluations in investigative interviews with witnesses
… to date has examined the interviewing of trained police officers. As such, there is a need for research examining the Preparation and planning and Evaluation stages of the PEACE model in an Australian context, with a focus on less experienced police officers. In the present research, a sample of …