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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Police training"”.
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Initial police training for the 21st century
… demand of a twenty-first century society, the training methods and educational tactics employed in the development of the next generation of officers must also evolve. This investigation incorporates both literature and empirical analysis of standards, expectations, and opportunities within the …
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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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An Assessment of Alabama's 240-Hour State-Mandated Basic Police Training Curriculum.
Within a period of only a few years, police training in the United States has moved from a situation of considerable ambivalence as to the need for any training of police personnel to a situation in which the need is now widely recognized. Only fools and liars would de-emphasize the priority of …
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Training for the whole person : an exploration of possibilities for enhancing the spiritual dimension of police training
… the organisation that trained trainers for the police services of England and Wales. As was typical of its drive for continuous improvement, Centrex supported this study into whether an exploration of the spiritual dimension in its training of trainers would increase the effectiveness of those …
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Police Education and Training: A Comparative Analysis of Law Enforcement Preparation in the United States and Canada
<p>Police academy training for newly hired officers varies across locations and regions in regard to both training process and training content. The needs and demands of modern-day societies have evolved, and it is very important for police training academies to keep up with the practice of the …
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Police probationer training : policy and practice an historical review
… apparent lack of any previous work focusing on Police Probationer Training was the impetus behind this research. This very important area of police training is undergone by all officers and their probationary period lasts two years.Numerous reviews and amendments have taken place over the years …
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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 …
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Does Collaboration Matter? A Paradigm for Practical Educational Research
… of knowledge. The context of the thesis is a police training college where I held responsibility for staff training and development. The police trainers' thinking was characterised by a means-end rationality and a coyness about public debate of their values. Their practices of both teaching …
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Applications of Methods in Causal Inference
… study design to address the effectiveness of police training in providing procedural justice. The second chapter explores the difference-in-difference technique to draw the causal relationship between the vaccination monitoring system in Pakistan on vaccine uptake and coverage. Finally, the …
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Ethical decision-making: a treatise into the role of ethics in 21st century policing
In 1829, on setting up the modern police service, Sir Robert Peel stated, "The police are the public and the Public are the Police" (Williams, 2003:100). He recognised the accountability the police service has to its communities. Integral to this accountability are the notions of legitimacy and …
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The Construction of Domestic Violence Among Police Officers
… research studies, and changes in the law, police departments in the United States have experienced dramatic changes in their response to domestic violence. The purpose of this study is to examine police officers constructions of domestic violence. I argue that officers' interpretations of …
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The Psychological Response of Trainees During a 16 Week Regional Policy Academy: A Needs Assessment
… by law enforcement officers begins with basic police training. Having a solid foundation of coping strategies to support resilience is one way to reduce adverse physical and mental effects of this occupation. This project focused on assessing the psychological response of police trainees as …
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Perceptions on Police Use of Force: A General Strain Theory Approach to Explicate Use of Force Incidents
… study focused on stress and its influence on police officers’ use of force. As a theoretical frame, Agnew’s General Strain Theory (GST) was applied to measure police officers’ decision making process in use of force, and the evaluation was compared to the college population. Data derived from …
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E-Learning and In-Service Training: An Exploration of the Beliefs and Practices of Trainers and Trainees in the Turkish National Police
… out by an officer of the Turkish National Police (TNP), investigated the perceptions and beliefs of TNP trainers and trainees towards the potential adoption and implementation of e-learning technology for in-service police training. Utilizing diffusion and innovation theory (DOI) (Rogers, …
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Análise da política pública Pacto Pela Vida implementada no Estado da Bahia: um foco na redução dos crimes violentos letais intencionais.
… for the fundamental rights that guide the police action a prospect of entering the training and police training courses focusing on human rights.
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A survey of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission and its effect on the
… role in changing state laws, providing funds for police training, recognizing prosecutors and paying awards to informants lends credibility to their role in the criminal justice system. Their function has often changed during the fifty-year history. If there is a deficit, it may be that the …
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Education and Training of Specialist Sexual Offence Investigators in Victoria, Australia from 2009 to 2011
The topic of training specifically designed for investigators of sexual offences has received little attention from academic researchers to date. Previous studies have not described training provided to police investigators of sexual offences in Australia. This thesis developed Turnley’s Framework …
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Multivariate dynamic criteria: a process model of job performance
… The model was fitted to data from a 12-week long police training academy using the SAS and R systems. Cognitive ability and Big 5 personality traits are used to predict slopes and intercepts for the performance criteria. Changes in the criteria are mapped onto changes in identity and motivation …
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Occult-Related Crime and the Policing thereof, through the lens of Cosmology of Socio-Political Factors
… of occult crime, for this has implications on police training and investigation, as well sentencing processes in courts. Modern-day panics are described as conspiracy theories, and in the 80s and 90s a significant example of this phenomenon was labelled the ‘Satanic Panic', and more recently, …
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