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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"police behavior"”.
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Relationship Among Department Satisfaction, Training, and Police Behavior
<p>The call for police reform has been sparked by incidents involving the shooting and killing of individuals by the police. Public and political scrutiny of police behavior and procedures has created a social identity of “Us Versus Them” mentality among police officers. Proactive policing …
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Examining the Role of Race, Gender, and Class in African-American Police Perceptions in Rural Kentucky
… and ethnic differences in perceptions of the police. This research has overwhelmingly shown that Blacks and Latinos hold lower levels of trust and confidence in the police than do Whites and other racial minorities. The increased skepticism of the police expressed by minority citizens is …
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A Case Study on Police Misconduct in the United States of America and an Applicable Model for the Turkish National Police.
… causes and deterrent control mechanisms of police misconduct in the United States. Outcomes of causes and control mechanisms constitute the basis for an applicable model for the Turkish National Police (TNP). Why is some police behavior deviate? What are the main determinants of police …
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The Democratic Deficit in American Policing
… state actors more broadly, and municipal police, more narrowly. First, I evaluate an increasingly common institutional reform in municipal governance – civilian oversight boards. This research demonstrates that oversight boards are systematically underpowered and unable to improve police …
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Homeland Security: Institution Building and Agency Cooperation
… attacks. Specifically, utilizing the concepts of police culture, bureaucracy, and neoinstitutional theory this research seeks to determine whether police are willingly cooperating and participating in the formation of the homeland security societal sector. Of particular interest is how …
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Protest from below: Activists experience of the student protest Dublin, 2010
… focused and excessive, and talk angrily of the police behavior on the day. From my research of this protest, the event affected FEE as a group significantly, and it is apparent from my interviews, that the group was not capable of ‘dealing and responding’ to what had happened after protest. The …
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Essays in economics of crime: Guns, drugs, and the police
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01