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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"police officer"”.
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Police Officer Perceptions of Diversity-Focused Recruitment in Ontario, Canada
… was designed to bring about an understanding of police officer perceptions of diversity-focused recruitment in Ontario, Canada. Though the need to have police services that are reflective of the communities they serve has been legislated for decades, all of Ontario’s police services fall short in …
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Assessing the Impact of Increased Police Officer Presence In Micro Hot Spots
… With this in mind, the Kansas City Missouri Police Department (KCPD) implemented a hot spot policing strategy in the East Patrol Division, which is known for its high volume of calls for service and violent crimes year around. This effort was part of the Kansas City Strategies for Policing …
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The Impact of Police Officer Presence on Driver Behaviors Within Active School Zones
… technology and in collaboration with the Reno Police Department (RPD), the hypothesis is that an officer's presence will cause drivers to significantly reduce their speeds. Three case studies conducted at local schools indicated a modest, though statistically significant, reduction in speeds …
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Perceptions Of Female Police Officer Use Of Force: Stereotypes And Gender Role Expectations
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Increasing police officer resilience to stress in a suburban police service in British Columbia
Canadian police officers strive to deliver service excellence to the public under ever-increasing scrutiny. Complex factors (e.g., technology, courts, oversight agencies) steadily shift power away from front-line officers. Powerlessness result in stress and limited coping ability. This inquiry …
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Police Corruption and Misconduct from a Police Officer Perspective:from Identification to Discipline and Prevention
Police officers possess differing opinions about forms of police misconduct and the best ways to discipline police officers who are corrupt. Some law enforcement officials believe that with the large amounts of discretionary power they are given, they are above the law. Through a secondary analysis …
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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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The Ferguson Effect in Contemporary Policing: Assessing Police Officer Willingness to Engage the Public
… and video recording of violent/tumultuous police encounters increase, police would back away from proactive enforcement, resulting in an increase in crime—the Ferguson Effect. Recent scholarship refined these concerns over police disengagement with the study of de-policing, while other …
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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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Police Officer Burnout: An Examination of Officer Stress, the Policing Subculture and the Advantages of Family Counseling
The work of a police officer is stressful and could potentially lead to burnout. As a result, a variety of reactions may occur which include, cynicism, abuse of authority, and in extreme cases suicide. One method which has been proven to be effective in treating officer stress is counseling; …
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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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WHAT SHAPES POLICE OFFICER WILLINGNESS TO USE STRESS INTERVENTION SERVICES? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CURRENT FACTORS IN PENNSYLVANIA
In the last 40 years the subject of police stress has gained increasing attention and a significant body of literature has emerged. This literature has documented the sources, types, and consequences of police stress. As a result of the negative consequences of police stress, a number of stress …
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Education and its effects on police officer job performance: the perceived views from both Chattanooga police officers and society
… designed to examine the relationship between a police officer's level of education and the perception of education on police officer job performance. Specifically, the researcher hypothesized that police officers with college degrees were perceived to perform their duties better than officer's …
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Don't Taze me, I am not Defiant, I am Autistic: An Analysis of Police Officer Training and Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Recent high profile police incidents involving individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have led to police practice and policy changes regarding the training police officers are expected to receive. The rate of ASD has increased significantly in the past decade, and police officers are now …
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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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Perceptions of police use of force: the role of context-specific factors, police legitimacy, and belief in a just world
… that could explain variations in how acceptable police use of force is perceived to be among a Canadian sample. Four text-based vignettes depicting a police use of force encounter were used in the current study. The vignettes manipulated two factors that were hypothesized to influence perceptions …
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