Value change among police officers at a time of organizational reform: a follow‐up study using Rokeach values

Policing - Tập 22 Số 2 - Trang 152-170 - 1999
JihongZhao1, NiHe2, Nicholas P.Lovrich3
1Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2Division of Social & Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA and
3Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

Tóm tắt

This paper examines evidence of value change among police officers in a medium‐sized police department which has been selected as a demonstration site for community‐oriented policing (COP). Relying primarily upon two survey data collections with a period of three years’ separation, the aim of this paper is to provide a follow‐up to a previously published article in this journal to investigate two issues. First, was there a change in the value orientations among police officers between 1993 and 1996?; and second, was any change noted favorable to the COP organizational culture that the department is attempting to promote? The primary findings of this paper strongly suggest that the value orientations among police officers did indeed change over this time period. However, the direction of the change noted may not be consistent with the goal of enhancing COP organizational culture. These findings help explain how the institutionalization of COP is properly seen as a very difficult, long‐term task facing American police today.

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