Outside the interrogation room: the context of confession in sexual crimesPolicing - - 2011
EricBeauregard, TomMieczkowski
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify factors in sex offenders that act to facilitate or inhibit confession to police. Moreover, it aims to assess possible interactions and differences among factors related to confession specifically for child molesters and those who attack adult victims (rapists).... hiện toàn bộ
Police decertification: changing patterns among the states, 1985‐1995Policing - Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 481-496 - 1997
StevenPuro, RogerGoldman, William C.Smith
Traditional remedies for police misconduct, such as exclusion of evidence illegally seized from the defendant’s trial, permit the offending officer to remain in law enforcement. In most other professions, removal of the license or certificate of the offending professional has been a traditional remedy for serious misconduct. “Decertification” of peace officers is a relatively recent phenom...... hiện toàn bộ
Problem‐oriented policing in public housing: identifying the distribution of problem placesPolicing - Tập 20 Số 2 - Trang 235-255 - 1997
LorraineGreen Mazerolle, WilliamTerrill
Describes a problem‐oriented policing program in Jersey City that seeks to identify, analyze, and target drug, disorder, and violent crime problems in public housing. Describes the problem scanning and identification processes that were used to detect hot spot locations within six public housing sites in the study. Begins the research with a premise that public housing sites differ from on...... hiện toàn bộ
Law enforcement responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemicPolicing - Tập 21 Số 4 - Trang 648-665 - 1998
R. AlanThompson, James W.Marquart
Much attention is given to the topic of HIV/ AIDS within the general population and several specific professions, namely the medical and related health‐care fields. By comparison, little serious attention is devoted to the implications this deadly disease poses for the law enforcement profession and its practitioners. In response to this situation, a study was undertaken to assess the natu...... hiện toàn bộ
Police officers' assessment of operational situationsPolicing - Tập 30 Số 2 - Trang 310-323 - 2007
R.Flin, Z.Pender, L.Wujec, V.Grant, E.Stewart
PurposeThe aim of this study is to identify the dimensions used by police officers in Scotland to discriminate and categorise operational situations.Design/methodology/approachThis article was based on two studies: study 1 was a c...... hiện toàn bộ
Police perceptions of social capital and sense of responsibilityPolicing - Tập 28 Số 1 - Trang 49-68 - 2005
Arrick L.Jackson, John E.Wade
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between social capital and police sense of responsibility and their impact on proactive policing.Design/methodology/approachData were obtained from surveys of 353 pol...... hiện toàn bộ
Policy promise: community policing and domestic violence victim satisfactionPolicing - Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 519-531 - 1997
Margaret E.Martin
Police policy regarding domestic violence has been severely altered over the last decade. The social control approach of pro‐arrest policies has coincided with a service approach promoted by community policing philosophy. But community policing practice has largely ignored the role of victim satisfaction. The evaluation of domestic violence victims must be considered in determining police ...... hiện toàn bộ
Police officers’ views on cultivating organizational commitmentPolicing - Tập 20 Số 1 - Trang 175-195 - 1997
KarenBeck, CarleneWilson
Many studies over the past two decades have demonstrated that employees with low levels of organizational commitment (OC) tend to be less effective. Recent research has suggested that the OC levels of police officers in Australia and New Zealand are lower that the OC levels of police in other countries. In addition, more experienced officers (especially sergeants) have lower levels of OC t...... hiện toàn bộ