Policing: An International Journal: Volume 43 Issue 2

A multilevel analysis of factors related to business robbery clearance rates in a large city in Texas

Eric M. Cooke, Yan Zhang

Business victimization is a serious and pervasive issue within the USA. According to recent estimates, roughly 2,058,194 businesses are victimized each year. Of those…

The practice of proactive traffic stops

Xiaoyun Wu, Cynthia Lum

Empirical research suggests that traffic enforcement is the most common type of proactive activity police officers engage in on a daily basis. Further, agencies often use traffic…

Police stress and depressive symptoms: role of coping and hardiness

Penelope Allison, Anna Mnatsakanova, Erin McCanlies, Desta Fekedulegn, Tara A. Hartley, Michael E. Andrew, John M. Violanti

Chronic exposure to occupational stress may lead to depressive symptoms in police officers. The association between police stress and depressive symptoms and the potential…

Race/ethnicity composition of police officers in officer-involved shootings

Katelyn K. Jetelina, Stephen A. Bishopp, Jared G. Wiegand, Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate officer and civilian race/ethnicity disparities during ten years of officer-involved shootings (OIS).

Social capital and public willingness to cooperate with the police in China

Kang Hu, Rong Hu, Ivan Sun, Yuning Wu

Public cooperation with the police is of great significance in the maintenance of social security and social harmony, but studies investigating the mechanisms of public…

A comparative study of the police code of silence: Exploring the relation between the code of silence and societal characteristics

Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Maria Haberfeld, Wook Kang, Robert Patrick Peacock, Louise E. Porter, Tim Prenzler, Adri Sauerman

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contours of the police code of silence, a critical component of the ability to control misconduct and enhance integrity within any…

Predictors of police body-worn camera acceptance: digging deeper into officers’ perceptions

Natalie Todak, Janne E. Gaub

The purpose of this paper is to examine individual-level factors related to police body-worn camera (BWC) acceptance.

Contrasting emotional labor and burnout in civilian and sworn law enforcement personnel

Ian T. Adams, Sharon H. Mastracci

This study introduces emotional labor into an analysis of multiple dimensions of burnout in sworn and civilian employees across three law enforcement agencies.

Hidden danger : A 22-years analysis of law enforcement deaths associated with duty-related illnesses (1997–2018)

John M. Violanti, Desta Fekedulegn, Mingming Shi, Michael E. Andrew

Law enforcement is a dangerous profession not only due to assaults, accidents and homicides but also due to health risks. This study examined trends in the national frequency and…

Police cadet general and interactional knowledge of persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)

Allen Copenhaver, Andrew S. Denney, Victoria Rapp

The purpose of this study is to ascertain law enforcement cadet general knowledge of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and practical knowledge in how to apply various aspects of…

The “power few” of missing persons’ cases

Laura Huey, Lorna Ferguson, Larissa Kowalski

The purpose of this paper is to test the “power few” concept in relation to missing persons and the locations from which they are reported missing.

Female attrition from the police profession

Andreea I. Alecu, Silje Bringsrud Fekjær

Do female police recruits drop out of police education and/or leave the profession more often than men, and has this changed over time? Can gender differences be explained by the…

Officers' perceptions regarding the unexpected effects of body-worn cameras

Jordan C. Pickering

Throughout the last decade, a number of empirical studies have assessed the effectiveness of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among law enforcement agencies across the United States. The…

Work-family conflict and job dissatisfaction among police officers: mediation of threat to family role and moderation of role segmentation enhancement

Talat Islam, Mubbsher Munawar Khan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Ali

This study investigates the mechanism between work-family conflict (WFC) and job dissatisfaction by considering threat to family role as a mediator and role segment enhancement as…