Policing: An International Journal: Volume 46 Issue 5/6

Research note – the connection of organizational justice views with Chinese police officer organizational commitment

Eric Lambert, Jianhong Liu, Shanhe Jiang

Police officers' attitudes toward their employing organizations are impacted by officers' perceptions of justice within the organization itself, and these perceptions can affect…

Public perceptions of the police and violence: an examination of both sides of the issue

Mario A. Davila, Deborah J. Hartley, Ben Brown

The purpose of this study is to gain a broad understanding of public perceptions of the police and violence.

“Please don't be too nice”: the role of political ideology in the approval of police use of force

John C. Navarro, Michael A. Hansen

The purpose of this study is to explore the ideological gaps on police use of force.

Exploring the direct and indirect relationships between policing and citizen satisfaction in South Korea

Joon Tag Cho

The author explored the direct and indirect relationships between policing and citizen satisfaction, considering both the policing and neighborhood context at the regional level.

Assessing the relationship between officers' broad cultural attitudes and their situational perceptions of firearm danger

Logan J. Somers, William Terrill

The focus of the current study is to assess whether officers' broad attitudinal orientations are linked with their situational perceptions of danger in various armed citizen…

Front porch roll calls: an innovative approach to community-oriented policing in Saginaw, MI

Travis Carter, Scott E. Wolfe, Yongjae Nam, Spencer G. Lawson

This study aims to evaluate a promising community-oriented policing strategy called “front porch roll call” (FPRC), which involves conducting roll calls in public forums.

Emotional intelligence as a predictor of workgroup fit among police leaders

David R. White, Joseph Schafer

Policing scholars have largely ignored the workgroup dynamics of police command staffs. These officers work closely at the top of police organizations, promoting strategic…

Strategic planning practices in policing: evidence from the field

Michael Louis McIntyre, Tarah Hodgkinson, Tullio Caputo

This study aims to provide information concerning practices for creating strategic plans in municipal policing organizations and their use in practice.

Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being

Jacquelyn Keaton, Kristen Jennings Black, Jonathan Houdmont, Emma Beck, David Roddy, Johnathon Chambers, Sabrina Moon

Community-police relations have gained increasing public attention during the past decade. The purpose of the present study was to better understand the relationship between…

Results from an effectiveness evaluation of anti-bias training on police behavior and public perceptions of discrimination

Lois James, Stephen James, Renée Jean Mitchell

The authors evaluated the impact of an anti-bias training intervention for improving police behavior during interactions with community members and public perceptions of…

Do cultural values influence how we perceive the police? Examining the cultural impact of Confucian values on the perception of police legitimacy

Sung Lee, YeonSoo Kim

This study aimed to expand the normative model of police legitimacy literature by assessing the impact of cultural values and their role as a driver of the perception of…

Bad apples or rotten orchards? Public attitudes of interactions with police and the role of political ideology

Michael A. Hansen, John C. Navarro

The purpose of this study is to explore the ideological gaps across a range of policing interactions with the public.

How the police conceptualise and view the relevance of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for policing: a qualitative investigation

Karen Goodall, Zara P. Brodie, Kirsty Deacon, Kimberly Collins, Karri Gillespie-Smith

Knowledge about the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is pivotal to trauma-informed approaches, yet the impact of ACEs training is rarely investigated…

Compliments or complaints: an evaluation of a community oriented policing practice

William Pelfrey, Steven Keener

This research study evaluates an innovative community-oriented policing program, designed to enhance officer accountability, thereby informing the scholarly community and agency…

Crime on the mass transit system in Hong Kong: a hotspots and harmspots trajectory approach

Yiu Ming Ng, Barak Ariel, Vincent Harinam

A growing body of literature focuses on crime hotspots; however, less is known about the spatial distribution of crime at mass transit systems, and even less is known about…

Does Weisburd's law of crime concentration apply to traffic crashes? Implications for policing and traffic law enforcement

Sangjun Park, Cynthia Lum

A considerable amount of police evaluation research focuses on innovative approaches to reduce crime at places. This is hardly coincidental; policing and place-based scholars have…