Policing: An International Journal: Volume 47 Issue 2

Guest editorial: Policing and Asian communities: an area that has been neglected by police scholars

Hyeyoung Lim, Brian Lawton, John J. Sloan

Policing Asian communities in the United States: a systematic literature review and discussion

Hyeyoung Lim, Brian Lawton, John J. Sloan

This article aims to synthesize published research on the policing of Asian communities in the United States.

Persistence of police legitimacy: understanding Asian American perspectives

Stephanie Van Ha, Ivan Sun

The purpose of this paper is to examine Asian Americans' perceptions of the police, specifically how they construct support. Although such literature has been growing in recent…

Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community

Jiseun Sohn, Insun Park, Gang Lee, Sinyong Choi

Limited research exists on the perceptions of police within specific ethnic minority groups. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of Korean and…

Exploring Southeast Asian immigrants' attitudes toward the police in Taiwan

Yung-Lien Lai, Fei Luo, Chia-Cheng Kang, Tzu-Ying Lo

While a substantial amount of research has been conducted in western societies exploring public attitudes toward police (ATP) among immigrants in recent decades, the question of…

Perceptions of police ineffectiveness and street codes by nationality in South Korea: an application of Anderson's code of the street framework

Kiseong Kuen, Hyounggon Kwak, Kwang Hyun Ra

This study explores the applicability of Anderson's (1999) code of the street framework to an Asian context by examining the relationship between residents' perceptions of police…

Does citizen opinion matter? An analysis of police officers’ support for democratic policing in South Korea

Seung Hyun Kim, Kwang Hyun Ra, Sang Hun Lee, Do Sun Lee

This study examined the effects of organizational justice and citizen respect to support for democratic policing through self-legitimacy among South Korean police officers.

Needs assessment of police pre-deployment training for dispatch experts in international development cooperation of policing

Junseon Jeong, Minji Park, Hyeonah Jo, Chunju Kim, Ji Hoon Song

This study identifies the policing pre-deployment training content for Korean experts based on needs assessments. Korean policing is at an excellent level to transfer knowledge…

Shiftwork and pregnancy loss among police officers: a preliminary investigation

John M. Violanti, Michael E. Andrew

Policing requires atypical work hours. The present study examined associations between shiftwork and pregnancy loss among female police officers.

Law enforcement perceptions of job stress and barriers to supportive resources when working child sexual abuse cases in the southern United States

Lisa Nichols, Kendra N. Bowen

The purpose of this paper was to examine law enforcement officers' perspectives on job stress and barriers to supportive resources when working child sexual abuse cases in a large…

A multi-method case study of a police agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Cynthia Lum, Christopher S. Koper, Michael Goodier, William Johnson, James Krause

We present the results of one of the only in-depth studies of a police agency’s internal and external response to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 (COVID-19). This study…

The relationship between legitimacy and cooperation with the police - an empirical assessment

Vinod Kumar TK

The police require the cooperation of the public to ensure security in society. People cooperate with the police because they share norms and values reflected in the law and…

The effect of organizational justice on police officers’ perception of procedural justice in the South Korea: the mediating roles of perceived discretion and responsiveness

Nakbum Choi, Jaeseong Jang

Recently, the interest of scholars studying procedural justice in policing has shifted from the relationship between procedural justice and citizen compliance to trust in police…