Policing: An International Journal
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Against the odds: career narratives of black male police chiefs
Pamela F. Foley, Michelle Hanna Collins, Chloe Blau, Shruthi Jayashankar, Jesse Merise, Lewis Z. SchlosserThe purpose of the present study was to explore the challenges and pathways to success for Black police chiefs, who remain under-represented in Law Enforcement.
University police and mental health response: an exploratory examination of the use of co-responder teams on campus
Melissa S. Morabito, Meggen Tucker Sixbey, Cameron BurkeThis study aims to provide foundational information about the nature and extent of calls responded to by a university co-responder team to better understand how these teams are…
Police legitimacy through procedural justice: examining the dual mediating role of institutional trust and obligation to obey
Sunguook Lee, Dae-Hoon Kwak, Youngjae YooThe procedural justice theory of police legitimacy has been examined extensively by previous scholars; yet more expansion of the legitimacy literature is warranted. Specifically…
The influence of training and field experience on police knowledge of and familiarity with human trafficking
Kathleen M. Allen, Jennifer C. Gibbs, Emily R. Strohacker, Siyu LiuPolice knowledge of and familiarity with human trafficking determine whether a victim is referred to services or arrested as an offender, along with other implications. Both field…
Pandemic policing: how policing changed during the COVID-19 pandemic
Alana Saulnier, Daniela Zuzunaga ZegarraPolice were key to enforcing and managing COVID-19 emergency orders, but many police services were not prepared for such an emergency. In Ontario, Canada, each service was…
Family disruption, domestic violence and assaults against the police in Kentucky
Viviana Andreescu, V. Paula RedmanInformed by the social disorganization theory (SDT), the study intends to identify the ecological factors most likely to predict assaults against the police recorded over five…
Police cynicism: a state-of-the-art literature review
Rhiannon Roberts, Isabella E. Castillo, David R. White, Joseph SchaferThe level of cynicism officers experience can directly impact their day-to-day decisions, especially in policing’s currently strained climate. This paper provides an updated…
Revaluing management work in leadership: the frontline supervisor perspective
Samuel Perry, Claire DavisLeadership and management have typically been defined as separate and distinct activities. This study examined the everyday management and leadership practices of police sergeants…
Perceptions and attitudes toward police among justice-involved youths’ parents: a scoping review
Chato Rasoal, Tony Blomqvist MickelssonThis scoping review mapped the extant literature on parents with a justice-involved youth and their attitudes and perceptions toward police. The study aimed to explore two…
The decision to frisk: an exploration of the impact of suspect demeanor and demographic factors on pedestrian stops
Chelsea FarrellThis study explores how suspect demeanor impacts the decision to frisk a suspect during a pedestrian stop and whether the impact of demeanor on the decision to frisk varies by…
Is the police service still a long-term career choice? Perspectives of new recruits
Carol Cox, Tony Blockley, Rachel Hagan, Adrian JamesThis article is timely due to the current high attrition of officers (National Police Chiefs Council, 2023) and will explore the literature surrounding retention and attrition of…
A qualitative exploration of school resource officer training in a Florida school district
Melanie F.P. SoderstromBoth practitioners and scholars recognize that school resource officers (SROs) need specialized training for their positions. However, research into SRO training is limited, and…
Exploring the predictors of public trust in police services in Somalia
Ahmed-Nor Mohamed Abdi, Ismail Mohamed Jamal, Nurulhasanah Abdul RahmanThis study examined public perceptions of law enforcement agencies in Mogadishu, Somalia. Specifically, the researchers examined the predictors of public trust in the police in…
Police executives' responses to social upheaval: an examination of work-related perceptions pre- and post-2020
Kayla Alaniz, William R. King, Joseph Schafer, William Wells, John JarvisThe purpose of this paper was to examine how mid- and upper-level police commanders' occupational perceptions shifted after the COVID-19 pandemic, upsurge in police protests, and…
Contact matters: determining the effects of political orientations on satisfaction with the police by contact with the police
Frank Ferdik, George Froggé, Mikaela Cooney, Hayden P. SmithPublic willingness to obey the law is partially determined by their satisfaction levels with police job performance. Although numerous studies have researched determinants of…
Correlates of peoples’ fearfulness of, and inaccuracy about, police during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kevin McCaffreeThe George Floyd anti-police protests had substantial material and social impacts on police departments around the country in 2020, yet, little is known about the correlates of…
Residential types, neighborhood security and public trust in Ghana police service: a comprehensive analysis
Michael K. DzordzormenyohThis study investigates the impact of residential type and neighborhood security on public trust in the police in Ghana, while controlling for demographic factors and…
Are you satisfied? An examination of law enforcement job satisfaction, job stress, and police culture
Stacey Clifton, Dayle S. McGrawThe purpose of this paper is to examine how job stress and the embodiment of the police culture influence levels of job satisfaction for two mid-sized law enforcement agencies in…
Policing conspiracy theorists: the importance of procedural justice policing and trust
Kristina MurphyThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought out the best in people, but it also brought out the worst in people. Authorities grappled with the proliferation of…
Oh, @#%$!: a replication and expansion of Martaindale et al. (2023)
Madison K. Doyle, William L. Sandel, M. Hunter MartaindaleIn 2023, Martaindale and colleagues examined the impact of police officers’ language (profane versus non-profane) during use of force incidents on civilians’ perceptions of the…
Community sports as a conduit for police–youth relationships: a scoping review
Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson, Anders Nordström, Chato Rasoal, Mehdi GhazinourThis paper sought to bring together police science and sport-for-development (SFD) with a scoping review of the empirical literature on at-risk youth and police…
Navigating values: leadership behaviors for enhancing police organizational identity
Jannick Schneider, Clemens Striebing, Lydia Uhler, Johanna Marie Wührl, Simon Schmaus, Mathias WeberThis study investigates the differential effectiveness of leadership styles within the German Federal Police Office, focusing on how these styles interact with employees' personal…
Mass exodus? Police officer turnover intention and organizational commitment in New York City
Kenneth M. Quick, Kevin T. WolffThis study assesses the relationship between job satisfaction, perceived organizational support and workplace factors on officer turnover intention within an urban, municipal…
Ruby Princess case study: a systems thinking analysis of COVID-19, cruise ships and Australia’s response
Dimitra (Jenny) Cartwright, Joseph McNultyThe COVID-19 pandemic tested leadership in chaos and complexity and resulted in many lessons learnt in the process. One such opportunity was the cruise ship Ruby Princess “mishap”…
Women’s leadership skills in the military police: a study in the Northern Region of Brazil
Iris Alves Negrão, Thiago Poleto, Marinalva Maciel, Daniela Ribeiro de Oliveira, Itamar Gaudêncio, Ligiane Cristina Braga de Oliveira FriaesThe article aims to explore how the military police in Brazil’s Northern Region incorporate “difference” and “diversity” into leadership, focusing on women in leadership roles. It…
Functioning in the hot seat: exploring the competencies of police incident commanders
Lorna Ferguson, Laura Huey, Hina Kalyal, Judith P. AndersenIncident commanders (ICs) are senior police officials tasked with being the key operational decision-makers and leading a command team during major, critical and public order…
Broken promises in policing: understanding leadership, procedural justice and psychological health through the lens of psychological contract breach
Jacqueline M. Drew, Chantal ChevrouletThe purpose of this research is to empirically test the role of psychological contract breach in explaining the relationship between leadership style and procedural justice…
Women police leaders: attitudes about policing and experiences in the occupation
Amie M. Schuck, Cara E. Rabe-HempThis study explored women police leaders’ (n = 503) attitudes and experiences relative to men police leaders (n = 3,359) and women police officers (n = 1,153) with no supervisory…
Police leaders’ perspectives on their ability to support employee wellbeing in Australia: lack of time, training or support?
Fleur Sharafizad, Aglae Hernandez Grande, Benjamin Farr-WhartonPolicing organizations in Australia are increasingly expected to eliminate or mitigate psychosocial risks in the workplace to promote employee wellbeing. New leadership skills are…
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1363-951Xe-ISSN:
1758-695XISSN-L:
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Police Studies: Intnl Review of Police DevelopmentOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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American Journal of PoliceEditors:
- Professor Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich
- Professor Wesley Jennings
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