Policing: An International Journal: Volume 38 Issue 2

Law enforcement officers and Employee Assistance Programs

Elizabeth Donnelly, Colby Valentine, Karen Oehme

The toll of the stresses of policing on officers’ physical and mental health and on their individual work and family functioning has been well documented in the literature. Given…

Police selection – implications during training and early career

Stefan Annell, Petra Lindfors, Magnus Sverke

The cost of selecting and training new police officers is high. However, previous research has provided limited guidance on how to select the best applicants. The purpose of this…

Differentiating confidence in the police, trust in the police, and satisfaction with the police

Liqun Cao

The purpose of this paper is to differentiate clearly between three frequently used concepts found in the research literature on public perceptions of the police: confidence in…

Chinese police cadets’ attitudes toward police roles revisited

Steven Jay Cuvelier, Di Jia, Cheng Jin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Chinese police cadets’ background, motivations and educational perceptions and their attitudes toward common…

Addressing role and value in policing: toward a sustainable policing framework

Tullio Caputo, Michael Louis McIntyre

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the sustainability of policing organizations and propose approaches to enhance their sustainability.

In or out of the group? Police subculture and occupational stress

Trina Rose, Prabha Unnithan

Policing is associated with a pronounced occupational subculture. Policing is also known for physical and mental stressors that are, arguably, more than other professions. The…

Police officer scheduling using goal programming

Dragana Todovic, Dragana Makajic-Nikolic, Milica Kostic-Stankovic, Milan Martic

The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology for automatically determining the optimal allocation of police officers in accordance with the division and organization of…

Race and attitudes toward police: the mediating effect of social distance

Joongyeup Lee, Jennifer C. Gibbs

Given the consistent finding in the literature that members of minority groups hold less favorable views of the police than white citizens, social distance may be an important…

Shared workplace experiences of lesbian and gay police officers in the United Kingdom

Roddrick Colvin

– The purpose of this paper is to explores the contemporary workplace experiences of lesbian and gay officers who serve across the UK.

The effect of socio-demographic characteristics on the information-seeking behaviors of police officers

Idris Guclu, Ali Can

The purpose of this paper is to determine the information-seeking behaviors of police officers who work in police stations in the context of staying current. Leckie et al.’s…

Critical moments in police-citizen reconciliation

Sara Stronks, Otto M.J. Adang

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the interaction of police and citizen representatives during critical moments in reconciliation processes through a relational model.

Satisfaction with the police: an empirical study of Chinese older citizens in Hong Kong

Jessica C.M. Li, Ivan Sun

The purpose of this paper is to assess senior citizens’ satisfaction with police in Hong Kong. It is intended to answer four research questions: are older citizens satisfied with…