Policing: An International Journal: Volume 45 Issue 2

The role of bounded-authority concerns in shaping citizens' duty to obey authorities during COVID-19

Harley Williamson, Kristina Murphy, Elise Sargeant, Molly McCarthy

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the introduction of extra-ordinary restrictions to mitigate its spread. Authorities rely on the public's voluntary willingness to obey these…

Community policing and the organizational structure of campus law enforcement agencies

Sherah L. Basham

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which community policing within campus law enforcement agencies is influenced by the organizational structure, agency…

Perceived organizational support and its interaction with voice on police officers' organizational cynicism, stress and emotional exhaustion

Chelsie J. Smith, Yu Han, Kathryne E. Dupré, Greg J. Sears

Among a sample of 281 active-duty Canadian police officers, the current study investigated whether perceived organizational support (POS) would predict officers' organizational…

Testing the organizational trust contents of coast guard organizations in Taiwan

Jui-Chung Kao, Cheng-Chung Cho, Kao Rui-Hsin

The purpose is to verify the OTC of Taiwan coast guard organizations and to explore whether the views of coast guard personnel on the trust of supervisors, colleagues and…

How far do they go?: A spatial examination of missing persons from hospitals

Lorna Ferguson, Jacek Koziarski

Missing person cases are a global issue impacting policing. Among these, those who abscond from hospitals are especially concerning because these reports require collaboration…

Exploring the police use of force continuum with a partial proportional odds model

Dae-Young Kim, Scott W. Phillips, Stephen A. Bishopp

The present study examines a range of police force on the continuum (firearms, TASER/chemical spray and physical force) to see whether they are associated with individual (subject…

Evaluation of a training program of African gendarmes' in Spain under the European Union GAR-SI Sahel project

Rodrigo Gaona Prieto, Andrés De Castro, José-Ignacio Antón

This article provides the first assessment of the training program of African gendarmes from the so-called Sahel countries in the Special Training Center of the Spanish Civil…

(Un)ethical behaviors of police officers in South Korea: a structural equation analysis

Seungmug (Zech) Lee, Jae-Jin Joo, Hye-Rim Kwon, Jae-Seung Lee, John J. Rodriguez

This study aims examine to what extent four variable categories of individual ethical ideology, organizational ethical culture, superior's ethical quality and job satisfaction…

Assessing law enforcement websites: a comparative analysis exploring types, quantity and quality of information available

Michael A. Hansen, John C. Navarro, Sierra A. Malvitz

The purpose of this study is to explore the availability of information on law enforcement websites in the state of Wisconsin.

A meta-analysis of police leadership and organizational effectiveness: focusing on the South Korean police

Jaeseong Jang, Jisu Jeong

The purpose and approaches of this article differ from those of prior research in several ways. First, while existing leadership meta-analytic research has focused on the…

Prostitute or human trafficking victim? Police discernment of human trafficking

Tara A. Reis, Jennifer C. Gibbs, Daniel Howard, Emily R. Strohacker

In 2018, the National Human Trafficking hotline received 275 cases of human trafficking in Pennsylvania, a higher than average portion of the 10,949 human trafficking cases…

Policing reforms in the 21st century: an examination of racial diversity post-executive order 13684

Helen H. Yu

This study aims to examine minority representation amid the largest police departments in the USA that employ at least 500 sworn officers to determine whether the passage of…

Framing Belgian police research: an exploration of scoping reviews regarding police decision-making in terms of topics, methodology and literature characteristics – toward a research agenda

Yinthe Feys, Antoinette Verhage, Anse Stevens

This article provides an overview of the latest empirical research regarding police decision-making in Belgium from 2000 to 2021 in terms of methodology and general findings (e.g…