... scenarios in which respondents were asked what decision they would make. We used the BFI-44 scale to measure the Big Five personality traits. The Empathic Concern subscale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index was used to measure empathy. The Dickman Impulsivity Inventory was used to measure impulsivity. We...

... underrepresented in the relevant literature, particularly within the context of exposure to community violence. Also understudied is the role of empathy in the development of post-trauma reactions, which has been a risk factor for the development of posttraumatic distress in previous studies. With the recent...

... Scales were developed with good reliability and validity that measure various aspects of the police-community interactions. The authors find evidence that empathy is an important addition to the procedural justice model, and that the effects of procedural justice on willingness to cooperate...

... on the ability of officers to identify with and take steps to relate to individuals during encounters. In a broad sense, there is a lack of attention to officer “relational” empathy – a procedure with specific steps carried out in police-citizen encounters. This neglect is surprising given the historical...