..., they described various cases where officers had been promoted as a result of political influence and social connections, rather than merit. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Police Individual behaviour Stress Suicide Police management Police suicide Risk and protective factors Law...

... faced by offenders; prior relationship between the offender and the victim arguably heavily influences the offenders’ necessity and incentives to move the victim to a different location. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Crimes Individual behaviour Geography Policing strategies...

... Individual behaviour Interviews Social deviation Deception detection Ecological approach Police deception detection accuracy In their recent paper, King and Dunn (2010) reviewed the existing literature on detecting deception and came to the determination that people (including the police...

... behaviour Individual behaviour Police The quality and character of recruits have been concerns for police departments since the Professionalism Movement of the early 1900s. In an attempt to improve the caliber of new recruits, police departments across the country have adopted a variety...

... to be “repeat offenders” – officers who receive multiple complaints within a short time frame (Lersch and Mieczkowski, 1996). Complaints against police Citizen complaints Police misconduct Individual behaviour United States of America Police misconduct has remained a topic of interest to both...

...@siu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Police misconduct Ethics Organizational culture United States of America Corruption Individual behaviour These findings suggest that supervisory influence on officer conduct can be inconsistent, in part because supervisors employ...

...Budimir Babovic´ Focuses on the issue of force by the police and points out differences between police brutality and police torture. Discusses the factors which can affect the levels of police brutality. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Police Individual behaviour The issue of police...

... for distinguishing suicide by cop, and 0.58 for placement into the nine types. Meaningful distinctions among the types were found on three variables: subject age, real danger, and lethality. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Police Suicide Individual behaviour In 1998, five empirical studies...

... investigations. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Crime Individual behaviour Offenders Police Psychology USA One notable exception has been the work of Rossmo (1993, 1995, 1996). Calling his approach criminal geographical targeting (CGT), Rossmo has combined concepts from environmental criminology...