... A qualitative analysis of transcripts from interviews with 71 women serving in male-dominated roles was conducted (N = 39 ranking women; N = 32 women on elite units). Findings Participants described five occupational, organizational and assignment-level factors that shaped their workplace...

... in one department. Interviews were conducted with the officers individually. Additionally, in a focus group, the officers watched and debriefed body-worn camera videos for themes related to de-escalation. Findings Officers defined de-escalation as bringing calm to a conflict using the least amount...

... indicate that the officers in the sample rarely use force. When force is used, the type of force used is typically situated on the lower end of the continuum (verbal and physical force without a weapon). The interview data suggest that suspect resistance, the behaviour of the suspect in general...

... and DePaulo, 2006 ; but see Blair et al., 2012 for an argument about why these findings may misrepresent accuracy in policing contexts). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Interviews Investigation Deception Interrogation We believe that the findings in the general...

... to assist in comparing departments on key issues. In addition, interviews were conducted with police officers and homeless individuals to gain further insight into their perceptions and experiences. Findings Policing issues with the homeless were examined by size of the department, municipality...

.... Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a research project that focused on the interactions of police with their environment. In total, 40 qualitative, open‐ended interviews were obtained with people who had been in contact with the police in the previous 12 months. These interviews were...

... 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...

..., the likelihood of chance success is: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Interrogation Interviews Detection of deception Wagner's unbiased hit rate Language The fundamental premise of linguistic approaches to the detection of deception in statements is that when we are being...

... significantly from group 4's performance; or that the insignificance of the difference is demonstrated by a comparison at the level of the ten individual assessors in the four groups. Detection of deception Interviews Investigation Law enforcement United Kingdom Data analysis SCAN is neither...

...) Crimes Interviews Assault Canada We believe that this examination of interrogation needs to be broadened, and that a suspect's likelihood to confess is situated in a wider context than interrogation strategies alone. We suspect that the dynamics of interrogation and its results are profoundly...

...Martine B. Powell; Brooke B. Feltis; Carolyn H. Hughes‐Scholes Purpose Simulated child interviews, where adults play the role of a child witness for trainee investigative interviewers, are an essential tool used to train investigators to adhere to non‐leading, open‐ended questions. The aim...

...Lotte Smets; Christina Pauwels Purpose Although there is an international consensus concerning how police investigative interviews should be adequately and reliably conducted, daily police interview practices are still rather poor. It is hypothetically assumed that this may be caused...

...Carolyn H. Hughes‐Scholes; Martine B. Powell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of leading questions used by a representative sample of investigative interviewers of children. In particular, it examined whether these interviewers use the type of questions that are known...

...Rebecca Wright; Martine B. Powell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine police officers' perceptions about their role in interviewing children, and to compare these perceptions with those of child eyewitness memory experts. Design/methodology/approach A diverse sample of 23 police...

... the gender of the interviewing officer to be important and commented on the ways in which the men and women involved with their case interacted with them. The results showed that, overall, gender per se was not the determining factor of complainant satisfaction. Professionalism, warmth...

...Dilip K. Das; Amanda L. Robinson This paper describes the current state of policing in Norway. Interview data were collected from police administrators, police academy instructors, and police recruits. In addition, observational data were collected from patrol ride‐alongs. The organizational...