... during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings Findings from our regression analyses indicate that participants’ perceptions of procedural justice are positively related to their assessments of police responsibility and performance. Our findings also indicate that participants’ perceptions of procedural...

... characteristics, this study analyzed data on police officers' perceptions on organizational characteristics to investigate COP activities among police officers. For data collection, this study utilized an organizational survey developed by the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University and collected...

... involuntary police contacts is related to a perception that police are more biased. Instrumental judgments regarding local government responsiveness to constituent needs and personal safety showed a negative relationship to perceptions of police bias. African‐American respondents exhibited the strongest...

... generate. Jonathan Merritt can be contacted at:jmerritt@dmu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Police Policing Perception United Kingdom Newbury and Jones argue that there has been a decline in those types of occupations that provide natural surveillance such as park...

...Yuning Wu; Ivan Y. Sun Purpose This study aims to examine Chinese college students' perceptions of police. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data collected from over 400 college students in two cities, the study empirically analyzes the global and specific perceptions of police among...

...James C. Wada; Ryan Patten; Kimberlee Candela Purpose The literature on campus police (CP) is not as developed as mainstream or municipal police (MP). While there are several studies discussing the perception of CP, there are, however, no empirical studies investigating the perception of CP based...

...(a) and immigrant residents' willingness to report crime and their cooperation with the police, and will also increase racial profiling and negatively impact documented and undocumented residents. This paper aims to examine Latino(a) residents' perceptions of the police before and after an extended local...

...Doris C. Chu; John Huey‐Long Song Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess empirically Chinese immigrants' perceptions of the police in Toronto, Canada. Design/methodology/approach Data were analyzed based on 293 surveys conducted with Chinese immigrants who participated in various...

...William Wells; Joseph A. Schafer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore police officer perceptions of their contacts with the mentally ill and examine outcomes of an innovative police training program designed to improve police handling of cases involving the mentally ill. Design...

... of the service” (Home Office, 2004 , p. 5). Police Leadership Perception Public discussion in Britain of the shortcomings and inadequacies of police officers has tended to focus on the occasional deviancy associated with those in relatively junior ranks. While media coverage of the police – both...

...Ben Brown; Wm Reed Benedict; William V. Wilkinson Purpose The purpose of this research was to assess public perceptions of the police in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach Surveys were administered to more than 300 law school students in Tampico, Tamaulipas. Findings Analyses of the data...

... Community policing Perception Finland Police visibility in a well‐defined and detailed form has rarely been studied as a potential factor affecting the fear of crime, although the most frequent interaction between citizens and police is likely to be when citizens see the police. In fact, few...

...Melchor C. de Guzman There is a prevailing perception that police officers are antagonistic to any civilian review process. This perception also includes the assumption that all police officers are one in denouncing any civilian review. This research examines the degree to which these prevailing...

... role in shaping “public disorder” in football contexts and the need for interactive and historical studies of crowd events are discussed. Football England Police Perception Group dynamics © MCB UP Limited 2003 By addressing these issues the paper will seek to contribute...

...Rebecca Löbmann The detection of drunk driving is an important task of police organizations. The impact of police work on drunk driving depends largely on drivers’ perceptions of the probability of detection. The present study explored the effects of different enforcement strategies...

...Ben Brown; Wm Reed Benedict This research updates and expands upon Decker’s article “Citizen attitudes toward the police: a review of past findings and suggestions for future policy” by summarizing the findings from more than 100 articles on perceptions of and attitudes toward the police. Initially...

...Helen Taylor Greene; Alejandro del Carmen The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of Texas female police officers toward their colleagues. Further, the study measures respondents’ perceptions regarding work‐related stress. An independent sample t‐test analysis was conducted...

... is not universally accepted either by the average citizen or by the professionals employed in the criminal justice system. By its very nature, community control is reactive. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Police Strategy Empowerment Perception Poland The Polish version of community oriented policing...