... to correctly identifying cases of human trafficking. Design/methodology/approach To do so, 495 police officers from a large Pennsylvania agency were surveyed about their perceptions of human trafficking. Officer demographics and levels of experience and training were compared to their responses to six...

... identify with the police may share moral values, which could lead them to perceive the police as legitimate defenders of their community's norms and values (Sunshine and Tyler, 2003a). This moral solidarity is shaped by perceptions of fairness in the discretionary decisions exercised by the police. Those...

...Jennifer H Peck Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive literature review of empirical studies that have examined perceptions and attitudes of the police across various racial and ethnic groups. The specific focus aimed to highlight if minorities perceive the police...

.... This study attempts to examine both preparation and perceptions among local agencies along with the prevalence of computer‐related crime in the state of North Carolina, especially those of small and medium agencies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 1. a computer with which...

..., or subverting new policies, the police are depicted as part of the problem rather than as part of the solution. Interviews with working police officers and their chiefs suggest this view is at odds with police perceptions of domestic violence. This paper describes a police “voice” about domestic violence...

... research has been conducted to assess the extent to which residency requirements affect public perceptions of the police. This paper explores the relationship between police residency requirements at the municipal level and citizen satisfaction with law enforcement – specifically, the connection between...

... the measures of alienation to Model 1, should have much stronger explanatory power. Alienation Enforcement Motivation Perceptions Police The contemporary community policing movement emphasizes changing the role of law enforcement from a static, reactive, incident‐driven bureaucracy to a more...

... the difficult transformation police organizations face in the Eastern European bloc, and the impact of this transformation on the public’s perception of the new police role within the framework of police‐community relations. Owing to the scarcity of information available from the local law enforcement agencies...

... as a result of increased insurance costs, or believe that police should be focussing on “serious crime” (Radalet and Carter, 1994, p. 207). At both the city and state levels, the experience of receiving a traffic citation has been found to impact negatively on an individual’s perception of the police (Correia...

... departments. Considers a single research question: is it who the officers are, or what they do that explains their perceptions of the workplace? Based on 162 questionnaires received from certified police officers in four New Mexico police departments, examines the effects of service, gender and work...

... of police use of force that the respondents judged excessive had a significantly negative effect on their perception of police performance. The effect of this observation remained significant even after controlling for sociodemographic, experiential and neighborhood characteristics. Suggests that the police...

...A. Steven Dietz Discusses the relationship between quality service and fear of crime as measures of community policing. Reports on a survey which asked 500 residents of Austin, Texas, their perception of safety (an aspect of fear of crime) and their perception of the quality of police service...