...David H.F. Tyler; Edward R. Maguire Purpose Social media provides a valuable framework for understanding public sentiment on social issues and institutions, including the police. This paper investigates changes in the salience of (i.e. the proportion of tweets referencing police) and sentiment...

...Muhammad Nouman Akhtar Purpose This study investigates how transformational leadership influences psychological empowerment among police officers, emphasizing the mediating role of organizational culture. Focusing on the Punjab Police, Pakistan, it seeks to illuminate how leadership dynamics...

...Amanda McCormick; Amneet Sran; Kiran Atwal; Irwin Cohen Purpose Strangulation is one of the strongest predictors of future intimate partner femicide. As first responders who may be the only point of contact for a survivor, it is imperative that police officers are trained to recognize the signs...

...Julie Ford Purpose The justice gap describes a phenomenon in which most sexual assaults reported to police do not result in arrest, prosecution or conviction. The purpose of this study is to identify and synthesize theoretical frameworks analyzing sexual assault attrition in the United States...

...Nohad 'Ali; Dennis Rosenberg Purpose To examine the association between the type of locality members of ethnonational minority reside in and their willingness to cooperate with police, as measured by the extent of their readiness to report victimization and witnessed crime to this institution...

...Jennifer C. Gibbs Purpose Recruiting has been a challenge in policing, given the decrease in applicants to police departments coupled with the increase in retirements and resignations in recent years. One potential yet under-recruited population who may contribute to rebuilding trust...

...Lenneke van Lith; Peter Ejbye-Ernst; Elsje Esther Borghuis; Rebecca Ivana (Vana) Hutter Purpose This study examines the de-escalation techniques police officers employ during everyday encounters with civilians and assesses how the use of these techniques varies when civilians exhibit different...

... to the growing research that addresses the mental health crisis among police officers across the globe. They provide key insight into police officers' own, at times vulnerable, perspectives. Practical implications These findings highlight the urgent need to normalize mental health support and create diverse...

...Janine Namoro; Rylan Simpson Purpose The police regularly incorporate social media into their outreach portfolios. Although much social media is handled at the organizational-level, some police officers also use social media in a professional capacity at the individual-level. Little research...

...Fleur E.J. Hilhorst; Nicole Hoefsmit; Joris Van Ruysseveldt; Madelon Van Hooff Purpose Police supervisors can make or break the work engagement of employees, yet little is known about what makes supervisors turn in either direction and how engaging leadership behaviour (ELB) and disengaging...

...Carla Patrícia Cintra Barros da Cunha; Caroline Maria de Miranda Mota; Arthur Pimentel Gomes de Souza; Pamela Adelino Ramos Purpose The article seeks to identify the most widely adopted management style in the Brazilian Federal Police by assessing managers’ perceptions about their work routine...

...Rachael Rief; Amaia Iratzoqui Purpose This study aims to examine how beginning-stage decisions in the crime response model affect middle- and end-stage results. It explores how dispatch time influences police deployment time. Then this study examines the impact of both dispatch and police...

...Francis D. Boateng; Daniel K. Pryce; Hajed Alotaibi Purpose This study contributes to the extant literature by being the first to examine the relative impacts of a normative factor (procedural justice) and instrumental factors (police effectiveness and risk of sanctions) of policing...

...Jeremy M. Wilson; Rosa Isabel Rivera Purpose This study identifies key features of police recruitment programs, enabling a more systematic approach to recruitment. Design/methodology/approach We reviewed academic and practitioner literature from 2010 to 2024 and interviewed 26 subject-matter...

... of implementing emotion regulation training in police environments in order to prevent psychological distress among these workers and to improve their well-being at work. A better understanding of these skills can lead to effective prevention strategies, thereby improving the quality of life of professionals...

...Christi L. Gullion; Christine E. Spadola; Danielle B. Groton; Seth W. Fallik; Wendy P. Guastaferro Purpose This exploratory study aims to understand police views and experiences surrounding sleep knowledge, sleep strategies and barriers to optimal sleep as they impact officer work and well-being...

...Katelyn M. McMahon; Bradley A. Campbell Purpose According to the United States Department of Justice (2022), sexual assault survivors should be provided with service referrals and connected with resources when reporting to police. However, to be able to adequately refer these resources, officers...

...Andrew Sayampanathan; Jordan Wei En Ong; Yih Yng Ng; Jiaming Liu; Shalini Arulanandam; Hwan Ing Hee Purpose The knowledge of cigarette smoking among police forces is limited. The aims of this review were to synthesize the prevalence of cigarette smoking among police forces worldwide and factors...

...Kathleen M. Allen; Jennifer C. Gibbs; Emily R. Strohacker; Siyu Liu Purpose Police knowledge of and familiarity with human trafficking determine whether a victim is referred to services or arrested as an offender, along with other implications. Both field experience and training may affect how...

...Alana Saulnier; Daniela Zuzunaga Zegarra Purpose Police were key to enforcing and managing COVID-19 emergency orders, but many police services were not prepared for such an emergency. In Ontario, Canada, each service was responsible for crafting its own procedures for responding to the pandemic...