... al., 2017 ; Gillet et al., 2013 ; Zeng et al., 2020). POS among police officers is impacted by how officers are treated, as well as organizational level resources, practices and policies. Additionally, POS has implications for police organizations, as those officers who believe...

... sworn positions in police departments; historically, women were relegated to social work roles within police organizations (Martin, 1999 ; Schulz, 2004). Compared to men, women may be more likely to work with victims of crime, particularly women and children (Martin and Jurik, 2007). Surveys indicate...

... Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Policing Response time Police organizations Organizational size is the single most influential factor in the police organizational literature and is typically operationalized as the number of employees...

...Jeffrey Nowacki; Dale Willits Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use Maguire’s (2003) theory of police organizations to explain whether police agencies dedicate specific personnel to cybercrime response. Design/methodology/approach Data from this study come from the 2013 Law Enforcement...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Police organizations Police accountability Police misconduct Police deviance Police oversight Any criminal activity, within a police department or elsewhere, cannot thrive unless all of its participants are able to maintain...

...Alicia L. Jurek; Matthew C. Matusiak; Randa Embry Matusiak Purpose The current research explores the structural elaboration of municipal American police organizations, specifically, the structural complexity of police organizations and its relationship to time. The purpose of this paper...

.... Practical implications The results exemplify the need to diversify police agencies at all levels, not just the lower ranks. Because employees were found to be more similar to those one step (up or down) from one another on the organizational hierarchy, diversifying at all levels of the police organizations...

... Development Police organizations Police recruits A sizable body of research has identified issues relating to people becoming more cynical in a number of domains, including at work. For employees, organizational cynicism (OC) is characterized by a lack of trust in management, a belief they are being...

...Cory P. Haberman; William R. King Purpose This paper seeks to empirically describe the role of research and planning units within contemporary, local police organizations in the US. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a national survey of police organizations, municipal police...