... Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Police oversight Civilian review Reform Accountability RQ1. What are the issues experienced by jurisdictions considering or operating with public oversight of police concerning establishment, management...

...Christopher E. Powell; Amie M. Schuck Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine whether differences in occupational burnout between Black and White officers can be explained by differences in areas of worklife and differences in indicators of reform. Design/methodology/approach Using...

...Matti Vuorensyrjä Purpose This study tracks changes in labor productivity of the Finnish police force over a period of thorough management reforms (2009-2014). Theoretically, the study is based on the cost disease hypothesis. It was assumed that police management reforms have had no noticeable...

... on officers’ behavior or as symbols of police departments’ commitment to restraint in the use of force. Establishing or strengthening citizen oversight is a common reform prescription that could be expected to increase public trust and police legitimacy both directly and indirectly, by deterring misconduct...

... correlations between 0.46 and 0.48. Gary Cordner can be contacted at: gcordner@gmail.com Reform Police culture Management Supervision Researchers discovered that police officers were interesting and distinctive over 50 years ago (Westley, 1953 ; Banton, 1964). Initial efforts...

.... Originality/value This study is one of the first to assess the effects of diversification in such a large sample of agencies of all types and sizes throughout the USA. Fairness Police Community Job satisfaction Reform Diversity In the wake of recent deadly force incidents primarily involving...

...William Wells; Bradley Campbell; Yudu Li; Stryker Swindle Purpose Social scientific research is having a substantial impact on eyewitness identification procedural reforms. Police agencies in the USA have changed their eyewitness practices based on the results of social scientific research...

... and analysis in order to advocate for prudent policy reforms. Findings – Both the empirical record and current US law indicate that police administrators would be well-advised to require serial, double-blind identification procedures where witnesses are routinely warned about the perpetrator’s potential...

...” relationships developing in Northern Ireland turned the Force into “the armed wing of unionism”. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s various attempts at reform came to nothing and an increase in violence and disorder saw the presence of British troops on the streets from 1969. The introduction of internment...

...Matti Vuorensyrjä Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to track changes in organizational and occupational stress in the Finnish police force during the police reform years. It also estimates the effects of organizational stressors on labor turnover intention (LTI). Design/methodology...

... of silence among the line officers. Originality/value Empirical studies of police officers in South Africa are rare. Despite the extensive efforts at reforming the SAPS, the SAPS seem to continue to be integrity‐challenged. This empirical research focuses on the code of silence, a key element of police...

.... These projects reveal the service’s use of community policing as both a vehicle for and philosophy by which to underpin structural and operational reform. Moreover, they are clear examples of the manner in which reform initiatives, and particularly the imperative to implement community policing, were woven...