...Petter Gottschalk Purpose The common survey instrument for police integrity consists of case descriptions that are mainly concerned with corruption. However, the diversity in police criminal acts calls for a revision of this survey instrument. Based on cases of convicted police officers in Norway...

... in a 1997 telephone survey of citizens in Cincinnati, Ohio, this study examines citizen satisfaction with the police with hierarchical linear modeling techniques. The sample includes 614 surveys in 29 neighborhoods. Findings Results show that citizen race becomes an insignificant factor when...

.../methodology/approach The methodology of the study is officer and citizen surveys. Findings Officers and citizens significantly differed in their assessment of the importance of specific crime problems in the jurisdiction, the value of community policing programs, the degree to which they were satisfied...

... with specific reference to the police force. Design/methodology/approach Employs the well‐being inventory, a survey investment designed specifically to measure five dimensions of optimal mental health, to assess the mental condition of 179 prospective police professionals. Findings The results...

...) , critical of the way in which surveys of police officers' attitudes have traditionally been structured and used by police administrators, contends that officer surveys can be useful if the information collected has clear implications for practice. Rural, small‐town, and urban analyses are important...

...Darryl S. Wood In order to maximize response rates, a survey of Alaskan village public safety officers was conducted using both group‐administration methods (n=32) and mail‐administration methods (n=29). Included in the survey were questions related to officer job satisfaction...

... cultural values, and also by assuming that the values which configure the police culture are more likely to reflect policemen’s rather than policewomen’s beliefs. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Police Surveys Violence Control Adequate representation of women police officers in UK forces...

... and surveys collected from alarge Southwest police department, the study examines the situational role context of physical force. In doing so, it provides an explanation of physical force today, compared to explanations offered by Westley. The current research examines whether officer use of physical force...