{"title":"Public perceptions of police officers who wear pins or patches on their uniform","authors":"C. Bennell, Rylan Simpson, Lélia Makeen-Brazé, Remmy Ackert-Fraser, Liana Lanzo, Noah Bennell","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2200947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2200947","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Questions surrounding the display of pins and patches by police officers are receiving tremendous attention in Canada. However, no known research has explored how such accessories may impact public perceptions. To inform this discussion, we examined how 524 Canadians perceived an officer wearing various pins and patches. Participants rated eight photographs of the officer, once without any pins or patches and once when wearing each of the seven different pins or patches, on nine items (e.g., approachable, calm, competent). The results suggest that, compared to when wearing no pin or patch, the officer was perceived more positively when wearing the Breast Cancer Awareness pin, a Poppy, or the Gay Pride patch, but more negatively when wearing the Black Lives Matter or Punisher patch. We observed no significant effect for the Fallen Officer pin or the Thin Blue Line patch. We discuss our results with respect to research, policy, and practice.","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"77 3","pages":"735 - 743"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72417409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding disproportionate female completion rates at police academies","authors":"D. Bowers, Olga B. Semukhina, K. Reynolds","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2195181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2195181","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"142 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78585671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cumulative exposure to citizens’ trauma and secondary traumatic stress among police officers: the role of specialization in domestic violence prevention","authors":"yizhan Lu, Yi Jian, Chiao-yu Yang","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2189593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2189593","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82872219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the effects of the killing of George Floyd by police in the United States on attitudes of Black Londoners: a replication","authors":"Amy E. Nivette, Christof Nägel, E. Gilbert","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2185241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2185241","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT High-profile incidents of police misconduct can have serious consequences for public trust in the police. A recent study in the British Journal of Political Science found that Eric Garner’s death in NYC lead to more negative attitudes towards the police in London among Black residents compared to White and Asian residents. The current study aimed to replicate this transnational effect by assessing the impact of George Floyd’s death on Londoners’ perceptions of police. Using the same data and methodological approach, we did not replicate the immediate effect on Black Londoners’ attitudes. We did find that attitudes across ethnic groups became more negative when using a wider temporal bandwidth. However, we discovered violations to the excludability assumption, meaning we cannot be certain that the effect is solely due to the murder of George Floyd, or at least partly due to different dynamics, like the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying policies. This means that while it is possible that police killings in other contexts play a role in shaping attitudes towards local police, these effects are difficult to disentangle from other global and local factors.","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"141 1","pages":"575 - 596"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85118247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathleen E. Padilla, Alexis R. Rockwell, Jessica Huff
{"title":"A qualitative exploration of stress in a criminal investigations section","authors":"Kathleen E. Padilla, Alexis R. Rockwell, Jessica Huff","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2185242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2185242","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Traditional literature on stress in policing focuses on patrol officers and generalizes findings to other sections and ranks within the department. This fails to take into consideration that different sections may experience and manage stress in various ways. Following Dabney and colleagues (2013) examination of homicide investigators, the current study employs deductive coding to examine interviews from 21 investigators from financial, property, domestic violence, persons, and child crimes in the Criminal Investigations Section of a mid-sized Southwestern, United States police department. Findings were able to both replicate and expand upon Dabney and colleagues (2013) results, suggesting that even in a department that varies demographically and operationally from the original department, these investigators were exposed to and afflicted by many of the same stressors. While some of these stressors were similar to their patrol officer counterparts, investigators were further impacted by sources of stress that are unique to their specific role in the police organization (e.g., heavy caseloads, prolonged exposure to trauma, additional involvement with other criminal justice actors). Research and practical implications for departments – both international and domestic – in managing investigator stress are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"558 - 574"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85233460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Top 10’ policing as an alternative place-based strategy: responding to the overcomplication and underestimation of the law of crime concentration","authors":"Nathan T. Connealy, T. Hart","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2183202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2183202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73704789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An empirical analysis of depolicing behavior","authors":"Jacob Foster, Michael T. Rossler, Charles Scheer","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2181168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2181168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87005674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Police-Community Relations in Times of Crisis: Decay and Reform in the Post-Ferguson Era","authors":"Abigail Castle, Kenneth J Novak","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2181170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2181170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73329731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Twenty-one Mental Models that Can Change Policing: A Framework for Using Data and Research for Overcoming Cognitive Bias","authors":"Kathleen E. Padilla","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2181807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2181807","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"80 1","pages":"744 - 745"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73441399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Wallace, E. Helderop, Anthony Grubesic, Jason Walker, X. Liu, R. Wei, Yirong Zhou, Connor Stewart
{"title":"A two-step process to increase successful geocoding in publicly available police stop data","authors":"D. Wallace, E. Helderop, Anthony Grubesic, Jason Walker, X. Liu, R. Wei, Yirong Zhou, Connor Stewart","doi":"10.1080/15614263.2023.2181169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2181169","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many police departments are meeting calls for transparency by releasing publicly accessible data. High-quality address locations are critical for successful and accurate geocoding, though the content and quality of that data can drastically vary across datasets. In this study, we showcase a two-step geocoding process that helps convert low-quality address locations into geo-locatable addresses using traditional geocoding and Jaro-Winkler edit distance methods with police stop data from the San Diego Police Department. For reference, only 83% of stops were geocoded when using traditional geocoding methods. By employing the Jaro-Winkler edit distance to clean the stop address strings, we were able to geocode 99% of stops. We further discuss data creation practices and solutions for data quality-related issues for police departments and researchers when using publicly available policing data.","PeriodicalId":47167,"journal":{"name":"Police Practice and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"509 - 515"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80495123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}