Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1997-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964756
Willem Bart de Lint
{"title":"The constable generalist as exemplary citizen, networker, and problem‐solver: Some implications","authors":"Willem Bart de Lint","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1997.9964756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1997.9964756","url":null,"abstract":"For some time now the constable generalist has been a favoured model of the front‐line state‐funded general duty police officer. However, despite being favoured as an ideal, it has yet to be widely practiced. This paper seeks to address what impediments exist between the ‘model’ of the constable generalist and the reality of its widespread implementation. It is contended that the constable generalist can be broken down into three subtypes: the exemplary citizen, the networker, and the problem‐solver. Each of these variants are institutionally impeded from becoming practical realities. The constable generalist conceives police officers to be exemplary citizens, but law enforcement officers are tainted by crime‐taking exigencies. The constable generalist conceives the police to be networkers or network managers, but police as state representatives are traditionally seen as delimited in the information they have a right to act upon. The constable‐generalist conceives the police officer as an analyst and prob...","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"63 1","pages":"247-264"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89677516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1997-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964763
E. Blaauw, R. Vermunt, A. Kerkhof
{"title":"Detention circumstances in police stations: Towards setting the standards","authors":"E. Blaauw, R. Vermunt, A. Kerkhof","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1997.9964763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1997.9964763","url":null,"abstract":"In 1992 the two police ministers in The Netherlands instated an advisory committee to formulate standards for the quality of detention circumstances in police stations. In 1992 and 1993 extensive and unique research was carried out in 60 Dutch police stations. This article describes the 126 standards that were formulated for detention circumstances in police stations and the degree to what these standards were met by the police stations. The majority of the standards proved to be feasible to meet, but were not unanimously met. In the Dutch police stations the quality of housing and facilities provided were better arranged than the quality of interaction and differentiation of treatment towards special groups of detained persons. The article deals with the value of the standards for police stations and other organisations in other countries and with possibilities for improving detention circumstances in police stations’ cellblocks.","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"100 1","pages":"45-69"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74329331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1997-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964759
Neil S. Websdale, Byron R. Johnson
{"title":"The policing of domestic violence in rural and urban areas: The voices of battered women in Kentucky","authors":"Neil S. Websdale, Byron R. Johnson","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1997.9964759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1997.9964759","url":null,"abstract":"Two main lacunae in the literature on domestic violence and its policing set the stage for our research. The first is the absence of the “voices of women” and the publication of their opinions and perceptions of police performance at domestic disputes. The second is the failure to address rural domestic violence and its policing. Using ethnographic research as a starting point, we formulate two propositions that guide the current research project. This project involved conducting 510 structured interviews with a random sample of battered women residing in spouse abuse shelters in Kentucky. Findings indicate that when battered women present visible injuries to police officers, rural and urban women report few differences in the immediate provision of police services such as transporting women to shelters and arresting the abuser. In terms of rating police handling of domestics in their areas, urban battered women consistently evaluate police more highly. Finally, both urban and rural women rate the overall...","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"121 1","pages":"297-317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73944880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-12-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964751
Alan Wright, B. Irving
{"title":"Value conflicts in policing crisis into opportunity: Making critical use of experience","authors":"Alan Wright, B. Irving","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964751","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the authors argue that strong but informal norms of police conduct are often in conflict with the formal requirements of law and procedure. Tightening the rules and the publication of standards alone are unlikely to overcome these conflicts. Many policing decisions involve tension between this informal value system and the requirements of the rules. Competing personal values, loyalties to colleagues, to the job itself, or to friends and family, also produce value conflicts. These in turn, are sources of cognitive dissonance that are established precursors of emotional stress. Drawing on recent research that has developed a validated series of case studies, the authors argue that police officers can develop a repertoire of professional strategies to deal with these conflicts. They propose a programme of professional development using these case studies. They suggest that such a programme would help to resolve the anomaly between the requirements of the formal system and the informal culture ...","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"36 1","pages":"199-211"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90218656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-12-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964752
J. Crank, Robert H. Langworthy
{"title":"Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police","authors":"J. Crank, Robert H. Langworthy","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964752","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and between management and line personnel. Community policing is presented as a special case of fragmentation in institutional authority and funding.","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"213-229"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72732322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-12-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964754
R. J. Mccormack
{"title":"Police perceptions and the norming of institutional corruption","authors":"R. J. Mccormack","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964754","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the phenomenon of corruption in major urban police departments in the United States and explores the tendency in most to tolerate corruption at damaging levels. It presents a model of the “normed corruption” dynamic and posits that corruption much like other organizational problems such as police shootings, auto chases, abuse of sick time, etc., can be controlled administratively with strong leadership and consistent effort. The paper also discusses long and short term approaches to corruption management in police agencies.","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"7 1","pages":"239-246"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83547472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-12-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964753
B. Kniveton
{"title":"An examination of the influence of working with an opposite sex partner on a police officer's behaviour","authors":"B. Kniveton","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964753","url":null,"abstract":"32 male and 32 female police officers took part in a study which investigated the influence working in mixed sex pairs had on their recall of an interview of a suspect. It was found that male officers made more minor mistakes when working with a female than a male colleague. With females the opposite was true. Female officers had more confidence in the accuracy of their recall when working with a male than another female colleague. Males were no less confident when working with females. It was suggested that mixed sex pairs provide benefits for female officers with minimal adverse effects on male colleagues.","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"31 1","pages":"231-238"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73909050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-12-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964750
M. Wintle
{"title":"Policing the liberal state in the Netherlands: The historical context of the current reorganization of the Dutch police","authors":"M. Wintle","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964750","url":null,"abstract":"On 1 April 1994 a new Police Act came into force in the Netherlands, remoulding some 148 municipal police forces into a single service made up of twenty‐five regional forces and a national police services agency. It replaces a structure which had been in place since 1851. What led to the crisis which generated the current reorganization? In answering this question, this article examines the history of Dutch policing institutions and structure, the recurring problems which have beset the Dutch police including those which arose from the 1960s onwards, the current reorganization, and Dutch ‘liberal’ policing in the 1980s and 1990s. It is argued that the present policing issues themselves can only be understood in their broader social context, set in an extensive historical dimension.","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"9 1","pages":"181-197"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79196317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-06-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964741
A. Aydin
{"title":"Policy making structures of the Turkish national police organisation","authors":"A. Aydin","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964741","url":null,"abstract":"This paper first of all considers a theoretical framework of the role of policing. Secondly it considers the general features of the Turkish political system, relating to the policing system. Next the paper looks at the existing policing organisational and policy‐making structures in Turkey. Then it discusses the role of the Government and the representative organisations in policing policy‐making, and then community involvement in policing in general and in policy‐making procedures in particular, indicating the importance of police‐community relations and community consultation. Finally it considers the independence, impartiality and accountability of policing policies by referring to the internal disciplinary control and complaints procedures. The paper suggests that the Turkish police have to review their own policies and organisations, balancing the needs for far greater decentralisation. The police organisation should provide for strategic policy making to guide the force consciously and systematical...","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"108 1","pages":"73-86"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75849966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Policing & SocietyPub Date : 1996-06-01DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1996.9964746
R. Wortley, Robert J. Williams, M. Walker
{"title":"Perceptions of policing by Australian senior secondary students: Implications for diversifying the recruit mix","authors":"R. Wortley, Robert J. Williams, M. Walker","doi":"10.1080/10439463.1996.9964746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.1996.9964746","url":null,"abstract":"Six‐hundred‐and‐five New South Wales (Australia) senior secondary students were surveyed on their perceptions of police and policing, and their intention to pursue a policing career. It was found that males, students from skilled working‐class backgrounds and those with established personal links with police were the most likely to apply to join the police service. In addition, these students tended to have the most superficial view of policing, focusing on the glamour and excitement rather than its social service functions. Contrary to expectations, students from non‐English‐speaking backgrounds were often more positive in their views on police than were English‐speaking students, although this more positive perception did not translate into a greater intention to join the police service. It was argued that targeted recruitment and affirmative action was necessary in order to achieve diversification of the recruit mix.","PeriodicalId":47763,"journal":{"name":"Policing & Society","volume":"11 1","pages":"131-144"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"1996-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91347914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}