{"title":"Officer retention patterns: an affirmative action concern for police agencies?","authors":"William G. Doerner","doi":"10.1108/07358549510112018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510112018","url":null,"abstract":"Studies agency compliance with affirmative action mandate on black and/or female personnel. Examines turnover in sworn personnel in a municipal police department at Tallahassee, Florida. Looks at characteristics of “stayers” and “quitters” in the context of race and gender. Discusses possible ramifications of differential turnover. Notes pronounced attrition rate for black females. Suggests that female turnover may be due to their having a higher educational level than male officers, since college‐educated personnel are more likely to grow disenchanted with routine beat duties.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"74 1","pages":"197-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80146355","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":"Drug abuse resistance education program effectiveness","authors":"R. Sigler, Gregory B. Talley","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111974","url":null,"abstract":"Presents information on the Drug abuse resistance education (DARE) program, a set of 17 lessons on drug resistance given by police officers to sixth grade children. Measures attitudes toward drug use and degree of reported use. Indicates that DARE is successful in providing information but that the levels of reported behavior do not show significant improvement in self‐reported drug use compared to two control groups. Urges caution in expanding the program, since positive results are limited at present.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"27 1","pages":"111-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85002192","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":"A multivariate analysis of individual, situational and environmental factors associated with police assault injuries","authors":"R. Kaminski, D. W. Sorensen","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111938","url":null,"abstract":"Uses data on 1,550 nonlethal assaults recorded by Baltimore County Police Department. Examines factors that are associated with the likelihood of officer injury after an assault. Notes that factors affecting the probability of assault do not necessarily correspond with the factors that affect the likelihood of injury. Analyzes a broader spectrum of contributory factors than those addressed by other research. Finds inter alia that greater officer proficiency in unarmed defensive tactics may reduce their assault‐related injuries, since most incidents do not involve arms; that in‐service training should be biased toward less experienced officers who are at greater risk; that officer height is a significant variable; that many officers suffer multiple attacks; that domestic disturbances do not rank higher than other dangers, but that this may reflect the possibility that officers anticipate potential violence and take better precautions before attending the scene.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"42 1","pages":"3-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91319146","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":"Strategies to avoid arrest: crack sellers’ response to intensified policing","authors":"Bruce D. Johnson, M. Natarajan","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111947","url":null,"abstract":"Interviews over 120 sellers and low‐level distributors of the drug “crack” in New York City. Documents seller strategies to counter police tactics. Finds that crack sellers and distributors have developed several important strategies to limit vulnerability to arrest, but that success in avoiding arrest diminishes considerably once they are detected by police. Suggests that problem‐oriented approaches are better than crackdowns, since they permanently disrupt the environmental conditions that foster drug market sites.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"37 1","pages":"49-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79385507","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":"The future terrorists in America","authors":"Joseph R. Carlson","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111956","url":null,"abstract":"Looks at the self‐reported perceptions of police chiefs in a majority of US cities with a population exceeding 100,000. Identifies, regionally and nationally, those internal domestic groups that have the greatest potential for terrorism within the next two years. Finds that anti‐abortionists were predicted to be the most likely group to attack at national level, but that when predictions were sought for geographical areas, each respondent believed that there was a greater likelihood of terrorism in Washington DC or New York City than in their own area. Finds that there had been no significant increase in planning against terrorism.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"8 1","pages":"71-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78745361","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 DIFFERENTIAL OFFICER EFFECTS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPERIMENT","authors":"Patrick R. Gartin","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111965","url":null,"abstract":"Reassesses the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment (MDVE) data of the 1980s which said that “arrest works best”. Examines the potential effects of a small number of officers generating a relatively large number of MDVE cases. Expresses concern that a few officers submitting a high rate of cases might have an inordinately large effect on the experimental outcomes. Seeks to determine whether they followed the experimental protocol but finds instead that it was the low rate officers who failed to do so. Finds that officers who submitted experimental cases at a high rate were also different in other ways from the rest of the officers. Finally, excludes findings relating to lower case officers and thereby reveals that recidivism in domestic violence was not reduced by the arrests.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"16 1","pages":"93-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78291689","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":"Crime fighting: law enforcement and service provider role orientations in community‐based police officers","authors":"S. Perrott, Donald M. Taylor","doi":"10.1108/07358549510112009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510112009","url":null,"abstract":"Surveys a police department in a medium‐sized Canadian city to investigate ethnocentrism and role orientation, in particular the officer’s role as crime fighter rather than service provider. Finds that respondents view crime fighting to be more socially significant and personally satisfying than other activities and that they perceived this as having the highest degree of public support. Notes that an adherence by officers to the crime fighting role may tend to keep officers alienated from the community, thus causing increasing role conflict as North America embraces more fully the service delivery model.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"38 1","pages":"173-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85151287","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":"Moving toward community policing: the role of postmaterialist values in a changing profession","authors":"Jihong Zhao, N. Lovrich, K. Gray","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111992","url":null,"abstract":"Explains Inglehart’s theory that in advanced industrial societies, individual values have moved from materialism to a greater emphasis on freedom, self‐expression and the quality of life, or “postmaterialism”, and observes that postmaterialists want to work with people they like and to do interesting work rather than have a high salary or job security. Applies Inglehart’s theory of societal value change to assess a police organizational reform. Conducts a survey of the Washington State Police. Finds that command staff show the highest profession of postmaterialist values and troopers show the lowest. Believes leadership turnover is more likely than conversion to new values to bring about management commitment to community policing.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"1 1","pages":"151-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79506046","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":"The county sheriff as a distinctive policing modality","authors":"D. N. Falcone, L. Wells","doi":"10.1108/07358549510111983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510111983","url":null,"abstract":"Argues that US county‐level policing is distinct from municipal policing. Examines differences between them in terms of historical, political, geographical, functional, organizational and regional variations. Suggests how research might be focused to explicate these differences. In particular, presents the idea of a militia, a group organized out of and by a community for its own protection. Contrasts this with the professional paramilitary model associated with large municipal departments. Points out that most police agencies are not large or urban. The greater part of the USA is policed by approximately 3,000 county‐level agencies. Proposes the militia model as a template for further research.","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"32 1","pages":"123-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73373668","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":"SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, REFERENCE GROUPS, AND THE CAREER ORIENTATIONS, CAREER ASPIRATIONS AND CAREER SATISFACTION OF CANADIAN POLICE OFFICERS","authors":"Leslie Buckley, M. Petrunik","doi":"10.1108/07358549510102785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/07358549510102785","url":null,"abstract":"Takes a random sample of 156 respondents from municipal and rural police forces in Canada to examine the relationship between various factors concerning their careers. Finds that a significant number of officers perceive their career orientation to have changed over time. Presents findings on social activists, enforcers, careerists, specialists and self investors. Differs from previous research linking career orientation to personality type by seeing career orientation as changing with time, stages of career and circumstances. Remarks that policing needs to be technically sophisticated, cost‐effective, community‐based and sensitive to the realities of a multicultural society. Recommends that police departments consider the career orientation of recruits and establish a reward structure suited to the varied career types","PeriodicalId":87824,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of criminal law and criminology, including the American journal of police science","volume":"29 1","pages":"107-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75070660","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}