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Research note – the connection of organizational justice views with Chinese police officer organizational commitment
Eric Lambert, Jianhong Liu, Shanhe Jiang Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Police officers' attitudes toward their employing organizations are impacted by officers' perceptions of justice within the organization itself, and these perceptions can affect the bond that officers form with their organization. The current study explored how perceptions of three dimensions of organizational justice (i.e. interpersonal, procedural and distributive justice) were related to the affective (i.e. voluntary) organizational commitment of Chinese police officers.The data for the current stu...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - July 7, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Eric Lambert Jianhong Liu Shanhe Jiang Source Type: research

High-speed mobile networks and police repression during the  COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Nigeria
This study focused on Nigeria to examine (1) the effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on police repression and (2) whether widespread high-speed mobile data networks constrain police repression.Using data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Database (ACLED) and the Mobile Coverage Database, this study used difference-in-differences (DID) and triple difference (DDD) estimation on a sample of 423,925 observations (local government area-days) between January 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 to estimate the causal effects of COVID-19 lockdowns and high-speed (4G) mobile data on police repression.Lockdowns increased certain forms of po...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - July 6, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Hye-Sung Kim Christopher J. Marier Source Type: research

Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the  Atlanta Korean American community
Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community Jiseun Sohn, Insun Park, Gang Lee, Sinyong Choi Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Limited research exists on the perceptions of police within specific ethnic minority groups. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of Korean and Korean American residents in the Metro Atlanta area regarding their perceptions of cooperation with the police, particularly in relation to hate crimes, along with their perceptions of police legiti...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - July 4, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Jiseun Sohn Insun Park Gang Lee Sinyong Choi Source Type: research

Does Black Lives Matter support moderate the effect of procedural justice on legitimacy? Testing the  procedural justice invariance thesis
This study tests the procedural justice invariance thesis in a BLM context. Results support an association between BLM support and encounter-specific perceptions of police legitimacy and provide preliminary evidence that the effect of procedural justice on legitimacy may vary by levels of BLM support. (Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management)
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - June 29, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Starr J. Solomon Brandon Ehlinger Source Type: research

The more perceived training effectiveness, the greater the risk of voluntary separation: testing a  turnover intent model among police officers in Taiwan
This study applies Lambert’s (2001) turnover intent model in law enforcement agencies developed in the West to a non-western policing setting. The use of SEM assures the robustness of the findings. Some noteworthy contrasts in findings from Western and non-Western settings are presented. (Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management)
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - June 29, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Wen-Yu Lin Yung-Lien Lai Fei Luo Shih-ya Kuo Kwang-Ming Chang Source Type: research

A scoping review of police civilian oversight literature 1992 –2022
This study's aim was to systematically review available literature related to the establishment, purpose, operation, and effectiveness of civilian police oversight entities in the United States and to gain a deeper understanding of support, opposition, academic, public, and police expectations concerning their utility. A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was used to analyze police civilian oversight literature published between 1992 and 2022.The authors find racially biased policing, political investment, police resistance, oversight structure, sco...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - June 28, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Vance D. Keyes Latocia Keyes Source Type: research

Asian American police officers in  the 21st century: the “other” minority cop
This study examines a variety of personal and workplace topics to uncover why Asians are still underrepresented in US policing, despite a 114% growth in the Asian American population during the past 30 years.Survey responses are collected from Asian police officers (N = 70) to capture their characteristics and lived experiences.This study found 11 themes that may account for the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in US policing.The small sample size represents those respondents from only four US states, limiting the sampling frame and generalizability.This study offers targeted recruitment strategies for improving A...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - June 23, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Helen H. Yu Source Type: research

Resilience among police officers: the role of personality functioning and protective factors
Andréanne Angehrn, Colette Jourdan-Ionescu, Dominick Gamache Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Police officers face a unique and challenging occupational experience and report elevated mental disorder symptoms relative to the general population. While gender differences appear to be present in police mental health, this study aims to find which factors foster and promote resilience in these workers and how gender may relate to police resilience.The present study was designed to explore how protective factors, sexual harassment and personality dysfunction impacted resilience...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - June 23, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Andr éanne Angehrn Colette Jourdan-Ionescu Dominick Gamache Source Type: research

Inside the “black box” of 1033 Program military equipment use by local law enforcement
This study presents the findings of a survey of a national sample of law enforcement agencies that used the program to obtain armored vehicles, rifles, and body armor and how these agencies used this equipment in 2019 and 2020. Correlations and binary logistic regression models are tested for 2019 to examine the racial threat hypothesis and additional predictors of equipment use.A statistically significant correlation is found between perceived percentage of Black and other race residents and the frequency of armored vehicle deployment in 2019 and between the perceived percentage of other race residents and the percentage ...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - June 15, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Wendy M. Koslicki Source Type: research

Small and rural police chief perspectives on human trafficking in Pennsylvania
This study contributes to the literature by addressing this gap with a mixed-methods approach. (Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management)
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - May 24, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Jennifer C. Gibbs Emily R. Strohacker Jennifer L. Schally Source Type: research

Perceived stress and mental health during the pandemic of COVID-19: an examination of Taiwanese police officers
This study aims to examine Taiwanese male and female police officers' perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.Data were analyzed based on surveys conducted with 1,671 officers in various cities and counties between May and July of 2021, during the period of level 3 alert of COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.It was found that officers who perceived poor inter-agency coordination and higher risk of infection, and those who were assigned to home quarantine duty and stationed in the metropolitan areas of Taipei, which suffered the worst spread of infected cases, were more likely to exhibit a higher level of stress. On the oth...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - May 18, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Doris C. Chu Source Type: research

police trainers' opinions on recruitment procedures
Fay Rachel Sweeting, Terri Cole Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Police training is in a period of transition, requiring new recruits to already have, or work towards, a policing degree. However, recruitment procedures have not significantly changed in the past few decades. With psychometric testing commonplace in North America and Australasia to help ensure the right recruits are selected, this research seeks to understand if police trainers feel there is scope for a similar process in the United Kingdom (UK).Twenty-five police training staff across four different police f...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - May 3, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Fay Rachel Sweeting Terri Cole Source Type: research

Emotional labour and burnout among police officers
Benjamin Hopkins, David Dowell, Joe Flitton Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- With rare research access to the police service in the United Kingdom, the authors investigate levels of burnout and the performance of emotional labour.Using 330 surveys completed by serving police officers, the authors investigate levels of burnout and also the performance of the three elements of emotional labour.Investigating heterogeneity, the authors create a typology of three different types of officer. In addition to a core group, this includes groups with misaligned and matching values. S...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - April 25, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Benjamin Hopkins David Dowell Joe Flitton Source Type: research

The relationship between spirituality and mental health among police trainees
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spirituality, including religious spirituality (i.e. supernatural beliefs) and secular spirituality (i.e. social beliefs), and mental health among police trainees.Participants in this study were police trainees of a police academy. An online survey was conducted to measure spirituality and mental health among these police trainees. The association between spirituality and mental health was analyzed using hierarchical linear regression and hierarchical logistic regression with demographic variables (i.e. gender and age) controlled for.The results revealed that the po...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - April 14, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Mu He Jiahui Lu Juliet Honglei Chen Kwok Kit Tong Source Type: research

An experimental look at reasonable suspicion and police discretion
This study aims to demonstrate the need for further examination of legal judgments and the exercise of discretion in policing.A factorial vignette survey with traffic stop scenarios based on US Court of Appeals decisions was administered to 396 police officers across six states. Officers were asked to indicate their assessment of the presence of reasonable suspicion and the likelihood that they would extend the stop for investigatory purposes.Officers' reasonable suspicion judgments are significantly influenced by the vignette facts and align with court ruling expectations. However, even in the presence of reasonable suspi...
Source: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - April 14, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Kyle McLean Justin Nix Seth W. Stoughton Ian T. Adams Geoffrey P. Alpert Source Type: research