Police civilianisation in Canada: a mixed methods investigation
| Autor: | John Kiedrowski, Rick Ruddell, Michael Petrunik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Service (business)
education.field_of_study Sociology and Political Science Cost–benefit analysis business.industry 05 social sciences Population Public relations Officer 050501 criminology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Business Contingency education Law 050104 developmental & child psychology 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Policing and Society. 29:204-222 |
| ISSN: | 1477-2728 1043-9463 |
| Popis: | Although the ratio of police officers to population in Canada has been relatively stable since the 1980s there has been a substantial increase in the number of civilians working for police services. To better understand the economic and other consequences of civilianisation, we employed two strategies: an exploratory qualitative examination of the challenges of civilianisation involving a survey and follow-up interviews; and a quantitative analysis of the factors associated with deploying police officer and civilian personnel in 167 municipal police services. When asked about the costs and benefits of civilianisation, police executives reported that the overall number of employees and costs to the police service are not necessarily reduced, as monies saved through civilianisation were spent elsewhere in their organisations: a finding in keeping with a structural contingency perspective. The ordinary least square regression results show that the prevalence of civilian personnel in the police workfo... |
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