Police officers’ role orientations
| Autor: | Nicholas D. Paul, Jacinta M. Gau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Public Administration
business.industry 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Law enforcement Police department Sample (statistics) Public relations Work environment Pathology and Forensic Medicine Officer Order (business) Political science General partnership 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Community policing 0509 other social sciences business Law 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Policing: An International Journal. 42:944-959 |
| ISSN: | 1363-951X |
| DOI: | 10.1108/pijpsm-04-2019-0044 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine police officers’ attitudes toward community policing and order maintenance, as well as the facets of the work environment that impact those attitudes. Design/methodology/approach Survey data come from a sample of officers in a mid-sized police department. Ordinary least squares regression modeling is used to examine community-policing, order-maintenance and law-enforcement role orientations. Findings Officers endorse community partnerships, but are less enthusiastic about order maintenance. They also display mid-level support for traditional law enforcement. Work–environment variables have inconsistent impacts across the three role orientations. Research limitations/implications This was a survey of attitudes in one department. Future research should examine officers’ involvement in community-policing and order-maintenance activities and any impediments to such activities. Practical implications The findings have implications for police leaders seeking to implement community policing and ensure street-level officers are carrying out partnership and order-maintenance activities. In particular, top management must foster a positive work environment and personally model commitment to policing innovations. Originality/value This paper adds to the currently sparse body of literature on officer attitudes toward community policing and order maintenance, and incorporates traditional law-enforcement attitudes as a point of contrast. This paper advances the scholarly understanding of police officers’ role orientations. |
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