Police officers as warriors or guardians: Empirical reality or intriguing rhetoric?

K McLean, SE Wolfe, J Rojek, GP Alpert… - Justice quarterly, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Policing experts have suggested that shifting from a warrior mindset–officers viewing
themselves as warriors fighting crime–to a guardian mindset–officers valuing working with …

Evidence-based policing: A review of its adoption and use by police agencies in the United States of America

G den Heyer - International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2022 - Elsevier
It has been claimed that evidence-based research plays an important role in policing
(Knutsson, 2017; Telep and Lum, 2014; Punch, 2015) because it is able to distinguish what …

Police discretion in encounters with people who use drugs: operationalizing the theory of planned behavior

B Del Pozo, E Sightes, J Goulka, B Ray, CA Wood… - Harm reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background Policing shapes the health risks of people who use drugs (PWUD), but little is
understood about interventions that can align officer practices with PWUD health. This study …

Why does organizational justice matter? Uncertainty management among law enforcement officers

SE Wolfe, J Rojek, VM Manjarrez Jr, A Rojek - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Law enforcement officers who believe their supervisors are organizationally fair are
more satisfied with their jobs, more confident in their authority, and more likely to use …

Police perceptions of crime victim behaviors: A trend analysis exploring mandatory training and knowledge of sexual and domestic violence survivors' trauma …

CA Franklin, AD Garza, A Goodson… - Crime & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Police perceptions of a victim's self-presentation style can have an impact on secondary
victimization, case processing, and public safety. Trauma survivors may present to police …

Police ethics and integrity: Keeping the 'blue code'of silence

L Westmarland, S Conway - International Journal of Police …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper examines attitudes towards police ethics and integrity using the responses of
police officers and support staff to some ethical dilemmas via an online questionnaire. The …

Testing a theoretical model of perceived audience legitimacy: The neglected linkage in the dialogic model of police–community relations

J Nix, JT Pickett, SE Wolfe - Journal of research in crime and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Democratic policing involves an ongoing dialogue between officers and citizens
about what it means to wield legitimate authority. Most of the criminological literature on …

Beliefs about minority representation in policing and support for diversification

K Peyton, CM Weiss… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Diversification of police forces is widely promoted as a reform for reducing racial disparities
in police–civilian interactions and increasing police legitimacy. Despite these potential …

Feeling blue: Officer perceptions of public antipathy predict police occupational norms

CJ Marier, RK Moule - American journal of criminal justice, 2019 - Springer
Recent protests against law enforcement have spurred claims by practitioners and
editorialists that public antipathy toward the police may influence police occupational norms …

A comparative study of the police officer views on policing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

J Maskály, S Kutnjak Ivkovich… - Policing: An International …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study adds to the developing literature on how coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) affected policing. Unlike prior research, which focused on police agencies, the …