“They need more training!” A national level analysis of police academy basic training priorities

JJ Sloan III, EA Paoline III - Police Quarterly, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Recurring incidents of Black citizens killed or injured during interactions with police has led
to calls for “more training” of officers, including new recruits. Prior research on academy …

'It's tough shit, basically, that you're all gonna get it': UK virus testing and police officer anxieties of contracting COVID-19

C De Camargo - Policing and society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Policing is a high-risk occupation that can cause a myriad of psychosocial problems to its
workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, officers have experienced increased rates of …

[HTML][HTML] Police officers' interrogation expertise and major objectives in police service and training: A comprehensive overview of the literature

MM Thielgen, S Schade, P Niegisch - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interrogation is a core task of practical police work. The outcomes of interrogation often
provide crucial evidence for solving criminal cases. The success of interrogation depends on …

Police officer use of force mindset and street-level behavior

EA Paoline III, W Terrill, LJ Somers - Police quarterly, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Police use of force has been the focus of a number of external assessments of the
occupation for over 50 years. Recent concerns have, once again, prompted calls for …

Addressing the inappropriate use of force by police in the United States and beyond: A behavioral and social science perspective

P Boxer, RK Brunson, N Gaylord‐Harden… - Aggressive …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent high‐profile incidents involving the deadly application of force in the United States
sparked worldwide protests and renewed scrutiny of police practices as well as scrutiny of …

Did George Floyd's murder shape the public's felt obligation to obey the police?

AR Cross, KE Tom, D Wallace, R Trinkner… - Law and human …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Our goal in the present study was to use longitudinal data to assess how
normative (ie, consensually motivated) and instrumental (ie, coercively motivated) obligation …

Extending research on the “war on cops”: The effects of Ferguson on nonfatal assaults against US police officers

JA Shjarback, ER Maguire - Crime & Delinquency, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study tests whether violence directed toward American law enforcement has increased
in the wake of events in Ferguson, Missouri, in summer 2014. Using monthly data from the …

Recruiting for change: shifting focus to address a workforce crisis

K McLean, T Cherry, GP Alpert - Police practice and research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Policing in the United States is currently undergoing a serious workforce crisis.
Drawing on Van Maanen's police socialization theory, we suggest that police recruiting …

Goals and outcomes of police officer communication: Evidence from in-depth interviews

PD Oxholm, J Glaser - Group Processes & Intergroup …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Communication between police and community is an inevitable part of policing. Core
narratives—subjective, internal, sense-making processes that can shape behavior—that …

Re-examining the use of force continuum: Why resistance is not the only driver of use of force decisions

K McLean, A Alikhan, GP Alpert - Police Quarterly, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Policing research and use of force policies have been guided by the continuum model for
the past several decades. The continuum specifies a relationship between the amount of …