The British police occupy a unique position as the first to be created under representative
government, and one which for a long period was regarded as an exemplar of civility. In …

At the heart of policing is a tension. On the one hand, police in liberal democratic societies
are custodians of the state's monopoly of legitimate force. On the other, they wield that …

Abstract'Stress and Policing'presents an overview of the sources and consequences of
stress experienced by those who work within the police service. Remedial interventions are …

Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are
spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms …

Fully revised and expanded, this third edition of Psychology and Law: A Critical Introduction
is a discussion of contemporary debates at the interface between psychology and criminal …

This article uses a path model to examine the relationship between violence exposure and
domestic violence among police officers with the expectation that the relationships would be …

While many police officers undertake their work conforming to the highest ethical standards,
the fact remains that unethical police conduct continues to be a recurring problem around …

Research into the role of ethnicity in behaviour in US organizations has been the subject of
several reviews. However no such review of British research has thus far been undertaken …

The police profession is one in which acute stressors are encountered more frequently than
in other occupations. Using the personal accounts of 35 police officers attending an in …

Recent commissions of inquiry and the growth of police studies in Australia have
popularised the idea of a 'police culture'. A stereotyped image has developed of police …