Introduction Definitions regarding defunding or abolishing the police are highly contested in
the United States. Moreover, adolescents' definitions and how socialization processes …

The implementation work of street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) is becoming more complex due
to concurrent imperatives. While previous research has focused on SLBs' discretion …

The traditional prevailing perspectives on attitudes assume that attitudes, once formed, are
relatively stable over time. However, research has revealed that attitudes may be influenced …

Many Australian police organisations embed mental health response training (MHRT) into
their recruit training packages. Yet critics argue police officers are under-trained and ill …

Across the globe, there is little research that examines the impact of diversity on police
practice, particularly whether it increases or decreases the competency of the police …

Police academy training is the foundation of police performance. In Australia, police
academy programmes are usually delivered internally by police officers and are …

Internal workplace practices and policies in policing are based on a notion of fairness and
equal opportunity. Yet police organizations are frequently criticized for discriminatory …

Abstract Knowledge regarding policing of transgender people in situations of intimate
partner violence (IPV) is scarce within policing literature. While this may be because …

Policing organisations are increasingly expected to be representative of the diversity (eg,
gender, sexuality, ethnicity and religion) in the communities they serve. However, inclusion …

Male officers outnumber female officers in most police organizations, therefore most of the
extant policing literature regarding policing of diverse people is dominated by the …