Federal Intervention in American Police Departments

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Rushin
Keyword(s):  
Police Departments ◽  
Federal Intervention ◽  
American Police

Structural elaboration in police organizations: an exploration

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia L. Jurek ◽  
Matthew C. Matusiak ◽  
Randa Embry Matusiak
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Multiple Time Points ◽  
American Police

Purpose The current research explores the structural elaboration of municipal American police organizations, specifically, the structural complexity of police organizations and its relationship to time. The purpose of this paper is to describe and test essential elements of the structural elaboration hypothesis. Design/methodology/approach The authors explore the structural elaboration hypothesis utilizing a sample of 219 large police departments across the USA. Data are drawn from multiple waves of the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics survey and are analyzed using tobit and OLS regression techniques. Findings While there is some evidence that police departments are becoming more elaborate, little evidence for the structural elaboration hypothesis as a function of time is found. Originality/value This project is the first to specifically explore the structural elaboration hypothesis across multiple time points. Additionally, results highlight structural trends across a panel of large American police organizations and provide potential explanations for changes. Suggestions for large-scale policing data collection are also provided.

Working with communities on social media

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyan Dai ◽  
Wu He ◽  
Xin Tian ◽  
Ashley Giraldi ◽  
Feng Gu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hampton Roads ◽  
Local Police ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
American Police

Purpose American police departments are beginning to implement social media as a strategy to engage the surrounding communities through various methods, including Facebook and Twitter. The purpose of this paper is to examine the varieties in the use of Facebook and Twitter by local police departments. Design/methodology/approach This study collected all data between October 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014 from Facebook and Twitter accounts of seven city police departments in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. These agencies resemble many police departments in the USA, and in total serve a diverse population of approximately 1,435,000. Content analysis and statistical tests are conducted. Findings Results show that specific types of posts are more engaging for the community. Facebook and Twitter interactions vary depending upon the type of posts, demonstrating that citizens are using Facebook and Twitter to interact in different ways. Research limitations/implications The findings presented here give police agencies’ insight on how to appropriately adjust their use of social media to fulfill the needs of the citizens and optimize interactions with the community. Originality/value This is the first study to systematically examine and analyze the varieties in the use of social media by traditional American local police departments and their interactions with citizens.

Racial Minority and Female Employment in Policing: The Implications of “Glacial” Change

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Walker
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Police Performance ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
American Police ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Glacial Change ◽  
Change Forces

This article reviews the issues surrounding the employment of racial minorities and women by American police departments. It places particular emphasis on the extent to which slow but uneventful change forces a reconsideration of our understanding of the police. The article reviews the available data on police employment and examines the issues surrounding the factors associated with progress toward equal employment opportunity, the impact of changing employment practices on police performance, public attitudes, and the dynamics of the police subculture.

Cinematic Badges

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-130
Author(s):  
Noah Tsika
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Film ◽  
Film Culture ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Police Power ◽  
American Police

This chapter examines some of the tensions involved in the development and maintenance of film-specific forms of police public relations and addresses the persistence of certain cultural and institutional anxieties. From the threat of repetition and generic stagnation to the frictions resulting from the coexistence of strict representational codes and countervailing “realist” imperatives, these tensions and anxieties further illustrate the sheer complexity of cinema’s intersections with police power in the United States. American police departments have long been committed to shaping American film culture to their own advantage. American police officials were not necessarily easily satisfied by screen representations, and their ongoing demands had unexpected and sometimes contradictory effects.

Values and Culture in Two American Police Departments: Lessons from King Arthur

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack R. Greene ◽  
Geoffrey P. Alpert ◽  
Paul Styles
Keyword(s):  
Crime Control ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
King Arthur ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
American Police ◽  
Private Management ◽  
Traditional Approaches

The changing nature of public and private management calls into question the role of managers in transmitting values to assist in guiding the actions of organizational members. Recently, in policing there has been a major value reorientation from traditional approaches to crime control and suppression, to community policing a philosophy that emphasizes greater police and citizen contact. This paper reports the findings from two qualitative analyses of value clarification and transmission, one in a large, metropolitan police department, and the other in a smaller police agency. Whereas past research has suggested that organization size greatly affects the value formation and communication process within such agencies, this paper identifies the similarities between these two agencies as the seek to re-shape values and to influence police officer and police organization behavior.

Institutional incentives and community policing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Tate Fegley
Keyword(s):  
Community Policing ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Economic Calculation ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Community Oriented Policing ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
American Police ◽  
Practice Community

Abstract Most American police departments claim to practice community-oriented policing (COP). The stated goals are to build partnerships between the police and the community, maintain order and quality of life, and solve problems that contribute to crime and fear of crime. However, researchers have noted how most departments attempting to implement COP have fallen short in successfully adopting the recommended reforms. This paper argues that the institutional setting in which American public policing operates leads to this result. By contrast, the institutional features of private security make its operation more conducive to achieving the goals of COP. These institutional differences include whether economic calculation is possible, the domain that is policed, and which rules are enforced.

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