scholarly journals American Police Systems.Raymond B. Fosdick

1921 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-406
Author(s):  
Frank J. Bruno
Keyword(s):  
American Police

Racial Profiling: A Survey of African American Police Officers

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Barlow ◽  
Melissa Hickman Barlow
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Racial Profiling ◽  
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.

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