scholarly journals Police Responses to Persons with Mental Illness: The Policy and Procedures Manual of One Australian Police Agency and ‘Procedural Justice Policy’

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Matthew Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Police Agency ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
Sufficient Detail ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Police Policy ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Persons with mental illness (PWMI) often report negative perceptions of police treatment following receiving criminalising and heavy-handed police responses. To appropriately control officer discretion and to harness ethical, legal, and efficient police practice when encountering vulnerable and diverse individuals, police agencies across the world issue policy documents to their officers. These documents serve as a reflection regarding how police agencies aspire to manage PWMI in the community. Using a procedural justice framework, this research measures how a large police agency in Australia aspires to manage PWMI and whether the police policy document provides sufficient detail in advocating the appropriate and just police treatment of PWMI. A content analysis of the policy document revealed a lack of sufficient procedural guidelines in effectively controlling police officer discretion when encountering PWMI in the community. This article argues that without further consolidation to embed appropriate procedural guidelines into the policy document, the procedural policy gaps may have a negative effect on the experiences of PWMI when encountering the police.

scholarly journals A strategic approach to police interactions with people with a mental illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry G. Coleman ◽  
Dorothy Cotton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Police Interactions

Since the birth of modern policing in the early 1800s, police agencies have interacted with persons with mental health problems (P/MHP) whether in crisis, as victims, or in a support role. Given the nature of policing, this is unlikely to change. What has changed is how police handle these situations. This paper identifies and explains the two phases of the evolution, to date, of police responses and the now necessary third phase. It is time for police agencies to apply a focussed corporate approach to this important social issue and to establish a mental health strategy (third generation) in order to clearly take a strategic approach in concert with relevant community agencies to improve outcomes for P/MHP who come into contact with police personnel. While many standalone programs have been primarily reactive, this paper makes the case that a strategic approach enables the design and implementation of multiple programs congruent with the mental health strategy that are proactive as well as reactive, all with the aim of improving the outcomes for persons with mental illness and mental health problems.

Reducing the Negative Effects of Psychological Contract Breach during Management-Imposed Change

2015 ◽  
pp. 122-142
Author(s):  
Melanie De Ruiter ◽  
Robert J. Blomme ◽  
René Schalk
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Psychological Contract Breach ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Contract Breach ◽  
Informational Justice ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Employees' experiences of psychological contract breach (PCB) contribute substantially to the failure of change initiatives. Consequently, if organizational leaders want to successfully implement change efforts, it is imperative that they attend to these negative perceptions. Managers can provide different types of support to employees who have experienced PCB. However, during management-imposed change, direct managers at the mid-level of the organization face a number of challenges that may impede their ability or willingness to provide this support. Existing approaches to managing top-down change initiatives offer recommendations regarding leadership, communication and interpersonal and informational justice. Yet, by failing to consider the negative effect middle managers' competing roles have on their inclination or ability to address employee experiences of PCB, these suggestions are limited in scope. Drawing upon the literature on trickle-down effects, it is suggested that senior managers play an important, albeit indirect role in reducing the negative effects of PCB.

Do the Compensatory Effects of Outcome and Procedure on Policy Acceptance Depend on Trust in Authority?

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1429-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan-Na Wu ◽  
Xue Wu
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Outcome Favorability ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Fair Procedure ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Policy Setting

Previous researchers have shown that procedural justice and outcome favorability interact to influence people's beliefs and behaviors. When an outcome is unfavorable, people tend to respond more positively to policies with fair procedures. We conducted 2 studies to explore the influence of trust in authority on process-by-outcome interaction in public administration in China. In each study, there was a different public policy setting, and different designs and participants (i.e., a scenario tested with Chinese university students in Study 1 and a survey conducted with residents of a city in China in Study 2). The convergent results showed that the interaction between procedural justice and outcome favorability was moderated by trust in authority. When the level of trust was high, the interaction effect was significant, and a fair procedure attenuated the negative effect of an unfavorable outcome. However, when there was little trust, the interaction was absent. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Residents’ perception toward tourism development: a pre-development perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh ◽  
Mastura Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Development Perspective ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the positive and negative perceptions of residents towards tourism development in Bujang Valley (Lembah Bujang), an underdeveloped rural area that is targeted for world heritage site inscription because of its archaeological value. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data among residents and 143 questionnaire were returned. Findings The results demonstrated that the residents of Bujang Valley have generally positive perceptions towards tourism development and are agreeable with supporting tourism development. Moreover, these results were highly correlated with one another, with residents’ positive perceptions having a positive effect on their support for tourism development, and negative perceptions have a negative effect on their support for tourism development. Practical implications The findings of this study can assist the Bujang Valley local authorities to improve the support and participation of residents in tourism planning and conservation programmes, thereby contributing to sustainable development. Originality/value This study contributes to the resident perception literature by examining the effects of residents’ perceptions on their support for tourism in an underdeveloped rural area in the developing world.

scholarly journals Efek Mediasi Keterikatan Karyawan pada Pengaruh Keadilan Distributif dan Prosedural Terhadap Keinginan Berpindah

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Edalmen, Patricia Fiona Ngadiman
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aims to determine the effect of distributive justice and procedural justice on turnover intention with employee engagement as a mediating variable at PT. XYZ The sample used was 83 respondents with a sample selection method using saturated sampling techniques. The study was conducted quantitatively and used a questionnaire to collect data. The results of this study concluded that distributive justice and procedural justice had a positive effect on employee engagement. Distributive justice has a negative effect on turnover intention, but the effect of procedural justice on turnover intention is not significant. Employee engagement acts as a partial mediation in distributive justice relations to turnover intention and acts as a full mediator on the influence of procedural justice on turnover intention. The next finding is that employee engagement has a negative influence on the desire to.

Psychiatric Aspects of the Menopause

1990 ◽  
Vol 156 (6) ◽  
pp. 773-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. Ballinger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Physiological Changes ◽  
General Population Studies ◽  
Psychoanalytic Literature ◽  
Menopausal Women ◽  
Negative Effect

In the debates about the association between mental illness and the menopause, the psychiatric approach contradicts assertions by the gynaecological and psychoanalytic literature that the menopause has a negative effect on mental health. General population studies show that, if at all, psychiatric morbidity is more common in women in the five years before menopause. Sociocultural and family factors are more important in the aetiology of mental illness in menopausal women than physiological changes. Anxiety and depression in such women do not respond to oestrogen therapy, although some cases respond to antidepressants.

Institutional procedural justice and street procedural justice in Chinese policing: The mediating role of moral alignment

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Y Sun ◽  
Yuning Wu ◽  
Jianhong Liu ◽  
Maarten Van Craen
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Fair Treatment ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Chinese Police ◽  
Chinese Policing

Although the process-based model of policing has been widely tested, research on how procedural justice works within police agencies, particularly its impact on officer willingness to engage in procedurally fair behavior on the street, is relatively scant. Based on survey data collected from Chinese police officers, this study assessed the linkages between internal procedural justice and external procedural justice through the mechanisms of moral alignment with both supervisors and citizens and perceived citizen trustworthiness. Greater internal procedural justice was directly related to higher external procedural justice. Fair supervision helped build up moral alignment between officers and supervisors and between officers and citizens, which in turn led to stronger commitment to fair treatment of the public. Internal procedural justice and moral alignment with citizens also cultivated officers’ perceptions of public trustworthiness, which further strengthened officers’ fair treatment toward the public.

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