Expanding the psychologists role as consultants to police departments hostage negotiations

Trust of the police is at a 22-year low in the United States (Jones, 2015). Many police departments hold community discussions in an attempt to educate civilians and increase trust in the police (Star, 2017). This research explores whether an in depth, play-by-play explanation of force used during a video of a violent arrest can increase civilians’ perceptions of the police. Participants either watched a video of a violent arrest with narration or the same video with no narration. The narrator explained the tactics used by the police officers and how the tactics were used to avoid escalation of the violence during the arrest. After viewing one of the videos, both groups filled out the Perceptions of Police (POP) scale to indicate the participants’ feelings about the police. The type of video watched did not influence POP scores, however two interactions were significant. These results suggest that the police should focus on other methods of gaining the trust of Americans.

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The shattered image : a study of occupational socialization experienced by municipal officers of the Vancouver and Ottawa police departments

10.22215/etd/1983-12487 ◽

1983 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph Cooper

Keyword(s):

Occupational Socialization ◽

Police Departments

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Introduction: Subjects and Systems

10.1093/oso/9780198830405.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Herzog

Keyword(s):

Political Philosophy ◽

Social Life ◽

Social Philosophy ◽

Police Departments ◽

Moral Criticism ◽

Meso Level ◽

Black Boxes ◽

Private Corporations ◽

Moral Questions

The Introduction sets out the problem this book addresses: organizations, in which individuals seem to be nothing but ‘cogs’, have become extremely powerful, while being apparently immune to moral criticism. Organizations—from public bureaucracies to universities, police departments, and private corporations—have specific features that they share qua organizations. They need to be opened up for normative theorizing, rather than treated as ‘black boxes’ or as elements of a ‘system’ in which moral questions have no place. The Introduction describes ‘social philosophy’ as an approach that addresses questions at the meso-level of social life, and situates it in relation to several strands of literature in moral and political philosophy. It concludes by providing a preview of the chapters of the book.

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Multicriteria Ranking for the Efficient and Effective Assessment of Police Departments

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084251 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4251

Author(s):

Thyago C. C. Nepomuceno ◽

Cinzia Daraio ◽

Ana Paula C. S. Costa

Keyword(s):

Criminal Behavior ◽

Performance Assessments ◽

Police Performance ◽

Police Departments ◽

Strategic Objectives ◽

Frontier Analysis ◽

Promethee Ii ◽

Effectiveness Analysis ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

Effective Assessment

The nonparametric assessment of police efficiency and effectiveness is challenging due to the stochastic nature of criminal behavior and the subjective dependence on multiple decision criteria, leading to different prospects depending on the regulation, necessity, or organizational objective. There is a trade-off between sustainable efficiency and effectiveness in many police performance assessments, because many departments can be crime-specialized or cannot reproduce good results effectively on more severe or complex occurrences. This study aims to provide a non-compensatory ranking classification combining Conditional Frontier Analysis with the PROMETHEE II methodology for the multidimensional efficiency and effectiveness analysis of police. The results on Pernambuco (Brazil) Police departments offer interesting perspectives for public administrations concerning prioritizations of units based on the mitigation of resources and strategic objectives.

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