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The reasonably unreasonable police officer: A paradox in police civil liability jurisprudence
John L. WorrallQualified immunity is a defense available to law enforcement officials in Section 1983 lawsuits alleging constitutional violations. Whether qualified immunity is granted hinges on…
Reading about “community (oriented) policing” and police models
Paul PonsaersDiscusses the actual conceptions about policing used by social scientists. Police models are central entities of thoughts and ideas on policing, which include an observable…
Applying Tittle’s control balance theory to police deviance
Matthew J. Hickman, Alex R. Piquero, Brian A. Lawton, Jack R. GreeneThe work of scholars who study police deviance has yet to result in the development of a substantive theory with which to frame their collective efforts. Recently, Tittle advanced…
Police violence in Canada and the USA: analysis and management
James F. HodgsonFocuses on contemporary law enforcement institutions, in Canadian and US cities, to illustrate the service limitations and public conflicts that are increasingly being generated…
African‐American policewomen: An exploration of professional relationships
Mary Dodge, Mark PogrebinExplores the professional, job‐related relationships of African‐American policewomen. The difficulties black women police officers face often are exacerbated by the intersection…
Policing after ethnic conflict: Culture, democratic policing, politics, and the public
Arrick Jackson, Alynna LyonImages of “blue helmets” and multilateral peace‐keeping missions are pervasive in today’s world. The goal of intervening parties is often to re‐establish order, one way to…
The Missouri State Highway Patrol as a representative model
David N. FalconeUsing a socio‐historical analytical approach, explains the emergence and evolutionary iterations of the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) as it developed into a virtual state…
Handgun shooting accuracy in low light conditions: The impact of night sights
Anne G. Copay, Michael T. CharlesThe shooting scores of police recruits with night sights and without night sights were compared in four different lighting conditions: front‐lighted target, back‐lighted target…
The police response to the criminalization of elder abuse: An exploratory study
Brian K. Payne, Bruce L. Berg, Jeff ToussaintWhen elder abuse first surfaced as a social problem, the response to the problem was grounded in the belief that the victims would be best served with as little criminal justice…
ISSN:
1363-951XRenamed from:
Police Studies: Intnl Review of Police DevelopmentOnline date, start – end:
1997Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridMerged from:
American Journal of PoliceEditors:
- Professor Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich
- Professor Wesley Jennings