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Results for police behavior (u.k.)
3 results foundAuthor: Blok, David Title: The gendered nature of policing among uniformed operational police officers in England and Wales Summary: In recent years, notable reforms have occurred in the structure and ethos of the Police Service. Significant efforts have been made to address diversity and integration in the workplace. Being traditionally viewed as a ‘male’-oriented occupation, an important challenge to the Police Service has been the dismantling of the gender divide in the recruitment and subsequent deployment of police officers. Past research had reported differential deployments of men and women officers. Physical strength, typically deemed a male attribute, was informally considered a primary policing skill. Work on police competencies recognised the wider range of abilities required when dealing with policing tasks, including frontline duties. The well-conducted constable needs a variety of social, emotional and cognitive skills such as the ability to negotiate and to demonstrate empathy. Through legislation and organisational change, considerable efforts have been exerted to integrate female officers into the Police Service and ensure that they both have equal opportunities to engage in the functions of policing at every level as well as influencing the style of policing by their presence. The University of Surrey undertook some research on behalf of British Association of Women in Policing (BAWP) that examined the public and police officers’ perceptions of the skills thought desirable to undertake various policing task, men and women officers’ assessment of their skills and the public’s preferences for gender of officer to attend different deployments. The study is based on the responses of 101 operational uniformed police constables and 150 members of the public. Details: Surrey, UK: Forensic Psychology Research Unit, University of Surrey, 2005. 51p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 20, 2012 at http://www.bawp.org/Resources/Documents/Surrey%20Uni%20research%201205.doc Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.bawp.org/Resources/Documents/Surrey%20Uni%20research%201205.doc Shelf Number: 126376 Keywords: Female Police Officers (U.K.)Police Behavior (U.K.)Police Community Relations (U.K.)Policing, Gender (U.K.) |
Author: Great Britain. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Title: Revisiting Police Relationships: Progress Report Summary: In 2011, we published Without Fear or Favour, which looked at instances of undue influence, inappropriate contractual arrangements and other abuses of power in police relationships with the media and other parties. While we found no evidence of endemic corruption in police relationships, we did not issue a clean bill of health. This revisit found that, while forces have made some progress, particularly around putting in place processes and policies to manage threats to integrity, more needs to be done. Details: London: HMIC, 2012. 41p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 1, 2013 at: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/media/revisiting-police-relationships.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/media/revisiting-police-relationships.pdf Shelf Number: 127742 Keywords: CorruptionPolice AdministrationPolice Behavior (U.K.)Police MisconductPolice-Community RelationsPublic Opinion |
Author: Quinton, Paul Title: Fair cop 2: Organisational justice, behaviour and ethical policing - An interpretative evidence commentary Summary: Fair decision-making and respectful treatment of the public by the police has previously been shown to foster police legitimacy, which, in turn, encourages people to cooperate with the police and not break the law. This paper provides a commentary around new survey research (Bradford et al 2013 and Bradford and Quinton 2014) that shows fairness and respect, internally within police organisations, can have a similar effect on the attitudes and behaviour of the workforce. Fairness at a supervisory and senior leadership level was associated with officers 'going the extra mile' without personal gain, following work rules, valuing the public, feeling empowered, and supporting ethical policing. These effects were largely brought about by fair treatment encouraging officers to identify with the organisation and its values, rather than a police subculture. The positive impact of fairness on attitudes and behaviour was found to exceed that of the traditional 'carrot and stick' approach, which ran the risk of fostering unthinking compliance with the rules even when officers thought it might be the 'wrong thing' to do. By linking the 'internal' organisational justice and 'external' procedural justice models together, it is possible to see how fairness and respect inside the police could, in the longer term, improve the public's perceptions of, and their voluntary cooperation with, the police. It also highlights the risk to policing of perceived unfairness within police organisations, because of its detrimental effect on staff attitudes and behaviours. Details: Ryton-on-Dunsmore, UK: College of Policing, 2015. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 2, 2015 at: http://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Documents/150317_Fair_cop%202_FINAL_REPORT.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Documents/150317_Fair_cop%202_FINAL_REPORT.pdf Shelf Number: 135135 Keywords: Police AccountabilityPolice Behavior (U.K.)Police DiscretionPolice EthicsPolice-Citizen InteractionsProcedural Justice |