A Comparison of Occupational Attitudes between Taiwanese and American Police Officers

Sun, Ivan Y.; Chu, Doris C.

doi:10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.36

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“…In one study (Sun and Chu, 2008a), they found that college-educated officers showed less favorable attitudes toward community building than non-college-educated officers in Taiwan. In another (Sun and Chu, 2008c), they reported that Taiwanese officers, as a whole, were more likely to favor community building than their American counterparts. Looking at Taiwanese and American officers as a whole, non-college-educated and experienced officers were more likely to support community building than college-educated and inexperienced officers.…”

Section: Community Buildingmentioning

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Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward police role and work

Sun

Cretacci

et al. 2009

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward police roles and their work. Design/methodology/approach -Using survey data collected from 182 cadets in a Chinese police college, this paper assesses the influences of cadets' characteristics and training on their attitudes toward law enforcement, order maintenance, preventive patrol, and community building. Findings -Cadets without family members or relatives serving as police officers and with stronger physical capability are more likely to support the law enforcement role, while cadets with greater physical capability are less likely to favor order maintenance. Younger cadets and those without a Bachelor's degree are more likely to view preventive patrol as an important goal for the police. Cadets with stronger attitudes toward law enforcement are more likely to regard community building as an important police goal. Research limitations/implications -Future research should continue to explore factors that influence officers' occupational attitudes and incorporate more attitudinal dimensions into the analysis. Future projects should also target local station officers from different departments. Originality/value -This study represents one of the first attempts to empirically assess Chinese police cadets' work-related attitudes. Findings of the study provide Chinese police administrators with useful references and directions to improve police training and enhance police-community relations. IntroductionPolice occupational attitudes and behavior have consistently been one of the major concerns in police literature since the 1960s. Findings from research on the US police indicate that police occupational outlooks and operational styles may be shaped by socio-legal, psychological, and organizational factors (Worden, 1995a). This broad line of inquiry is important for accumulating evidence to develop and revise theories of police behavior and attitudes and for generating useful knowledge to create the basis of police reform. While frequently tested in Western literature, the research question

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Section: Community Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward police role and work

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et al. 2009

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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“…The results for attitudes toward legal restrictions were different for patrol officers and supervisors, with Taiwanese officers less likely to support legal restrictions (Sun & Chu, 2006) and Taiwanese supervisors more likely to favor legal restrictions (Chu & Sun, 2007) compared to their American counterparts. The third study found that Taiwanese officers were more likely than American officers to support the notion of distrust of citizens, but they did not differ in attitudes toward order maintenance (Sun & Chu, 2008).…”

Section: International Analysis Of Police Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…A series of recent studies comparing Taiwanese and American police officers' occupational attitudes (Chu & Sun, 2007;Sun & Chu, 2006, 2008 addressed these concerns associated with previous studies. Using data collected from two Taiwanese and two U.S. police departments and multivariate regression analyses, these studies assessed differences across both departments and countries among several attitudinal dimensions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, Chinese police officers have traditionally been given a wide array of responsibilities (e.g., dispute resolution, household registration, firefighting, and immigration) that extend beyond the traditional Western views of street-level law enforcement. Order maintenance has been an integral part of Chinese policing and police officers were strongly encouraged to engage in all sorts of neighborhood activities and tended to persuade citizens to settle their conflicts outside the criminal justice system (Sun & Chu, 2008).…”

Section: Order Maintenancementioning

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A comparison of Chinese and the U.S. police cadets’ occupational attitudes

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Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…Little is known, however, about officers' attitudes toward community building. A recent study indicated that American and Taiwanese female and male officers did not differ in their attitudes toward community building (Sun & Chu, 2008a, 2008b.…”

Section: Community Policingmentioning

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Gender Differences in Occupational Attitudes Among Slovak Police

Sun

Wasileski

2010

International Criminal Justice Review

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Gender differences in policing have drawn some research attention over the past three decades. Very little, however, is known about the possible attitudinal distinctions between female and male police officers in non-English-speaking countries. This study seeks to make a contribution to this line of research by analyzing attitudinal differences between male and female officers in Slovakia. Using survey data collected from 250 police officers in several Slovak police regions, this research empirically assesses male and female officers' attitudes toward police role, community policing, and work obstacles. The results indicate that Slovak female and male officers do not differ much in their attitudes toward police roles and community policing. Slovak female officers are more likely to report having limited promotion opportunity but less likely to express higher levels of work-family conflict than their male counterparts. Implications for policy and future research are discussed.

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A Comparison of Occupational Attitudes between Taiwanese and American Police Officers

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward police role and work

Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward police role and work

A comparison of Chinese and the U.S. police cadets’ occupational attitudes

Gender Differences in Occupational Attitudes Among Slovak Police

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