Exploring officers' acceptance of community policing: Implications for policy implementation

Novak, Kenneth J.; Alarid, Leanne Fiftal; Lucas, Wayne L.

doi:10.1016/s0047-2352(02)00199-x

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“…On the basis of the relationship between specific demographic indicators and support for COP found in the literature (Lurigio and Skogan, 1994;Skogan and Hartnett, 1997;Miller, 1999;Paoline et al, 2000;Novak et al, 2003), this study included measures for gender (1 = female), race (1 = Black) and years of total policing experience (1 = less than 1 year; 2 = 1-2; 3 = 3-5; 4 = 6-9; 5 = 10-14; 6 = ⩾15). The study also controlled for the city in which the officer worked (city) (1 = Savannah) and the officers' experiences with previous cybercrime cases (cybercrime case) (see Table 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, females may be more supportive of community policing programs generally because of the nature of gender differences in the perceived role of police in the community (Miller, 1999). Racial minority officers appear more willing to accept community policing than White officers (Lurigio and Skogan, 1994;Skogan and Hartnett, 1997;Miller, 1999;Paoline et al, 2000;Novak et al, 2003). Officers with greater years of service are also more willing to support such programs (Lurigio and Skogan, 1994;Skogan and Hartnett, 1997; also see Lewis et al, 1999).…”

Section: Community Policing and Virtual Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing officer perceptions and support for online community policing

Bossler

Holt

2013

Secur J

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Community-oriented policing has shaped law enforcement over the past 30 years, providing innovative strategies to identify and combat crime problems through collaborative community partnerships. The success of community policing strategies in some contexts has led some scholars and police administrators to call for the adoption of these programs in virtual environments to combat cybercrimes. It is unclear how such a program may operate or what factors affect line officer support for their use in the field. Thus, this study examined how community policing support, computer proficiency, and perceptions of the Internet and cybercrime were related to support for online community policing in a sample of officers from two Southeastern cities. The study found that support for community policing in the real world and perceptions of cybercrime severity were the two most consistently significant predictors of support for online community policing. The significance of these findings for policing practice and theory are discussed.

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Section: Controlsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Community Policing and Virtual Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing officer perceptions and support for online community policing

Bossler

Holt

2013

Secur J

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“…In some instances younger officers were positive regarding COPs (Bradstreet 1997) while others found the opposite regarding older officers (Lurigio and Skogan 1996;Skogan and Hartnet 1997). Among other demographic characteristics, education was found to be a weak predictor of support for COP (Schafer 2002) and with the exception of one study (Novak et al 2003) higher rank was found to be positively related to support for COP (Schafer 2002;Lewis et al 1999). Research also notes that officers who perceive a lack of citizen support are more likely to view COP negatively (Novak et al 2003).…”

Section: Prior Research On Officers' Attitudes Toward Cop Type Functionsmentioning

confidence: 80%

“…Findings regarding COPS suggest that some officers show general support while others range from either lack of support (Kratcoski and Noonan 1995), to cynicism (Travis and Winston 1998), confusion, and/or ambivalence (Lurigio and Skogan 1996;Novak et al 2003). The relationship between age and support for community policing has also been found to be inconclusive.…”

Section: Prior Research On Officers' Attitudes Toward Cop Type Functionsmentioning

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What’s in a Name? Organizational, Environmental, and Cultural Factors on Support for Community Policing in Turkey and the U.S.

Nalla

Boke

2011

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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Community policing (COP) represents officers' expectations of police work that revolves around specific order maintenance chores that take place within the community. It is generally assumed that police officers are cognizant of the community policing type activities occurring in police organizations where COP is either formally or informally adopted. However, very little research has been done to examine whether or not police officers in other countries are engaging in similar COP type activities without the organizational endorsement or official implementation of community policing as it is known in the U.S. and elsewhere. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we compare law enforcement officers' attitudes toward their conceptions of police work with specific attention to order maintenance and community oriented type police activities in two countries, Turkey (no formal COP programs) and the U.S. (formal and informal COP programs). Secondly, we examine to what extent police organizational and environmental factors in these two countries influence officers' conceptions of community-oriented policing activities. Findings suggest that, relative to Turkey, U.S. police officers have a favorable disposition toward COP type activities, suggesting name does matter. However, findings in both countries also suggest that officers' orientation to police work that is reflective of the police operational philosophy, and the organizational and environmental factors are better predictors of COP type activities.

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“…However, officers' level of education, desire for autonomy, and rank failed to display significant results. Novak et al (2003) provided one possible explanation for the lack of a relationship between rank and support for community policing: middle managers might view community policing as a loss of job authority.…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of Socio-Demographic Characteristic on Employees’ Attitudes toward Organizational Change at Vietnam – Hungary Industrial University

2018

International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research

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Exploring officers' acceptance of community policing: Implications for policy implementation

Cited by 47 publications

References 14 publications

Assessing officer perceptions and support for online community policing

Assessing officer perceptions and support for online community policing

What’s in a Name? Organizational, Environmental, and Cultural Factors on Support for Community Policing in Turkey and the U.S.

Impact of Socio-Demographic Characteristic on Employees’ Attitudes toward Organizational Change at Vietnam – Hungary Industrial University

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