Singing the same tune? International continuities and discontinuities in how police talk about using force

Waddington, P. A. J.; Adang, Otto; Baker, David; Birkbeck, Christopher; Feltes, Thomas; Gabaldón, Luis Gerardo; Machado, Eduardo Paes; Stenning, Philip

doi:10.1007/s10611-008-9176-7

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“…Micucci and Gomme, 2005;Waddington et al, 2009). Importantly, although both types of studies measured police attitudes toward the use of force, they do not provide us with many insights about the determinants of these attitudes.…”

Section: Officer Endorsement Of Rules On the Use Of Forcementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, there are several studies in which police attitudes toward the use of force were measured by having police officers respond to specific scenarios, rather than measuring their overall attitudes (e.g. Micucci and Gomme, 2005; Waddington et al, 2009). Importantly, although both types of studies measured police attitudes toward the use of force, they do not provide us with many insights about the determinants of these attitudes.…”

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Explaining officer compliance: The importance of procedural justice and trust inside a police organization

Haas

Craen

Skogan

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Criminology & Criminal Justice

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The extent to which police officers obey instructions and policies is of permanent concern to police leaders and the community. This is especially the case when it comes to preventing police misconduct, such as the use of excessive force. In the current study we examined officer compliance from a procedural justice and social exchange perspective. Using data collected among 536 police officers of the Metropolitana Police in Buenos Aires, we explored to what extent internal procedural justice and trust are related to: (1) officer compliance with supervisors and policies; and (2) officer endorsement of regulations on the use of force. The results indicate that perceptions of fair treatment by supervisors and trust in supervisors are positively associated with (stated) compliance. Our findings suggest that a procedural justice approach may facilitate the implementation of police policies and contribute to preventing police violence.

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Section: Officer Endorsement Of Rules On the Use Of Forcementioning

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Explaining officer compliance: The importance of procedural justice and trust inside a police organization

Haas

Craen

Skogan

et al. 2015

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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131

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“…Finally, researchers could attempt to draw on different strands of research, such as for instance the studies done by Waddington et al (2009) on police culture, to get better and more nuanced insight into the perceptions of police officers about what is considered to be effective policing. Such an approach may possibly build bridges to more detailed psychological research to better understand the perceptions of the police.…”

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Police Integrity and the Perceived Effectiveness of Policing: Evidence from a Survey Among Ugandan Police Officers

Wagner

Hout

2019

Exploring Police Integrity

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Research on police integrity has focused to a large extent on the assessment of the seriousness of various forms of police misconduct. Employing vignettes cases it has been shown that police officers identify clear differences among forms of misconduct and these differences largely hold across countries and contexts. Moreover, the impact of a range of individual and organizational characteristics on the assessment of misbehavior has been established. This chapter analyzes the impact of perceptions of the institutional environment and police effectiveness among Ugandan police officers to assess the external validity of the assessments of the seriousness of misconduct presented in the vignettes. The research focuses on ten aspects of police officers' perceptions of the institutional environment and police effectiveness and shows that the perceptions are strongly interrelated and that they impact on attitudes towards police integrity. Thus, while the vignettes are meant as a tool to reduce subjective biases in the evaluation of police misbehavior, the assessment of the vignettes is not free of individual perceptions. This suggests that the vignettes can be seen as means to channel and represent the individual subjective biases in a coherent and comparable form.

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“…Duchesne et al (2013) for example used a board on which the moderator wrote down comments from the participants to create more debate in the discussions. In another international comparative focus group study, Waddington et al (2009) used scenarios as the main methodological tool in order to compare the response of police officers in six different countries. Different kinds of stimuli can also be used in combination with questions that are asked to the participants.…”

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A methodology for cross-national comparative focus group research: illustrations from discussions about political protest

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We propose a methodology for comparative cross-national focus group research and illustrate how this methodology is useful for advancing our understanding of political protest. Focus group research allows researchers to study the collective process of meaning making and formation of intersubjective attitudes. This process has been shown to be relevant for how people discuss politics, and how in turn it could influence participation in politics. However, a systematic methodology for examining the influence of the historical, social, and political context in different countries has not been developed hitherto. In order to allow for comparisons between the formation of attitudes in different countries, we put forward several methodological decisions aimed at achieving standardization in cross-national focus group research design. Group composition, recruitment strategies, and moderation style are the key facets of focus group research that need to be standardized in order to make meaningful cross-national comparisons, but more practical considerations in implementing focus groups cross-nationally are also discussed. We illustrate and critically assess the proposed methodology based on data from an international comparative research project in which 80 focus groups were conducted in nine different countries in Europe and Latin America.

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Singing the same tune? International continuities and discontinuities in how police talk about using force

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Explaining officer compliance: The importance of procedural justice and trust inside a police organization

Explaining officer compliance: The importance of procedural justice and trust inside a police organization

Police Integrity and the Perceived Effectiveness of Policing: Evidence from a Survey Among Ugandan Police Officers

A methodology for cross-national comparative focus group research: illustrations from discussions about political protest

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