The county sheriff as a distinctive policing modality

Falcone, David N.; Wells, L. Edward

doi:10.1108/07358549510111983

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“…6 Police departments and sheriff's offices were evaluated separately for two reasons. First, some scholars argue that county law enforcement agencies are theoretically different from municipal police departments (Falcone & Wells, 1995). Second, the data are clustered in counties for police departments but not for sheriff's offices.…”

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Female Representation in Law Enforcement: The Influence of Screening, Unions, Incentives, Community Policing, CALEA, and Size

Schuck

2014

Police Quarterly

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Using data over 4,000 agencies, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of community, organization, and economic factors on the representation of women in law enforcement. The results highlight the influence that police executives and community leaders have on gender diversity by way of creating a greater demand for women in the profession. Higher levels of female officer representation were associated with organizations that emphasize community policing; have higher education requirements, more incentives and benefits, no physical fitness screening criteria, and no collective bargaining rights; belong to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies; and serve larger and more racially and ethnical diverse communities.

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Female Representation in Law Enforcement: The Influence of Screening, Unions, Incentives, Community Policing, CALEA, and Size

Schuck

2014

Police Quarterly

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“…When studies have considered nonurban agencies, there has been a tendency to either presume urban and nonurban agencies are comparable or to treat nonurban agencies as being less significant (Kuhns et al, 2007). The proclivity toward the study of large urban agencies is curious, given the majority of american police agencies are neither large nor urban (Falcone & Wells, 1995;Hickman & Reaves, 2006); for example, less than 5% of local agencies employ more than 100 sworn officers.…”

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Measuring Homeland Security Innovation in Small Municipal Agencies

2009

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Though homeland security has been the focus of ample rhetoric since the 9/11 attacks, empirical accounts of actual innovations in local american policing have been lacking. This study considers the measurement of homeland security innovations within small municipal departments in the state of Illinois. Using survey data, the analysis examines perceptions of risk, engagement in preparatory measures, and perceptions of response capacities within these small agencies. The analysis also considers whether innovation and associated issues are influenced by being located in the Chicago metropolitan area, an urban county, or a rural county. Results suggest limited differences across these regions, with most differences likely emerging due to variation in respondent's proximity to larger peer agencies. The results are discussed within the context of extant literature on policing in small agencies and rural communities.

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“…For instance, agency size (Crank & Wells, 1991;Flanagan, 1985;Meagher, 1985;Weisheit, Wells, & Falcone, 1994), city size (goldstein, 1977;Jackson, 1989;Jacobs & Obrien, 1998;Payne, Berg, & Sun, 2005), and agency type (Bordner & Petersen, 1983;Brown, 2006;Falcone & Wells, 1995) have all been found to affect strategies concerning how communities will be policed. even among similar working environments, variation among police…”

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A New Era of Policing?: An Examination of Texas Police Chiefs' Perceptions of Homeland Security

Stewart

Morris

2009

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Many claims have been made about how the events of September 11 have thrust american policing into a new era, one wherein homeland security is the dominant strategy. To examine the validity of such claims, a sample of 208 Texas police chiefs is surveyed concerning their perceptions of homeland security as a strategy for local law enforcement. Factors that influence those perceptions are also examined. The findings reveal that, whereas the majority of chiefs felt that homeland security had become the dominant strategy of the police institution, few believed that homeland security had become the overriding strategy of their respective departments. Furthermore, regression analyses suggest that federal collaboration, preparedness, and threat perceptions were predictive of homeland security perceptions. Regarding department size, chiefs of very small departments are more likely to report homeland security as their dominant strategy in relation to chiefs of larger departments. Policy implications are discussed.

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The county sheriff as a distinctive policing modality

Cited by 69 publications

References 3 publications

Female Representation in Law Enforcement: The Influence of Screening, Unions, Incentives, Community Policing, CALEA, and Size

Female Representation in Law Enforcement: The Influence of Screening, Unions, Incentives, Community Policing, CALEA, and Size

Measuring Homeland Security Innovation in Small Municipal Agencies

A New Era of Policing?: An Examination of Texas Police Chiefs' Perceptions of Homeland Security

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