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

Sun, Ivan Y.; Sobol, James J.; Cretacci, Michael A.; Phillips, Scott W.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.04.037

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“…Other scholarship questions the existence of a ubiquitous police culture (Paoline, 2001;Waddington, 1999). Despite the suggestions that police are socialized and may move through several stages as they progress in their occupation (Barker, 1999), only two studies provide any baseline understanding of police recruit attitudes as a starting point in the socialization process (Phillips & Sobol, 2011;Sun, Sobol, Cretacci, & Phillips, 2010).…”

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Police recruit attitudes toward the use of unnecessary force

Phillips

2013

Police Practice and Research

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This study examined the attitudes of police recruits toward the use of unnecessary force. Police recruits from a single regional police academy served as the population for this study. They were provided a survey on the first day of academy training; a vignettes research design was used to measure their view of the use of unnecessary force by another officer and their likelihood of reporting such behavior. The type of unnecessary force plays a role in how the recruits view its use. The use of unnecessary physical force was unacceptable, but verbal force was acceptable. If the suspect flees from the officer, or if the suspect is an auto thief, unnecessary force is acceptable. Similarly, the type of unnecessary force that is used, and the circumstances of its use, influences if the respondents are likely to report the unnecessary force to a supervisor. Older recruits and those with higher levels of education were negatively related to slapping a suspect. Conversely, recruits seem to carry into the academy a 'code of secrecy' that developed naturally prior to any policing experiences. Methods for strengthening the recruit's disinclination to accept the use of force are discussed, as are the difficulties in changing a code of secrecy that already exists.

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Police recruit attitudes toward the use of unnecessary force

Phillips

2013

Police Practice and Research

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“…Police colleges at the provincial level, as comprehensive higher education institutions for Chinese police, provide 4-year degree programs offering different majors including criminal investigation, forensic sciences, public security, traffic management, law, and computer sciences and technology. Receiving a bachelor’s degree, graduates from the police colleges are usually assigned to any public security agency within the respective provinces (Sun et al., 2010).…”

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“…All completed surveys were included in the analysis. A high participation rate and the absence of missing responses on the survey questionnaires are very common in the studies of police cadets in Asian countries (Moon & Hwang, 2004; Sun et al., 2010).…”

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“…Several studies on Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward various topics have been published in English (Cuvelier et al, 2015;Sun et al, 2009Sun et al, , 2010Wu et al, 2009). Interestingly, these studies utilized samples from one same police college.…”

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“…Results showed that regardless of social backgrounds, Chinese cadets strongly support traditional roles of law enforcement, the common practice of preventive patrol, and the community building aspect of community policing. A cross-national study comparing police cadets’ role orientations in China and America found significant differences between the two countries (Sun, Sobol, Cretacci, & Phillips, 2010). Compared with their U.S. counterparts, Chinese cadets were more likely to support aggressive patrol, but they were less likely to support the importance of order maintenance.…”

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In recent decades, police organizations have encountered difficulty in maintaining employees; a large number of police officers are leaving the service early. Using data collected from three police colleges in three different provinces in China, this study examines the mechanism of cadets’ career plan or turnover intention. Specifically, the test of a mediating mechanism in this study demonstrates the extent to which satisfaction mediates the relationship between distal factors and career plans among police cadets. Besides, the test of a moderating mechanism focuses on the possibility that the predictors differ in the relationship with cadets’ career plans by the degree of satisfaction. This study results found that satisfaction had no mediating effect. Instead, results showed that police cadets’ satisfaction is a strong moderator in the link between predictors and their career plans. Implications for recruitment, training, and retention strategies, as well as avenues for future research, are then discussed.

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

Cited by 37 publications

References 28 publications

Police recruit attitudes toward the use of unnecessary force

Police recruit attitudes toward the use of unnecessary force

Police Cadets’ Career Plans in China: Testing the Mediation and Moderation Effects of Job Satisfaction

The Impact of Media on Public Trust in Legal Authorities in China and Taiwan

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