Accepting the Challenge: Understanding Police Officers’ Perceptions of a Community-Based, Youth Empowerment Program

Padilla, Kathleen E.; Tom, Kelsey E.; Fine, Adam

doi:10.1080/24751979.2022.2052344

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“…The multifaceted approach to community empowerment is rooted in recognizing that fostering self-reliance and participation among local communities is a dynamic process with multiple dimensions (Padilla et al, 2023;Wagaman et al, 2023). The first aspect, activating, summarizes creating an environment that nurtures the development potential of society.…”

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Creating Empowerment Communication Model: Case Study Of Community Dialogue Process

Gemiharto,

Yusup

2023

communica

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The challenges that communication practitioners face in empowering communities living near multinational companies are significant, especially in ensuring these communities receive their social rights from the profits generated by these companies. Often, mining companies show little concern for the environmental consequences of their exploration activities on affected communities. These qualitative case studies use various research methods, including observation, interviews, document analysis, and descriptive data analysis techniques, with beneficiaries and relevant officials as the primary informants. The core objective of this study is to build a model of communication empowerment through the process of community dialogue. This study focuses on the case of a geothermal exploration project in Kamojang, Garut, using a case study approach to explain the development of an empowerment-oriented communication model through dialogue. This analysis underscores the critical significance of addressing the participatory needs of marginalized communities. Communication models for community empowerment developed near mining company operations are essential in preparing these communities to be self-sufficient, even after the closure of exploration sites. The study not only emphasizes the urgent need to empower communities affected by the company's activities but also showcases practical models for achieving this empowerment through dialogue. It serves as a valuable blueprint for improving communication strategies in the same context, with potentially broader implications in corporate social responsibility and community development practices.

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Creating Empowerment Communication Model: Case Study Of Community Dialogue Process

Gemiharto,

Yusup

2023

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“…The traditional policing provides definite access to security services to the slum dwellers, where they can report incidences of security. This facilitates rapid responses to issues of security by the police, stationed at various localities, and it fosters the preservation of law and order and reduction of insecurity in these communities as a result of better intra-community relationships [38]. This model gives police time to conduct investigations [39] through community interaction to find out the nature of the insecurity committed.…”

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Choosing between Traditional Policing and Community-oriented Policing in the Quest for Peace and Security among Slum Dwellers in Lira City, Northern Uganda

Opio

Chono-Oryang

Mwesigwa

2022

ARJASS

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Peace and security in urban centres remains key to their growth and development; however, slum areas remain dented with numerous aspects of insecurity. While a number of models have been sought, none has drawn a comparisons. This study compares two models of community policing in the quest to enhance peace and security among slum dwellers in Lira City. A qualitative approach was used with a case study research design and personal interviews were used to collect information from participants. While the study established that COP appear to yield more benefits than the traditional model, a combination of both can strengthen efforts to enhance peace and security seeing that majority of the dwellers. It is encouraged that continuous training be offered to key stakeholders so that community policing is treated as key issue of peace and security.

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“…These suggestions have been successful in some contexts (National Initiative for Building Community Trust & Justice, 2018 ). However, with a few notable exceptions (Hazen & Brank 2021 ; Mourtgos et al, 2020 ; Padilla et al, 2022 ), the research and evaluation that support these calls for reform have focused on civilians’ perceptions of police-civilian interactions without asking how police officers perceive the same interactions. Yet, social psychological research demonstrates that individual evaluations of situations are informed by each individual’s perceptual experiences, cognitive representations, and motivations (Alceste & Kassin, 2021 ; Wann & Dolan, 1994 , see Fiske & Taylor, 2017 ).…”

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Identifying and Unpacking the Role of Social Identity in Moderating Evaluations of Police-Civilian Interactions

Hazen

Brank

2023

J Police Crim Psych

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Scholars and policy makers rely on the theory of procedural justice (PJ) to further the twin goals of improving police-civilian relations and reducing crime. Substantial PJ research demonstrates that civilians evaluate fairness in police-civilian interactions based on voice, neutrality, trust, and respect. Although social identity is an important predictor and outcome of PJ, little research has examined how police officers, who have a unique social identity and sub-culture, evaluate fairness. The current research examined how police officers, as compared to civilians, evaluated fairness through the PJ mechanisms and whether social identity explained differences between the groups. Police officers ( n = 125), recruited from local law enforcement agencies, and civilians ( n = 151), recruited from an online participant pool, evaluated a randomly assigned PJ or no-PJ police-civilian interaction. Multiple group analyses and nested model comparisons revealed that the data fit the PJ model best when civilians and police officers were allowed to perceive fairness through different mechanisms. Differences between the samples were explained by self-categorization with the police. The direct effects of respect and gender on fairness, condition on neutrality, condition and voice on respect, and the interaction between condition and self-categorization on voice were responsible for the differences between the samples. Finally, a three-way interaction revealed that civilians who self-categorized less with the police evaluated the PJ condition as providing less voice than more closely identified civilians, who were not different than police. This study replicated and expanded on PJ, policing, and social identity literatures.

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Accepting the Challenge: Understanding Police Officers’ Perceptions of a Community-Based, Youth Empowerment Program

Cited by 6 publications

References 42 publications

Creating Empowerment Communication Model: Case Study Of Community Dialogue Process

Creating Empowerment Communication Model: Case Study Of Community Dialogue Process

Choosing between Traditional Policing and Community-oriented Policing in the Quest for Peace and Security among Slum Dwellers in Lira City, Northern Uganda

Identifying and Unpacking the Role of Social Identity in Moderating Evaluations of Police-Civilian Interactions

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