Attitudes toward community policing: A casual analysis

Yates, Donald L.

doi:10.1016/s0362-3319(96)90036-1

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“…Thus ILP is reliant on an analytic capability and successful external partnerships to facilitate two-way information sharing. Moreover, research has demonstrated the importance of executive commitment (Yates & Pillai, 1996;Morabito, 2010) and formal policies (King, 1999;Wilson, 2006;Zhao, 1996) as predictors of successful change within police agencies. Ratcliffe (2008) identifies four key areas where ILP diverges from traditional practice.…”

Section: Key Components Of Intelligence-led Policingmentioning

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Institutional Pressures and Isomorphism

Carter

2016

Police Quarterly

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Previous research employing an institutional theoretical framework posits environmental factors play an integral role in the adoption of police practices. The present study applies this framework to examine the adoption of intelligence-led policing (ILP). Data from a purposive sample of national intelligence personnel from 254 agencies are used to employ both a measurement and structural model to explain ILP adoption. Weighted least squares estimation is employed through an asymptotic distribution free function to estimate the measurement and structural equation models. Models exhibit good fit indices, while institutional pressures, among others, had a significant and positive effect on ILP adoption. Findings support the role of institutional pressures in the diffusion of police practice. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.

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Section: Key Components Of Intelligence-led Policingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Institutional Pressures and Isomorphism

Carter

2016

Police Quarterly

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“…Second, studies suggest that sociocultural forces may more strongly influence youths' attitudes toward police than those of adults. Significant factors include subcultural socialization (Lieber, Nalla, and Farnworth, 1998), strain between aspirations and opporhmity (Yates and Pillai, 1996), and negative demeanor associated with issues of trust and authority (Stoutland, 2001). Third, a tension may exist in the conflicting and complex relationship between the status of youth (which is lower in hierarchy and more likely to be antiestablishment) and education (which marks maturity and higher status) (Ford, Meeker, and Zeller, 1975).…”

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Cops and the College Crowd: Young Adults and Perceptions of Police in a College Town

Williams

Nofziger

2003

Journal of Crime and Justice

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Research on attitudes of college students toward police provides an opportunity to explore the relationship among age, subgroup/cultural adaptation, and anti-authority orientation. Using data that allow comparisons between college students and the general community population, this study finds that being in college, not age, diminishes students' trust in police, and that students are two times more likely than general citizens to report feeling unsafe. Students' decreased confidence in police, as compared to general citizens, holds for those with and without police contact. However, positive evaluation of contact significantly mediates perceptions of police for whites but not for Blacks. The study demonstrates that even within small, relatively homogeneous communities subgroup identity may inspire or discourage trust and, in turn, diminish feelings of safety. Further, patterns of trust and safety differ for women and men; women report higher confidence in police, but lower feelings of safety, a pattern opposite that for men. The college town provides an instructive case for examining a context in which newcomers and town citizens interact, sometimes with conflicting orientations.Downloaded by [University of Sussex Library] at 16:

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“…With respect to the context of organisations, the size, regional location and number of responsibilities of an agency have been found to influence adoption (Zhao 1996, King 1999, Wilson 2006. Furthermore, commitment to, and training on, the desired innovation have been found to facilitate adoption (Yates andPillai 1996, Morabito 2010). Langworthy (1986) discussed the notion of differentiation across occupational specialties for accomplishing agency tasks within units which require specialised knowledge and training.…”

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Intelligence-led policing and forces of organisational change in the USA

Carter

Phillips

2013

Policing and Society

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The intent of this study is to explore organisational factors that, both conceptually and operationally, facilitate or inhibit a police agency from adopting intelligence-led policing (ILP). Research to date is yet to explore organisational factors related to ILP among American law enforcement agencies. Drawing from original survey data of national law enforcement agencies as part of a 2009 US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice-funded project, the present study incorporates force field analysis to explore factors of ILP adoption in the USA. Findings suggest state and local agencies' familiarity with the intelligence-led concept and utilisation of open source and received information appear to be driving adoption. Conversely, formal policies, lack of sufficient personnel, training and a lack of intelligence-led decision-making appear to be inhibiting change towards the ILP paradigm. It appears agency size has minimal influence on an agency's shift towards ILP. Access to necessary resources and training appear to pose a significant challenge to law enforcement. Limited resources to develop an intelligence-led approach may result in the capability going underdeveloped or taking the form of other policing practices related to available resourcessuch as homeland security preparedness. This research is one of the first empirical explorations of ILP adoption, especially with a national sample of state and local agencies. Further conceptual clarity of the ILP paradigm is provided and organisational factors are discussed.

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Attitudes toward community policing: A casual analysis

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Institutional Pressures and Isomorphism

Institutional Pressures and Isomorphism

Cops and the College Crowd: Young Adults and Perceptions of Police in a College Town

Intelligence-led policing and forces of organisational change in the USA

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