Community policing in South Korea: an analysis of organizational determinants

Wook, Kang Dong; Nalla, Mahesh K.; Chun, Youngsub

doi:10.1007/s10611-014-9532-8

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“…In 2008, the first sample was collected at two police educational facilities: the Korean National Police University (KNPU) and the Police Comprehensive Academy (PCA). The KNPU trains managers, and the PCA trains line officers (Kang et al, 2014). A total of 500 questionnaires was distributed to police officers in various training courses at both facilities.…”

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A reexamination of the code of silence and disciplinary fairness in South Korea over 11 years

Wook

Ivković

Jung

2022

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PurposeThis paper aims to provide an in-depth exploration of the code of silence in Korean policing and its relationship to perceptions of disciplinary fairness.Design/methodology/approachThe authors separately surveyed 370 Korean police officers in 2008 and 356 Korean police officers in 2019. The respondents were asked to evaluate seven hypothetical scenarios measuring different types of police misconduct from police corruption to the use of excessive force.FindingsThe results demonstrated that the strength of the code of silence decreased over a decade. The code of silence seems to protect less serious examples of police misconduct more strongly than more serious examples of police misconduct. Furthermore, the extent of the code of silence and perceptions of discipline severity are closely related in situations in which the expected discipline is evaluated by officers as too harsh. When police officers evaluated the expected discipline as fair, they were less likely to adhere to the code of silence than when they evaluated the expected discipline as too harsh, providing support for the simple justice model. On the other hand, the results are mixed for comparisons of the code of silence among respondents who evaluated discipline as fair and those who evaluated discipline as too lenient.Originality/valueThis is one of few studies focusing on the potential changes in the code of silence over time and on its relationship with the perception of disciplinary fairness. South Korea has conducted a reform of the police (the Grand Reform) in the late 1990s and more recently enacted the new laws regulating police misconduct. This study relies on two independent surveys of the same population of police officersto empirically assesses potential changes resulting from these societal and organizational transformations.

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A reexamination of the code of silence and disciplinary fairness in South Korea over 11 years

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2022

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“…This authoritative and centralized system has been identified as a threat to the democratic movement in government organizations and meaningful integration between line officers and administrators (Moon, 2006). As a result, multiple reforms have been initiated to change the organizational culture, system, and practice of police aiming to enhance police services and community relations (Kang et al, 2014). However, the current centralized system still struggles with vulnerability to national political influences, lack of consideration of local needs, and critical limitations in meeting public demands, resulting in questionable effectiveness of the police overall (Lee & Cho, 2021; Park & Johnstone, 2013).…”

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Is a Decentralized Police Organization a Better Option in a Modern Democratic Society? A Case Study From South Korea

2021

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While western countries have had a decentralized policing model for many years, some countries, such as South Korea, still employ a centralized, national police department. Responding to calls for reform, South Korea launched a pilot program and implemented a more decentralized policing structure in Jeju Island in 2006. This study adds to the policing literature by offering the empirical comparison of a region before and after decentralization of a police department. This study will examine the intervention effects of police decentralization in Jeju, specifically related to crime rates, crime clearance rates, victimization, trust in police, and fear of crime. Using propensity score matching and interrupted time series analysis, this study found that the decentralized policing intervention significantly reduced total crime, violent crime rates, and property crime rates that lasted throughout the intervention period, while improving crime clearance rates for violent crime, as well as reduced fear of crime among residents.

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“…Thus, their study results inferred that South Korean public is greatly influenced by Confucianism. Moreover, Kang, Nalla, and Chun (2014) claimed that although South Korean police officers are not unionized, they have a strong social network because of Confucianism. Kang et al (2014) implied that officers having strong relationships with their colleagues is caused by the wide spread of Confucianism in South Korea.…”

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“…Although South Korean culture is vastly influenced by Confucianism, South Korean policing activities became like the policing activities in the United States after the mid-twentieth century because the popularity of Confucianism in South Korea has been diminished due to the increase in crime rates and the modern industrialization and urbanization in South Korean society (Joo, 2003;Kang et al, 2014).…”

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South Korean business owners' perceptions of community policing in the Baltimore City

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Community policing in South Korea: an analysis of organizational determinants

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

A reexamination of the code of silence and disciplinary fairness in South Korea over 11 years

A reexamination of the code of silence and disciplinary fairness in South Korea over 11 years

Is a Decentralized Police Organization a Better Option in a Modern Democratic Society? A Case Study From South Korea

South Korean business owners' perceptions of community policing in the Baltimore City

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