Improving Criminal Justice Workplaces

Brough, Paula; Brown, Jennifer; Biggs, Amanda

doi:10.4324/9781315778976

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“…Organizational support and the officer’s ability to cope with stress are even more important in the present policing environment. As Brough et al (2016) point out, lack of funding, reduced personnel, and the changing nature of policing have all contributed to the increased risk of psychological injury among officers. The present study may help in some small way police organizations and officers have better understand the need for support and enhancing their ability to cope with stress in this difficult occupation.…”

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Associations Between Police Work Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Examining the Moderating Effects of Coping

Claudia

Mnatsakanova

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J Police Crim Psych

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The role of coping in the association between stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not clear. We investigated the effects of active and passive coping strategies on the associations between police stress (administrative and organization pressure, physical and psychological threats, and lack of support) and PTSD symptoms in 342 police officers. Linear regression model was used in the analyses. The association between physical and psychological stress and PTSD symptoms was stronger in officers who used lower active coping (B = 4.34, p <0.001) compared to those who utilized higher active coping (p-interaction = 0.027) (B =1.79, p ≤ 0.003). A similar result was found between lack of support and PTSD symptoms (p-interaction = 0.016) (lower active coping, B = 5.70, p < 0.001; higher active coping, B = 3.33, p <0.001), but was not significantly different comparing the two groups regarding the association between administrative and organizational pressure and PTSD symptoms (p-interaction = 0.376). Associations of total stress, administrative and organizational pressure, and physical and psychological stressors with PTSD symptoms were significantly stronger in officers who utilized higher passive coping (p-interaction = 0.011, 0.030, and 0.023, respectively). In conclusion, low active or high passive coping methods may exacerbate the effect of work stress on PTSD symptoms.

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Associations Between Police Work Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Examining the Moderating Effects of Coping

Claudia

Mnatsakanova

Fekedulegn

et al. 2018

J Police Crim Psych

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“…Police organisational culture has been demonstrated to have a substantial impact on the everyday behaviour of police officers, including the way that officers interact with the public. Police organisational culture has also been identified as a significant obstacle to policing reforms and a factor that perpetuates negative practices including the misuse of authority, sexual harassment and discrimination, and excessive force (Brough, Brown and Biggs, 2016; Brown, 1998). Similar observations have discussed how the police organisational culture commonly condones informal norms that encourage police officers to place loyalty before integrity, perpetuating corruption and unethical behaviour (Chan, 1996).…”

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“…increasing levels of community-oriented policing). Researchers have recently called for investigations of police organisational culture, to determine whether such changes have resulted in the weakening of previously documented expressions of the police culture and/or the emergence of new cultural attributes (Brough et al, 2016; Tuckey, Winwood and Dollard, 2012). The current research directly addresses these research directions by presenting findings from a contemporary investigation of (Australian) police culture.…”

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“…For example, Reuss-Ianni (1993) described police culture as being characterised by the two maxims: ‘don’t trust a new guy until you have checked him out’ and ‘don’t tell anybody else more than they have to know’. Related to suspicion, police officers are also commonly described as being cynical, pessimistic and isolated from the communities they serve (Brough et al, 2016).…”

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‘You don’t want people knowing you’re a copper!’ A contemporary assessment of police organisational culture

Brough

Chataway

Biggs

2016

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Police organisations have recently experienced a number of significant transformations, including changes to police officer demography, the adoption of community-oriented policing models and increased accountability requirements. The impacts of these changes upon the dominant police organisational cultural characteristics have been speculated upon, but have not been empirically assessed. Via the use of the cultural web methodology applied in both interviews and focus groups with N = 42 sworn police officers, this research assessed the key dimensions of contemporary police organisational culture. The results indicated the existence of five dominant police organisational culture characteristics: the police family, control, us versus them, masculinity, and subcultural differences. We also identified two dominant themes regarding the key changes to the police culture: reduction in social rituals and increased scrutiny. We discuss how these results both support previous descriptions of the core components of police organisational culture and update previous findings by identifying significant changes to police cultural norms and practices.

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“…At the same time, it is also clear that women feel it is much harder to get promoted or obtain desirable appointments, due in part to sexist attitudes as well as isolation, a lack of role models, lack of encouragement and shift work or full-time work requirements (Adams, 2001;Boni and Circelli, 2002;Dick and Hyde, 2006;Silvestri, 2003). A review by Brown et al (2006) found that 35% female representation was necessary for women to form an adequate 'critical mass' within police departments that would help overcome gender stereotypes and discrimination and support flexible family-friendly policies (also Brough et al, 2016). Most police departments are still well below this threshold.…”

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Good practice case studies in the advancement of women in policing

Ward

Prenzler

2016

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Research shows that increasing the number of female officers is beneficial to policing. However, women remain a minority in police departments throughout the world, and the better performing departments have, on the whole, achieved female representation at only 25%, with senior women at 10%. There is also very little research on effective strategies for making large improvements. Consequently, this study aimed to identify and explain above average achievements in the status of women in policing. Following a worldwide search, five cases were identified: one involved female recruits (North Wales), two involved officer numbers (Cumbria and Surrey), and two involved women in senior ranks (Hertfordshire and South Africa). Efforts to identify possible influences were limited by a lack of information about strategies, including in response to requests for information. However, there were indicators that outcomes were related to senior management commitment, explicit targets, monitoring, flexible employment and a range of support mechanisms such as mentoring and leadership programmes. The findings emphasize the need for more research on what works in optimizing women’s participation in police work.

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Improving Criminal Justice Workplaces

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Associations Between Police Work Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Examining the Moderating Effects of Coping

Associations Between Police Work Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Examining the Moderating Effects of Coping

‘You don’t want people knowing you’re a copper!’ A contemporary assessment of police organisational culture

Good practice case studies in the advancement of women in policing

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