Predicting performance of police officers using the sixteen personality factor questionnaire

Fabricatore, Joseph; Azen, Stanley P.; Schoentgen, Sarah; Snibbe, Homa M.

doi:10.1007/bf00890100

Cited by 28 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…For instance, the ability to "endure" some stressful situations was found to be associated with personality types, while some police officers tend to accept some forms of disrespect but not others (Engel et al 2000). More broadly, Fabricatore et al (1978) have shown that certain personality factors, as measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire, revealed that "aggressive" and "tough-minded" characteristics were consistent predictors of use-of-force. Burke and Mikkelsen (2005) as well as Phillips and Sobol (2011) subsequently found that cynical officers held more favorable attitudes towards the use-of-force, while officers reporting higher levels of professional efficacy held more favorable attitudes towards the use of social skills to solve problems.…”

Section: Explaining Police Use-of-forcementioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: Police use-of-force continues to be a major source of international concern, inviting interest by academics and practitioners alike. Whether justified or unnecessary/excessive, the exercise of power by the police can potentially tarnish their relationship with the community. Police misconduct can translate into complaints against the police, which carry large economic and social costs. The question we try to answer is: do bodyworn-cameras reduce the prevalence of use-of-force and/or citizens' complaints against the police? Methods: We empirically tested the use of body-worn-cameras by measuring the effect of videotaping police-public encounters on incidents of police use-of-force and complaints, in randomized-controlled settings. Over 12 months, we randomly-assigned officers to "experimental-shifts" during which they were equipped with body-worn HD cameras that recorded all contacts with the public and to "control-shifts" without the cameras (n=988). We nominally defined use-of-force, both unnecessary/excessive and reasonable, as a nondesirable response in police-public encounters. We estimate the causal effect of the use of bodyworn-videos on the two outcome variables using both between-group differences using a Poisson regression model as well as before-after estimates using interrupted time-series analyses. Results: We found that the likelihood of force being used in control conditions were roughly twice those in experimental conditions. Similarly, a pre/post analysis of use-of-force and complaints data also support this result: the number of complaints filed against officers dropped from 0.7 complaints per 1,000 contacts to 0.07 per 1,000 contacts. We discuss the findings in terms of theory, research methods, policy and future avenues of research on bodyworn-videos.

show abstract

Section: Explaining Police Use-of-forcementioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Given the lack of existing empirical research on the personality-turnover relationship, the most prudent approach to personality characteristic selection would be an inclusive rather than exclusive approach. As tough-mindedness, or openness to experience, is a distinctive police officer characteristic compared to non-police populations (Snibbe, Fabricatore, & Azen, 1975;Topp & Kardash, 1986) and has shown to predict superior police officer performance (Barrett, Miguel, Hurd, Lueke, & Tan, 2003;Fabricatore, Azen, Schoentgen, & Snibbe, 1978), this was also included in the study.…”

Section: The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting turnover of police officers using the sixteen personality factor questionnaire

Drew

Carless

Thompson

2008

Journal of Criminal Justice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Најнижу просечну оцену (2,85) остварила је Полицијска управа Севернобачког округа (табела 5). Анализа оцена може се извршити и према полу, што показује да су на нивоу Министарства унутрашњих послова жене оствариле вишу просечну оцену (4,4) у односу на мушкарце (4,2). Посматрајући према организационим нивоима, највећа разлика присутна је у сектору за људске ресурсе (просечна оцена жена 4,05, мушкараца 3,55), сектору за ванредне ситуације (жене 3,9, мушкарци 3,45) и служби интерне ревизије (жене 4,3, мушкарци 3,75) (графикон 2).…”

Section: реализација процеса оцењивања и резултатиunclassified

Application of a new model of police officers' evaluation

Obradović¹,

Lečovski-Milojkić²,

Ljumović³

2019

Bezbednost, Beograd

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Апстракт: Оцењивање државних службеника један је од инструмената управљања кадровима кроз објективан и упоредив преглед успешности реализације пословних активности, а у циљу побољшања услуга које државни службеници пружају. Имајући у виду комплексност услуга јавних служби у циљу задовољења потреба друштва, а нарочито активности које спроводе припадници Министарства унутрашњих послова, јавила се потреба за ефикаснијом евалуацијом компетенција запослених, перформанси и резултата рада у циљу достизања њиховог максималног потенцијала као и стимулације непрекидног процеса учења и унапређења. Увођење савременог модела оцењивања полицијских службеника доноси значајне промене у самом процесу евалуације али и каснијој употреби добијених резултата, јер процес постаје двосмеран и не служи само за оцену претходних активности већ и за идентификацију и корекцију проблема, али и за дефинисање дугорочних циљева развоја каријере појединца и циљева развоја читавог Министарства.Кључне речи: Министарство унутрашњих послова, оцењивање полицијских службеника, перформансе, компетенције, резултати рада.Примена новог модела оцењивања полицијских службеника imum potential as well as stimulating the continuous learning and improvement process. Introduction of a modern police officers evaluation model brings significant changes in the evaluation process itself, but also in the way obtained results are used, because it becomes a twoway process and serves not only to evaluate previous activities, but also to identify and correct problems as well as to define the long-term goals of the entire Ministry.

show abstract

Predicting performance of police officers using the sixteen personality factor questionnaire

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force and Citizens’ Complaints Against the Police: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Predicting turnover of police officers using the sixteen personality factor questionnaire

Application of a new model of police officers' evaluation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About