Intervention With Problem Officers: An Outcome Evaluation of an EIS Intervention

• NCJ Number: 242999
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Dated: April 2013 Pages: 409-437
• Author(s): Robert E. Worden; Moonsun Kim; Christopher J. Harris; Mary Anne Pratte; Shelagh E. Dorn; Shelley S. Hyland
• Date Published: April 2013
• Length: 29 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined early intervention (EI) systems to enhance police accountability and service.

Abstract

Police executives have increasingly assumedor they have been compelled to acceptresponsibility for managing the risk of misconduct by their officers through the implementation of early intervention (EI) systems, even though social science has provided very little evidence on their effectiveness, or on their unintended effects. The authors examine the effects of one police agency's EI system intervention, the Officer-Civilian Interaction (OCI) School, on indicators of risk-related outcomespersonnel complaints, citizen complaints, use of force, and secondary arrestsand on productivityarrests, and proactive arrestsfor 118 graduates and 118 matched controls. The authors found that the changes in risk-related outcomes were very similar for both treatment and control groups, and that OCI trainees made fewer proactive arrests and fewer arrests overall than the controls after the training. The implications for managing the risk of misconduct are discussed. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.