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Perspectives on Policing: A Synopsis of Recent Research

NCJ Number
183576
Journal
Policing Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Dated: 2000 Pages: 260-265
Author(s)
John Liederbach; Colleen Kadleck
Date Published
2000
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This is a synopsis of recent research on policing.
Abstract
The paper includes brief abstracts of seven articles concerning various aspects of policing: (1) Voluntary Turnover of Field Operations Officers: A Test of Confluence Theory; (2) Did You Call the Police? What Did They Do? An Empirical Assessment of Black’s Theory of Mobilization of Law; (3) Citizens’ Perceptions of Police Misconduct: Race and Neighborhood Context; (4) Predictors of the Police Use of Force: The Application of a Continuum Perspective; (5) The Domestic Violence Arrest Decision: Examining Demographic, Attitudinal, and Situational Variables; (6) The Efficacy of Expectancy Disconfirmation in Explaining Crime Victim Satisfaction with the Police; and (7) Victim Assessment of the Police Response to Burglary: The Relative Effects of Incident, Police Action, Outcome & Demographic Variables on Citizen Satisfaction. The articles were taken from Journal of Criminal Justice (1999), Justice Quarterly (1999), Police Quarterly (1998) and Crime & Delinquency (2000).

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