Police Professionalism and Cynicism Reconsidered: An Assessment of Measurement Issues

• NCJ Number: 107082
• Journal: Justice Quarterly Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1987) Pages: 257-275
• Author(s): R M Regoli; J P Crank; R G Culbertson; E D Poole
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 19 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This research explores the empirical relationship between professionalism and cynicism.

Abstract

Assessments of the multidimensionality and scale independence of these two theoretical constructs are made using LISREL estimation procedures. The results of the analysis indicate that professionalism and cynicism map different domains of content with one exception, which involves factor congruence between CALLING, a professional dimension, and COMMITMENT, a cynicism dimension. The analysis also reveals theoretically unexpected relationships where two professionalism factors are shown to exert positive effects on cynicism. (Publisher abstract)