The primary response to the harms associated with illicit injection drug use in most settings
has involved intensifying law enforcement in an effort to limit the supply and use of drugs …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the state of research of police militarization in
the USA to explore the claim that the police are becoming more like the military, or …

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law
related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities. Such values and attitudes, in particular …

Policing experts have suggested that shifting from a warrior mindset–officers viewing
themselves as warriors fighting crime–to a guardian mindset–officers valuing working with …

Purpose This study explored whether police departments have engaged in “de-policing”—
withdrawal from active police work—in response to unprecedented levels of negative …

In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public's trust that police
authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police …

Due to stressors in the police profession, officers may be at risk for a variety of personal and
mental health–related concerns. However, they have historically refrained from seeking …

This study examines the impact organizational stressors have on police performance.
Evidence on police stress is mixed whether or not the nature of police work is inherently …

Although recent advancements have been made in the understanding and studying of
police culture, several significant gaps remain, including deficiencies in theoretical …

Policing has been the subject of intense public scrutiny for the better part of two years after
several high-profile police killings of unarmed African Americans across the United States …