The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been
completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and …

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 …

The 'cult of masculinity'has received much attention as a persistent and negative feature of
police culture, with its impacts repeatedly being drawn upon to make sense of women's lack …

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

Since foundational work in the 1950s, researchers have described a variety of dimensions of
the occupational culture of police. In an effort to integrate the disparate works, a theoretical …

Traditional police culture (TPC) is a set of attitudes and values, developed as coping
mechanisms for police work's unique and inherent strains, that fosters distrust toward, and …

Women are significantly underrepresented among police supervisors, middle managers,
and leaders in the United States. To investigate this problem, the current study examines …

Dissatisfied workers are at risk for negative occupational behaviors such as job turnover,
poor performance, work avoidance, decreased morale among coworkers, and physical or …

Police use of force has been the focus of a number of external assessments of the
occupation for over 50 years. Recent concerns have, once again, prompted calls for …

Abstract Research Summary This study uses interviews with 23 police officers from a small
police department to conduct an in‐depth examination of their perceptions of three critical …