Public Relations and the Police

Police-Community Relationship in Kuwait: Public Relations Perspective

Public Perceptions of the Police: Effects of Police Investigation and Police Resources

Since the 1980s, successive UK governments have sought to increase efficiency in, and effectiveness of, policing through what has been described as “cycles of reform” (Reiner, 2000, p. 204). The reforms typically involved exerting greater central control over regional police forces. Many of the early initiatives met with resistance from within the police and, as a result, were not fully impleme...

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE Testing the Effects of Public Experiences of Police Corruption in Ghana

Nearly every study of police corruption hypothesizes that public experience of police corruption undermines the moral standing of the police. However, scarcely any studies actually test the hypothesis. My aim in this empirical study is to compare the effects of three dimensions of police corruption on perceptions of police trustworthiness, procedural justice and effectiveness. These three dimen...

The Police and Juvenile Crime Police Roles and Responsibilities Police–Juvenile Relations Police Discretion Race as a Factor in Juvenile Arrests Alternatives to Police Arrest and Custody

T first contact that a young juvenile offender has with the juvenile justice system is with a police officer. The nature and circumstances of this police contact are likely to be significant and have a lasting impression on a young person. In this chapter we examine police roles and responsibilities in general, and the unique roles that police have when dealing with juvenile offenders. Children...

Essential Service Unionism and the new Police Industrial Relations

We examined how an Australian police union boasting more than 99 percent density has resisted the trend of decline. The union historically eschewed arbitration and instead used political connections to achieve goals. The environment radically changed with a major corruption report and the introduction of new managerialist techniques. The union reconfigured relationships with management and gove...