Community policing: The impact on role perception, work routines and the subculture of police in select ethnically diverse communities.
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Title
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Community policing: The impact on role perception, work routines and the subculture of police in select ethnically diverse communities.
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Identifier
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AAI3345792
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identifier
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3345792
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Creator
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La Bruno, Carmen V.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Michael White
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Date
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2009
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political Science, Public Administration | Law
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Abstract
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During the last part of the Twentieth Century the concept of community-policing was widely adopted by American police executives. In the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Regional Community Policing Institute held its first community-policing in-service training class in January of 1998. However, the New Jersey Police Training Commission did not incorporate the New Jersey Regional Community Policing Institute curriculum into the Basic Police Academy until July 2000. Today, seven years later, very little is known about the impact on role perception community-policing training has had on New Jersey police officers. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of formal community-policing training on the everyday role perception of police officers in modern society. Data was collected from a questionnaire completed and returned by members of three police departments in Hudson County, New Jersey. The primary instrument for collecting data is a questionnaire which consists of six sections organized to collect information on participation in community-policing and includes: ability to empathize with citizens; officer perception of the legitimacy of citizen complaints about police performance; level of police officer belief in police-citizen cooperative efforts; job satisfaction; officer belief in organizational support for community policing; and police officer cynicism. Based upon a Likert Scale format, an independent samples t-test was used to compare the mean score of each item among those receiving the New Jersey Regional Community Policing Institute curriculum training versus those not exposed to the training. Also, a qualitative method of data collection in the form of ethnographic interviews was selected given the descriptive and interpretative nature of the study. Participants, with confidence of confidentiality, were given the opportunity to expand upon the information presented in the survey instrument by means of participation in personal interviews.;It is clear that the quality of training and the preparation of police officers to work with citizen partnerships will ultimately impact their role performance. Thus, the findings in this study will either support or refute the value of the current training curriculum offered by the New Jersey Regional Community Policing Institute.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy Restricted.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.