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- Law Enforcement Officers: Their Perception of Personal Safety and Job Performance.
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Barringer, Tony, Thomas, David
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The purpose of this article is fourfold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important faction of society, (2) to examine officers’ perceptions of their personal safety while performing their daily job/tasks, (3) to explore how the perceptions of the officers perceivably affect their ability to be effective and efficient while performing their jobs, and (4) to examine the extent of officer tragedy taking place in American society. We propose a model that will assist agencies...
Show moreThe purpose of this article is fourfold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important faction of society, (2) to examine officers’ perceptions of their personal safety while performing their daily job/tasks, (3) to explore how the perceptions of the officers perceivably affect their ability to be effective and efficient while performing their jobs, and (4) to examine the extent of officer tragedy taking place in American society. We propose a model that will assist agencies in providing optimal training that could serve to make officers feel safer while performing commendable work. Community policing is defined by Meese (1994) and Moore & Trojanowicz (1988) as the use of sophisticated investigative problem solving techniques while interacting cooperatively with community institutions such as families, schools, neighborhood associations, merchant groups, and social service agencies to create safe secure communities. Although the primary responsibility of officers is to serve, protect, and create a safe community, Clarke and Zak (1999) suggested that in every community in the United States, law enforcement personnel and firefighters regularly put their lives in harm’s way to protect the public. The authors went on to suggest that the risk of a fatal incident for law enforcement personnel and firefighters is three times greater than for all other workers. Although we are intrigued with officer/community interaction(s), this work focuses primarily on police safety.
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- 2007-05-01
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- fgcu_ir_000102
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- Law Enforcement Officers: The Challenge(s) of AssistingCitizens Who Have Alzheimer’sDisease and Maintaining Safety.
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Barringer, Tony
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The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important faction of society; (2) to examine officers’ perceptions of their experiences of working with citizens who have Alzheimer’s disease and/or severe memory loss; and (3) to explore how the perceptions of the officers perceivably affect the officers’ ability to be effective, efficient, and safe while performing their jobs. In an effort to pull all of the author’s intentions together, a model...
Show moreThe purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important faction of society; (2) to examine officers’ perceptions of their experiences of working with citizens who have Alzheimer’s disease and/or severe memory loss; and (3) to explore how the perceptions of the officers perceivably affect the officers’ ability to be effective, efficient, and safe while performing their jobs. In an effort to pull all of the author’s intentions together, a model will be proposed, the MEMORY Model, that will assist agencies in providing optimal training that would serve to make officers feel safer while performing commendable work. Community policing is defined by Meese (1993) and Moore and Trojanowicz (1988) as the use of sophisticated investigative problem-solving techniques while interacting cooperatively with community institutions such as families, schools, neighborhood associations, merchant groups, and social service agencies to create safe, secure communities. Although the primary responsibility of officers is to serve, protect, and create a safe community, Clarke and Zak (1999) suggested that in every community in the United States, law enforcement personnel and firefighters regularly put their lives in harm’s way to protect the public. One segment of the community that creates a potential risk is citizens with Alzheimer’s disease. Gillick (1998) defines Alzheimer’s disease as a disease of the nervous system characterized by loss of certain mental capacities. The Florida Gulf Coast Alzheimer’s Association (2006) suggested that a person with Alzheimer’s disease usually has a gradual decline in mental functions in which the first stages include a slight loss in memory such as the inability to remember the names of people or objects. The Association went on to imply that as the disease develops, a person loses the ability to carry out familiar tasks, to reason, and to exercise judgment (p. 2). With the impairment of judgment and deterioration in the ability to reason, one can see the potential for serious misunderstandings when this population has encounters with law enforcement officers. With the increased potential for negative encounters, Price (2000) noted an alarming fact in that the vast majority of these people live in the community, not at a care-giving facility. With the above being noted, this author would contend that as the elderly population is the fastest growing U.S. age group, the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is increasing as is the likelihood that law enforcement officers will encounter citizens who have this disability.
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- 2008-03-01
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- fgcu_ir_000103
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- Answering the Call for More Minority Police Officers: What Barriers Ring Out?.
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Barringer, Tony, Thomas, David
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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (2004), there are 836,787 full-time, sworn, law enforcement officers serving in the United States. Of the 836,787 listed, 731,903 worked at the local and state level(s) and the remaining 104,884 worked in federal agencies. The Bureau also disclosed that of the federal officers, 33.2% were members of racial or ethnic minority groups. In regards to the local and state agencies, 42.4% were members of ethnic or racial minority groups. The above...
Show moreAccording to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (2004), there are 836,787 full-time, sworn, law enforcement officers serving in the United States. Of the 836,787 listed, 731,903 worked at the local and state level(s) and the remaining 104,884 worked in federal agencies. The Bureau also disclosed that of the federal officers, 33.2% were members of racial or ethnic minority groups. In regards to the local and state agencies, 42.4% were members of ethnic or racial minority groups. The above numbers look encouraging until there is greater scrutiny on factors such as community populous and future projections. The America.gov website (2008) projects that by 2042, minorities, collectively, will make up more than 50.0% of the U.S. population. That is compared to the current 32.0% that currently makes up the minority population. Another problem with taking the above numbers as true representation is that many communities are still “segregated,” thus we have a high concentration of minorities in some neighborhoods. With that high concentration, it could be expected that a high number of minority officers would be needed in order to maintain fair representation in that community. Also, the high concentration of minorities should influence/increase the number of applicants from minority groups. Saltzstein (1989) suggested that a high African-American population in a city means more minority candidates are going to apply for and be selected to receive a police officer’s job notwithstanding any other factors that may come into play. Saltzstein went on to offer that the African-American population in a city was the strongest predictor of the increase in the hiring of African-American officers. Although Saltzstien provides some very valuable insight(s), his offerings implicitly discount the importance of other factors argued to be significant in minority inclusion in American policing. The authors will examine select law enforcement agencies in the State of Florida in order to glean what factors play a significant role in minority applicants securing or not securing jobs in law enforcement.
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- 2009-03-01
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- fgcu_ir_000104
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- Closing the Loop: Law Enforcement Officers’ Perception of Interagency Cooperation.
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Barringer, Tony, Bruster, Belinda
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The purpose of this article is three-fold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important component in community safety and support; (2) to assess the perception of interagency cooperation; and (3) to present guidelines for implementing training, policies, and procedures that could increase the effectiveness of social service(s) by improved interactions between law enforcement officers and social service personnel—especially social workers.
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- 2011-09-01
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- fgcu_ir_000105
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- Criminal Justice Interns’ Observations of Misconduct: An Exploratory Study.
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Barringer, Tony, Jordan, W.T., Burns, Ronald G., Bedard, Laura E.
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In an effort to explore criminal justice interns’ observations of misconduct and reporting patterns of their observations, a survey of criminal justice interns was conducted after their internships were completed. Students from four universities in the South (n = 463) were asked to participate. While only 2 percent of respondents reported observing illegal behavior by criminal justice agency personnel, over half of the respondents reported observing behavior they suspected was illegal; knew...
Show moreIn an effort to explore criminal justice interns’ observations of misconduct and reporting patterns of their observations, a survey of criminal justice interns was conducted after their internships were completed. Students from four universities in the South (n = 463) were asked to participate. While only 2 percent of respondents reported observing illegal behavior by criminal justice agency personnel, over half of the respondents reported observing behavior they suspected was illegal; knew to be violations of department policy; or recognized as generally unprofessional behavior.
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- 2007-06-04
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- fgcu_ir_000100
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- Utilization of a Systems Training Modelto Enhance Community Policing withSeriously Mentally Ill Persons.
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Barringer, Tony, Washington, Patricia A.
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The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important component in community support for seriously mentallyill persons (SMI) residing in the community, (2) to analyze current training initiatives for law enforcement officers (LEOs) interacting in the community with SMI persons, and (3) to present guidelines for implementing policies and procedures to increase the effectiveness of community interactions and reduce potentially violent...
Show moreThe purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to emphasize the role of community policing as an important component in community support for seriously mentallyill persons (SMI) residing in the community, (2) to analyze current training initiatives for law enforcement officers (LEOs) interacting in the community with SMI persons, and (3) to present guidelines for implementing policies and procedures to increase the effectiveness of community interactions and reduce potentially violent incidents between LEOs and SMI persons. Community policing is defined by Meese (1993), and Moore & Trojanowicz (1988) as the use of sophisticated investigative problemsolving techniques while interacting cooperatively with community institutions (e.g., families, schools, neighborhood associations, merchant groups, social service agencies, and mental health agencies) to create safe secure communities.
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- 2003-07-01
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- fgcu_ir_000101
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- Law Enforcement Officers: Perspectives on Race, Credibility, and the Community.
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Barringer, Tony, Thomas, David
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Professional law enforcement has had an image problem within minority communities since its inception. Monkkonen (1981) pre-sented the following two hypotheses for look-ing at policing in America and its relationship with minority communities: (1) the growth of American policing was in response to a rise in crime and civil disorder or (2) the growth in American policing was in response to the needs of the elite of American society to have the police act as a buffer between them and what he...
Show moreProfessional law enforcement has had an image problem within minority communities since its inception. Monkkonen (1981) pre-sented the following two hypotheses for look-ing at policing in America and its relationship with minority communities: (1) the growth of American policing was in response to a rise in crime and civil disorder or (2) the growth in American policing was in response to the needs of the elite of American society to have the police act as a buffer between them and what he describes as the dangerous class. The dangerous class can be defined as the faceless in U.S. society and include the poor, minori-ties, criminals, and tramps (p. 87). Still the question remains which hypothesis is correct or, more importantly, who will be on the front line to protect the citizens from the dangerous class? What is their value system? Where do their loyalties lie?
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- 2012-06-01
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- fgcu_ir_000106
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- Perpetrators of Child Abuse: Conceptualizing Culture as a Way of Assisting Intervention.
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Barringer, Tony, Bruster, Belinda E.
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Child abuse is any type of mistreatment of a child, and it can be in an emotional, physical, sexual, or neglectful form. It is considered a complex and serious public health issue and, according to numerous experts, child maltreatment is associated with symptoms of psychopathology and health problems (Boxer & Terranova, 2008; Hahm, Lee, Ozonoff, & Wert, 2010; Mersky & Reynolds, 2007). The Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2007 defined child abuse as “any recent act or failure to...
Show moreChild abuse is any type of mistreatment of a child, and it can be in an emotional, physical, sexual, or neglectful form. It is considered a complex and serious public health issue and, according to numerous experts, child maltreatment is associated with symptoms of psychopathology and health problems (Boxer & Terranova, 2008; Hahm, Lee, Ozonoff, & Wert, 2010; Mersky & Reynolds, 2007). The Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2007 defined child abuse as “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.” There has not been much controversy on what constitutes child abuse in regards to the legal statute; the controversy involves the quandary of what is accepted as child abuse among different ethnic groups and cultures. This article will highlight the issue of culture, and it will address and analyze its influence as it relates to perpetrators of child abuse.
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- 2012-10-01
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- fgcu_ir_000107
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