Police Science

Leadership competencies and organizational culture in police organizations

by Emanuel Banutai

Co-authored with Iztok Podbregar

Published in 'The proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Organizational Science Development' / Ed. Marko Ferjan, Mirjana Kljajic Borstnar, Miha Maric & Andreja Pucihar /, Kranj: Moderna organizacija, 2012, pp. 75-83.

Through HRM this paper deals with police organization as part of public administration. Based on European pilot study... more Through HRM this paper deals with police organization as part of public administration. Based on European pilot study it analyzes the leadership competencies’ impact on successful change management in police organizations. Change management is measured with the change-performance measurement model through the transformation of cultural values in public administration organizations. Preliminary results show that traditional and new cultural values co- exist within the organization, and there is a statistically significant correlation between them. Also, significant positive correlation exists between new cultural values and ‘acceptance and approval to change'. The implications of these findings for police organizations are discussed.

Keywords: leadership competencies, change management, organizational culture, police

Deviance and police organisational culture in Slovenia

by Emanuel Banutai

Co-authored with Jerneja Sifrer & Gorazd Mesko

Published in 'Policing in Central and Eastern Europe - social control of unconventional deviance: conference proceedings' / Eds. Gorazd Meško, Andrej Sotlar & John Winterdyk /, Ljubljana: Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, 2011, pp. 379-400.

The purpose of this article is to examine the correlation between police deviance and police organisational culture in... more The purpose of this article is to examine the correlation between police deviance and police organisational culture in Slovenia.

Police cooperation convention for Southeast Europe: lessons learned

by Emanuel Banutai

Co-authored with Anton Travner, Iztok Podbregar & Branko Lobnikar

Published in 'The International Scientific Conference Security in the Post-conflict (Western) Balkans: Transition and Challenges Faced by the Republic of Macedonia' / Ed. Cane Mojanovski /, Ohrid, Bitola: University "St. Kliment Ohridski"; Skopje: Faculty of Security, 2011, vol. 2, pp. 69-82.

The purpose of this paper is to review the situation of police
cooperation in Southeast Europe and to acknowledge... more The purpose of this paper is to review the situation of police
cooperation in Southeast Europe and to acknowledge the lessons learned while implementing necessary police cooperation instruments in that region.

Order of Expectations and expectations of order

by Alexander Filippov

Organizational factors, environmental climate, and job satisfaction among police in Slovenia

by Gorazd Mesko

Mahesh K. Nalla, Jason Rydberg, and Gorazd Meško
European Journal of Criminology, 2011/2

Abstract
In this paper we examine the extent to which organizational culture, police enforcement... more
Abstract
In this paper we examine the extent to which organizational culture, police enforcement strategies, and occupational role influence the job satisfaction of police officers in Slovenia. More specifically, we ask if these factors shape perceptions of satisfaction among police officers working in different departments and to what extent they differ among various occupational groups within the same organization. These groups include law enforcement officers, police investigators, and state border officers. Using data from a sample of 995 Slovenian police officers, our analyses suggest that officer demographic characteristics alone do little to explain variation in job satisfaction, whereas the introduction of organizational and environmental factors such as opportunities to innovate, perceptions of citizen cooperation, and job challenges vastly improve the models. Similarities and differences between the occupational groups are discussed, along with implications for policy and future research.

Presentation of Police Activities in the Mass Media

by Gorazd Mesko

This paper deals with the presentation of police activities and crime in the mass media. We carried out a literature... more This paper deals with the presentation of police activities and crime in the mass media. We carried out a literature review in which we focused upon the construction of a theoretical framework for further qualitative research of media reports about a selected case of police activity. The paper has
two objectives: first, to find out how the media report police activities and crime and, second, to compare and contrast reports from different media. In this case we have focused especially on the media representation of police activities concerning a specific case, a bank robbery in Ljubljana.
In the theoretical part of the paper we explain our views on media reports about crime, factors that influence people working within the media (for example, the occupational context of journalist and editor roles) and the influence of the media on crime perception and fear of crime. We have also  focused on the connection between media interests (defined by their commercial nature as private  companies) and the consequence of such commercial characteristics upon the media content. In the second part of the paper we present our qualitative research in which we have used macro-preposi­tion analysis of media reports to focus upon media coverage of the bank robbery in Ljubljana and subsequent police activities.

A Content Analysis of Peacekeeping Issues for the Journal Armed Forces & Society

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Brady, Christopher W., "A Content Analysis of Peacekeeping Issues for the Journal Armed Forces & Society" (2010). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 334.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/334

Purpose
This study describes peacekeeping issues found in the journal of Armed Forces & Society. Peacekeeping... more Purpose
This study describes peacekeeping issues found in the journal of Armed Forces & Society. Peacekeeping is an important aspect of civil-military relations because it attempts to normalize the relationship between society and the armed forces of a nation. As the premier journal on civil-military relations Armed Forces & Society should cover topics dealing with peacekeeping. Peacekeeping operations are undertaken to repair the negative relationship between a society and its armed forces. The journal has proven to be the benchmark in discussing civil-military relations and therefore should incorporate content on peacekeeping.

The peacekeeping issues are organized using a taxonomy found in Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. This study breaks down peacekeeping operations into four categories and describes the level of discussion Armed Forces & Society gives to each category. This study illustrates how the journal Armed Forces & Society, contributes to the scholarly literature of peacekeeping.

Methodology
Peacekeeping is reduced to four major categories. Categories used in the content analysis include: internal characteristics, operational characteristics, authorization characteristics and the political and military context of a peacekeeping operation. The categories of peacekeeping operations are modeled on a framework derived from the United Nations' Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations produced in 2000. A content analysis of articles found in the journal Armed Forces & Society from the first issue in 1974 to the October 2009 issue is used to describe the peacekeeping content.

Results
This study measures and describes the frequency of discussion by Armed Forces & Society concerning peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping categories and sub-categories are ranked to show the level of contribution made to the peacekeeping literature. Peacekeeping issues such as personnel, personnel behavior and training are discussed at length and contribute greatly to the peacekeeping discussion. Some areas of peacekeeping, such as the behavior of 3rd party actors, Security Council Mandates and the command and control of an operation are partially represented. After presenting the findings of this study recommendations are made to assist future scholars and journal leadership in contributing to the peacekeeping literature.

Légalité de la domination coloniale dans le sud-est de l’Australie

by Bastien Bosa

published in 'Droit et Société', 2010

Cet article entend apporter un éclairage nouveau sur les modalités de la fabrique du droit en contexte colonial à... more Cet article entend apporter un éclairage nouveau sur les modalités de la fabrique du droit en contexte colonial à partir de deux discussions juridiques concernant la nature des relations entre les Aborigènes et la police dans les petites villes des Nouvelle-Galles du Sud après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le premier cas concerne une série de débats à propos de la justification des pouvoirs spéciaux dont jouissaient les policiers dans les réserves et stations de l’Aboriginal Welfare Board, l’institution coloniale qui avait la charge des Aborigènes de l’État. Le deuxième revient sur l’interdiction qui était faite aux Aborigènes de consommer de l’alcool : il s’agira de décrire dans le détail un procès dont l’issue inattendue, en 1961, conduisit à une remise en cause du droit de la police à arrêter les Aborigènes pour des infractions à l’Aboriginal Protection Act (APA).
Aborigènes – Australie – Domination coloniale – Droit – Police

Murder in the Museum (Essay)

by etienne boumans

Essay. Reflections on Peter van Mensch's Essay on “Against all norms and values”. Dilemmas of collecting controversial contemporary objects, published in COMCOL Newsletter No 11, October 2010.

Assessments for Selection and Promotion of Police Officers

by Lily Cushenbery

Jacobs, R. R., Cushenbery, L., & Grabarek, P. E. (2011). Assessments for selection and promotion of police officers. In J. Kitaeff, (Ed.) Handbook of Police Psychology (pp. 193-210). New York: Routledge.

This chapter provides perspective on assessments used for selecting and advancing/promoting employees. We start with a... more This chapter provides perspective on assessments used for selecting and advancing/promoting employees. We start with a broad overview of how employees are selected, then focus on what is going on in today’s police departments. The same strategy is used in our presentation on promotion systems before we move on to specific issues confronted when organizations engage in assessment and use the information to make employment decisions. The chapter concludes with a brief over- view of legal issues facing police agencies as they attempt to identify talent to join the organization or to move up the rank structure and how we can successfully design and implement programs that encompass best practices and avoid legal complications.

Police Surveillance and the Emergence of CCTV In the 1960s

by Chris A Williams

The Fatwa Against Terrorism: Indian Deobandis Renounce Violence but Policing Remains Unchanged

by Kamala Kanta Dash

COUNTER-TERRORISM AND POLICE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN INDIA

by Kamala Kanta Dash

Police attitudes towards policing partner violence against women: Do they correspond to different psychosocial profiles?

by Enrique Gracia

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 , 189-207, 2011.