Title
Police Education, Experience, And The Use Of Force
Keywords
Coercion; College education; Experience; Police; Use of force
Abstract
Police researchers have devoted a considerable amount of empirical attention to testing the impact college education has on police performance. The counterargument to the education debate is that experience, in learning the police craft, is what contributes to differences in performance. The current study adds to both lines of research by examining the impact of education and experience on one of the core features of the police role: the use of coercion. The findings indicate that varying levels of education and experience are related to differences in the use of coercion in encounters with citizens. Encounters involving officers with any college education result in significantly less verbal force compared to those with a high school education. However, only those encounters involving officers with a 4-year degree result in significantly less physical force. Finally, encounters involving officers with greater experience result in less verbal and physical force. © 2007 American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.
Publication Date
2-1-2007
Publication Title
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Volume
34
Issue
2
Number of Pages
179-196
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854806290239
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
33846466422 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33846466422
STARS Citation
Paoline, Eugene A. and Terrill, William, "Police Education, Experience, And The Use Of Force" (2007). Scopus Export 2000s. 6937.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/6937