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

Socpus ID

33846466422 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33846466422

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