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Government

Of or pertaining to any administrative organ that has authority to govern a political state.

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force factor

Law enforcement; Police

A framework for examining a police officer's use of force in relation to the actions of a citizen to help determine if the officer's actions were reasonable.

job stress

Law enforcement; Police

Conditions associated with one's work environment that are mentally or physically disruptive; the major cause of job dissatisfaction.

turnover

Law enforcement; Police

The number of employees hired by a company or department to replace workers who have left their jobs in a given period of time.

lateral entry

Law enforcement; Police

Moving from one police department to another at either the same rank or a higher rank.

accountability

Law enforcement; Police

Having to answer for one's conduct. Both police organizations and individual officers are distinctly accountable to the public, elected officials, and the courts for how well ...

response

Law enforcement; Police

The third stage of the SARA model of problem-oriented policing, in which data collected during the analysis stage are used to develop a strategy to address the problem and, ...

resource dependency theory

Law enforcement; Police

A theoretical framework for understanding the structures and practices of police organizations based on the premise that such organizations must obtain resources to survive, and ...