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Police
Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.
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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 they control crime, ...
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, ultimately, implement a ...
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 that to obtain these ...
