'Bread and butter' policing : first-year constables and domestic violence
Miles-Johnson, Toby
'Bread and butter' policing : first-year constables and domestic violence Toby Miles-Johnson - Taylor & Francis, 2022 - Police Practice and Research .
Police Practice and Research, 2022, First published online, 3 July 2022
Domestic violence is an extensive social issue in Australia. It is a complex crime encompassing different behaviours and situations, which challenge police in terms of recognition and response, as well as determining appropriate outcomes of justice. During their first year of police work (whilst being evaluated under competency measures), first-year constables in Australia are frequently deployed to respond to public calls for help. As such, they are regularly sent to investigate domestic violence. Yet knowledge regarding the effectiveness of first-year constables in their response to domestic violence and policing of these crimes is lacking in much of the policing literature. This article focuses on policing of domestic violence from the perspective of first-year constables working in one of the largest Australian state police organisations (de-identified as part of the ethics agreement). It examines the findings from 46 interviews and offers insight into a hitherto under-researched area regarding policing of domestic violence by officers at the start of their policing career. (Author's abstract). Record #7716
ATTITUDES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
POLICE
POLICE PROCEDURES
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
'Bread and butter' policing : first-year constables and domestic violence Toby Miles-Johnson - Taylor & Francis, 2022 - Police Practice and Research .
Police Practice and Research, 2022, First published online, 3 July 2022
Domestic violence is an extensive social issue in Australia. It is a complex crime encompassing different behaviours and situations, which challenge police in terms of recognition and response, as well as determining appropriate outcomes of justice. During their first year of police work (whilst being evaluated under competency measures), first-year constables in Australia are frequently deployed to respond to public calls for help. As such, they are regularly sent to investigate domestic violence. Yet knowledge regarding the effectiveness of first-year constables in their response to domestic violence and policing of these crimes is lacking in much of the policing literature. This article focuses on policing of domestic violence from the perspective of first-year constables working in one of the largest Australian state police organisations (de-identified as part of the ethics agreement). It examines the findings from 46 interviews and offers insight into a hitherto under-researched area regarding policing of domestic violence by officers at the start of their policing career. (Author's abstract). Record #7716
ATTITUDES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
POLICE
POLICE PROCEDURES
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA