Friday, June 29, 2018

Empathetic Police Officers Are More Affected by Public Criticism

Police officers who believe in a more empathetic approach toward criminal justice do not seem to perform as well when they feel they are underappreciated by the public, according to a new study published in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly.

The findings reveal that an officer’s ideology — whether more liberal or conservative — tends to correlate with how well they handle perceived animosity and lack of appreciation from the community.

For the study, 164 officers answered...


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