The problem of this study was selected aspects of public community college non-credit law enforcement training programs in Texas. Purposes of the study were: (a) to examine the development of police academies at community colleges in Texas; (b) to provide normative data describing the academies in terms of background, organization and administration, adequacy of facilities and equipment, personnel, student policies and practices, the program administrator's perceptions of internal and external support, involvement of outside forces and the extent of the program, and (c) to provide data which community colleges can use in organizing and developing police academies.

A group of veteran police officers was studied in relation to the effectiveness of a stress reduction program which utilized a cognitive-behavioral approachto training. A new instrument, the Coulson Police Job Stress Discussionaire, (CPJSD), was field tested. Two control groups, a veteran group who received no stress reduction training and an academy group which received standard basic training but not the stress reduction program, were compared on pre—test and post-test Profile of Mood States (POMS) mood disturbance cores. Contrary to the main hypothesis formulated, there were no significant differences found between the three groups on post-test POMS measures of mood disturbance when compared with pre-test measures. The construct validity of the POMS for use with police officers is challenged. The specific format utilized is discussed and suggestions are offered for future study design. Specific difficulties inherent in the study of police groups are examined. The usefulness of the CPJSD for police job stress reduction program is suggested, as is the need for further field testing of this instrument.

M.Cur. (Curriculum Studies) / The aim of this study is to determine whether training in stress management through primary mental health education has a positive effect on the learning of effective stress management techniques. This study was carried out on a group of police officers. In an experimental investigation the following method of stress management was used, namely a primary mental health education programme. An at-risk population in the society was identified namely the South African Police Force, and sixty four people from the target population of one hundred and twenty eight candicate-officers 'were selected for this study. A survey of the target population was done and these sampling units met the following criteria: they were all white warrant officers in training in the South.African Police Force from the same level of training, who had all obtained a national diploma in police administration. These members were representatives from throughout South-Africa making it a national study. Their ages ranged from twenty to fifty years of age....

nÃo hà / O presente trabalho investiga a evoluÃÃo do conhecimento realizado nas Academias de PolÃcias com uma preocupaÃÃo em mostrar quais fatores influenciaram as mudanÃas para se chegar ao atual modelo de formaÃÃo implementado na Academia Estadual de SeguranÃa PÃblica do Estado do CearÃ. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, com carÃter comparativo, pautada nos referenciais da sociologia e das mudanÃas curriculares dos cursos de formaÃÃo do policial militar do CearÃ. Como procedimentos metodolÃgicos foram utilizados principalmente pesquisas bibliogrÃficas sobre a seguranÃa pÃblica, a violÃncia e a formaÃÃo policial, coleta e anÃlise de dados sobre violÃncia, com observaÃÃes de acontecimentos histÃricos da formaÃÃo policial cearense. No primeiro capÃtulo do trabalho faz-se uma anÃlise dos acontecimentos que permitiram se chegar a construÃÃo das polÃcias militares no Brasil com a problematizaÃÃo da violÃncia como fator social determinante para se analisar a instituiÃÃo policial. No segundo capÃtulo do trabalho foi abordado o cenÃrio atual da sociedade brasileira e o atual modelo de formaÃÃo empregado na academia policial cearense. Na terceira parte à feita uma anÃlise dos currÃculos de formaÃÃo inicial dos policiais militares do CearÃ. Foram utilizadas como leituras os livros de Marcos Rolim, ClÃudio Beato Filho, Theodomiro Dias Neto, IgnÃcio Cano e outros tendo como organizadores e autores CÃsar Barreira, GlaucÃria Mota Brasil e estudiosos da modernidade que tratam do tema polÃcia com Ãnfase na formaÃÃo moderna como algo a ser desvendado e explorado. No terceiro capÃtulo à feito uma anÃlise das mudanÃas promovidas nos currÃculos de formaÃÃo inicial dos policiais militares do CearÃ. Por fim, nas consideraÃÃes finais à feita uma anÃlise das mudanÃas realizadas na seguranÃa pÃblica no Cearà apÃs a redemocratizaÃÃo do Brasil e quais as consequÃncias para os homicÃdios e a formaÃÃo policial dessas mudanÃas. / The present work investigates the evolution of the knowledge carried out in the Police Academies with a concern to show which factors influenced the changes to reach the current training model implemented in the State Academy of Public Security of the State of CearÃ. It was a qualitative research, with a comparative character, based on the sociology references and the curricular changes of the training courses of the military police of CearÃ. As methodological procedures, bibliographical research on public security, violence and police training, collection and analysis of data on violence, with observations of historical events of the police training in CearÃ, were used. In the first chapter of the article, an analysis is made of the events that led to the construction of military police in Brazil with the problematization of violence as a determining social factor for analyzing the police institution. In the second chapter of the study the current scenario of Brazilian society and the current training model employed in the police academy of Cearà were discussed. In the third part, an analysis of the curricula of initial training of the military police of Cearà is made. The books of Marcos Rolim, ClÃudio Beato Filho, Theodomiro Dias Neto, IgnÃcio Cano and others were used as readings, as organizers and authors CÃsar Barreira, GlaucÃria Mota Brasil and modernity scholars who deal with the theme police with emphasis on modern training as something to Be unveiled and explored. In the third chapter an analysis of the changes promoted in the initial training curricula of the military police of Cearà is made. Finally, in the final considerations, an analysis is made of the changes made in public security in Cearà after the re-democratization of Brazil and the consequences for homicides and police training of these changes.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania. / Includes bibliographical references.

Abstract The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, demands a fundamental reassessment and transformation of the nature and style of policing in South Africa, from denying the human rights of the majority of South Africans during the ‘apartheid era’ to gaining the trust and respect of all. This includes changing the basic assumptions of individual police officers with regards to the organisation and its environment. Based on the comments of a representative sample (1 168) of newcomers to the South African Police Service (SAPS) during the 2005 calendar year, this article explores the impact that the SAPS basic training institutes have in changing the attitudes of new recruits that conform to deviant themes in police culture. The research found significant evidence that most of the SAPS basic training institutes, excluding the Bisho SAPS Basic Training Institute, only served to either maintain or strengthen newcomers’ attitudes in support of police culture solidarity, isolation and cynicism.

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This study explores the views of managers of Police Stations and trainees in one of forty-two (42) Policing Areas in the South African Police Service. It probes the feelings of the managers (herein referred to as Station Commissioners) and trainees regarding training methods used during In-service training. The study starts by analysing the environment in which the SAPS operates. The Management Problem identified is the lack of transfer of training at station level. This problem exists in the SAPS at the time when it grapples with transforming from a militaristic form to a service organisation. It is the time when the organization's training interventions are very critical for their members to providing better service. In finding out the views of Station Commissioners and trainees, a communication survey was conducted in all police stations found in the Pretoria Area. A questionnaire was administered to two groups from this Area. One was a group of Station Commissioners and the other made of trainees that attended training programmes at least twelve months before the survey. The questionnaire consisted of instruments probing views on off-the-job training and on-the-job-training methods as well as organisational climate instrument. The organizational climate instrument was a modified version of Likert & Likert (1976) scale. The trainees and Station Commissioners positively viewed goal setting and decision-making at these police stations. Leadership, motivation and communication were the dimensions of organisational climate that need improvement or reinforcement. Both methods of training, that is off- and on-the-job, were deemed necessary in the SAPS. The act of travelling long distances before the training was identified as a problem for off-the-job training. It was also highlighted that both methods are necessary for all members regardless of their level of skills or position. / Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.