What is it about?
Understanding the confidence that volunteer police have in performing their duties in situations that may be encountered.
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Why is it important?
Very little research has been done on volunteer policing in the United States, and even less on comparing US to UK volunteer police.
Perspectives
This is an exploratory article that looks at confidence levels between volunteer police in one USA sheriff's office and one UK police service. Training, prior experience, and utilization may all be factors that influence confidence.
Dr. Ross Wolf
University of Central Florida
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This page is a summary of: An exploratory international comparison of professional confidence in volunteer policing, The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles, November 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0032258x16671966.
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