Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent
Abstract The literature shows that some police officers develop cynicism early in their careers, i.e., develop a critical or distrusting attitude that is often aimed towards citizens. Despite a recent increase in societal focus on how citizens experience interaction with the police, we have only a l...
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2021-09-01
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| author | Christian Dyrlund Wåhlin-Jacobsen Elisabeth Naima Mikkelsen |
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The literature shows that some police officers develop cynicism early in their careers, i.e., develop a critical or distrusting attitude that is often aimed towards citizens. Despite a recent increase in societal focus on how citizens experience interaction with the police, we have only a limited understanding of how cynicism develops in Scandinavia, including Denmark. In this study, we present statistical analyses of questionnaire data collected among police employees in three waves between the beginning of their training to become police officers and after four years of active service. The results demonstrate that cynicism should be approached as a multi-faceted phenomenon. This is because participants generally report a decrease in cynicism towards citizens, but an increase in cynicism in connection with other aspects of police work. Post hoc analyses, however, indicate that high emotional demands, as well as violence and threats may contribute to an increased cynicism towards citizens. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-409c8dafc160455c9429a0f17d6b0ec42025-01-07T13:22:08ZdanDe Nordiske KriminalistforeningerNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab2446-30512021-09-01108232734210.7146/ntfk.v108i2.128530121747Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjentChristian Dyrlund Wåhlin-JacobsenElisabeth Naima MikkelsenAbstract The literature shows that some police officers develop cynicism early in their careers, i.e., develop a critical or distrusting attitude that is often aimed towards citizens. Despite a recent increase in societal focus on how citizens experience interaction with the police, we have only a limited understanding of how cynicism develops in Scandinavia, including Denmark. In this study, we present statistical analyses of questionnaire data collected among police employees in three waves between the beginning of their training to become police officers and after four years of active service. The results demonstrate that cynicism should be approached as a multi-faceted phenomenon. This is because participants generally report a decrease in cynicism towards citizens, but an increase in cynicism in connection with other aspects of police work. Post hoc analyses, however, indicate that high emotional demands, as well as violence and threats may contribute to an increased cynicism towards citizens.https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/128530cynicismpolicecareer studiesemotional demandsviolence and threatskynismepolitikarrierestudierfølelsesmæssige kravvold og trusler |
| spellingShingle | Christian Dyrlund Wåhlin-Jacobsen Elisabeth Naima Mikkelsen Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab cynicism police career studies emotional demands violence and threats kynisme politi karrierestudier følelsesmæssige krav vold og trusler |
| title | Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent |
| title_full | Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent |
| title_fullStr | Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent |
| title_full_unstemmed | Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent |
| title_short | Udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent |
| title_sort | udviklingen af kynisme fra politistuderende til betjent |
| topic | cynicism police career studies emotional demands violence and threats kynisme politi karrierestudier følelsesmæssige krav vold og trusler |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/128530 |
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