Police drinking behavior and organizational deviance: An exploratory approach

Contemporary literature on police officer subculture has focused on correlates of cynicism while ignoring behavioral manifestations within law enforcement organizations. This paper explores the relationships between trouble due to drinking, cynicism, absenteeism, rank and deviation from police offic...

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Autor principal: Anson, R. H. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Sparger, J. R. ; Giacopassi, D. J.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1980
En: American journal of criminal justice
Año: 1980, Volumen: 5, Número: 2, Páginas: 25-35
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Sumario:Contemporary literature on police officer subculture has focused on correlates of cynicism while ignoring behavioral manifestations within law enforcement organizations. This paper explores the relationships between trouble due to drinking, cynicism, absenteeism, rank and deviation from police officers. Antecedent variables examined by regression analysis are observed to explain forty-eight percent of the total variance in police officer drinking scores and is highly significant. The relationship between a modified version of the Niederhoffer cynicism scale and the trouble due to drinking scale [r=−.22] is in an opposite direction than expected from anomie theory and seems to suggest that drinking behavior is an alternate adaptation to the stresses and strains of policing for older, higher ranking officers.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02887385