Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing

Police organisations have a wealth of experience in responding to emergencies, but COVID-19 is unprecedented in terms of the speed, scale and complexity of developing doctrine and its implementation by officers. The crisis also threw into sharp relief the fact that police policy and, crucially, prac...

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Authors: Kyprianides, A. (Author) ; Bradford, B. (Author) ; Beale, M. (Author) ; Savigar-Shaw, L. (Author) ; Stott, C. (Author) ; Radburn, M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Policing and society
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 504-521
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