Attitudes of police officers toward offenders: implications for future training

Purpose Police officers’ attitudes toward criminals are critical to the justice system’s response to crime. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes toward offenders (ATOs) among police officers.Design/methodology/approach To assess police officers ATOs, the authors adapted the Atti...

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Main Author: Cunha, Olga Cecília Soares (author)
Other Authors: Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/69891
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/69891