Identity Of Officers Research Articles

Dominant group backlash? Majority responses to minority participation in the police

Security sector reform often involves integrating marginalized groups into the police. Extensive discussion surrounds the benefits of inclusion to the marginalized group, but we know little about impacts on the dominant group. I argue that exposure to out-group police can increase dominant group civilians’ trust in the out-group, opening the door for further reforms and increasing the likelihood of peace. I explore dominant group citizens’ responses to out-group police officers in Israel. First, using a survey experiment, I find no evidence that exposure to Arab (marginalized) police officers leads to backlash by Jewish (dominant) civilians. Then, drawing on multiple surveys and panel data on the identity of officers at every station over six years, I find that exposure to Arab police is associated with increased trust in Arabs among Jews. This trust extends to both everyday situations like willingness to live next door to an Arab and to beliefs about Arabs’ intentions to commit political violence. Collectively, these results contradict fears that backlash by the dominant group might spoil peace, opening the door for police integration as an important part of peace processes.

A Franklin expedition officer's burial at Two Grave Bay, King William Island, Nunavut

In 2018, archaeological investigations on King William Island led to the rediscovery of the grave of a member of the 1845 Franklin expedition first recorded in 1879, the exact location of which had been unknown for 139 years. The results of the 2018 investigation confirm the original interpretation that the deceased was a member of the Franklin expedition and a Royal Navy officer. The officer's death likely occurred in late April or early May 1848, during the retreat to the Back River by the expedition's 105 surviving members. Historical and archaeological evidence suggest the integrity of the grave was transformed by at least two temporally distinct episodes and types of disturbance. The officer's identity is unknown, but it is hoped that mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA profiles and a digital craniofacial reconstruction will contribute to a future identification.

Психологические особенности профессиональной идентификации сотрудников следственного комитета: материалы эмпирического исследования

This article brings forward empirical materials of studying professional identification of officers of the Committee of Inquiry. Professional identification is considered as a process of development of personal reflection of professional identity of the Self in correlation with a “reference image” of the employee of a respective organization for the purpose of achieving a positive professional self-identification. Officers of the investigative departments of the Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation stationed in the territory of the Southern and North Caucasus federal districts (1286 persons) were respondents.Quite a number of techniques were used for revealing features of professional identity of officers of the Committee of Inquiry. Author’s questionnaires revealing levels of reflection of professional identification of officers of the Committee of Inquiry were developed. The authors have also used psychometric techniques (diagnostics of motivational orientations in interpersonal communications (I. D. Ladanov, V. A. Urazaeva), a personal differential technique (version adapted in the Scientific Research Institute named after V. M. Bekhterev, 2007), diagnostics of a real structure of value guidelines of the person (S. S. Bubnova), express diagnostics of system-characterologic relations of personality (E. L. Kas’ianik, E. S. Makeeva), a study of the motivational structure of activities (K. Zamfir), a technique for revealing the level of conflict tolerance, diagnostics of emotional barriers in interpersonal communication (V. V. Boiko).Diagnostic results have made it possible to reveal various strategies of professional identification of the officers surveyed in the study. The obtained data shows how professional identification influences the level of professional activity and the extent of professional self-realization. The article also describes barriers (obstacles and difficulties) which are reflected (realized) by officers as that prevents them from corresponding reference characteristics and finding harmonious relations with colleagues and leaders.

Crisis and control: the militarization of protest policing

1 Introduction 2 Policing Waves of Protest 1995 - 2013 3 To Serve and Protect Who? Policing Trends and Best Practices 4 Local Legitimacy and Struggles for Control 5 Officer Identity and the Diffusion of Pepper Spray 6 Experts, Agencies and Integration 7 Protest As Threat 8 Urine Filled Supersoakers 9 Conclusion 10 List of Acronyms References Index

Identity-Forming Theological Education: The Practice of Confession in the Formation of Salvation Army Officers

Preparing future Christian leaders to take their place in the Church is not only about ensuring they have the capacities (intellectual, pastoral, strategic leadership, public performance, etc.), but that they become significant carriers of the traditions, beliefs, and practices that define a particular community of faith. Learning to become a Salvation Army officer is substantially concerned with this perpetuation of organizational culture. As such, individual learning may be constructed in terms of taking up a particular social identity that conforms to the needs and expectations of the organization. Through discourse analysis I surface one particular element of organizational discourse—“confession”—and examine how power/knowledge circulates to produce a Salvation Army officer identity.

Divine Calling, Organizational Voice

The notion of divine “calling” plays a significant part in the narratives of many who seek to take up some form of “ordained” ministry within the Church. This article attempts to explore how the notion of “divine calling” as part of organizational discourse establishes a particular set of relationships between the individual and the organization, and thus contributes to the ways in which individual clergy identity is formed. Through intersecting a situated learning perspective with a Foucauldian approach to discourse analysis I seek to illuminate the particular mechanisms, technologies and strategies that are employed to maintain the existing system and its construction of Salvation Army officer identity in relation to the organization.

An Apple a Day Keeps Shareholder Suits at Bay: An Examination of a Corporate Officer’s Legal Duty to Disclose Health Problems to Shareholders

This Article examines both constitutional and practical problems with proposed regulation to require corporate officers to disclose health problems to shareholders. In doing so, the Article addresses the following questions, which are especially timely given the recent controversy surrounding Apple CEO Steve Jobs: To what extent should officers of public companies be required to disclose personal health problems to shareholders? Does a timely failure to disclose such information constitute securities fraud if the stock price is adversely affected once the information becomes public? Can shareholders' rights to accurate information relevant to a company's likely future performance trump an officer's right to privacy? To what extent do the answers to these questions depend on how closely the officer's identity is aligned with his/ her brand, i.e., how "iconic" the officer is perceived to be? Are these issues for regulators to address ex ante or the courts to handle ex post? And in either case, can an objective rights-balancing framework be developed?

The Organizational Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity: The Case of the US Navy

This article examines the construction of hegemonic masculinity within the US Navy. Based on life history interviews with 27 male officers, this study explores alternative discourses and identities of officers from three different communities in the Navy: aviation, surface warfare, and the supply corps. Definitions of masculinity are relationally constructed through associations of difference: aviators tend to draw upon themes of autonomy and risk taking; surface warfare officers draw upon themes of perseverance and endurance; and supply officers draw upon themes of technical rationality. Further, these masculinities depend upon various contrasting definitions of femininity. Finally, this article explores a series of contradictions that threaten the secure construction of masculinity within this military culture.

The Organizational Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity: The Case of the US Navy

This article examines the construction of hegemonic masculinity within the US Navy. Based on life history interviews with 27 male officers, this study explores alternative discourses and identities of officers from three different communities in the Navy: aviation, surface warfare, and the supply corps. Definitions of masculinity are relationally constructed through associations of difference: aviators tend to draw upon themes of autonomy and risk taking; surface warfare officers draw upon themes of perseverance and endurance; and supply officers draw upon themes of technical rationality. Further, these masculinities depend upon various contrasting definitions of femininity. Finally, this article explores a series of contradictions that threaten the secure construction of masculinity within this military culture.