NDLI: Patrol Officer Perceptions of Agency Rewards and Punishments: A Research Note

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Johnson, Richard R.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The theory of operant conditioning is based on the premise that people are motivated to engage in, or refrain from, certain behaviors because of the rewards and punishments they may receive (Honig 1966; Skinner 1974). While managers within law enforcement agencies frequently use both rewards and punishments to try to guide the behavior of their officers, little information exists about how police officers perceive the rewards and punishments they utilize. This study surveyed a sample of patrol officers to determine how they ranked the value of several specific rewards, and the severity of several specific punishments. The findings suggested that a hierarchy of rewards and punishments exists in the minds of law enforcement officers, the ranking seemed to be associated with how they could impact the officer’s off-duty quality of life, and significant variation existed between officer responses. Interesting differences were also found by officer gender, tenure, and education.
Starting Page	126
Ending Page	133
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08820783
Journal	Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	19366469
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-05-06
Publisher Institution	Society for Police and Criminal Psychology
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Operant conditioning Police management Rewards Punishments Criminology & Criminal Justice Law and Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law Applied Psychology

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