However, research indicates that police with high educational level tend to depict resistance to authority or don’t take note of the rule of law. Police with high educational level tend to have problems with the command structure and instructions given compared to police with low levels of education. The research conducted by Sherman and Blumberg regarding the impact of level of education on the use of force by the police in law enforcement in urban cities showed mixed findings on the relationship between use of force and police education (Hein, 2010). The findings from the research indicated that the results found from the research were so inconclusive that paved room for more inquiry on what other factors are behind the police level of education
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However, research on responding to the question of the extent of police education relate to use of force in law enforcement in urban cities, challenged the above literature review. Analysis of the data collected from the research conducted suggested that better educated police officers tend to use less force; however the relationship between the two variables based on statistical tests was not significant (Griffin, 2001). The research also asserted that police officers with high education level relied on problem- solving skills and communication instead of use of force in tempting law enforcement scenarios. The findings from the research conducted above concluded that there exists no relationship between use of force and police education but suggested that better educated police officers were likely to use less force compared to police officers with poor education, who could perhaps use more force in law …show more content…
It suggests that male police officers were likely to use more force than female police officers. The research also asserted that due to lack of relationship between gender and age and use of force was the basis was hiring of police and deployment programs in the police departments. The age of police officers together with the seniority factor was at the core of police retirement and exposure to criminal suspects that could demand use of force. It was found that seniority factor was influential in limiting old police officers from some duties such as deployment to situations that demand use of force. However, the young police officers were often times deployed to crime hot spots that use of force is mandatory, so as for them to gain compliance with the police practices (Griffin, 2001). Also it was suggested that use of force by the police officers did not entirely lie in the age factor, but the interaction of a number of variables such as culture, race, experience, gender was a determining factor to the police use of use. Additionally, different police department use different levels of force, depending on their responsibilities assigned to them, with police department designated for restoration of peace and order termed to be using excessive
However, research on responding to the question of the extent of police education relate to use of force in law enforcement in urban cities, challenged the above literature review. Analysis of the data collected from the research conducted suggested that better educated police officers tend to use less force; however the relationship between the two variables based on statistical tests was not significant (Griffin, 2001). The research also asserted that police officers with high education level relied on problem- solving skills and communication instead of use of force in tempting law enforcement scenarios. The findings from the research conducted above concluded that there exists no relationship between use of force and police education but suggested that better educated police officers were likely to use less force compared to police officers with poor education, who could perhaps use more force in law …show more content…
It suggests that male police officers were likely to use more force than female police officers. The research also asserted that due to lack of relationship between gender and age and use of force was the basis was hiring of police and deployment programs in the police departments. The age of police officers together with the seniority factor was at the core of police retirement and exposure to criminal suspects that could demand use of force. It was found that seniority factor was influential in limiting old police officers from some duties such as deployment to situations that demand use of force. However, the young police officers were often times deployed to crime hot spots that use of force is mandatory, so as for them to gain compliance with the police practices (Griffin, 2001). Also it was suggested that use of force by the police officers did not entirely lie in the age factor, but the interaction of a number of variables such as culture, race, experience, gender was a determining factor to the police use of use. Additionally, different police department use different levels of force, depending on their responsibilities assigned to them, with police department designated for restoration of peace and order termed to be using excessive