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Project

Practice what they preach? Attitude versus behavior in ethical decision making by police officers
Code
01N02518
Duration
01 January 2018 → 31 December 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Police administration, procedures and practice
Keywords
police ethics decision making process attitude behavior
 
Project description

Do Belgian police officers practice what they preach? Based on Rest’s (1986) ethical decision making model, this study aims to explore if there is a gap between attitude and behavior concerning ethical decision making by police officers and if such a gap can result in different moral styles of policing for
each phase of this ethical decision making process.