Models for Aggression by Police Officers towards Romantic Partners and Police Partners
| Published date | 01 December 2013 |
| Author | Meaghan Imbody,S. Hakan Can,Helen M. Hendy |
| DOI | 10.1350/ijps.2013.15.4.317 |
| Date | 01 December 2013 |
| Subject Matter | Paper |
Models for aggression by police officers
towards romantic partners and police
partners
S. Hakan Can‡, Helen M. Hendy†and Meaghan Imbody§
‡(Corresponding author) Criminal Justice Program, Penn State University, Schuylkill
Campus, 200 University Drive, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, USA; shc11@psu.edu
†Psychology Program, Penn State University, Schuylkill Campus
§Criminal Justice Program, Penn State University, Schuylkill Campus
Submitted 10 October 2013; resubmitted 10 December 2013; accepted 19
December 2013
Keywords: police aggression, police supervisors, employee assistance
programmes
Salih Hakan Can
began his career in law
enforcement in 1984 with the Turkish National
Police (TNP). He earned a Bachelor of Science in
Criminal Justice and Law from the Police Uni-
versity in Ankara, Turkey and another in Political
Science from Ankara University. Upon gradu-
ation, he became a rank officer in the TNP. In
2001, he was promoted to Chief Superintendent.
In addition to his duties with the Turkish National
Police, he worked with Interpol, Turkish National
Central Bureau, Central Anti-Smuggling Depart-
ment, Drugs subdivision and Fiscal Crimes sub-
division. As part of police collaboration, he also
worked or joined operations in Germany, Spain,
the Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Azerbaijan,
Kosovo, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Romania and Albania.
After he completed his PhD at Sam Houston
State University, he joined Pennsylvania State
University, Schuylkill Campus in 2006 and was
promoted to associate professor in 2012. He has
authored and co-authored 4 books (3 of them for
service (police)) use, 5 book chapters and 23
articles (15 of them peer reviewed). While he was
working at the Law Enforcement Management
Institute of Texas, he established a programme
called ‘Incident Command Simulation’, which
received great recognition from the Department
of Homeland Security. He and his programme
received high appreciation from the Texas
National Guard while responding to Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
Dr Helen Hendy
is Professor of Psychology at
Penn State, Schuylkill, where she has worked for
31 years. She earned her PhD from the Uni-
versity of California, Riverside, and her education
and research have been funded by the National
Science Foundation, National Institutes of Men-
tal Health and Children’s Miracle Network. Dr
Hendy’s present research programmes focus on
social factors associated with health-related
behaviours, such as school programmes for
child obesity prevention, parent mealtime
actions for picky eaters, family models for part-
ner violence and social stressors for police
officers and military veterans.
Meaghan Imbody
graduated from Pennsylvania
State University with high distinction in 2013
with a BS degree in Administration of Justice.
Meaghan completed her internship in Schuylkill
County Public Defender’s Office and is currently
in the process of becoming a State Trooper in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A
BSTRACT
Past research documents that occupational chal-
lenges faced by police officers may increase the risk
of aggression toward romantic partners, but little
International Journal of Police Science & Management Volume 15 Number 4
International Journal of Police
Science and Management,
Vol. 15 No. 4, 2013, pp. 273–280.
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2013.15.4.317
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