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Do Police Have a Low or High Tolerance for Corruption?
No full textThis study aims to explore whether or not police officers portray a high or low tolerance for corruption in their field. Research is collected by using data gathered via an eleven-question survey sent out to thirty separate police agencies around the United States. The main purpose of this study is to determine, using this survey and various other sources, what police officers consider to be corrupt and what types of consequences that they would receive for these actions, to be too harsh. The objective of these findings is to show if there is a pattern relating to how police officers think and behave or if the answers vary depending on the location of the precinct. The findings from the survey will help show whether there is a significance with how police collectively view corrupt behavior made by their peers and how the answers vary by location of precincts
Ten Initiatives the United States Air Force Should Employ to Improve Staffing of Mental Health Therapists
No full textAs the mental health (MH) crisis in the United States continues to progress, the United States Air Force (USAF) is faced with a widening gap between qualified MH providers and patient demand. Post-pandemic changes have increased the need for MH services in a community that was vastly understaffed pre-pandemic. This increased demand and decreased supply has made it difficult for the USAF to compete with civilian sector pay.
In the USAF alone, the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) clinics charged with acute first-line MH intervention are only 47% staffed. Add that to the already concerning functional manning of social workers and psychologists, or those performing their primary profession and not in a career-broadening or command position, and one can see why staffing high-profile programs like the Operational Support Teams (OST) is difficult. Additionally, the limited number of seats and narrow eligibility requirements to recruit into the service’s Master of Social Work training pipelines limit the ability to grow the force\u27s strength. Access to telemental health services for active-duty service members with a referral is available, but services are limited and not widely advertised. While institutional partnerships exist, many are excluded from recruitment efforts simply because the existing partnerships are the path of least resistance and thus promote a lack of diversity. Furthermore, retention is a top issue, with many social workers and psychologists leaving the USAF due to a lack of pay and promotion opportunities.
This begs the question, in lieu of increased pay and bonuses, what else can the service do if more social workers and psychologists cannot be recruited and retained? This manuscript examines the data and discussions with senior MH consultants, providing initiatives the USAF can leverage to improve patient access to a MH therapist
Quality Care, Just Out of Reach: Addressing Barriers Facing Transgender Patients in Rural Communities
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Emergency Management Collaboration, Integration, and Interoperability in Special Operations Forces and the Conventional Forces
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Length of Police Employment and Use of Force. Does the length of employment influence a greater use of force?
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In recent years the excessive use of force has become a topic of concern in the United States with many examples being shared through social media. It is often argued if the problem lies within police departments or with individual officers. This study will see if a correlation appears between the experience of a police officer and the use of excessive force. While little research has been done on these variables this study will discuss that research and utilize data collected from 1998-2007 to see if a correlation exists between the two. Rational choice theory will be discussed in this study as a means to explain why officers use excessive force. The research does show that officers with less than 10 years of experience are more likely to be investigated for the use of excessive force. This study will answer why an officer with less experience is potentially more likely to use excessive force
50 Years of Election Interference: Are Pre-Internet Techniques Still Pertinent In a Post-Internet World?
No full textThe introduction of the internet, while influential on intelligence as a whole, has had no impact on the methods of propaganda used in efforts to destabilize elections, only on the methods of delivery. Previous studies have been done into pre- and post-internet propaganda techniques individually, demonstrating the influence of each in the specific time period it was used. I will be building on this research to compare the effectiveness and influence of propaganda and information warfare used to weaken the political stability of a foreign state. In addition, this presentation will be comparing the two cases of the U.S. interference in Chile in 1973 to Russian interference in the U.S. in 2016, in order to demonstrate the differences between pre- and post-internet propaganda techniques. My initial findings have indicated that the method of delivery has changed significantly from the use of posters, flyers, and radio, to the use of social media, bots, and television. It has also demonstrated that the methods used remained similar, with foreign countries sponsoring political organizations, influencing and dividing the media, and attempting to cause fear and doubt about a presidential candidate and their platform