Robert H Langworthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1320962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert H Langworthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert H |
| FAMILY NAME | Langworthy |
| SIGNATURE | LANGWORTHY R H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police
Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and …
Treatment of chronic drunk drivers
Stop Or I'll Shoot
Based on a telephone survey of a stratified sample of 239 Cincinnati residents, we explored the impact of race on support for police use of deadly force on fleeing felons. The analysis revealed that, consistent with the standards demarcated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Tennessee v. Gamer, both Blacks' and Whites' approval of force was high when offenders manifested "past dangerousness" and was less pronounced when offenders committed nonviolent c…
Firearms and fido
Treatment of chronic drunk drivers
An Institutional Perspective of Policing
This article suggests that American municipal police departments are highly institutionalized organizations and should be studied in terms of how their formal structure and activities are shaped by powerful myths in their institutional environment.The incorporation of powerful myths into the structure and activities of police departments enables them to attain legitimacy; with legitimacy comes stability and protection from outside interference by…
Spatial evolution of a sting clientele
The spatial distribution of sting targets
Older Offenders
Police cynicism
Organizational Structure and Innovation in Urban Police Departments
Liberalism and Fear as Explanations of Punitiveness
This paper explores the relationship between liberalism, victimization experience (both direct and vicarious), fear of victimization, and attitudes towards purposes of incarceration. The study makes use of a national public opinion poll conducted for ABC News in 1982. The major findings are that both fear and liberalism contribute to punitiveness but, more importantly, individual demographic characteristics are ambiguously related to punitiveness…
Police department size and agency structure
Liberalism and Fear as Explanations of Punitiveness
This paper explores the relationship between liberalism, victimization experience (both direct and vicarious), fear of victimization, and attitudes towards purposes of incarceration. The study makes use of a national public opinion poll conducted for ABC News in 1982. The major findings are that both fear and liberalism contribute to punitiveness but, more importantly, individual demographic characteristics are ambiguously related to punitiveness…
Stop Or I'll Shoot
Based on a telephone survey of a stratified sample of 239 Cincinnati residents, we explored the impact of race on support for police use of deadly force on fleeing felons. The analysis revealed that, consistent with the standards demarcated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Tennessee v. Gamer, both Blacks' and Whites' approval of force was high when offenders manifested "past dangerousness" and was less pronounced when offenders committed nonviolent c…
Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police
Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and …
Police cynicism
Firearms and fido
Treatment of chronic drunk drivers
The spatial distribution of sting targets
Police department size and agency structure
Treatment of chronic drunk drivers
Spatial evolution of a sting clientele
Police department size and agency structure
Liberalism and Fear as Explanations of Punitiveness
This paper explores the relationship between liberalism, victimization experience (both direct and vicarious), fear of victimization, and attitudes towards purposes of incarceration. The study makes use of a national public opinion poll conducted for ABC News in 1982. The major findings are that both fear and liberalism contribute to punitiveness but, more importantly, individual demographic characteristics are ambiguously related to punitiveness…
Police cynicism
Organizational Structure and Innovation in Urban Police Departments
Older Offenders
An Institutional Perspective of Policing
This article suggests that American municipal police departments are highly institutionalized organizations and should be studied in terms of how their formal structure and activities are shaped by powerful myths in their institutional environment.The incorporation of powerful myths into the structure and activities of police departments enables them to attain legitimacy; with legitimacy comes stability and protection from outside interference by…
Spatial evolution of a sting clientele
The spatial distribution of sting targets
Treatment of chronic drunk drivers
Firearms and fido
Fragmented centralization and the organization of the police
Drawing on literature on institutionalized organizations, this paper presents a set of propositions regarding municipal police in the United States. This paper looks at how fragmented authority and funding in the institutional environment of American police affects organizational structure and behavior. Fragmentation is associated with increases in organizational complexity and may contribute to loose coupling both among organizational units and …
Treatment of chronic drunk drivers
Stop Or I'll Shoot
Based on a telephone survey of a stratified sample of 239 Cincinnati residents, we explored the impact of race on support for police use of deadly force on fleeing felons. The analysis revealed that, consistent with the standards demarcated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Tennessee v. Gamer, both Blacks' and Whites' approval of force was high when offenders manifested "past dangerousness" and was less pronounced when offenders committed nonviolent c…
Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Engineering (4 works)