Meret S Hofer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meret S Hofer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meret S |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofer |
| SIGNATURE | HOFER M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1834-3581 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“You’ll never get it out of your head”
“The Light at the End of the Tunnel Has Been Permanently Shut Off”
The functional breadth of the police role is a primary issue facing law enforcement. However, few empirical data examine how officers are experiencing an occupational environment characterized by an increasingly wider range of new (but routine) duties. I take a qualitative approach to explore experiences of work-role overload via in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a sample of U.S. police officers ( N = 48). By applying the framework for th…
“It's a Constant Juggling Act”
Democratic police reforms have reduced the isolation of officers from the public, putting recent public demands for changes to U.S. policing into stark relief with existing practices of police agencies. This qualitative study examines role conflict related to negotiating external expectations for policing among 48 U.S. police officers. Findings suggest that role conflict related to incoherent policing priorities is a robust feature of officers’ e…
After that, I was leery about giving anybody a break about anything”
An examination of the influence of procedurally just strategies on legal cynicism among urban youth experiencing police contact
Adolescents experience more police‐initiated contacts resulting from relatively minor infractions than any other group, and often these interactions do not result in notable legal consequences. However, such interactions may have long‐term consequences for adolescent perceptions of the justice system. Using data from the age 15 wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, our study examines associations between situational and process …
An examination of the influence of procedurally just strategies on legal cynicism among urban youth experiencing police contact
Adolescents experience more police‐initiated contacts resulting from relatively minor infractions than any other group, and often these interactions do not result in notable legal consequences. However, such interactions may have long‐term consequences for adolescent perceptions of the justice system. Using data from the age 15 wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, our study examines associations between situational and process …
An examination of the influence of procedurally just strategies on legal cynicism among urban youth experiencing police contact
Adolescents experience more police‐initiated contacts resulting from relatively minor infractions than any other group, and often these interactions do not result in notable legal consequences. However, such interactions may have long‐term consequences for adolescent perceptions of the justice system. Using data from the age 15 wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, our study examines associations between situational and process …
“It's a Constant Juggling Act”
Democratic police reforms have reduced the isolation of officers from the public, putting recent public demands for changes to U.S. policing into stark relief with existing practices of police agencies. This qualitative study examines role conflict related to negotiating external expectations for policing among 48 U.S. police officers. Findings suggest that role conflict related to incoherent policing priorities is a robust feature of officers’ e…
After that, I was leery about giving anybody a break about anything”
“The Light at the End of the Tunnel Has Been Permanently Shut Off”
The functional breadth of the police role is a primary issue facing law enforcement. However, few empirical data examine how officers are experiencing an occupational environment characterized by an increasingly wider range of new (but routine) duties. I take a qualitative approach to explore experiences of work-role overload via in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a sample of U.S. police officers ( N = 48). By applying the framework for th…
“You’ll never get it out of your head”
Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (4 works) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law enforcement (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Enforcement (2 works)