Always Prepared
Police Off-Duty Guns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9754840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James J Fyfe (The American University School of Justice, Washington, D.C., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 452 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-81 |
| Publication date | 1980-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271628045200108 |
| OpenAlex | W2101960136 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Even while off duty, American police are ex pected to be armed and to actively intervene in situations threatening to life, property, or order. This article considers the assumptions upon which that expectation is based and suggests that they may be ill-founded. Research to determine whether armed off-duty police actually increase community violence levels is recommended as a prerequisite to an in formed reconsideration of the appropriate role for off-duty police officers
Business · Criminology · Duty · Order (exchange · Political science · Property (philosophy · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Finance · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology
Holding down the Fort
Police use of deadly force
The Criminal Police Officer
Turning it on and off
Bad cops
How many complaints against police officers can be abated by incapacitating a few “bad apples?”
Sophistication, Organization, and Authority‐sub Ject Conflict
Voting with Their Guns
Unpacking Heat
No Justice, No Peace
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2025 (38) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |