Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation (2023)
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Hope, M., Radburn, M., & Stott, C. (2023). Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation. Policing and Society, 33(5), 485-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2023.2173193

Discretion is a key feature of policing, yet its surrounding research has historically been heavily reliant upon exploring interpersonal or dyadic encounters between individual officers and members of the public. More recently, studies have explored... Read More about Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation.

Ideological passion and violent activism: The moderating role of the significance quest. (2022)
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(2022). Ideological passion and violent activism: The moderating role of the significance quest. British Journal of Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12576

This research examines how the relationship between passion for an ideology and violent activism is magnified by the personal (vs. collective) loss of significance. In Study 1 (N =?238), the relationship between obsessive (but not harmonious) passion... Read More about Ideological passion and violent activism: The moderating role of the significance quest..

The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism. (2022)
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(2022). The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism. Psychology of Violence, https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000414

Objective: This research examines the interface between ideological passion and the dark tetrad personality traits to predict violent (vs. peaceful) political activism. Meta-analytic research shows that ideological obsessive passion (OP) is one of th... Read More about The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism..

How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway (2021)
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Drury, J., Stott, C., Ball, R., Barr, D., Bell, L., Reicher, S., & Neville, F. (2022). How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway. Political Psychology, 43(4), 651-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12786

Waves of riots are politically and psychologically significant national events. The role of police perceptions and practices in spreading unrest between cities has been neglected in previous research, even though the police are significant actors in... Read More about How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway.

Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing (2021)
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Kyprianides, A., Bradford, B., Beale, M., Savigar-Shaw, L., Stott, C., & Radburn, M. (2021). Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing. Policing and Society, 32(4), 504-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1916492

Police organisations have a wealth of experience in responding to emergencies, but COVID-19 is unprecedented in terms of the speed, scale and complexity of developing doctrine and its implementation by officers. The crisis also threw into sharp relie... Read More about Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing.

Group problem management plus for decreasing psychological distress in Syrian refugees in Turkey (2020)
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(2020). Group problem management plus for decreasing psychological distress in Syrian refugees in Turkey. European Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.627

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>The crisis in Syria has caused millions of Syrians to seek refuge in neighboring countries and Europe. Refugees often experience war related traumatic events and... Read More about Group problem management plus for decreasing psychological distress in Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Positive Links Between Exposure to Police Violence, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms Among Yellow Vests Protesters in France (2020)
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(2020). Positive Links Between Exposure to Police Violence, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms Among Yellow Vests Protesters in France. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 088626052093586 - 088626052093586. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520935863

<jats:p> Police violence during protests occurs worldwide with varying levels ranging from physical abuse to lethal use of force. Although prior research has investigated the health consequences of exposure to police violence (EPV), EPV’s relationshi... Read More about Positive Links Between Exposure to Police Violence, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms Among Yellow Vests Protesters in France.