Frustration, strain and commitment to community policing: a comparative analysis of American and English police officers

Compares police officer attitudes in Forth Worth, Texas with those of Northumbria, UK. Finds that both groups have remarkably similar experiences with frustration, strain and commitment to community policing (CP). Shows rank as an important predictor of frustration but not of strain, although in Northumbria administrators are slightly more strained than constables. Both groups of administrators exhibit lower frustration and also a higher commitment to CP than the ranks beneath them. Infers from this a need to win patrol officers over to CP and to investigate the problems surrounding CP.