Valentina H.

Police recruits undertake mandatory training programmes to prepare for conflict situations. To motivate recruits to engage in what is called “police training” (“Polizeitraining” or “Einsatztraining”) in Germany, police trainers should design activities that align with what the recruits want from training. As such, the current study investigated the...

Mentale Stärke ist eine Ressource, die auf der persönlichen Einstellung sowie Denk- und Wahrnehmungsprozessen basiert. Die Bewältigung von belastenden und stressigen Situationen im Polizeialltag kann durch eine solide mentale Stärke gefördert werden. Zusätzlich wird dadurch irrationales und unverhältnismäßiges Handeln von Polizisten*innen minimiert...

The current study aimed to elicit the planning and reflecting processes of police trainers with regards to the delivery of police training. Four police trainers were explicitly asked about their planning for and reflecting on training sessions. In total 34 interviews were conducted (17 pre, 17 post) and analysed. The results indicated that police t...

In order to optimally prepare police officers for the demands in the field, police training has to be designed representatively. However, for the German context, there is a scarcity of research investigating to what extent training meets the demands of the field. In order to fill this gap, the current study examined if police training in Germany me...

The current study aims to investigate the current structure and delivery of police recruit training. Using a case study approach, we systematically observed a semester of police training that consisted of 30 h with a specific focus on police use of force training. Field notes and time-on-task data was analysed using an inductive approach. The resul...

The current study aimed to elicit the planning and reflecting processes of police trainers with regards to the delivery of police training. Four police trainers were explicitly asked about their planning for and reflecting on training sessions. In total 34 interviews were conducted (17 pre, 17 post) and analysed. The results indicated that police t...

The current study investigated if police training meets the demands of the field of police officers based on the perspective of police recruits. Thirteen recruits of a German police force were interviewed in a semi-structured way to identify possible matches and discrepancies between training and the field. The qualitative data was analysed using c...

The current study investigated the wants and subjective needs of police recruits regarding mandatory training programmes that prepare officers for conflictual situations. Twenty-seven recruits of a German police force were interviewed to identify both positive and negative aspects of police training as well as the characteristics of a competent pol...

The current study aims to investigate the current structure and delivery of police recruit training. Using a case study approach, we systematically observed a semester of police training that consisted of 30 hours with a specific focus on police use of force training. Field notes and time-on-task data was analysed using an inductive approach. The r...

We report a design case in the context of self-defense training, that was designed by participants of a coach development course for violence prevention coaches for emergency services. The game was designed to foster skill development with regards to the defense against knife attacks in the context of self-defense. Following pedagogical principles...

The interaction between partners is an essential part of the training process in police use of force training. In order to simulate training tasks that are both representative and motivating, the level of contact when receiving and delivering punches and kicks is an important issue. The current study investigates the preferred level of contact of t...

Background In order to equip police officers with operational skills, the police use of force (PUOF) training plays a key role. While the situation of PUOF in Germany has hardly been inves-tigated to this day, national (Jaeger, Blatt & Bliesener, 2013) and international (Renden, Nieuwenhuys, Savelsbergh & Oudejans, 2015) data indicate problems of t...

Einleitung Im Rahmen des polizeilichen Einsatztrainings (ET) trainieren Polizeibeamte die Bewältigung von unterschiedlichsten Konfliktsituationen. Besonders in der Vorbereitung auf mögliche Angriffe gegen Polizeibeamte kommt dem ET eine wichtige Rolle zu (Jager, Klatt, & Bliesener, 2013; Renden, Savelsbergh, & Oudejans, 2016). Die über einen länger...