Flexible education reform and Iceland’s police staffing crisis
Abstract In 2018, Iceland had Europe’s second-fewest police officers per capita and had experienced the continent’s biggest reduction in officers since 2009—after suffering the biggest financial crisis in modern economic history. Fewer officers, a growing, more diverse population, and a tourist boom...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/police/paae009 2024-09-15T18:13:16+00:00 Flexible education reform and Iceland’s police staffing crisis Oddsson, Guðmundur Bragason, Ólafur Örn Þórisdóttir, Rannveig 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/police/paae009 https://academic.oup.com/policing/article-pdf/doi/10.1093/police/paae009/58584412/paae009.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice volume 18 ISSN 1752-4512 1752-4520 journal-article 2024 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae009 2024-07-22T04:25:46Z Abstract In 2018, Iceland had Europe’s second-fewest police officers per capita and had experienced the continent’s biggest reduction in officers since 2009—after suffering the biggest financial crisis in modern economic history. Fewer officers, a growing, more diverse population, and a tourist boom fuelled a police staffing crisis peaking in the mid-2010s. In this case study, we document, using secondary data and interrupted time-series analysis, how moving basic police education to the university level in 2016 and shifting from face-to-face to flexible learning—a form of blended learning—helped Iceland accommodate more students, reverse the downward trend of police staffing, improve female representation, and raise the education level. Moreover, public trust in the police remained high after reform. The case of Iceland demonstrates that blended learning can facilitate police–university partnerships, accommodate more students by expanding access, capacity, and capability, help address staffing challenges, and optimize resources. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Oxford University Press Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 18 |
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Abstract In 2018, Iceland had Europe’s second-fewest police officers per capita and had experienced the continent’s biggest reduction in officers since 2009—after suffering the biggest financial crisis in modern economic history. Fewer officers, a growing, more diverse population, and a tourist boom fuelled a police staffing crisis peaking in the mid-2010s. In this case study, we document, using secondary data and interrupted time-series analysis, how moving basic police education to the university level in 2016 and shifting from face-to-face to flexible learning—a form of blended learning—helped Iceland accommodate more students, reverse the downward trend of police staffing, improve female representation, and raise the education level. Moreover, public trust in the police remained high after reform. The case of Iceland demonstrates that blended learning can facilitate police–university partnerships, accommodate more students by expanding access, capacity, and capability, help address staffing challenges, and optimize resources. |
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Oddsson, Guðmundur Bragason, Ólafur Örn Þórisdóttir, Rannveig |
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Oddsson, Guðmundur Bragason, Ólafur Örn Þórisdóttir, Rannveig Flexible education reform and Iceland’s police staffing crisis |
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Oddsson, Guðmundur Bragason, Ólafur Örn Þórisdóttir, Rannveig |
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Flexible education reform and Iceland’s police staffing crisis |
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