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Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

ISSN 0882-0783

3 papers in the library · publishing 2023-2026

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Police Officers’ Experiences of a Mindfulness-based Intervention: a Bottom-up Exploration of Perceived Changes and Mechanisms Using Mixed Methods

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology September 11, 2026 Machteld Hoeve, Floor van Rooij, Susan M. Bögels et al.

Abstract This study investigated the experienced changes in personal goals, well-being and the assumed working mechanisms of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) for police officers. Data of three sources were used: goal attainment scaling, an evaluation survey, and interviews. Eighty-two police officers (43.9% male) participated in an effectiveness study of an MBI (Hoeve et al., 2021). Of...

Feasibility of Mindfulness Training for Police Officers at the Spanish National Police Academy

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology May 14, 2026 Jaime Navarrete, Miguel A. García-Salvador, Carla Rodríguez-Freire et al.

Abstract The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate whether a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI), the 'Mindfulness to Promote Police Well-being' program, was feasible for trainee inspectors of the National Police Academy in Spain. A 7-week MBI was conducted in a group of 61 trainee inspectors (M age = 43.52, SD = 8.95) from the National Police Academy in Ávila (Spain), divided into...

The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Police Officers’ Stress Reduction: a Systematic Review

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology January 30, 2023 Tadas Vadvilavičius, Erika Varnagirytė, G. Jarašiūnaitė-Fedosejeva et al.

The profession of a police officer is associated with high levels of stress, which can have harmful consequences for officers’ personal lives, the police organisation, and society. This systematic review aims to synthesise recent literature on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention related to stress reduction (MBIs) in a sample of police officers. The search of relevant articles...