Policing: An International Journal: Volume 21 Issue 1

Police collection of firearms to prevent suicide: correlates of recent turn‐in experience

Michael Fendrich, Markus J.P. Kruesi, Janet Grossman, Joseph S. Wislar, Kendal Freeman

Although household firearm removal is a recommended strategy for preventing deaths among suicidal youth, appropriate mechanisms for household firearm disposal have not been…

Individual value preferences among American police officers: The Rokeach theory of human values revisited

Jihong Zhao, Ni He, Nicholas P. Lovrich

This paper examines the value orientation of American police officers in a major municipal police department. Relying primarily on survey data, the aim of this paper is to utilize…

An evaluation of Operation Roundup: An experiment in the control of gangs to reduce crime, fear of crime and improve police community relations

Ronald E. Vogel, Sam Torres

This article presents research findings on Operation Roundup, a project initiated by the Santa Ana Police Department in Santa Ana, California. The covert police operation was…

Police academy training: are we teaching recruits what they need to know?

Nancy Marion

Police recruit training has come under scrutiny recently by both practitioners and academics who question the quality of education recruits receive prior to beginning their jobs…

Police misconduct and malpractice: a critical analysis of citizens’ complaints

Kim Michelle Lersch

In this research several hypotheses suggested by conflict theory were tested in the analysis of official complaints lodged against a large police department in the southeastern…

Counting cops: estimating the number of police departments and police officers in the USA

Edward R. Maguire, Jeffrey B. Snipes, Craig D. Uchida, Margaret Townsend

Recent federal legislation and numerous public policy debates have relied heavily on estimates of the number of police agencies and police officers in the USA. Historically, these…

Emerging liability issues in the implementation and adoption of community oriented policing

John L. Worrall, Otwin Marenin

The adoption of community oriented policing (COP) is likely to have an impact on patterns of civil liability claims filed against police departments and officers. We hypothesize…

Policing reform and moral discourse: the genesis of a modern institution

John L. McMullan

In this paper, I explore some of the intellectual questions which gave meaning to the social activity of dealing with crime, disorder and indigence, in the writings of three key…

The goal of democracy in international police assistance programs

Otwin Marenin

There exists a large and growing international exchange network for policing ideologies, technologies and skills. Transnational policing programs seek to promote more effective…

Traumatic experiences and post‐traumatic stress disorder in the New Zealand police

Christine Stephens, Ian Miller

Police duties place many officers at risk of traumatic stress and subsequent development of symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A survey of 527 New Zealand Police…