Policing: An International Journal: Volume 25 Issue 2

Policing after ethnic conflict: Culture, democratic policing, politics and the public

Arrick Jackson, Alynna Lyon

Images of “blue‐helmets” and multilateral peacekeeping missions are pervasive in today’s world. The goal of intervening parties is often to re‐establish order; one way to…

Learning strategies of selected urban police related to community policing

Michael L. Birzer, Robert E. Nolan

The purpose of this case study was to investigate the learning strategies of police officers. Participants were 80 police officers serving in a Midwestern police agency. Of these…

Effective officer and good neighbour: Problems and perceptions among police in rural Australia

Patrick C. Jobes

This paper analyses the complex relationship between rural social structure and law enforcement. It examines perceptions regarding effective policing and levels of local crime…

Reporting violent acts to the police: A difference by race

Robert T. Sigler, Ida M. Johnson

Members of minority groups, particularly minority groups that are race based, report less confidence in law enforcement across a number of dimensions. These people believe that…

An assessment of Graham v. Connor, ten years later

Darrell L. Ross

Allegations of excessive force in policing have been cited as one of the most frequent claims filed against the police in arrest situations. The United States Supreme Court in…

Will any woman do?: Police, gender and rape victims

Jan Jordan

Assumptions are often made that women police officers will respond more sympathetically to rape complainants than their male colleagues. In the research study presented here, 48…

Technological approaches to controlling random gunfire: Results of a gunshot detection system field test

Cory Watkins, Lorraine Green Mazerolle, Dennis Rogan, James Frank

Using a quasi‐experimental design methodology, this paper reports the results from a controlled field evaluation of the ShotSpotter gunshot location technology in Redwood City…

The small‐town police department

David N. Falcone, L. Edward Wells, Ralph A. Weisheit

This conceptual article focuses on the small‐town municipal‐level police department, as a distinctive model within the mosaic of US policing. As an example of the success of a…

Female police officers in Texas: Perceptions of colleagues and stress

Helen Taylor Greene, Alejandro del Carmen

The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of Texas female police officers toward their colleagues. Further, the study measures respondents’ perceptions regarding…

Physical evidence of police officer stress

Gregory S. Anderson, Robin Litzenberger, Darryl Plecas

The purpose of the present study was to identify common stressors and the magnitude of stress reactivity in police officers during the course of general duty police work. Using…

Routine occupational stress and psychological distress in police

Akiva M. Liberman, Suzanne R. Best, Thomas J. Metzler, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Daniel S. Weiss, Charles R. Marmar

The relationship between routine work stress and psychological distress was investigated among 733 police officers in three US cities, during 1998‐1999. The Work Environment…

Managing Police Operations: Implementing the New York Crime Control Model – Compstat

Charles MS Mesloh