Policing: An International Journal: Volume 31 Issue 4

Proactive policing and the assessment of organised crime

Contemporary policing and the control of (organised) crime involve priority setting, strategic planning and the use of strategic planning tools. The purpose of this paper is to…

Comparing police‐ and civilian‐run family group conferences

The purpose of this paper is to compare family group conferences (FGCs) facilitated by police officers with those facilitated by a civilian along several dimensions including…

Citizen attitudes toward the police in Canada

Citizens' opinions of the police are important indicators of how well the police are performing their duties and can help to shape police practice as well as public policy…

Alcohol and the police: an empirical examination of a widely‐held assumption

Popular literature has theorized that police officers consume more alcohol than the general population. However, only a minuscule amount of research has been conducted on this…

Chinese immigrants' perceptions of the police in Toronto, Canada

The purpose of this paper is to assess empirically Chinese immigrants' perceptions of the police in Toronto, Canada.

Harnessing the crime control capacities of third parties

This paper aims to explore the strategy of police harnessing the crime control capacities of third parties and to relate this to problem‐oriented policing.

Tribal policing on American Indian reservations

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical examination of the characteristics of Indian reservation police agencies at the start of the twenty‐first century.

A neighborhood‐level analysis of concealed hand‐gun permits

The purpose of the present analysis is to test the relative impact of trust in police, social cohesion, and fear of crime on neighborhood‐level rates of concealed pistol license…

Determinants of job satisfaction among South Korean police officers: The effect of urbanization in a rapidly developing nation

The purpose of this paper is to compare the job satisfaction of police officers in metropolitan cities with that of officers in smaller areas in a rapidly developing nation. It…

Knowledge Management in Policing and Law Enforcement: Foundations, Structures, Applications

Consumer Sentinel Network

Blurring the line between public and private sectors: the case of police officers’ off-duty employment

Campus policing in America: a twenty-year perspective

Editorial

The influence of community-oriented policing on crime-reporting behavior

Note from the publisher