Police Studies: Intnl Review of Police Development: Volume 19 Issue 1
Table of contents
The position of municipal police chief: an examination of selection criteria and requisite skills
M.L. DantzkerSelection criteria for individuals seeking to become police officers continues to receive attention from practitioners and academicians. However, an area of equal, if not greater…
Mental practice enhances recruit police officers’ acquisition of critical psychomotor skills
Thomas S. WhetstoneMental practice is a method for acquiring, rehearsing or enhancing a physical skill without using fine or gross motor movements. Experiments were made on 72 student police…
On the use of police officers in randomized experiments: some lessons from the Milwaukee domestic violence experiment
Alexander Weiss, Robert F. BoruchEvaluations of criminal justice policy increasingly employ randomized experiements, especially in studies of policing. These experiments, however, raise important ethical, legal…
A service under change: current issues in policing in England and Wales
Donald B. Walker, Malcolm RichardsAnticipates that over the next few years the police service in England and Wales is likely to experience significant changes in organization and management. Appraises major…