Policing: An International Journal: Volume 21 Issue 3

Policing with the Ottawa shift system: a British experience

Suzanne Richbell, Mike Simpson, Geoff M.H. Sykes, Simon Meegan

This paper takes an international perspective and reports the results of a trial of the Canadian (Ottawa) shift system within a UK police force. Primary data were collected via…

The rhetoric and reality of community policing in small and medium‐sized cities and towns

Albert P. Cardarelli, Jack McDevitt, Katrina Baum

Although community policing is still in its formative stages in the USA, much of the research has been directed to programmes being implemented in large cities where high levels…

Police academy fitness training at the Police Training Institute, University of Illinois

Anne G. Copay, Michael T. Charles

The Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois designed a fitness training programme which allowed the participants to choose the intensity and mode of their…

Victim‐precipitated homicide: police use of deadly force in British Columbia

Richard B. Parent, Simon Verdun‐Jones

This study examines the underlying reasons for the police use of deadly force and potential deadly force, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, during the period 1980‐94…

Evaluating problem‐oriented policing: a quasi‐experiment

Paul Jesilow, Jon’a Meyer, Deborah Parsons, William Tegeler

Problem‐oriented policing has been widely implemented during recent years, but researchers have conducted few controlled evaluations to assess its effectiveness. This paper…

Deadly force and the rule of law: the Guyana example

Joan Mars

This article explores the nature and extent of police power to use deadly force within the context of the meaning of the rule of law in a liberal democracy. It is argued that the…

Investigating stolen vehicle dump sites: An interrupted time series quasi‐experiment

John T. Krimmel, Marie Mele

Interrupted time series methodology (ARIMA) is utilized to assess the effectiveness of a police initiated stolen vehicle investigative task force. Police from four municipalities…

Community policing: a conceptual framework

Willard M. Oliver, Elaine Bartgis

The theoretical framework for community policing attempts to answer many of the questions revolving around the new paradigm in policing. The paper traces the evolution of…

Police handgun qualification: practical measure or aimless activity?

Gregory B. Morrison, Bryan J. Vila

American police trace their initial brush with handgun training to efforts taken by New York City in 1895. Developing proficiency did not become a widely held priority until…

Comparing campus and municipal police: the human resource dimension

Max L. Bromley, Brian A. Reaves

At present there is little comparative information available regarding campus and municipal police agencies and their personnel. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to…

Citizen perceptions of community policing: are attitudes toward police important?

Michael D. Reisig, Andrew L. Giacomazzi

This study assessed citizen attitudes toward police performance and their perceptions of policing strategy in a small, northwestern town. At the neighbourhood‐level, significant…