Policing: An International Journal: Volume 36 Issue 4

Problem framing in problem solving: a case study

Troy C. Payne, Kathleen Gallagher, John E. Eck, James Frank

The purpose of this paper is to examine how initial frameworks for understanding police problems influence how police analyze and address those problems in the context of…

Attitudes of police supervisors: do volunteers fit into policing?

Scott W. Phillips, Amanda Terrell-Orr

Early research assumed there was a ubiquitous police culture that resisted change and outsiders. Recent scholarship questions this assumption, but most of the studies focussed on…

Workforce assessment method for an urban police department : Using analytics to estimate patrol staffing

Sudharshana Srinivasan, Toni P. Sorrell, J. Paul Brooks, David J. Edwards, Robyn Diehl McDougle

The purpose of this research paper is to describe quantitative methods that assist police administrators with evaluating current staffing and justifying to local governing bodies…

Diversity in municipal police agencies: a national examination of minority hiring and promotion

Joseph Gustafson

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the institutional and external factors associated with African-American and Latino representation in policing at the line and…

A critical review of psychological instruments used in police officer selection

Jonathan Lough, Kathryn Von Treuer

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the instruments used in the screening process, with particular attention given to supporting research validation. Psychological…

Facilitating police-probation/parole partnerships: An examination of police chiefs’ and sheriffs’ perceptions

Bitna Kim, Adam K. Matz, Jurg Gerber, Dan Richard Beto, Eric Lambert

The current study examines the prevalence, perceived effectiveness, and potential antecedents (e.g. departmental culture) of law enforcement agencies in collaborating with…

Production and scientific collaboration in police training (1987-2011)

Remedios Aguilar-Moya, David Melero-Fuentes, Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent, Juan-Carlos Valderrama-Zurián

– The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the production and global scientific collaboration of research in police training from 1987 until 2011.

A study on police stressors, coping strategies, and somatization symptoms among South Korean frontline police officers

Ilhong Yun, Seung-Gon Kim, Sejong Jung, Shahin Borhanian

Using a sample of male police officers in South Korea, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether police stressors revealed in the western literature are also applicable in…

Gender differences in burnout among municipal police sergeants

William P. McCarty

– The purpose of this paper is to compare the levels and predictors of burnout between female and male sergeants in a large municipal law enforcement agency.

Relationship between efficiency of pistol shooting and selected physical-physiological parameters of police

Gurhan Kayihan, Gülfem Ersöz, Ali Özkan, Mitat Koz

– The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between selected physical-physiological parameters and efficiency of pistol shooting.

Policing: Politics, Culture, and Control

Gregg W. Etter

Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in perceptions of the police: the salience of officer race within the context of racial profiling

Racial profiling in decisions to search: a preliminary analysis using propensity-score matching

An inquiry into the impact of suspect race on police use of tasers

Lorna L. Alvarez-Rivera

Editorial

Wesley G. Jennings and Lorie Fridell

Kenya's Administration Police Service

J.W. Carter II