Policing: An International Journal: Volume 39 Issue 1

Plural policing: a State-of-the-Art Review

Dominique Boels, Antoinette Verhage

The purpose of this paper is to report on the systematic review on the topic of plural policing. The authors aim to discuss the general characteristics of empirical research into…

Exploring how an area’s crime-to-cop ratios impact patrol officer productivity

Luke Bonkiewicz

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the combined crime rate and staffing levels of a patrol area affect patrol officers’ productivity. Specifically, the author identified…

Smart policing in Frisco, Texas: geographic and temporal displacement in a micro place

John L. Worrall

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a foot patrol and citizen contact-based policing intervention in a suburb outside Dallas. Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance…

Predictors of dual arrest for offenders involved in heterosexual domestic violence arrests

Jennifer Roark

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of extra-legal and legal predictors on dual arrest outcome for men and women arrested for domestic violence.

The lethality assessment program: Which survivors of intimate partner violence are most likely to participate?

Jill Theresa Messing, Jacquelyn C Campbell, Allison Ward-Lasher, Sheryll Brown, Beverly Patchell, Janet Sullivan Wilson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the differential use of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) – a risk-informed, collaborative police-social service intervention – across…

Using the UK general offender database as a means to measure and analyse organized crime

Stuart Kirby, Brian Francis, Les Humphreys, Keith Soothill

Organised Crime is notoriously difficult to identify and measure, resulting in limited empirical evidence to inform policy makers and practitioners. The purpose of this paper is…

Assessing the use of a Traffic Enforcement Unit

Daniel Philip Hepworth, David Russell White

The purpose of this paper is to examine the 22-month life of a three-officer specialized Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) within one mid-sized municipal police agency. The case…

Is bad stronger than good? The impact of police-citizen encounters on public satisfaction with police

Yudu Li, Ling Ren, Fei Luo

Drawing upon the negativity bias theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of positive and negative perceptions of police-initiated or citizen-initiated contacts…

Disentangling the myth about citizen participation in collaborative work with police: The difference between general citizens and citizen volunteers

Jae-Seung Lee, Jihong Solomon Zhao

– The purpose of this paper is to expand the research on citizen participation in police work by attempting to disentangle the difference between volunteers and general citizens.

Informal social networks within and between organisations: On the properties of interpersonal ties and trust

Chad Whelan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying relational properties of security networks by focusing specifically on the relationship between formal and informal ties…

The influence of corruption: a South African case

Petronella Jonck, Eben Swanepoel

A growing public concern among South African citizens is that of corruption in law enforcement, an awareness of which causes significant tension in the community – police…

An exploratory study of police cynicism in China

Zheng Chen

– The purpose of this paper is to measure police cynicism in China.

Chinese police supervisors’ occupational attitudes: Role orientation, community policing, and job satisfaction

Ivan Y. Sun, Jianhong Liu, Ashley K. Farmer

– The purpose of this paper is to assess factors that influence Chinese police supervisors’ attitudes toward police roles, community policing, and job satisfaction.

Affective organizational commitment, work engagement and service performance among police officers

Benjamin R. van Gelderen, Leonie W. Bik

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between police officers’ affective organizational commitment, work engagement, and (perceived) service performance.

Police officer perspectives on intellectual disability

Danielle Maya Eadens, Ann Cranston-Gingras, Errol Dupoux, Daniel Wayne Eadens

– The purpose of this paper is to examine police officer perceptions about persons with intellectual disabilities.