Policing: An International Journal: Volume 20 Issue 3

Factoring policing models

Allan Y. Jiao

Aims to understand whether there is any linkage between theoretical models and realistic perceptions of policing. Presents the results of a survey in which both police officers…

On the measurement of public support for the police: a research note

Steven G. Brandl, James Frank, John Wooldredge, R. Cory Watkins

Since the 1960s, many studies have analyzed citizens’ attitudes toward the police. These studies have used a variety of items to measure citizens’ attitudes ( items which vary in…

Police decertification: changing patterns among the states, 1985‐1995

Steven Puro, Roger Goldman, William C. Smith

Traditional remedies for police misconduct, such as exclusion of evidence illegally seized from the defendant’s trial, permit the offending officer to remain in law enforcement…

The Northern York County Police consolidation experience: An analysis of the consolidation of police services in eight Pennsylvania rural communities

John T. Krimmel

Employs a quasi‐experimental design to assess the operational costs and benefits of a consolidated department. Northern York County Police Department, the experimental group, was…

Collective bargaining and the police: The consequences for supplemental compensation policies in large agencies

Jihong Zhao, Nicholas Lovrich

Analyzes the impact of collective bargaining on the supplemental compensation of employees in large police departments across the nation. Suggests that collective bargaining does…

Policy promise: community policing and domestic violence victim satisfaction

Margaret E. Martin

Police policy regarding domestic violence has been severely altered over the last decade. The social control approach of pro‐arrest policies has coincided with a service approach…

The German police: issues in the unification process

John P. Harlan

Investigates how effective the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has been in reaching the goal to inculcate the police in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic…

Police and occupationally related violence: a review

C.J. Lennings

Police, it has been claimed, are at constant risk of danger. While theirs is not the only occupation that involves personal danger some factors about the type of threats police…

The political ecology of police reform

Gregory D. Russell

Recent events of police misconduct and corruption produced widespread calls for law enforcement reform. Reformers apply one of four models, each of which predicts successful…