Policing: An International Journal: Volume 23 Issue 2

An analysis of police officer satisfaction with defense and control tactics

Robert J. Kaminski, Jeffrey A. Martin

There is a lack of research into the police’s physical defense and control tactics training. Approximately 600 officers in the USA form the research population and their opinions…

New management techniques and restructuring for accountability in Australian police organisations

Jenny Fleming, George Lafferty

This paper examines the implementation of new management techniques in Australian police services since the late 1980s, within an international context of demands for greater…

Emerging trends in police failure to train liability

Darrell L. Ross

The United States Supreme Court in the City of Canton v. Harris (1989) held failing to train police officers may be the basis for managerial liability under Title 42 United States…

Transformation from militia to police in Croatia and Poland – A comparative perspective

Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic´, Maria R. Haberfeld

During the last decade Croatia and Poland underwent a period of major political transformation from communist regimes to democratic forms of government. Although their police…

The conceptual ambiguity of community in community policing – Filtering the muddy waters

Mark E. Correia

Community policing, which appears to have captured the interest of many criminal justice professionals and scholars, places strong emphasis on police/community relations. To date…

Pepper spray – A safe and reasonable response to suspect verbal resistance

Michael R. Smith, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Explores the debate over the safety and efficacy of police use of force tactics in general, and pepper spray in particular. Introduces the force continua, checklists employed by…

Evaluating the crime desk and its role as investigator

Martin Gill, Jerry Hart, Ken Livingstone

This paper addresses key issues in the implementation of a managed response to crime. Based on a major study of resource allocation decision‐making procedures in the British…

Police Trauma: Psychological Aftermath of Civilian Combat

Anthony M. Valentino

Hunting Serial Predators: A Multivariate Classification Approach to Profiling Violent Behavior

Ronald M. Holmes