Policing: An International Journal: Volume 33 Issue 2

Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds

This study seeks to examine what theory of crowd psychology is being applied within public order police training in England and Wales and what accounts of crowds, police…

A longitudinal analysis of citizens' attitudes about police

Prior research has established the importance of citizens' perceptions of procedural justice in determining their assessments of and satisfaction with police. The present study…

The social ecology of police attitudes

The purpose of this paper is to use Klinger's theory of negotiated order to examine whether district crime and deviance levels exert influence on levels of police cynicism towards…

Police suicide: a national comparison with fire‐fighter and military personnel

The objectives of this paper are to examine national police suicide rates, to compare police suicides with fire‐fighters and military personnel, and to examine suicide in women…

Wilson's theory of local political culture revisited in today's police organizations: Findings from longitudinal panel study

Over the course of the past 40 years Wilson's theory of local political culture has influenced many students of policing. Wilson argued that variation in structural arrangements…

Detecting deception in field settings: A review and critique of the criminal justice and psychological literatures

This paper aims to systematically compare the textbook‐based criminal justice and psychological literatures on detecting deception in field settings to determine the accuracy of…

What do police officers value in the classroom?: A qualitative study of the classroom social environment in law enforcement education

This qualitative study seeks to gather rich, narrative data from police officers on the social environment of law enforcement classrooms and the classroom experiences valued most…

Journey to crime of “itinerant crime groups”

Most researchers have found that property crimes have a local focus: offenders tend to operate in the vicinity of their residence. This has led the police to organise themselves…

Police officers' views of specialized intimate partner violence training

A variety of strategies have been developed with the goal of improving justice responses to intimate partner violence. Among these are increasing demands for specialized training…

Mandatory retirement in the police service: the case of the London MPS

It is common for police services to set mandatory retirement ages at relatively young ages. This paper seeks to discuss the reasons for, and workforce planning implications of…

Conflict of Interest in Policing: Problems, Practices, and Principles

Arrest Decisions: What Works for the Officer?

The Ethics Toolkit: enhancing law enforcement ethics in a community policing environment

Observations regarding key operational realities in a Compstat model of policing

Whither problem-oriented policing?

Police misconduct, media coverage, and public perceptions of racial profiling: an experiment

Is problem-oriented policing effective in reducing crime and disorder?

Editorial

Threatened globally, acting locally: modeling law enforcement homeland security practices

Public cooperation with the police in Ghana: does procedural fairness matter?

Setting a higher standard for the evaluation of problem-oriented policing initiatives