Policing: An International Journal: Volume 34 Issue 4

Women on patrol: an analysis of differences in officer arrest behavior

The current research seeks to examine whether officer gender influences the decision to arrest, and whether correlates of officer decision making vary across gender.

Detecting deception in written statements: The British Home Office study of scientific content analysis (SCAN)

The purpose of this paper is to review the most recently published and most comprehensively designed study of scientific content analysis (SCAN), a widely used but rarely…

Victimization, stress and use of force among South Korean police officers

This study aims to assess the direct and indirect impact of stress on police use of force among a sample of male South Korean frontline officers (n=574).

Correlates of police academy success

The purpose of the current study is to expand the existing knowledge base that seeks to determine which pre‐employment factors can predict which police candidates will…

Adolescent attitudes toward the police in a western Canadian city

The primary purpose of this paper is to examine attitudes toward the police in a sample of Canadian adolescents.

Enhancing police legitimacy by integrating Compstat and community policing

The purpose of this article is to examine how Compstat and community policing, two of the most highly‐touted police reforms to have emerged in the US over the last 25 years, might…

Emphasizing the servant in public service: the opinions of police managers

The purpose of this paper is to determine the opinion of 126 police managers from 23 US states regarding their ideal leadership style as expressed under the items of the leader…

The role of research and planning units in law enforcement organizations

This paper seeks to empirically describe the role of research and planning units within contemporary, local police organizations in the US.

Women on SWAT teams: separate but equal?

This article aims to examine male and female police officers' perspectives concerning women participating on special weapons and tactical (SWAT) teams. The study seeks to explore…

Factors affecting strategy commitment to community‐oriented policing (COP) among South Korean police officers

Prior studies examining the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational behavior contain several limitations, such as mixed levels of measurement and lack of…

International Police Cooperation: Emerging Issues, Theory, and Practice

Policing on the web

Police integrity: rankings of scenarios on the Klockars scale by management cops

Editorial

Effect of suspect race on officers’ arrest decisions’

Effective policing: management influence and the commitment of senior police personnel