Policing: An International Journal: Volume 35 Issue 3

An evaluation of the Emergency Response Week curriculum

Police recruits need to be prepared the moment they graduate from the police academy for any type of situation. It is during the initial recruit training phase at the police…

Are drug arrests a valid measure of drug use? A time series analysis

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether trends in arrests for heroin, amphetamine‐type substances (ATS) and cocaine can be used as indicators of trends in the use of…

Development and impacts of a new performance management system in the Hong Kong police force

The purpose of this paper is to outline the development and implementation of the “values‐driven competency‐based performance management system” (VDCBPMS) and report the findings…

A New Zealand approach to prioritising criminal groups

The purpose of this paper is to develop a better method for prioritising organised criminal groups, utilising the existing literature on organised crime and risk assessment.

Group consciousness, identity and perceptions of unfair police treatment among Mexican Americans

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between global and specific attitudes of unfair police treatment towards Mexican Americans and how attitudes towards the…

A framework for assessing impacts of leadership competency on police project performance: Mediating role of job satisfaction and moderating role of project type

The purpose of this paper is, primarily, to investigate the relationships of the project leader's competencies with job satisfaction, and their impact on project performance. The…

Police decision making: an examination of conflicting theories

The purpose of this paper is to compare two conflicting theoretical frameworks that predict or explain police decision making. Klinger's ecological theory proposes that an…

Job characteristics and work‐home interaction: Does race moderate the relationship for South African police members?

The purpose of this paper is too investigate whether race moderates the relationship between job characteristics (job demands and job resources) and negative and positive WHI…

Dallas’ disruption unit: efficacy of hot spots deployment

The majority of the previous research on hot spots policing focuses on a single set of relatively small selected experimental areas. However, given limited resources, most law…

Work characteristics and police officers’ performance: Exploring the moderating effect of social work characteristics and collective efficacy in multilevel analysis

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of work characteristics on members’ self‐efficacy and collective efficacy, and the subsequent effect on police officers’…

New journal for 2012 - International Journal of Emergency Services

Editorial

American Policing at a Crossroads: Unsustainable Policies and The Procedural Justice Alternative

Neighborhood Disadvantage and Reliance on the Police

Enhancing Police Resources in the Twenty-First Century

Centers for disease control and prevention: Zombie preparedness campaign

Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) and Citizen Injuries: The Shocking Empirical Reality

Racial Threat, Suspicious, and Police Behavior: The Impact of Race and Place in Traffic Enforcement