Policing: An International Journal: Volume 36 Issue 1

The distribution of water‐monitoring organizations across states: Implications for community environmental policing and social justice

The purpose of this paper is to draw upon concepts in community‐oriented policing in order to explore the distribution of citizen water‐monitoring organizations and their role in…

Why police officers and labour inspectors (do not) blow the whistle: A grid group cultural theory perspective

The purpose of this paper is to offer and test a theoretical framework that can be used to identify different styles of peer reporting, and explain why police officers and labour…

An evaluation of the promotional processes in a large Texas metropolitan police department

The purpose of this paper is to examine a police promotional process, in order to determine factors important for a sergeant to be promoted to lieutenant. To do this, written…

The state of police integrity in Armenia: findings from the police integrity survey

The purpose of this paper is to study the extent and nature of police integrity in Armenia. It analyses police officer views about misconduct seriousness, appropriate and expected…

Police suicide: prevalence, risk, and protective factors

The purpose of this paper is to explore risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation among law enforcement personnel.

Exploring the relationship between foot and car patrol in violent crime areas

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Philadelphia Police Department instituted a large‐scale randomized controlled trial of foot patrol as a policing strategy and…

Exploring the public parameter of police integrity

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of the public component of Klockars’ and Kutnjak‐Ivkovic's organizational theory of police integrity to the understanding…

Police response to domestic violence: multilevel factors of arrest decision

Police factor in extra‐legal as well as legal context in their decision to arrest a suspect. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of extra‐legal factors at both…

Curtailing the code of silence among the South African police

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contours of the code of silence, as a critical component of the ability to control misconduct and enhance integrity within any police…

Community policing and fear of crime in Seoul: a test of competing models

The purpose of this paper is to examine the complex constellation of underlying factors between community policing and fear of crime by embracing various exogenous variables…

Policing the Narrow Ground: Lessons from the Transformation of Policing in Northern Ireland

Editorial

Reporting violence to the police: predictors through the life course

Elements of terrorism preparedness in local police agencies, 2003-2007: an impact of vulnerability, organizational characteristics, and contagion in the post-9/11 era

"The Directory of Crime Victim Services: An OVC Online Resource"

Police perceptions of computer crimes in two southeastern cities: an examination from the viewpoint of patrol officers