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AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential value of coaching as a learning method for driver development within police blue light environments. Design/methodology/approach–...
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AbstractPurpose– The events of September 11, 2001 forever changed policing with state and local law enforcement now playing a central role. In this new role many agencies have begun to re-assess how...
View ArticleChinese immigrants’ contact with police
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine Chinese immigrants’ contact with local police, uncovering the extent, nature, distribution, and consequences of police contact. Although...
View ArticleThe gap between reality and research: Another look at detecting deception in...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the deception detection literature that arrives at a different conclusion from the one presented by King and Dunn. Specifically, the...
View ArticleThe Norwegian Police Force: a learning organization?
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine what decisions to prosecute, sent to the local police districts from the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs (the body...
View ArticleAddressing the baseline or the frontline?: The multiform character of...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the different and competing demands on police, and how they affect the credibility of police performance. The paper also looks at a possible...
View ArticleLean management for traffic-police enforcement planning
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to study the traffic-police enforcement process and develop models to improve enforcement effectiveness given substantial budgetary and resource...
View ArticleCommunity Policing and Fear of Crime in Seoul: A Test of Competing Models
AbstractPurpose - The current study attempts to examine the complex constellation of underlying factors between community policing and fear of crime by embracing various exogenous variables identified...
View ArticleCURTAILING THE CODE OF SILENCE AMONG THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE
AbstractPurpose - This manuscript explores the contours of the code of silence, as a critical component of the ability to control misconduct and enhance integrity within any police agency, among...
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