A question is posed; have audit and control of information in a high security
environment, such as law enforcement, improved or not in the transition from
manual to electronic processes? This paper attempts to elucidate this question
by a thorough examination of information collection, control of processing and
audit in manual processes used by the Queensland Police Service, Australia,
during the ... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeMost 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 to concentrate their resources in highly
populated, urban areas. Over the last decade mobile property offenders have been
found in various Western European countries that differ from this norm. These
groups of mainl... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThis paper aims to analyse and critique common performance indicators for
the policing of organised crime, and to propose a new
approach.Design/methodology/approachThis paper was based on key respondent
interviews with staff at an organised crime‐policing agency; literature review;
analytical work and construction of a new model.FindingsKPIs and other targets
drive the policing of organised... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe police force in the USA is a unique organizational type that combines
structural traits of military and professional bureaucracy. The specifics of
police work require high levels of trust between employees on all hierarchical
levels. This paper aims to construct a viable measurement tool that will help
law enforcement administration diagnose and change the state of trust in their
agency... hiện toàn bộ
Carol A.Archbold, DanielLytle, CorneshiaWeatherall, AnnRomero, CatherineBaumann
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study lawsuits involving the police using
newspaper accounts from three large cities in the
USA.Design/methodology/approachA content analysis was conducted using 634
newspaper articles from theNew York Times, Chicago Sun‐Times, and theLos Angeles
Timesfrom 1993‐2003.FindingsResearch findings reveal how prevalent racial and
gender discrimination issues are in ... hiện toàn bộ
The detection of drunk driving is an important task of police organizations. The
impact of police work on drunk driving depends largely on drivers’ perceptions
of the probability of detection. The present study explored the effects of
different enforcement strategies on this perception. Participants (n=77)
experienced different control strategies in a game and subsequently rated
probability of det... hiện toàn bộ
The American economist Baumol discovered that some services and products are
incompatible with cost reduction. A dance production, for example, depends so
heavily on people that costs can hardly be reduced and become more and more
“expensive” without producing more. This phenomenon is known as the “cost
disease” of Baumol. This article explores to what extent this cost disease is
applicable to the... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe 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 researched method of content analysis for detecting
deception in written statements.Design/methodology/approachThe author reviewed
the design, data, and findings of the study and performed statistical
re‐analysis of the ra... hiện toàn bộ