PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to improve the police, policy makers' and
researchers' understanding of the likelihood of fatal outcomes befalling missing
persons.Design/methodology/approachData on the age, sex, duration missing and
outcome (fatal or non‐fatal) of over 32,000 cancelled reports of missing persons
were extracted from a police database of missing persons in the London
metropolita... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThis paper aims to use three theoretical perspectives to understand
variation in public opinion regarding the frequency with which police use
race/ethnicity unfairly in making stops: procedural and instrumental justice,
local government responsiveness, and intra‐racial
differences.Design/methodology/approachThe paper looks at data from a telephone
survey of 1,431 Oregon residents: 741 from ... 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
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
Recent policing reforms have strongly emphasized the role of community context
in determining the form and content of effective policing, along with the
traditional influence of organizational structures. Recognizing the increasing
suburbanization of US communities, this study examines the empirical support for
the underlying contextual and structural premises of these reforms in a sample
of midwe... hiện toàn bộ
Presents an overview of the justice and law enforcement systems which prevailed
in Afghanistan under the Taliban, incorporating personal views of some Afghan
intellectuals and Pakistani intelligence officials who had close contact with
Taliban personnel. Summarizes the historical background and notes the historic
strong, informal social controls with retributive elements of tribal societies;
the f... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between social
capital and police sense of responsibility and their impact on proactive
policing.Design/methodology/approachData were obtained from surveys of 353
police officers from a mid‐Western police agency. Structural equation modeling
was employed to examine the relationship between social capital and proactive
policing and the... hiện toàn bộ