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- 1From:Social Justice (Vol. 48, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe Limits of Community Policing: Civilian Power and Police Accountability in Black and Brown Los Angeles by Luis Daniel Gascon and Aaron Roussell (New York University Press, 2019) POLICE POWER IS NOT LIMITED TO...
- 2From:Crime Science (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/background A new body of research that focuses on crime harm scores rather than counts of crime incidents has emerged. Specifically in the context of spatial analysis of crime, focusing on crime harm suggests...
- 3From:Crime Science (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAs frontline responders, patrol officers exist at the core of policing. Little remains known, however, about the specific and nuanced work of contemporary patrol officers and their shift characteristics. Drawing upon...
- 4From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedGender based violence (GBV) is a heinous crime that Pakistani society is facing. To deal with this menace, both the government and non-governmental organizations have taken steps at various levels to improve police...
- 5From:Societies (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAcross the globe, there is little research that examines the impact of diversity on police practice, particularly whether it increases or decreases the competency of the police organization or whether police officers...
- 6From:Revista de Administracao Publica-RAP (Vol. 56, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedLos modelos de policía comunitaria se han difundido en diferentes países en respuesta a los altos niveles de delincuencia y violencia. A pesar de la amplia defensa de la efectividad de tales modelos, existen dudas no...
- 7From:Drexel Law Review (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMillions of protestors across the world have marched and rallied to denounce the police violence that led to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. However, Floyd and Taylor represent only two names of the...
- 8From:Politeia (Vol. 40, Issue 2)When the state cannot provide adequate security, or citizens do not trust the state to do so, alternatives have been sought. In most cases, the alternatives lie in the nexus between the rich and the poor who opt for...
- 9From:BMC Public Health (Vol. 21, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Police-reported crime data (hereafter "crime") is routinely used as a psychosocial stressor in public health research, yet few studies have jointly examined (a) differences in crime exposure based on...
- 10From:Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy (Vol. 26, Issue 2)The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures conducted by the State. (1) These unreasonable searches and seizures generally occur when government...
- 11From:The Hedgehog Review (Vol. 23, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAfter fire destroys KCK church, pastor says group will rebuild 11-year-old KC boy killed, other children hurt in rollover crash Female passenger killed by gunfire amid deadly Fourth of July weekend Power & Light:...
- 12From:Crime Science (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis contribution outlines various spatial and temporal aspects of medical or public-health related calls for service from the public to police in Philadelphia in 2019. These incidents comprise about 8% of the police...
- 13From:Polish Political Science Yearbook (Vol. 50, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn many countries, the police, as a part of public administration, have witnessed many changes during the last few years. This article explores the process of the reform of the Polish police force, which took place...
- 14From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPolice reform in post-conflict societies is increasingly important in international peace support operations. Post-conflict situations are complex, and addressing security and insecurity issues is therefore challenging....
- 15From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe world is increasingly interconnected--insecurity in one country can both directly and indirectly affect the security of people, countries and regions that are far away. Therefore, when conflict erupts in one part of...
- 16From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA reform is underway in Kenya, aimed at transforming the police organization into a people-centred police service. Among other things, this involves enhancing police-public trust and partnerships through community...
- 17From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe paper describes the process of security sector reform in Guatemala with reference to the efforts to implement community-based policing practices. The results point to the difficulties of shaking-off public...
- 18From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMost international support for community policing focuses primarily if not exclusively on capacity building of the government, namely Ministries of Interior and police forces. For structural reasons, these...
- 19From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn 2017 the Uganda Police Force (UPF) issued a Strategy for Community Policing (COP). The aim of the strategy is to provide a framework for the operationalisation of COP in the country. COP in Uganda is viewed both as a...
- 20From:Journal of Human Security (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis paper explores the transition from military to civil security in post-militancy and subsequent militant operations in 2009 and the floods of 2010 in the Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Based mainly...