...Arianna Barbin; Mark Manning; Kari Davies; Miranda A.H. Horvath Purpose There is a surprising lack of underpinning evidence relating to how police specialism is defined, conceived and operationalised nationally. This study aims to shed light on the development of specialism, adding insights...

...Steven Wadley; Matthew Phillips Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of student perceptions (age 16+) of the value of both obtaining a university degree and how it relates to the profession of policing. In addition, the paper details opinions of the perceived benefit...

... on the findings are considered. Corresponding author Paul Gullon-Scott paulgullon@gmail.com 19 08 2023 10 01 2024 24 04 2024 © 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Trauma Policing Evidence-based practice Mental...

...Julia Ryland; Benjamin D. Scher Purpose This study uses autoethnography to examine the impact of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 on policing and public health in the UK. Bridging the gap between scholarly discourse and practical law enforcement insights, this paper aims to highlight the cognitive...

...Adrian James; Colin Rogers; James Turner; Daniel Silverstone Purpose In 2016, the oversight body for policing in England and Wales reported a national shortage of 5,000 qualified detectives and other investigators. Commissioned by the National Police Chiefs Council, this research critically...

...Nicholas Evans Purpose This paper aims to assess COVID-19 as presenting both a crisis and opportunity for police trust and legitimacy by considering the role of police in delivering the legislative requirements of government and enforcing various health orders across Australia and New Zealand...

... can be contacted at: helen.forbesmewett@monash.edu 19 09 2021 06 01 2022 07 01 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Policing Offenders Risk Crime prevention and reduction Victims Mental health/disorders...

... enforcement policies. George Hasnah can be contacted at: hasnahgeorge@gmail.com 23 09 2020 14 11 2020 14 11 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Justice Policing Assessment Crime prevention and reduction Risk...

.... Interviews were recorded and transcripts created. A thematic analysis of the interview transcripts was undertaken. Findings Private investigators were drawn from a range of professions, including public policing and government regulation. The findings indicate that the reality differs from the images...

... Licensed re-use rights only Policing Offender profiling Behavioral linking Euclidean distance Linkage analysis Manhattan distance Shortest route distance Crime linkage analysis is a method that attempts to identify a series of offenses committed by the same offender using the behavioral...

... challenged. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing their issue. Design/methodology/approach Freedom of information (FOI) requests were used alongside a survey tool. Practitioners (n = 76; mainly police practitioners) were asked about approaches to EBO application, risk...

...Michael Kennedy; Philip Birch Purpose This paper aims to consider the impact of outcome-based education (OBE) on students studying human services degrees, particularly those in a policing program. This work examines the validity of the notion that OBE is a progressive teaching approach...

...Toby Miles-Johnson Purpose The reality of policing in the twenty-first century is that most officers identify as white, heterosexual and cisgender (or identifying with the sex assigned to them at birth) and outnumber officers from diverse groups. Whilst many diverse officers are employed by police...

... of the homicide review process. Issues such as the purpose and process of reviews were considered, with recommendations providing impetus for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to review the use of reviewers commensurate with their expertise, the training and development of reviewers, and the aims, format...

... in this study. In sum, 15 SIOs from the Metropolitan Police Service were interviewed using a semi-structured interview and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings It was found that the original typology of “gang homicide” might be too narrow and focus should be paid to “gang-related homicide...

...John Fox Purpose The system in England and Wales involves a joint agency response to the sudden and unexpected death of a child (SUDC) and, for various reasons, the police contribution to that investigation is sometimes inadequate. The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the dilemmas which...

...Pang Heng Lau; Kamsiah Ali Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss citizen participation in crime prevention in Kuching, Malaysia. This is a study of how citizen participated in crime prevention has helped in crime reduction in Kuching. Roles of citizen in crime prevention with the police...

... Police. The pedagogical approach was to blend PBL and self-reflection within a social constructivist centred learning experience and measure changes in the ethical efficacy of the research participants through qualitative and quantitative measures. Findings The research suggests that blending PBL...

... in the conditioning information set include: perceptions of criminality; security officers and polices; political instability; weapons imports; displaced persons; and military expenditure. While these indicators are potential determinants of incarcerations (Mallet, 2015 ; Wood, 2015 ; D’Amico and Williamson, 2015...

...Jacqueline Wientjes; Marc Delsing; Antonius Cillessen; Jan Janssens; Ron Scholte Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and validation of the ProKid risk assessment tool, which was designed to enable Dutch police officers to identify youths with elevated risk...