...Yinthe Feys; Antoinette Verhage; Anse Stevens Purpose This article provides an overview of the latest empirical research regarding police decision-making in Belgium from 2000 to 2021 in terms of methodology and general findings (e.g. types and year of publication, topics studied). Recommendations...

... does not drive the satisfaction scores of the participating local police services. Of much more importance are the regional disparities. Participating local police zones in Flanders receive higher satisfaction scores than those in the Walloon Region (the two big regions in Belgium). One of the findings...

...Dave Gelders; Hans Peeraer; Jelle Goossens Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the content, format and evaluation of printed public communication from police officers and governments regarding home burglary prevention in Belgium. Design/methodology/approach The content...

... and the encouragement of community involvement will logically confront the police with ever diverging socio‐economic and cultural interests in the neighbourhood. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Belgium Focus groups Police Local plan Networking Much has been said and written about community policing: what...

...? This article will address these and other questions by using developments in Belgium as its case study. In 1992, Belgium launched its “safety and crime prevention contracts”, a series of locally based crime prevention initiatives which have attempted to contract federal, regional and local governments...