... literatures and analyzes occupational standards data, utilizing a communicative perspective to investigate professionalization problems that have often been approached from political or economic perspectives. Findings Although law enforcement is often urged to professionalize, educational standards...

...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...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper uses Weiss agency survey data to conduct a variety of analyses of agencies' choices of informal communication partners. Findings The analysis showed regularities in agencies' choices of contacts. Whether a contact was of the same type or from the same state...

...William E. Raffel Purpose To describe the class content of a citizen police academy (CPA) and the preference for communicative problem solving over physical force. Design/methodology/approach This ethnographic case study followed 20 participants through a CPA run by a suburban police...