...Ashley Hewitt; Eric Beauregard; Garth Davies Purpose Factors influencing crime location choices are not only significant to rape investigations, but they are especially important for geographic profiling. The purpose of the current study is to use temporal, hunting behavior, and modus...

... of weekly gun possession arrests on weekly counts of gun crimes in Houston, TX. Models isolate the effects of arrests made by the proactive patrol unit from gun possession arrests made by other HPD officers. Findings Citywide and beat‐level analyses show that the proactive unit made meaningful...

.... Practical implications The findings point to the conclusion that investigators need to pay careful attention to the type of victim when preparing the interrogation. Moreover, these crime event characteristics are readily observable factors that can improve the estimation of the likelihood of obtaining...

... mobilities paradigm”. Empirically, it is based on a small, exploratory study, comprising analysis of investigations carried out over a three‐month period in 2007 and 2008, by a serious and organised crime unit in a police force in England, and 11 interviews carried out in three police forces in England...

...Simon Mackenzie; Niall Hamilton‐Smith Purpose This paper aims to analyse and critique common performance indicators for the policing of organised crime, and to propose a new approach. Design/methodology/approach This paper was based on key respondent interviews with staff at an organised crime...

...Gorazd Meško; Chuck Fields; Helmut Kury; Gorazd Meško; Miran Mitar; Chuck Fields Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe police officers' opinions on the prevailing anxieties, feeling of fears and threats, attitudes towards crime and punishment. Design/methodology/approach...

... specific crime occurrences, solving problems and crime prevention). Community policing can also be defined using the so‐called “Nine P's” model, according to which community policing is a philosophy of full service, personalized policing where the same officer patrols...

... are set against these data in a time series format. The paper is limited to within‐group data, with consideration of displacement effects by reference to recorded crime data and police intelligence. Interviews about the project process are also conducted with three key participants: the police manager...

...Jacinta M. Gau Purpose The purpose of the present analysis is to test the relative impact of trust in police, social cohesion, and fear of crime on neighborhood‐level rates of concealed pistol license (CPL) holding. The dynamics of both formal and informal social control are hypothesized to affect...

... usage [2] . Overall, the findings indicate that force is a somewhat rare occurrence, although there is a degree of variation found from one study to another [3] . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Policing Crimes Control Law United States of America The ability to use...

...Ronald Burke; Lorraine Mazerolle; Sacha Rombouts; James McBroom Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of Queensland Police Service's version of COMPSTAT, known as “Operational Performance Reviews” (OPRs), on reported crime. Design/methodology/approach The paper employed...

... the considerable impact that alcohol‐related crime has on policing resources. Gavan Palk can be contacted at: g.palkqut.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Alcoholism Crimes Police Australia This paper reports on part of a larger study commissioned by the Queensland Police...

... communities, one non‐contract community, and the unincorporated remainder of the county. Findings The survey found significant variation in perceptions of crime and disorder, in perceptions of safety, in social cohesion, and in attitudes toward deputies and to the sheriffs office. Findings suggested...

... of institutional factors on the elaboration of organizational structure, specifically the incorporation of a crime analysis unit into a police organization's structure. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained using a 2002 mail survey of law enforcement agencies focusing on the crime analysis function...

... is retained in memory. Ingemar Karlsson can be contacted at: ingemar.karlsson@phs.police.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Police Weapons Memory Stress Crimes On the evening of June 10, 1994, second lieutenant Mattias Flink had a few drinks at the home of one of his...

...Roderic Broadhurst Purpose Addresses the rapid expansion of computer connectivity and the opportunities provided for criminals to exploit security vulnerabilities in the online environment. Design/methodology/approach International efforts to combat cyber‐crime are reviewed by evaluating...

... results indicated that certain crimes, such as commercial robbery, were particularly difficult to profile and that the number of crimes in a series was not by itself a good indicator of success of a profile. Research limitations/implications The paper shows that future research needs to focus more...

... hypothesized that crack users/sellers would be well represented, but that powder cocaine and heroin users/sellers would be under‐represented, in the NYPD allegation data. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Police United States of America Drugs Crimes This paper compares New...

...Sunghoon Roh; Willard M. Oliver Purpose To identify intervening factors between perceptions of community policing and reduction of crime fear among citizen, which can provide a better understanding of the causal linkage between these two variables. Design/methodology/approach The present study...

... of priorities in crime prevention and provision of local safety at the local level (i.e. local safety councils). In addition, the paper seeks to present the development of local safety and security efforts in Slovenia based on ideas of making local communities responsible and on partnership in setting...