... disorganization generally correlate with crimes police respond to, we hypothesized that the effects of SDT predictors on police victimization will be mediated by violent crime rates and domestic violence rates. Findings The study found partial empirical support for the social disorganization theory. Assaults...

...Elizabeth R. Groff; Lallen Johnson; Jerry H. Ratcliffe; Jennifer Wood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Philadelphia Police Department instituted a large‐scale randomized controlled trial of foot patrol as a policing strategy and experienced 23 percent fewer violent crimes...

.... The most evaluated biological evidence was blood. Sexual assaults realized together with violent crimes were on an average of 0.8 percent. By analyzing the biological evidence, the success in identifying the perpetrators of the cases was only 16 percent, which has to be evaluated carefully. Originality...

... of sinister practices and cover ups. Indeed police cultural practices have been used to provide explanations of police deviance and violence (Warren and James, 2000). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Murder Violent crime Criminals Knowledge management Organizational culture Australia...