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Do We Need Discretion? Police Decisions and the Limits of the Law
In their analysis of the abstract police, Terpstra, Salet and Fyfe point out that they see an evolution from a street-level bureaucracy (with...
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Introducing Policing in Smart Cities: Reflections on the Abstract Police
In this book, the editors have brought together papers that reflect upon recent changes in police organizations and organizational police culture,...
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Pandemic Police Power, Public Health and the Abolition Question
This book critically explores how police power manifested beyond criminal law into the field of public health during the pandemic. Whilst people were...
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Understanding the Implementation of Community-Oriented Policing in the New Zealand Police
The New Zealand Police adopted Community-Oriented Policing in the late 1980s as a response to an increase in crime and from pressure from the...
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The Traffic Police: The ‘Devils in White’
Routine traffic stop encounters are the single most recurrent type of police-citizen interactions and for many people their only contact with police....
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Reflections of a Frontline Police Officer
The views and experiences of frontline police personnel are important dimensions of the reform process. Their voices and insights provide an...
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Occupational Crimes Specific to the Role of Police Officers-Introduction
The chapter provides specific investigative steps for various allegations linked to occupational crimes specific to police officers. Procedures are...
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Court-Approved Police Deception in Obtaining Consent to Search
In simple terms, the Fourth Amendment requires that searches and seizures be conducted only with a valid warrant that is based on probable cause...
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Measuring Geographic Sentiment toward Police Using Social Media Data
Using Twitter messages published online from October 2018 to June 2019, and opinion mining (OM) technology, the current study analyzes the geographic...
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The Future of Police Reform
The future of police reform might be best predicted by looking to the recent past, where we find countless proposals for change. But merely looking...
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An Analysis of Complementary Law Enforcement: Comparing the Hungarian and South Korean Models for More Effective Police Service Delivery
Most contemporary law enforcement agencies continue to face challenges in recruitment and retention, while experiencing decreased budgetary support....
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Soccer-Related Violence: The Police Response in Australia and in the United Kingdom
The apparent growing popularity of soccer, as a spectator sport, in Australia makes this an opportune time, especially after the 2020 COVID-19...
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Reflections on the Abstract Police Using the Perspective of Ideal-Types
In this chapter, some reflections are made on defining Abstract Police as a new ideal-type. We argue that the valuable discussion on Abstract Police...
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Case Study: A Southern Police Department in the United States
Russell (2014) conducted an evaluation of an EI system in an unnamed police department in a southern state of the United States. Russell was an...
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The Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras: An Examination of Police Specialty Unit Perceptions through Diffusion of Innovations
The present study analyzed data from 39 semi-structured interviews with specialized unit officers from one mid- and one small-sized police department...
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Reporting Police Use of Conducted Energy Weapons to the Public: A Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison
Conducted Energy Weapons (widely termed Tasers or CEWs) have been used by police in Australia for well over a decade, although we know very little...
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Police Training and Use of Force: Methods to Reduce Violent Encounters
The concept of use of force by police has proven to be controversial, not only in contemporary times but since the development of public policing in...
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Understanding the Intersection Between Technology and Kidnap**: A Typology of Virtual Kidnap**
No longer limited by geographic locations and in-person interactions, criminals leverage information and communication technology to commit virtual...
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Interview with [Former] General Commissioner of the Israel Police – Roni Alsheich
Roni Alsheich, was appointed as Commissioner of the Israel National Police (INP) in 2015 after having served as the Deputy Head of the General...
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An Examination of Alternative Methods for Undertaking Police Research
This chapter examines and discusses alternative frameworks for undertaking police research. The models reviewed include academic collaboration, the...