Policing: An International Journal: Volume 31 Issue 1

The police turnover problem: fact or fiction?

The aim of the present study is to examine, in detail, the magnitude and profile of police turnover across Australasia.

Predicting officer performance in motor vehicle stops: An example of the repeat phenomenon

This paper aims to explore the possible existence of the repeat phenomenon in police motor vehicle stops.

Police academy training: comparing across curricula

This study aims to address two interrelated research questions. First, to compare the academy performance of police recruits trained under a traditional academy curriculum with…

Examining police use of force: a smaller agency perspective

This research seeks to examine police use of force from a smaller police agency perspective in comparison with what is known from previous research using data from larger‐scale…

Good guys wear black: uniform color and citizen impressions of police

The purpose of this article is to examine whether officer uniform color influences impressions the public forms about the character of police officers.

Bicycle patrols: an underutilized resource

The purpose of this paper is to provide information on the activities of police bicycle patrols.

State police investigative structure and the adoption of intelligence‐led policing

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an overview of organizational changes in the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Investigations Branch and how the Branch has adapted to the…

Using personality traits to predict police officer performance

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of personality traits, namely the Big Five, as a means of selection in good police officers.

Shock value: A comparative analysis of news reports and official police records on TASER deployments

This paper sets out to encompass a comparative analysis of news reports and official police records of TASER deployments from 2002 to 2005.

Changing the Guard: Developing Democratic Police Abroad

Policing, drugs and the homicide decline in New York City in the 1990s

Policing on the web

Levels of nonlethal force: an examination of individual, situational and contextual factors

Perspectives on policing

Editorial