Purpose Detective work is a mainstay of modern law enforcement, but its effectiveness has
been much less evaluated than patrol work. To explore what is known about effective …

Black Americans are 3.5 times and Black teenagers are 21 times more likely to be killed by
police than their White counterparts. Generally, protective factors such as social class do …

This comment reassesses the prominent claim from Desmond, Papachristos, and Kirk
(2016)(DPK) that 911 calls plummeted—and homicides surged—because of a police …

Introduction Definitions regarding defunding or abolishing the police are highly contested in
the United States. Moreover, adolescents' definitions and how socialization processes …

The convict code guides behaviors, beliefs, and interactions of incarcerated people by
encouraging them to mind their own business, never back down, keep to themselves, and …

Domestic violence is a serious under-reported crime in the United States, especially among
immigrant women. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was an attempt to partially …

Purpose This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between Six Sigma and
organisational performance of the Dubai Police Force (DPF). Moreover, this study further …

Research regularly finds significant variation in the perceived trustworthiness of police
across different social groups. For example, studies from a number of different countries …

Purpose Following the shooting of Michael Brown, much scholarly attention has been paid
to the so-called “Ferguson effect” resulting from rhetoric that public scrutiny of the police will …

Domestic violence remains a serious public problem, especially in Hispanic communities,
where one in three women are victims of domestic violence in their lifetimes. Yet 50 of …