This study builds on the constructivist tradition of organized crime research that strives to
identify which phenomena and under which circumstances are recognized as organized …

When I first started thinking about this editorial, I reflected on my criminological career, which
started in the 1990s. Most of my criminological research has been comparative, at least to …

In many communities, certain segments of the population do not have trust and confidence
in the police. These issues are particularly intense in some impoverished minority …

Police reform movements often focus on improving relationships between police and the
public. These relationships are a primary focus of community policing and procedural …

Police misconduct is a serious concern to scholars, police administrators, the media, and the
general public. For a variety of reasons, a direct approach to the study of police misconduct …

It is often so 'that within a given case, when we try to track down the origins of an idea or
proposal, we become involved in an infinite regress'(Kingdon, 1995: 72-73). Taking that into …

" Um ihre Einsätze bei Straßenprotesten zu trainieren, laufen Polizistinnen und Polizisten in
der Rolle von Demonstrierenden durch selbst gebaute Straßenzüge. Sie sind schwarz …

The comparative study of police systems has grown exponentially since the pioneering work
of David Bayley (1985). This is so both among academics and among police managers, as …

Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control presents a new empirical and conceptual
framework for understanding trends of genetic surveillance in different countries in Europe …

Social order and security depend on mutual cooperation between the police and the public.
Since the majority of crime is not detected by the police itself, informal control is needed to …