The concept of community policing is very popular with politicians and the general public–so
popular that few police chiefs want to be caught without some program they can call …

Research on organizational innovation is challenging given its complex nature. Using
review and critique of the vast innovation literature, we identify some of the key conceptual …

American policing demonstrates both continuity and change. A high degree of
decentralization persists, as do bureaucratic structures of larger police agencies. The …

About three decades ago, a few American police leaders caught the wave of community
policing reform, and now just about everybody has gone surfing. If recent nationwide polls of …

The use of deadly force is the most extreme form of coercive behaviour available to police
officers. In this study, we examine organisational and structural predictors of police use of …

Purpose This research is intended to inform a knowledge gap in the literature and present
the first national findings related to intelligence-led policing adoption among state and local …

Police researchers have largely ignored the role thatorganizational and environmental
factors play indetermining how officers behave during interactions withcitizens. This has …

Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence does a terrific job of discussing the
limited research on trends in the policing industry, but what it does not include is perhaps as …

Abstract Research Summary In response to highly publicized, controversial police killings of
Black Americans, policymakers and advocates have proposed several police reforms …

Organizations benefit when employees are motivated and aspiring. Within policing, this is
especially important given contemporary philosophies asking officers to take ownership and …