Background In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential
benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest …

Research summary Several of the largest US police departments reported a sharp increase
in officer resignations following massive public protests directed at policing in the summer of …

The police murder of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 and
revived claims that public outcry over such high‐profile police killings perpetuated a violent …

How do I reduce crime in my police command? How do I tackle chronic crime problems?
How do I address the long-term issues that have plagued my community? How do I analyze …

Technology has ushered in a new era of intelligence-led and 'big data'policing, and police
gang databases are part of this paradigmatic shift. In recent years, however, gang databases …

Some proponents of the “war on cops” thesis have suggested that the Black Lives Matter
(BLM) movement encourages people to murder police officers and is responsible for many …

The present study employs a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the effects of a
mandatory sexual assault kit (SAK) testing policy on rape arrests in a large western US …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and test a quantitative harm-focused
approach to offender selection for investigation and surveillance. The approach incorporates …

Intelligence-led policing (ILP) was introduced in the 1990s as a proactive approach to
policing, but to date, there is a lack of studies that have synthesized and summarized the …

What is evidence-based policing and how is it done? This book provides an answer to both
questions, offering an introduction for undergraduate students and a hands-on guide for …