Background Patrolling police officers engage in different mentally, socially, and physically
challenging life contexts which may affect their life and health. The aim of this scoping …

Community policing (CP) is a proactive approach to policing that relies on the involvement of
community members. In this paper, we address relevant managerial issues pertaining to CP …

Survey research of police officers has increased dramatically over the past several decades
(Nix, Pickett, Baek, & Alpert, 2017). Whether examining cynicism, organizational justice …

Police forces are increasing their use of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for security
purposes. However, citizens are often aware and cautious about advanced policing …

Citizen involvement in the provision of security is often presented as a win–win way to
relieve pressure on police resources while building stronger, more responsible and …

Collective efficacy, which examines how social cohesion is activated in communities as
informal social control, is a commonly used framework for community-based crime …

As an important pillar of building sustainable peace after protracted violent conflict, security
sector reform (SSR) has the objective to prepare state security actors, who often have been …

A substantial body of literature connects direct experience with crime and the criminal justice
system to public confidence in the police (Bradford Policing and Society, 24 (1): 22-43, 2014; …

Recent high-profile uses of deadly force by police in the United States and elsewhere have
been the subject of extensive media coverage and social unrest. In turn, researchers have …

Since 1991, policing in Slovenia has been characterized by several police reforms aimed at
bringing the police closer to the western democratic style of policing. Initial reforms were …