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The policing profession is undergoing a profound transformation as police agencies embrace the hybrid professional: the “pracademic.” Popularized by Dr. Paul L. Posner, the term combines “practi...
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The growing body of research on police investigations shows that detectives, their work, and the organization and supervision of that work are important to solving cases. However, despite glamorous po...
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The crime reduction benefits of focused efforts by police in crime hotspots is one of the most widely established facts from the field of evidence-based policing...
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Policing is a human-centered profession. Beat officers, investigators, and police leaders spend much of their time talking to and working with people. A good beat officer is a master communicator, ada...
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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is among the most persistent, devastating, and complex forms of harm in society. It crosses every demographic boundary—class, race, geography—and manifests ...
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Cargo theft, especially as conducted by transnational criminal organizations, is becoming a more pressing issue for transportation professionals, police agencies, consumers, and policymakers worldwide...
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A few years ago, Captain Christian Cory (Wichita, Kansas, Police Department) had the following experience:
I was receiving my yearly evaluation from my commander in the homicide section. He asked m...
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It is not unusual for victims to find it difficult to engage with the police after experiencing an assault. Often, victims fear they will not be believed or that reporting the crime will not have any ...
