] This study was conducted to investigate efficient, systematic management of the Korean police and to examine the status and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in Korean police officers. [Subjects and Methods] A survey of police officers (353 subjects) who visited the National Police Hospital from March 2013 to May 2013 was conducted using a structured questionnaire. [Results] The inciden...

[The data used in this paper were collected for the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Drug Use Monitoring in Australia project by the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University of Technology, Marg Hauritz Pty Ltd and Forsythe Consultants Pty Ltd, with the assistance of the Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australian Police Services. Neither the collectors nor the police se...

Information theory and signal detection theory techniques were used to assess the validity of police reported traffic accident data. The validity criteria were the data and conclusions of muiti-disciplinary accident investigation teams who investigated the same traffic accidents. The results indicated that the accident level variables reported by the police with least reliability were vertical ...

BACKGROUND Law enforcement depends on cooperation from the public and crime victims to protect citizens and maintain public safety; however, many crimes are not reported to police because of fear of repercussions or because the crime is considered trivial. It is unclear how police reporting affects the incidence of future victimization. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between reporting ...

Purpose – This paper sets out to encompass a comparative analysis of news reports and official police records of TASER deployments from 2002 to 2005. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology involves a content analysis of all LexisNexis and New York Times articles involving police use of the TASER during the study period (n = 353). Regional (New York Times) and national (LexisNexis) news r...

introduction: motorcycling is a risky activity and motorcyclists are vulnerable to road accidents. the behavior of motorcyclists is a significant factor of accident. unfortunately there is little information regarding social and mental characteristics of motorcyclists which lead to the accident. the purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth qualitative understanding of reasons for riding a ...

We analyse pension reforms for police officers in England and Wales using force-level data. We quantify the impact on overall police pension plan liabilities, examining incidence across police officers, national and local taxpayers. We also examine reforms of retirement rules, especially concerning early retirement on grounds of ill-health. Differences in ill-health retirement across forces are...

police registries were extremely rare. Fragmentation of this kind has seriously hindered cooperation in the recent past. The solution to regional fragmentation the Dutch police has been looking for can be considered as “virtual integration”. For more than a decade now, Dutch police management has tried to establish a joint communications system, and national criminal investigation registries. L...