Institutions in developing countries, particularly those inherited from the colonial period, are often thought to be subject to strong inertia. This study presents the results of a unique randomized trial testing whether these institutions can be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India collaborated with researchers at US and Ind...

During the latter half of the 20 century American policing became more professional (Skogan & Frydl, 2004) and the rate of violent crime declined dramatically (Blumstein & Wallman, 2000). Yet public trust and confidence in the police increased at best marginally and there has been a large and continuing racial gap in police legitimacy. This article reviews changes in police policy and practice ...

Nearly every study of police corruption hypothesizes that public experience of police corruption undermines the moral standing of the police. However, scarcely any studies actually test the hypothesis. My aim in this empirical study is to compare the effects of three dimensions of police corruption on perceptions of police trustworthiness, procedural justice and effectiveness. These three dimen...

This report outlines findings from an 18-month project examining the value of mounted police in the UK. The research approach took a broad view of the concept of value in police work, including responding to and preventing crime and disorder as well as building public trust and confidence in the police, providing reassurance and visibility. The project also examines the costs associated with mo...

Chunky Parser Manuela Boros1, J urgen Haas2, Elmar N oth2, Volker Warnke2, Heinrich Niemann2 1 Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge Based Systems (FORWISS) Am Weichselgarten 7 D-91058 Erlangen Germany email: [email protected] 2 University of Erlangen-N urnberg Chair for Pattern Recognition Martensstra e 3 D-91058 Erlangen Germany email: (haas,noeth,warnke,niemann)@informatik.un...

Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße 4, Freiburg, Germany School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland Department of Conservation and Research, Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Straße 2, Grafenau, Germany 4Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Freiburg...

We thank the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (Liebig fellowship for D.M.), German-American Fulbright Commission (Fulbright-Cottrell Award D.M.) as well Bavarian Equal Opportunities Sponsorship – Realization of Women in Research and Teaching (fellowship A.G.) financial support. RRZ Erlangen computational resources.

OBJECTIVES To investigate post-crash time management by police. METHODS The retrospective study comprised data related to all road traffic crashes from March 2009 to March 2010 in Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran. Data was retrieved from the standard national form designed for road traffic crashes completed by police officers present at the scene. SPSS 15 was used for statistical analy...

In English literature, the study of the public’s evaluation of the police has been increasing in the past 10 years. Although the existing literature has talked about the influence of political participation on the trust of the police, it has not been studied from the perspective of political efficacy and political participation of the police. Based on the data of the Chinese General Social Surv...

Institutions in developing countries, particularly those inherited from the colonial period, are often thought to be subject to strong inertia. This study presents the results of a unique randomized trial testing whether these institutions can be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India collaborated with researchers at US and Ind...