Police

Two of the current challenges facing police agencies are a reduction in resources coupled with the increasing complexity of crime (National Policing Improvement Agency, 2011; Crompton, 2014). Moreover, in many jurisdictions, police are being asked to respond to greater public demand for service than in the past (Fryer, Antony, and Douglas, 2007). Due to this, many police agencies … Read more

In a previous report, national, regional, and neighbourhood theories of homicide were reviewed and its related research was analyzed to better understand street or public homicides in Canadian urban contexts (Corrado and Cohen, 2014). One of the main themes from the report was that, despite the importance of these risk factors, they did not explain … Read more

The 25 homicides in Surrey (4.8 per 100,000) in 2013 are inconsistent with the previous 4-year average (10.5 per 100,000), but similar to the 20 homicides recorded in 2009 and the 21 homicides in 2005. There has been an apparent 4-year cycle in the first 13 years of this century in which the homicide numbers … Read more

本书所介绍的减少犯罪方法适用于任 何警务机构，书里列举的各项原则 是经过验证了的，它们能很好地被 用于维护社区安全。警队领导及警务机构能 够运用这些原则设计出自己的策略，解决自 己面临的挑战，确保社区安全稳定。

本章节的目标是为您提供决策框架设计 的基本指引与工具-比如说建立策略规 划。 有效的利用证据确定决策是与一个机构 的计划紧密相连的。

虽然警务部门的首要职责一直以来都没 有改变——即保护人民的生命和财产安 全——但是，警方该如何履行自己的职 责这一问题变得日益复杂。在过去的20 年间，犯罪率在整体上有所下降，但是 公众要求警方进行响应的方面却越来越 多。要处理这些报警电话通常需要更为 先进的设备和接受过相应专业训练的人 才。而且，很多辖区还要求他们的警察 部门将自己的职能与其他紧急情况响应 部门相结合，包括消防和医疗急救服务 等。

In order to solve homicides, there are a number of important factors that contribute to the police’s likelihood of success, such as the amount of time the investigation requires, the presence of witnesses and witness cooperation, the type of weapon, and the relationship between the offender and the victim. Some of these issues are more … Read more

Police-reported crime statistics include frequency of criminal incidents, the severity of incidents, and the solve rate of incidents (Statistics Canada, 2011). These statistics are collected nationally on a monthly basis from over 1,200 different police departments in Canada, and are used to determine the overall crime and clearance rates annually reported to the public in … Read more

This report is in response to a request from the RCMP’s E Division Professional Standards Unit to conduct a statistical review of Code of Conduct allegations against RCMP members in British Columbia. Specifically, the request was to describe the nature and extent of recent Code of Conduct allegations against RCMP members in British Columbia. The … Read more

There is no shortage of police science literature focusing on the patrol vehicle. While considerable research has been devoted to the crime reduction effect of patrol in general, the examination of one versus two manned vehicles, the color scheme of patrol cars, and even the feasibility of converting to propane, there is an absence of … Read more