Product counterfeiting represents a range of criminal activities associated with intellectual property rights infringement and focuses on material goods. Nearly any product, from pharmaceuticals and food to auto parts and electronics, can be counterfeited. Read More
This work aims to summarize literature on police recruitment and retention and how changing conditions may affect these. It uses a bucket metaphor to conceptualize and present visually how these changing conditions can interact with each other and create a dynamic police staffing challenge. Read More
A study done on the risk of product counterfeiting and illicit markets. Read More
A study done inside Michigan on the risk of product counterfeiting on the state level. Read More
The growing pace of e-commerce has facilitated the sale and distribution of counterfeit products. Drawing on 2009 and 2010 complainant data from the Internet Crime Complaint Center, we examine the characteristics, costs, and reporting of online auction and non-auction product counterfeiting incidents. Read More
Police agencies have found it increasingly difficult to maintain proper staffing levels, provide basic police service, and deliver certain functions. Decision-makers have sought to respond to these challenges in several ways, including: managing demand; relying more on technology; and regionalizing, consolidating, or sharing police services. Read More
The provision of public safety services is among the most challenging tasks a community faces. Among the reasons for this is that expenditures for public safety are among the largest outlay local communities make. Read More
The COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office presents this Essentials for Leaders, which provides summaries of existing and new COPS Office publications and resources, tailored for executives. ‘Essentials for Leaders: A Performance-Based Approach to Staffing and Allocation’ provides a practical step-by-step approach for any agency to assess its own patrol staffing needs based upon its workload and performance objectives. Read More
A Performance-Based Approach to Staffing and Allocation highlights the current staffing allocation landscape for law enforcement agencies and provides a practical step-by-step approach for any agency to assess its own patrol staffing needs based upon its workload and performance objectives. Read More
Research has long focused on the size of police agencies, giving little attention to the composition of the workforce itself. Using data from a national survey, we examine personnel cohorts (i.e., distribution of junior, midlevel, and senior sworn staff) as an element of workforce structure in the largest, U.S. municipal police organizations. Read More
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Edward Elgar Publishing
Policing: An International Journal