Research

Product Counterfeits in the Online Environment: An Empirical Assessment of Victimization and Reporting Characteristics. International Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 22 (4): 353-371, 2012.

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

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BOLO: Police Consolidation, Regionalization, and Shared Services: Options, Considerations, and Lessons from Research and Practice. US Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), 2012.

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

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Essentials for Leaders: A Performance-Based Approach to Police Staffing and Allocation. US Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), 2012.

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

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Police Workforce Structures: Cohorts, the Economy, and Organizational Performance. Police Quarterly, Vol. 15 (3): 283-307, 2012.

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

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Featured Research

A Performance-Based Approach to Police Staffing and Allocation

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Brand Protection and the Global Risk of Product Counterfeits: A Total Business Solution Approach

Edward Elgar Publishing

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