This research brief explains a framework to guide cost-effective passenger-rail security planning and applies it to a notional rail system that characterizes rail systems typically found in the United States. Read More
U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Recent attacks on passenger-rail systems around the world highlight the vulnerability of rail travel and the importance of rail security for these passengers. Read More
Rates of firearms crime in the United States remain high compared to other western democracies and impose significant costs to society generally and to specific communities particularly. Read More
Virtually everyone agrees that the U.S. war on terrorism should involve local police departments and state law enforcement agencies. Nonetheless, such efforts have been spotty, incomplete, and devoid of a coordinated national strategy. Read More
This study examines the reconstruction by the United Nations of Kosovo’s internal security infrastructure from 1999 to 2004. Read More
Although law enforcement officials have long recognized the need to cooperate with the communities they serve, recent efforts have resulted in a more strategic approach to collaboration among police, local governments, and community members. Read More
An important but understudied aspect of substance use research is its relationship to characteristics of the community, including if there are differences in the association between peer and family factors with use between youth living in rural and urban areas. Read More
Communities around the United States are having a hard time recruiting and retaining police officers. They need help from the federal government to meet enormous new challenges that go far beyond traditional local crime-fighting duties. Read More
This volume shows us that in order to deal with today’s Fourth Generation asymmetric warfare by terrorist groups using conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction, we need a new ‘global networked’ approach. Read More
This report examines how state and local law enforcement agencies conducted and supported counterterrorism intelligence activities after 9/11. Read More
Policing: An International Journal
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Edward Elgar Publishing
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Policing: An International Journal
Policing: A Journal of Police and Practice
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
