Research

Police Staffing Allocation and Managing Workload Demand: A Critical Assessment of Existing Practices. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Vol. 8 (2): 96-108, 2014.

Police agencies take a variety of approaches to determining their staffing allocation needs. Based on a review of the literature, interviews with practitioners representing 20 diverse agencies across the USA and national focus group of 21 staffing experts, this article assesses current trends and experiences in staffing allocation. Read More

Police Consolidation in the News. Police Quarterly, Vol. 17 (2): 150-175, 2014.

Police Consolidation and Shared Services

Although there is a large body of research on media coverage of crime and criminal justice issues, there is significantly less information about policing issues generally, and there has not been a study that specifically examines how the consolidation of law enforcement agencies has been presented in the news. This study fills this gap. Read More

Contracting for Law Enforcement Services: Lessons from Research and Practice. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 14 (2): 34-45, 2014.

Police Consolidation and Shared Services

Since the economic recession of 2008 and 2009, police agencies have found it increasingly difficult to maintain proper staffing levels, provide basic police service, and deliver certain functions, particularly community policing and problem-solving activities. Read More

The Nexus Between Terrorism and Product Counterfeiting in the United States. Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Backgrounder Series, 2014.

Product Counterfeiting & Illicit Markets, Terrorism and Internal Security

Terrorists use a wide variety of methods to fund their operations, obtain profits and carry out ideologically driven goals. This study mines open-source data to capture known product counterfeiting schemes linked to known extremists in the United States since 1990. Read More

Who Are The Guardians In Product Counterfeiting? A Theoretical Application of Routine Activities Theory. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 2014.

Product Counterfeiting & Illicit Markets

Product counterfeiting, as an emerging problem, has seen limited scholarly attention. This article is an attempt to address one considerable gap in the product counterfeiting literature – the application of criminological theory. Read More

Training for Brand Protection: What Your Team Needs to Know. Global Edge Business Review, Vol. 9 (1): 1-3, 2014.

Brand Protection

Brand Protection is a growing concern among corporate executives, particularly those who operate in the global marketplace. Training for those tasked with this function is critical, yet existing resources and knowledge about needs are few. Read More

Routine Activities and Product Counterfeiting: A Research Note. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2014.

Product Counterfeiting & Illicit Markets

Product counterfeiting has only recently emerged as an area of research interest for criminal justice and criminology scholars. Read More

Police Consolidation: Collaborating with Stakeholders. US Dept Of Justice, Office Of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), 2014.

Police Consolidation and Shared Services

Police Consolidation: Collaborating with Stakeholders aims to help those charged with exploring options for transforming an organization and for delivering public safety services by presenting a step-by-step process to constructively engage a group of stakeholders and formulate options for transformation. Read More

Police Consolidation: Engaging the News Media. US Dept Of Justice, Office Of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), 2014.

Police Consolidation and Shared Services

Police Consolidation: Engaging the News Media explores how the news presents the topic of consolidation, along with its associated community interests, budgetary concerns, and potential outcomes. Read More

Integrating Civilian Staff into Police Agencies. US Dept of Justice, Office of Community Policing Services (COPS), 2014.

Police Staffing

Civilianization of policing is one of the most frequent methods agencies use to continue providing service to the community while still tending to the pressing management and administration needs of an agency. Read More

Police Staffing Allocation and Managing Workload Demand: A Critical Assessment of Existing Practices. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Vol. 8 (2): 96-108, 2014.

Police Consolidation in the News. Police Quarterly, Vol. 17 (2): 150-175, 2014.

Contracting for Law Enforcement Services: Lessons from Research and Practice. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 14 (2): 34-45, 2014.

The Nexus Between Terrorism and Product Counterfeiting in the United States. Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Backgrounder Series, 2014.

Who Are The Guardians In Product Counterfeiting? A Theoretical Application of Routine Activities Theory. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 2014.

Training for Brand Protection: What Your Team Needs to Know. Global Edge Business Review, Vol. 9 (1): 1-3, 2014.

Routine Activities and Product Counterfeiting: A Research Note. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2014.

Police Consolidation: Collaborating with Stakeholders. US Dept Of Justice, Office Of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), 2014.

Police Consolidation: Engaging the News Media. US Dept Of Justice, Office Of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), 2014.

Integrating Civilian Staff into Police Agencies. US Dept of Justice, Office of Community Policing Services (COPS), 2014.

A Performance-Based Approach to Police Staffing and Allocation

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

Staffing Composition in Large, US Police Departments: Benchmarking Workforce Diversity