Police Behavior, Hiring, and Crime Fighting An International View

Part I. Police Behavior

1. Cultivating Well-Being Among Police Officers: Examining Challenges in the Workplace

Philip Birch, Margaret H. Vickers, Sally Galovic, and Michael Kennedy

2. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Tragedy of Police-Citizen Encounters: From Social Dilemma via Fairness to Coordination

Katharina Friedericke Strater and Rene Hornung

3. The Doctrine of Minimum Force in Policing: Origins, Uncertainties, and Implications

Richard Evans and Clare Farmer

4. Perceptions of Police Officers of the Floating Population: A Pilot Study of Community Justice Initiatives in China

Jurg Gerber and Di Jia

5. Municipal Police Department's Use of Facebook: Exploring the Potential for Differences Across Size Classifications

Bradley D. Edwards, Dustin L. Osborne, Rychelle Moses, Logan S. Ledford, and Gabriela Smith

6. Consent Decrees on Police Organizations: Policies and Practices

Allan Y. Jiao

7. Police Discretion: An Issue of Untestable Reasonability in A Law Enforcement Process

Jean Claude Geofrey Mahoro 

8. The Role of Legitimacy in Police Reform and Effectiveness: A Case Study on the Bangladesh National Police

Heath Grant, Shanna O'Reilly, and Staci Strobl 

9. Police Behavior and Public Understanding: Insights and Innovations

John A. Eterno

Part II. Hiring and Training

10. Hired with Competence: An Examination of Police Hiring Standards in Canada

Scott E. Blandford

11. An Examination of Police Corruption Utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior

Ben Stickle

12. Relationship of Police Stress With Coping, Moral Reasoning, and Burnout

Priya Xavier

13. An Evaluation of Safety and Security: A South African Perspective

Doraval Govender

14. The Effects of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies on Hiring in US Municipal Police Departments: A Case Study of Mesa Police Department, Mesa, AZ

Diana Scharff Peterson and Carlos Avalos

Part III. Crime Control

15. Policing Cybercrime: Is There a Role for the Private Sector?

Rick Sarre

16. Gunrunning 101: A How-To Guide About What to Look For

Gregg W. Etter and Jeffrey M. Johnson

17. United We Stand: Collaborations to Combat Human Trafficking in Central Florida

Ketty Fernandez, Madelyn Diaz, Jolene Vincent, Lin Huff-Corzine, Jay Corzine, and Tomas J. Lares

18. Are Attacks Against Abortion Providers Acts of Domestic Terrorism? A Three-Box Operational Sub-theory of Merton’s Anomie

Gregg W. Etter and Hanna Collison (nee Socha)

19. Freedom Versus Safety on the Roadway in Mesa, AZ: Analysis of Distracted Driving Incidents

Diana Scharff Peterson

20. An Overview of Wildlife Enforcement Cooperation in Canada and North America

Samantha de Vries

21. A National Perspective on Retail Theft

Melody Hicks and Ben Sickle

22. Sustained Footwear Characteristics Across Athletic Footwear Over Several Years: A Case Study of Impression Wear Patterns for Investigative Value

Lee M. Wade

Biography

John A. Eterno is a professor, associate dean, and director of graduate studies in criminal justice at Molloy College and a retired captain from the New York Police Department. Molloy College has recognized his accomplishments with awards in various areas, including research/publication, teaching, and service. He has penned numerous books, book chapters, articles, and editorials on topics in policing. Examples of his publications: an op-ed in the New York Times titled "Policing by the Numbers"; peer-reviewed articles in outlets such as Justice Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and Police Practice and Research; and books including The Crime Numbers Game: Management by Manipulation (with Eli B. Silverman), The New York City Police Department: The Impact of Its Policies and Practices, and The Detective’s Handbook (with Cliff Roberson).　　

Ben Stickle is an associate professor of criminal justice administration at Middle Tennessee State University. He holds a BA in sociology from Cedarville University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in justice administration from the University of Louisville. His research interests include policing, property crime, and emerging crime types (package theft and metal theft), focusing on opportunity theory and qualitative methods. Stickle has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Criminal Justice, Police Practice and Research, and Policing: An International Journal. He is the author of Metal Scrappers and Thieves: Scavenging for Survival and Profit.　　

Diana Scharff Peterson has 20 years of experience in higher education teaching and leadership in the areas of research methods; comparative criminal justice systems; race, gender, class, and crime; statistics; criminology; sociology, and public policy analysis. Scharff Peterson is the liaison and representative for the International Police Executive Symposium (consultative status) for quarterly annual meetings at the United Nations in New York City, Geneva, and Vienna, including the Commission on the Status of Women in NYC, New York. Currently, Scharff Peterson is completing two concurrent Master’s degrees at Arizona State University: Social Justice and Human Rights and Public Affairs (Emergency Management).

Dilip K. Das is the president, International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), www.ipes.info. He has authored, edited, and co-edited more than 40 books and numerous articles. He is the series editor of Advances in Police Theory and Practice and International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications. He has traveled extensively throughout the world in comparative police research; as a visiting professor at various universities, including organizing annual conferences of the IPES; and as a human rights consultant to the United Nations.