This research analyzes the effectiveness in preventing noise complaints urban areas of police intervention through directed patrol strategy applied to hot spots. During summer periods 2015 and 2016, local Catalan municipality Badia del Vallés implemented an program that, combining use Geographic Information System a strategy, sought reduce requirements at night-time. Taking as reference data ge...

According to Law No. 12 of 1951 and the criminal law enforcement process against perpetrators illegal possession firearms according Emergency as well obstacles encountered in by police selecting relevant agencies obtain detailed information. concerning application 1951. that has been implemented properly carried out accordance with regulations. Starting from starting point discussion, it can be...

This paper investigates a combined reactive/preventive congestion control mechanism. Emphasis is given to optimize the Leaky Bucket (LB) mechanism chosen for source traffic policing in ATM networks, examining performance characteristics such as reaction time, cell loss and cell delay. The performance of both buffered and unbuffered LBs is analyzed using the fluid-flow model. Closed form formula...

This paper focuses on the design parameters on the part of the stakeholders and users in the design of mobile applications for police officers. Starting from an analysis of the functional requirements of stakeholders and relevant context parameters for police officers, we find design issues that are relevant to the development of context-aware mobile applications for police officers. We collect...

This paper apply personas to explore and analyze the highly regulated and (seemingly) uniform work practice of police officers. Historically, many information systems and information technology applications for the police has failed to meet the requirements of officers working in the field. It is claimed that a richer understanding of the practice outside the police station can result in more s...

Despite growing recognition of violence's health consequences and the World Health Organization's recent classification of police officers' excessive use of force as a form of violence, public health investigators have produced scant research characterizing police-perpetrated abuse. Using qualitative data from a study of a police drug crackdown in 2000 in 1 New York City police precinct, we exp...

The report summarises what is known about the extent and nature of armed robbery nationally, highlighting the reductions in the number of these crimes in 1994 and 1995. It goes on to examine the policing strategies in two very different forces the Metropolitan Police and South Yorkshire Police showing how the police response can be tailored to the particular environment and local circumstances....

Norm Enforcement in Social Dilemmas: An Experiment with Police Commissioners Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes treatments where a reward o...

OBJECTIVES Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 empowers the police to detain those suspected of being mentally ill in public places, and convey them to a place of safety. In practice, accident and emergency (A&E) departments are often used. The authors assessed levels of knowledge of section 136 between A&E doctors, senior nurses, and police constables. METHODS Doctors and senior nurses...

OBJECTIVES To determine the extent to which community violence that results in injury treated in emergency departments appears in official police records and to identify age/gender groups at particular risk of under-recording by the police. METHODS Non-confidential data for patients with assault related injury treated in the emergency departments of two hospitals in one South Wales city (Swan...