Trends in Police Research: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of the 2004 Literature

Abstract

This review represents the fifth in an annual special feature in Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. It provides a cross‐sectional analysis of the police literature for 2004, with a focus on the substantive categories, publication medium, and methodological typology of such literature. This paper also comments on reviews of years past, using the findings of Beckman, Lum, Wykoff, & Larsen‐Vanderwall (2003) as a basis for the discussion of the patterns of the aforementioned characteristics over time. A topically organized bibliography of the 2004 police literature reviewed is provided.

Keywords:

• Police
• Police Research
• Police Trends
• Police Literature Review

Acknowledgements

This research was conducted by the Police Research Group at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, a graduate student organization under the direction of Professors David Weisburd and Jean McGloin. The authors would like to thank Professors Weisburd and McGloin for their expert guidance and Karen Beckman and Cody Telep of the University of Maryland for their assistance on this project.

Notes

[1] Beckman, K., Lum, C., Wykoff, L., & Larsen‐Vanderwall, K. (2003). Trends in police research: A cross‐sectional analysis of the 2000 literature. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 4(1), 79–96.

[2] Journals added to this review include Journal of Crime and Justice, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Western Criminology Review.

[3] Readers should note that the review is only as complete as the database holdings as of September 15, 2006.

[4] Gibbs, J. C., Beckman, K., Miggans, K., & Hart, M. (2006). Trends in police research: A cross‐sectional analysis of the 2003 literature. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 7(4), 337–361.

[5] References are listed in alphabetical order by subcategory.