Police Organization

Police Organization is a formal institutional structure within the field of policing that systematically coordinates personnel, resources, and authority to achieve public order, crime control, and law enforcement objectives through hierarchical administration and defined operational procedures.

2.1K

Publications

104.5K

Citations

2.9K

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

434

Variants

Police Organizations

Parents

Policing

Children

Community Policing OrganizationPatrol OrganizationPolice BureaucracyPolice Decision-makingPolice DeploymentPolice EfficiencyPolice HierarchyPolice Internal AffairsPolice Organizational ChangePolice Organizational Culture

Publications

2.1K

The Functions of the Police in Modern Society.

Egon Bittner · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1972 · 997 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Sociology +12

“POLICE DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE”: AFRICAN‐AMERICAN YOUNG MEN'S ACCUMULATED POLICE EXPERIENCES*

Rod K. Brunson · Criminology & Public Policy · 2007 · 836 citations

Social Sciences, Ethnic Studies, Sociology +17

Enforcing order: an ethnography of urban policing

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 760 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Urban Studies +11

Police (canteen) sub-culture. An appreciation

Paul Waddington · The British Journal of Criminology · 1999 · 758 citations

Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Sociology +14

Improving Policing: A Problem-Oriented Approach

Herman Goldstein · Crime & Delinquency · 1979 · 746 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Public Administration +15

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Authors

2.9K

JZ
Jihong Zhao
Sam Houston State University, United States
18 publications · 830 citations
17
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DH
David H. Bayley
University at Albany, State University of New York, United States
16 publications · 1.5K citations
15
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SD
Stephen D. Mastrofski
George Mason University, United States
14 publications · 1.4K citations
14
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WR
William R. King
Sam Houston State University, United States
14 publications · 500 citations
14
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WG
Wesley G. Skogan
Northwestern University, United States
14 publications · 1.4K citations
13
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Institutions

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Venues

Policing An International Journal
PIJPSM · 178 publications · 8.1K citations
51
h-index
Policing & Society
130 publications · 4.5K citations
40
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Police Quarterly
PQ · 83 publications · 3.8K citations
37
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Journal of Criminal Justice
59 publications · 4.5K citations
35
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Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
75 publications · 2.6K citations
30
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