Category
page 1Law enforcement theory
broken windows theory
criminological theory
dark figure of crime
difference between crimes committed and reported
Polizeiwissenschaft
Polizeiwissenschaft (, literally "Police science", though "Polizei" may in this case be better translated as "Public Policy" or "Politics" in a broad sense) was a discipline born in the first third of the 18th century which lasted until the middle of the 19th century.
police science
study and research which deals with police work
Peelian Principles
philosophy that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force
Ferguson effect
contested possibility of violent crime increasing with reduced proactive policing
criminal sciences
study of crime in order to find ways to prevent it