Preventive and Repressive Strategies to Limit the Number of Commercial Robberies in Denmark

Kruize, Peter

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“…Among the quantitative studies that do not rely on survey methods, we find some studies that use natural variation designs/field experiments (Fahsing & Ask, 2016;Holmberg, 2005;Jørgensen, 2010;Pedersen, 2013;Phelps, Strype, Le Bellu, Lahlou, & Aandal, 2016) and some that use register data (J. Y. Dahl & Lomell, 2016;Kruize, 2001;Lindström, 2011;Shannon, 2008;Skardhamar, Fekjaer, & Pedersen, 2016;Winnaess & Helland, 2014).…”

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“…To date, the few studies that have used data from police registers in Scandinavian police research cover limited areas (J. Y. Dahl & Lomell, 2016;Kruize, 2001;Lindström, 2011;Shannon, 2008;Skardhamar et al, 2016;Saetre & Grytdal, 2012), and the possibilities for further research are almost countless. Many of these studies could be very interesting for police authorities and public policymakers, as they have the potential to tap into the key question of the effectiveness of different police methods and organizations.…”

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Old and New Methods in Police Research

Fekjær

2018

Nordisk politiforskning

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In this paper, I describe widely used methods in Scandinavian police research, discuss strengths and weaknesses and suggest methods for future police research. Thick, in-depth descriptions and closeness to the field are strengths in today's police research, whereas vulnerability to the Hawthorne effect, the lack of representativeness and limited possibilities for causal claims are weaknesses. I suggest new methods for improving police research: natural variation designs, vignette studies and field experiments. In addition, extended use of an existing data source, register data, is discussed. Examples are given from police research and connected research fields, including research on other professions. Greater methodological variation can address new questions in future police research and widen the horizons of Scandinavian police research. Especially, new methods and data can improve the possibilities for making causal claim and improve the external validity.

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Old and New Methods in Police Research

Fekjær

2018

Nordisk politiforskning

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“…The police and security companies eventually managed to increase target hardening (see Clarke 1997; see also Kruize 2001 for a Nordic example), something which primarily reduced the amount of money that was robbed, both in more organised and spectacular heists 3 , as well as the less organised "sidewalk robberies". 4 In this article, we use 2 In this article, the law and order sector includes the police, as well as private actors such as cash transport companies, security companies and banks.…”

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Pressured to learn? Swedish police experiences of curbing organized crime

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Hansén

2014

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This research takes an interest in the police's capacity to learn and adapt in an on-going policy failure. Using the literature on organisational learning and adaptation, it investigates how the police combine exploration of new possibilities and exploitation of old certainties. This article delves into the Swedish police's adaptation to a wave of organised and aggravated robberies that in the years around 2005 seemed out of control. It argues that the Swedish police need to create organizational ambidexterity 1 by implementing a mix of exploitation and exploration, as well as engaging societal actors external to the police when old practices run dry. This means that the law and order sector needs to refine their competences, and utilise new ideas and promote innovation from companies and other authorities for dealing with the tasks at hand. Furthermore, the organisational theory toolbox has proven that it has great potential for diagnosing current learning and adaptation efforts within the law and order sector, as they happen.

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Preventive and Repressive Strategies to Limit the Number of Commercial Robberies in Denmark

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Old and New Methods in Police Research

Pressured to learn? Swedish police experiences of curbing organized crime

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