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In this paper we are considering an Organization with a central unit and several subunits. The central unit has to solve a coordination problem for the whole Organization, which can be stated as: How can the decisions concerning future acts needing scarce resources being at the central unit's...
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with greater police strength. Our results suggest that the political empowerment of minority communities can contribute to …
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This paper examines the impact of procedural justice and sanctions on police legitimacy in a middle-income context … using a between-subjects vignette experiment among civilians and police officers in Honduras. The scenarios involved … civilian-police interactions following a minor infraction, varying in whether the police officer treated the civilian …
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We present evidence that more ethnically fragmented communities spend, all else equal, more on police services than … less fragmented communities. We introduce a model of spending on police services which we use to interpret the data. In … spending on police services reduces the attractiveness of committing a crime. We also assume that being a victim of crime …
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) by increasing the presence and activity of the police force, and (ii) causing more people to stay at home rather than … disrupting the police. Taken as a whole, the results are consistent with a stronger deterrence effect produced by an increased … police presence after a terror attack. A higher level of policing is likely to catch more people trespassing, and at the same …
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property crimes and 13% in personal crimes. There is also evidence that the IGESP is associated with improved police response …
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efficiency of the provision of police services at the state level. …
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This paper analyzes the opportunities for greater participation of Brazilian police officers in United Nations peace … component, the text introduces the tasks, doctrine and challenges of past police participation in these operations, using … concrete examples, and discusses the national institutional arrangements that govern police components, including recruitment …
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the Liberia National Police's innovative efforts to create a more gender-sensitive police service and describes the … international and domestic support it received in doing so. In particular, the paper analyses Liberia National Police's efforts to … (1) recruit female police officers and (2) train a specialized unit to address gender-related crimes. Ambitious …
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This report aims to show the distribution of crime in Germany. For this, police crime statistics (polizeiliche …
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