Framing Belgian police research : an exploration of scoping reviews regarding police decision-making in terms of topics, methodology and literature characteristics - toward a research agenda

This article provides an overview of the latest empirical research regarding police decision-making in Belgium from 2000 to 2021 in terms of methodology and general findings (e.g. types and year of publication, topics studied) by combining 14 different scoping reviews, following the same procedure, and thus enabling comparison of the literature found in a consistent way. Recommendations are given concerning police research and the development of a research agenda. Fourteen separate and limited scoping reviews regarding police decision-making topics were carried out by students in criminology a... Mehr ...