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 ...

Verfasser: Feys, Yinthe
Verhage, Antoinette
Stevens, Anse
Dokumenttyp: journalarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Schlagwörter: Social Sciences / Police / Decision-making / Scoping review / Belgium / Empirical / Research agenda / BODY-WORN CAMERAS / CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS / CRIMINOLOGY / JUSTICE / TRENDS / IMPACT / FORCE / MODEL / TRUST
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26589723
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Link(s) : https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8739898

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 and law. All scoping reviews followed the same procedure. Seventy-nine unique publications are included in the analyses. These show that police violence is most frequently studied, whereas violence against the police was only included in one publication. Empirical research on bodycams and (social) media was not found. Most of the studies followed a quantitative research design, mainly by means of secondary data analysis. The scoping reviews are limited in scope and were carried out by different students, potentially leading to variable interpretations and selections. Additionally, the conclusions are partly the result of the developed review protocols (e.g. keywords, databases).