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10 Police Prac. & Res. 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/gppr10 and id is 1 raw text is: Police Practice and Research R Routledge Vol. 10, No. 1, February 2009, 1-2 Taor rinciscoup EDITORIAL From the Editor-in-Chief It is interesting to observe that the first issue of Volume 10 presents five articles out of six which are almost exclusively contributed by women researchers, bearing eloquent testimony to the emerging welcome trend that women are making not only great strides in the field of practice in policing but also in police research. It may also be observed that two of the articles are from Australia signifying the dynamic progress of police research in that country. The articles cover a wide range of issues which reflect the current and contemporary trends in policing. In the opening article, 'Police Discretion with Apprehended Youth: Assessing the Impact of Juvenile Specialization,' Jennifer L. Schulenberg and Deirdre Warren observe that their study 'adds to the literature as we find several additional, also rarely mentioned, factors affecting police discretion.' They point out, for example, that 'the use of juvenile units facilitates the creation of liaisons with the community.' They add that 'dedicated youth officers are more likely to make referrals to external agencies.' Further, 'agencies with youth specialization are twice as likely to consider diversion with minor offenses and offic- ers with specialized young offender training are twice as likely to almost always consider pre-charge diversion.' The next article by Youngyol Yim and Bryan D. Schafer is a product of what PPR strives to achieve, that is, a collaborative contribution between a researcher and a practitioner. In 'Police and their Perceived Image: How Community Influence Officers' Job Satisfaction,' these two authors, like their counterparts mentioned above, claim that 'this exploratory study does fill an existing void in the police and community literature by focusing on police offic- ers' perceived job image by the community.' According to them, their study 'is unlike other studies that have focused on the public's perception of the police or on police officers' perception of the public.' Continuing the tone of discovery Yim and Schafer add that 'if police officers' perceived job image is poor ... this may contribute to officers' low levels of job satisfaction.' In their study presented in 'Integrating Part-Time Work in Policing Services: Policy, Practice, and Potential,' Sara Charlesworth, Mark Keen, and Kerri Whittenbury, a group of two researchers and a practitioner from Victoria, Australia, claim credit for 'the collabora- tive research process itself in helping realise the potential for quality, integrated part-time work.' Their findings include their observation that 'improving the quality of part-time work in policing services is not possible without significant change to organisational culture and practices.' Holly A. Miller, Rita J. Watkins, and David Webb claim in 'The Use of Psychological Testing to Evaluate Law Enforcement Leadership Competencies and Development' that 'this study is among the first to examine leadership training, development, and assessment within law enforcement.' They emphasize that 'the business literature is filled with information on leadership development, training, and assessment.' However, the similar 'literature within ISSN 1561-4263 print/ISSN 1477-271X online c 2009 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/15614260802674065 http://www.informaworld.com

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