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13 Police Prac. & Res. 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/gppr13 and id is 1 raw text is: Police Practice and Research Routledge Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2012, 1-3 Taylor& Frandi Group EDITORIAL From the Editor-in-Chief In this first issue of 2012, the editorial comments have been provided by PPR's Wellington- based Editor, Dr Garth den Heyer of New Zealand Police and the Police Foundation (Washington, DC). Dr den Heyer begins his comments with an apt observation that 'the challenges per- taining to policing are not restricted to one country. Challenges are similar the world over, whether it is the public's perception of police-public relations or the frequency of police patrols'. He adds that police practitioners and researchers should be encouraged 'to share ideas and innovations in order to find answers to local problems'. However, as the Commenting Editor points out, they must bear in mind that this does not mean that 'a resolution to a policing problem which has been developed in Chicago can be success- fully transplanted to Belgrade, New Delhi or Sydney'. In the words of this Scholar-Practitioner Editor, 'PPR assists with the discussion and dissemination of local and national research which has been undertaken by practitioners and academics in the international space'. He continues eloquently: This issue of Police Practice and Research is no exception. The papers which have been submitted from Serbia, Mexico, Australia and the USA, discuss the research that has been undertaken to solve a local problem, but the issues that they address are issues that police face in most countries. As Chief Kevin Gordon (ret.) notes in his review of the book, Urbanization, Policing, and Security, 'there are no policing problems that are solitary to one country. Regardless of who performs the police function in a country, problems and responses are shared around the world and we can learn from each other'. Dr den Heyer notes that the first paper, 'Fear of Crime and Home Security Systems', by Professor Carlos J. Vilalta, examines the relationship between the fear of crime and home security systems in Mexico City. The author bases his research and statistical analysis on 1549 households within the metropolitan area. The study shows that the use of a home security system makes no difference in the reported levels of fear of crime when home alone. Dr den Heyer comments that: These findings are important as it undermines the assumption that users of home security systems feel more secure, and it seems that new ideas are required to respond constructively to a wide range of possible determinants of the fear of crime in metropolitan areas. Continuing his perceptive commentary, Dr Garth den Heyer maintains that 'the public hold a perception that the role of police includes policing public schools'. However, the PPR Editor from New Zealand Police points out, the paper by Coon and Travis, 'The Role of Police in Public Schools: A Comparison of Principal and Police Reports of Activities in Schools', places emphasis on this point by deconstructing the factors that make up the police role. The Commenting Editor says that 'the findings will be of ISSN 1561-4263 print/ISSN 1477-271X online @ 2012 Taylor & Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2011.649980 http://www.tandfonline.com

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