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9 Police Prac. & Res. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/gppr9 and id is 1 raw text is: Police Practice and Research .Ru 1± Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2008, 1-3 EDITORIAL From the Editor-in-Chief Highlights of the issue The first issue of the ninth volume of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal (PPR) brings the global community of PPR readers articles from several continents of the world: Africa, Australia, and North America. One article, 'Their Reports are Not Read and their Recom- mendations are Resisted: The Challenge for the Global Police Policy Community,' which surveys the state of affairs about 'reforming policing systems in transitional, conflict-torn, and failed states,' has been co-authored by a North American academic with a European Police Consultant. Another article from North America, entitled 'African American Police Executive Careers: Influences of Human Capital, Social Capital, and Racial Discrimination,' is by a practitioner, a full-time San Bernardino County (California) Deputy Sheriff Yet another article, 'Spousal Assault and the Child and Family Protection Unit (CFPU) of the Uganda Police Force' is by a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Out of the three book reviews, one is provided by a police practitioner, namely, Gary Bass of RCMP, Canada (Informers: Policing, Policy, Practice, edited by Roger Billingsley, Theresa Nemitz, and Phillip Bean, Cullompton, Devon, Willan, 2000). The other two reviews are by academics, namely, Alex Vitale (Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recogniz- ing the Limits of Community, by Steve Herbert, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 2006) and Brian Donohue (The Last Word: Media Coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada, by Florian Sauvageau, David Schneiderman, and David Taras, Vancouver, University of British Columbia, 2006). Thus, the two goals of PPR, namely, 'globalization' which implies contributions from authors from various regions of the world, as well as a 'combination of practitioners and academ- ics' as contributors to the journal, have made a definite progress as the years passed by. In its ninth year PPR is much nearer its spiritual mission. PPR encourages publication of research that brings new understanding, better knowledge of policing, and a smarter approach to police work. In 'Children's Conception of Police Authority When Responding to Requests for Assistance' Martine Powell and her co-authors bring some very interesting pieces of information to the attention of police practitioners. They say that children tend to focus 'on the punitive role of police.' They are 'more willing to comply with commands or requests by police compared to other authority figures.' So the authors present, among others, the following suggestions: Police officers who conduct investigative interviews are adequately trained to adhere to broad non- leading open-ended questions where possible.... Further, it highlights the importance of officers minimizing their authority in interviews with children (e.g., by removing their uniform which is so integral to young children's perception of police status.... Finally, the current findings highlight the potential value of community relation exercises where children are educated about the various roles of police officers and the boundaries of their authority. If (as we speculated) the increased compliance with police in this study was due to fear of punishment, then it suggests that children are adopting a relatively narrow and unrealistic view of the roles and privileges of police officers within the wider community. ISSN 1561-4263 print/ISSN 1477-271X online C 2008 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/15614260801969839 http://www.informaworld.com

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