Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study police crime, which is defined as crime committed by police employees on duty. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an empirical study of all police court crime cases in Norway for the last four years, relationships between coded variables...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the value shop configuration in police service for a criminal case. Design/methodology/approach – An evaluation of a criminal case is presented. Findings – It took Norwegian police 32 years to capture the Pocket Man who was responsible...

Purpose – A conceptual framework for police deviance and crime has recently been suggested and presented by other scholars. This research attempts to test the framework empirically based on court cases where police employees were prosecuted and convicted. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – This paper aims to present empirical results from a study of attitudes of police managers to different leadership roles in their jobs in two police districts in Norway. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was developed and administered among police managers in two police...