Organized Crime in Israel: An Update (Part 2)

[ Editor's Note: In part one of this article, Gad J. Bensinger discussed the history of organized crime in Israel and detailed recent law enforcement initiatives to combat the growing problem. In part two, he covers the structure of Israeli organized crime and its most influential "families,&qu... Read more...

Organized Crime in Israel: An Update (Part 1)

Organized crime in Israel? That was still a debatable question when this writer wrote his first article on the subject almost 30 years ago (Bensinger, 1982). Since that time, the Israel National Police (INP) has tried, albeit with only some recent measured success, to control the ever-growing menace... Read more...

Improving Service Quality in Criminal Justice: Application of Quality Function Deployment

Though law enforcement organizations typically do not have competitors, they are increasingly being held to higher standards by the citizens, who are their customers. The most important behavioral change that is required to improve the service quality in the law enforcement agencies is the recogniti... Read more...

Police Enforcing U.S. Immigration Laws: Making the Case for the Use and Expansion of Section 287 (g)

The United States was founded on the principle of open immigration. The founding fathers were themselves immigrants. Yet, this mindset has been a source of economic, social, and political controversies throughout our history, particularly this decade. As of 2008, the Center for Immigration Studies e... Read more...

Not Doing Anything Bad...Just Selling Cigarettes

It has been fifty years since Gresham Sykes and David Matza (1957)2 developed their theory of neutralization to help explain juvenile delinquency. Their theory was based on the theory of Differential Association developed by Edwin Sutherland in the 1940s. Sykes and Matza developed a theoretical pers... Read more...

Managing Crises: Negotiation in a Nutshell

The information below is meant to be a brief overview of the hostage/crisis negotiation process. It should not be considered as an all-inclusive document or sufficient information to enable a reader to conduct negotiations. It is meant to serve as a small part of a comprehensive course of instructio... Read more...