Mahesh K Nalla
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 107319 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mahesh K Nalla |
| PRENOMES | Mahesh K |
| SOBRENOME | Nalla |
| ASSINATURA | NALLA M K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6337-7468 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1988 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Evaluating the Severity of Sanctions for Violations of Emergency Regulations
In this research, we examine the determinants of citizens’ beliefs about the severity of criminal and administrative sanctions attached to violations of COVID-19 mitigation laws in Russia, as well as extrajudicial sanctions employed in other parts of the world. Although criminological research has identified many predictors of punitive attitudes toward traditional criminal offenses, less is known about how citizens evaluate punishments for violat…
Does fear of migrant crime predict xenophobia
In this study, we examine Russian millennials’ attitudes toward migrants—an estimated 10 million legal and four million illegal migrants, who work in construction, service, and retail industries. More specifically, we examine the influence of various factors such as perceived fear of migrant crime, economic, and cultural competition on explaining xenophobia measured by social distance and ethnic exclusionism. Drawing from a survey of 944 universi…
Fear, learning, or self-control? Predictors of Russian citizens’ compliance with mandatory and voluntary Covid-19 prevention measures
In this article, we examine citizens’ willingness to comply with Covid-19 prevention strategies of mandatory mask-wearing and recommended social distance/contact limitation measures from competing theoretical perspectives. These include self-control, deterrence, learning, social control theories, and fear of the infection. Data for the study come from 508 respondents from St. Petersburg—Russia’s second largest city—in May 2020, when the Covid-19 …
Passing on the Baton
After 24 years, I am stepping down in my role as Editor-in-Chief and passing on the journal responsibilities to Dr. Sheila Maxwell, associate professor at Michigan State University School of Crimin
Corruption and Trust in Police
This article examines the role of citizens’ contact with police and their assessments of officers’ corruption in police in India. More importantly, we examine whether police procedural justice moderates the relationship between citizens’ assessments of police corruption and trust. Data ( N = 845) from Delhi, India, suggest that consistent with the literature, citizens’ trust in police is explained by their contact with police, fear of crime, poli…
Sources of prejudice among police cadets toward foreigners
Literature in policing has mostly overlooked the antecedents of prejudice, especially those who choose a police career. Such a choice is important given the results of prejudice that might cause police misconduct toward regular migrants, irregular migrants, and refugees. This study aims to examine the factors that explain prejudice among police cadets toward other ethnic groups. This study’s data come from a survey of 725 police cadets in three p…
Explaining citizen support for women police in India
In this paper, we examine citizen support for female police officers in India. More specifically, we examined the relationship of citizens’ perceptions of police effectiveness, corruption, general satisfaction with police, and contact experiences with their support for women police in India, a society that is patriarchal with strong gender role stereotypes. Findings suggest that older residents living in urban areas are supportive of more women p…
Crime and Fear in Public Places
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429352775 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. No city environment reflects the meaning of urban life better than a public place. A public place, whatever its nature—a park, a mall, a train platform or a street corner—is where people pass by, meet each other and at times become a victim of c…
Private security officers’ willingness to cooperate with police
Private security officers perform a variety of services that ensure citizens’ safety and security. While some of their functions mirror those of public police officers’ responsibilities, security officers often work with limited power and authority comparable to those of ordinary citizens. Consequently, security officers primarily engage in loss prevention and order maintenance and play a secondary role in crime prevention, which requires contact…
Introduction to the special issue
Over the past decade, there has been a sharp increase in the number of scholarly articles devoted to police legitimacy and procedural justice. Legitimacy, in general, is a structural characteristic
Crime and fear in public places
A safe environment is one that maximises the use of public places; it is a place that encourages socialinteraction. A safe environment depends on what happens in this place, and what happens in it dependson how safe it is perceived to be. Public places are collectively shared entities and carry the assumptionthat the space is safe. They can be an indoor or an outdoor area, more often publicly owned, to whichanyone has access. Crime opportunities …
Police culture
Although police culture is a widely researched topic, not much is known about the nature of the relationships among the various components and the degree to which they are critical in the make-up of police culture. In this study, we revisit the concept of police culture and explore the nature and directions of the relationships among the various elements that constitute police culture. Drawing data from a survey of 1970 Turkish National police of…
Preface to the special issue
The Expanding Boundaries of Crime Control
The governance of crime and security has undergone major transformations in recent decades. Several important shifts in the rationale and logic of crime control have led to a growth in regulatory practices and an expansion of regulatory provisions. As a result, the scope of actors who regulate behaviors have widened as have the types of tools to facilitate the governance of crime and security also expanded. We argue that the expansion of the boun…
How does police culture shape officers’ support for community policing
The focus of this article is to examine the relationship between police culture and community policing (CP) and the extent to which this culture is an obstacle or enabler of the successful implementation of CP. Drawing data from a sample of 1970 officers assigned to three distinct police functions (patrol, plainclothes, and airports in Turkey), we employed structural equation modelling to examine two issues: the relationship between six identifie…
Legitimacy of Private Police in Developed, Emerging, and Transitional Economies
Research suggests that states that fail to provide political goods, such as security, have low citizens’ confidence in state apparatuses, resulting in greater demand for services by non-state actors like private security. The present study seeks to compare citizen trust and confidence in private security guards, in 6 developed, emerging, and transitional economies in the Americas (the United States), Asia (India, Singapore, South Korea), and Euro…
Common past - different paths
In this paper, we explore the nature of the security guard industry with a focus on security guard employment relative to police officer, the diverse legislative guidelines pertaining to the scope of their functions, employment eligibility, training, and legal powers in the new independent and post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet republics. Findings suggest that despite the rapid proliferation of private security industry in…
Crime and punishment in Russia – an introduction
Established more than 40 years ago, the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (IJCACJ) has been a leading voice and a source for bringing together research contributions
Assessing police–community relationships
The notion that community residents are key players responsible for the well-being of the larger society has become a cornerstone of approaches to modern policing in democratic societies. That is, residents partner with police to help maintain social order. An essential element of successful implementation of any programme is communication and understanding between various parties in the partnership. In this paper, we examine whether there is con…
The relationship between receiving phishing attempt and identity theft victimization in South Korea
Democratic policing, police accountability, and citizen oversight in Asia
One of the ways in which the ideals of policing mirrors democratic governance is the role played by citizens in dealing with matters relating to police accountability. While many western developed democracies have mechanisms for civilian oversight of police that include an active citizen role, the extent to which citizen oversight exists in new and emerging democracies is unclear. In this exploratory study, we examine the nature and extent of pol…
Assessing goals and functions of private police
Designing an introductory survey course in private security
In this study we explore the issue of the core components for an introductory survey course in private security. Using Hirsh's (1987) conceptual framework of cultural literacy, we question whether there is a body of knowledge considered central to security education by academics and practitioners. Data were drawn from three sources. The first involved benchmarking existing and available introductory textbooks in security. The second source of dat…
Mexican‐American homicide in phoenix, 1980–1991
Race and ethnicity has emerged as one of the most important variables in explaining differences in homicide perpetration and victimization patterns in the U.S. Most research on minorities and homicide has tended to focus exclusively on African‐Americans, while excluding other minority groups such as Native Americans, and Latinos. In this study we examine patterns of homicide among Mexican Americans in Phoenix from 1980 through June 1991. These pa…
Assessing strategies for improving law enforcement / security relationships
Though much has been written about law enforcement agencies developing partnerships with citizen groups in the context of community policing, very little research has addressed the role of private security as a viable partner in law enforcement. The basis for developing working relationship is sharing common goals as well as having mutual respect for each other. A further important ingredient for developing sound relationships includes the presen…
Police culture
Although police culture is a widely researched topic, not much is known about the nature of the relationships among the various components and the degree to which they are critical in the make-up of police culture. In this study, we revisit the concept of police culture and explore the nature and directions of the relationships among the various elements that constitute police culture. Drawing data from a survey of 1970 Turkish National police of…
Legitimacy of Private Police in Developed, Emerging, and Transitional Economies
Research suggests that states that fail to provide political goods, such as security, have low citizens’ confidence in state apparatuses, resulting in greater demand for services by non-state actors like private security. The present study seeks to compare citizen trust and confidence in private security guards, in 6 developed, emerging, and transitional economies in the Americas (the United States), Asia (India, Singapore, South Korea), and Euro…
Assessing police–community relationships
The notion that community residents are key players responsible for the well-being of the larger society has become a cornerstone of approaches to modern policing in democratic societies. That is, residents partner with police to help maintain social order. An essential element of successful implementation of any programme is communication and understanding between various parties in the partnership. In this paper, we examine whether there is con…
Bridging the Gender Gap in Criminology
This study explores the empirical grounds for bridging the gender gap between liberation theories of female crime by integrating selected concepts from strain and liberation theses to explain female delinquency and gender differences in delinquency. Additive and interactive analyses were conducted with a sample of 1,613 adolescents. The findings provide little support for combining liberation and strain, primarily because of the inadequacy of lib…
Public versus private control
Perspectives on the growth of police bureaucracies, 1948–1984
Three dominant explanations employed to explain police strength are consensus theories, conflict theories, and the organizational constraints perspective. This study examines the growth of the police using U.S. national data for the years 1948–84. Results from regression models indicate that variables from both the consensus and conflict perspectives influenced police expenditures in the U.S., but neither theory receives clear support. The effect…
Assessing goals and functions of private police
Assessing strategies for improving law enforcement / security relationships
Though much has been written about law enforcement agencies developing partnerships with citizen groups in the context of community policing, very little research has addressed the role of private security as a viable partner in law enforcement. The basis for developing working relationship is sharing common goals as well as having mutual respect for each other. A further important ingredient for developing sound relationships includes the presen…
Sources of prejudice among police cadets toward foreigners
Literature in policing has mostly overlooked the antecedents of prejudice, especially those who choose a police career. Such a choice is important given the results of prejudice that might cause police misconduct toward regular migrants, irregular migrants, and refugees. This study aims to examine the factors that explain prejudice among police cadets toward other ethnic groups. This study’s data come from a survey of 725 police cadets in three p…
Private security officers’ willingness to cooperate with police
Private security officers perform a variety of services that ensure citizens’ safety and security. While some of their functions mirror those of public police officers’ responsibilities, security officers often work with limited power and authority comparable to those of ordinary citizens. Consequently, security officers primarily engage in loss prevention and order maintenance and play a secondary role in crime prevention, which requires contact…
How does police culture shape officers’ support for community policing
The focus of this article is to examine the relationship between police culture and community policing (CP) and the extent to which this culture is an obstacle or enabler of the successful implementation of CP. Drawing data from a sample of 1970 officers assigned to three distinct police functions (patrol, plainclothes, and airports in Turkey), we employed structural equation modelling to examine two issues: the relationship between six identifie…
Common past - different paths
In this paper, we explore the nature of the security guard industry with a focus on security guard employment relative to police officer, the diverse legislative guidelines pertaining to the scope of their functions, employment eligibility, training, and legal powers in the new independent and post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet republics. Findings suggest that despite the rapid proliferation of private security industry in…
The relationship between receiving phishing attempt and identity theft victimization in South Korea
The Limits of Justice
Facing the Death Penalty
Public versus private control
Perspectives on the growth of police bureaucracies, 1948–1984
Three dominant explanations employed to explain police strength are consensus theories, conflict theories, and the organizational constraints perspective. This study examines the growth of the police using U.S. national data for the years 1948–84. Results from regression models indicate that variables from both the consensus and conflict perspectives influenced police expenditures in the U.S., but neither theory receives clear support. The effect…
A comparison of transfer and nontransfer students majoring in criminology and criminal justice
A movement exists in academia to provide students majoring in criminal justice and criminology with a broad-based social science education. In this study we assess the extent to which adherence to a social science approach conditions the academic performance of students who transfer from two-year colleges that emphasize a vocational perspective with no liberal arts tradition. Transfer and nontransfer criminology majors attending the University of…
Is white‐collar policing, policing
This paper examines research which asserts that policing is a function performed only by employees of traditional “police departments.” Prior research has focused entirely on traditional law enforcement agencies and lower‐class policing activities, almost to the exclusion of policing conducted by what we call “white‐collar police.” By tracing police history in the U.S. and examining widely accepted definitions of “police,” we contend that this de…
Bridging the Gender Gap in Criminology
This study explores the empirical grounds for bridging the gender gap between liberation theories of female crime by integrating selected concepts from strain and liberation theses to explain female delinquency and gender differences in delinquency. Additive and interactive analyses were conducted with a sample of 1,613 adolescents. The findings provide little support for combining liberation and strain, primarily because of the inadequacy of lib…
The many faces of violence
Homicide as a form of lethal violence has occupied a dominant place in criminological research over several decades. Researchers have explained the causes of homicide from various theoretical frameworks. Two other forms of lethal violence, namely suicide and motor vehicle fatalities, have been largely ignored. This study explores the trends in three forms of violent deaths namely, homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle fatalities in Phoenix, Arizon…
Security practitioners' perceptions of undergraduate curriculum
We surveyed security professionals to identify the most important topic areas and subjects for current and prospective security managers in their undergraduate programs. In a national sample, more than 5,600 security managers and directors were surveyed; 1,490 respondents ranked the importance of 100 subjects in 10 topical areas. Security practitioners clearly emphasized traditional (physical information, and personnel) security and business rela…
Explaining juveniles' attitudes toward the police
Past studies of juveniles' attitudes toward the police suggest a single-cause model that implicates personal interactions with the police. We propose that attitudes toward authority and agents of social control develop in a larger, sociocultural context. Specifically we hypothesize that juveniles' attitudes develop as a function of socialization in their communities' social environment, of their deviant subcultural “preferences,” and of the prior…
Mexican‐American homicide in phoenix, 1980–1991
Race and ethnicity has emerged as one of the most important variables in explaining differences in homicide perpetration and victimization patterns in the U.S. Most research on minorities and homicide has tended to focus exclusively on African‐Americans, while excluding other minority groups such as Native Americans, and Latinos. In this study we examine patterns of homicide among Mexican Americans in Phoenix from 1980 through June 1991. These pa…
Assessing strategies for improving law enforcement / security relationships
Though much has been written about law enforcement agencies developing partnerships with citizen groups in the context of community policing, very little research has addressed the role of private security as a viable partner in law enforcement. The basis for developing working relationship is sharing common goals as well as having mutual respect for each other. A further important ingredient for developing sound relationships includes the presen…
Designing an introductory survey course in private security
In this study we explore the issue of the core components for an introductory survey course in private security. Using Hirsh's (1987) conceptual framework of cultural literacy, we question whether there is a body of knowledge considered central to security education by academics and practitioners. Data were drawn from three sources. The first involved benchmarking existing and available introductory textbooks in security. The second source of dat…
Assessing goals and functions of private police
Democratic policing, police accountability, and citizen oversight in Asia
One of the ways in which the ideals of policing mirrors democratic governance is the role played by citizens in dealing with matters relating to police accountability. While many western developed democracies have mechanisms for civilian oversight of police that include an active citizen role, the extent to which citizen oversight exists in new and emerging democracies is unclear. In this exploratory study, we examine the nature and extent of pol…
The relationship between receiving phishing attempt and identity theft victimization in South Korea
Assessing police–community relationships
The notion that community residents are key players responsible for the well-being of the larger society has become a cornerstone of approaches to modern policing in democratic societies. That is, residents partner with police to help maintain social order. An essential element of successful implementation of any programme is communication and understanding between various parties in the partnership. In this paper, we examine whether there is con…
How does police culture shape officers’ support for community policing
The focus of this article is to examine the relationship between police culture and community policing (CP) and the extent to which this culture is an obstacle or enabler of the successful implementation of CP. Drawing data from a sample of 1970 officers assigned to three distinct police functions (patrol, plainclothes, and airports in Turkey), we employed structural equation modelling to examine two issues: the relationship between six identifie…
Legitimacy of Private Police in Developed, Emerging, and Transitional Economies
Research suggests that states that fail to provide political goods, such as security, have low citizens’ confidence in state apparatuses, resulting in greater demand for services by non-state actors like private security. The present study seeks to compare citizen trust and confidence in private security guards, in 6 developed, emerging, and transitional economies in the Americas (the United States), Asia (India, Singapore, South Korea), and Euro…
Common past - different paths
In this paper, we explore the nature of the security guard industry with a focus on security guard employment relative to police officer, the diverse legislative guidelines pertaining to the scope of their functions, employment eligibility, training, and legal powers in the new independent and post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet republics. Findings suggest that despite the rapid proliferation of private security industry in…
Crime and punishment in Russia – an introduction
Established more than 40 years ago, the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (IJCACJ) has been a leading voice and a source for bringing together research contributions
Preface to the special issue
The Expanding Boundaries of Crime Control
The governance of crime and security has undergone major transformations in recent decades. Several important shifts in the rationale and logic of crime control have led to a growth in regulatory practices and an expansion of regulatory provisions. As a result, the scope of actors who regulate behaviors have widened as have the types of tools to facilitate the governance of crime and security also expanded. We argue that the expansion of the boun…
Police culture
Although police culture is a widely researched topic, not much is known about the nature of the relationships among the various components and the degree to which they are critical in the make-up of police culture. In this study, we revisit the concept of police culture and explore the nature and directions of the relationships among the various elements that constitute police culture. Drawing data from a survey of 1970 Turkish National police of…
Explaining citizen support for women police in India
In this paper, we examine citizen support for female police officers in India. More specifically, we examined the relationship of citizens’ perceptions of police effectiveness, corruption, general satisfaction with police, and contact experiences with their support for women police in India, a society that is patriarchal with strong gender role stereotypes. Findings suggest that older residents living in urban areas are supportive of more women p…
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