09/02/2026 - Weekly Research Summary

Bailey, C. 2025. Keeping our children safe: a descriptive analysis of school police's perceptions of their trainings. Safer Communities. 

Using SROs in a school district in a Midwestern state, this study aims to explore the perceptions of the trainings received by SROs. 

Bastug, M. et al. 2025. Deconstructing fears of terrorism: A comparison between fear from domestic and international terrorist groups. Terrorism & Political Violence. 

This study provides a significant contribution to the literature on the fear of terrorism topic by illustrating the important differences among general fears of terrorism, fears of domestic terrorist groups, and fears of international terrorist groups. 

Lawal, N. et al. 2025. From theory to practice: evaluating law enforcement drone programs in the southeast against PERF recommendations. Security journal. 

The focus of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which law enforcement agencies in the southeastern U.S. have aligned their drone programs with the recommendations provided in the PERF report.  

Park, S, 2025. Public perception of CPTED maintenance strategies: a VR study on residential burglary prevention. Security journal. 

This study examines how CPTED maintenance strategies affect public perceptions of burglary vulnerability in detached housing. 

Rowe, M & Mitchell, Z. 2026. Acting on instinct: Policing violence against women and girls in the night-time economy. International Journal of Police Science & Management. 

This paper focuses on VAWG in the context of the night-time economy (NTE), and the policing strategies targeted at its prevention.