Policing (journal)

{{Short description|Academic journal covering the study of policing}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = Policing

| former_name = Police Studies

| abbreviation = Policing

| discipline = Criminology

| peer-reviewed =

| language = English

| editors = Lorie Fridell, Wesley Jennings

| publisher = Emerald Group Publishing

| history = 1978-present

| frequency = Quarterly

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact = 1.350

| impact-year = 2018

| ISSN = 1363-951X

| LCCN = 97660709

| OCLC = 36843449

| website = https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1363-951X

| link1 = http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/pijpsm/current

| link1-name = Online access

| boxwidth =

}}

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of policing. It was established in 1978 as Police Studies: International Review of Police Development, and obtained its current name in 1997, when it was merged with the American Journal of Police.{{Cite web |url=http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/interviews/pijpsm.htm |title=An interview with: Lawrence F. Travis III |website=Emerald Group Publishing }} It is published by Emerald Group Publishing, and the editors-in-chief are Lorie Fridell and Wesley Jennings (University of South Florida). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.646.{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management |title=2016 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science}}