Bitna Kim
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Key Findings
- Only 3.4% of articles sampled focused on policing issues in East Asia.
- More than three-quarters (76.3%) of sampled articles were published in Policing: An International Journal of Policing Strategies & Management.
- The most researched topic of East Asian policing was staff issues.
- Forty-two percent of sampled papers on East Asian policing focused on South Korean policing issues and 31% focused on Chinese policing topics.
- About 45% of sampled papers were written by U.S. affiliate authors, 40% by authors affiliated with institutions in East Asia, and 16% were written in collaboration with U.S. and East Asian institutions.
Description
In the article, “Research on Policing in East Asia: a Review of SSCI Policing Specialty Journals,” Kim and her co-authors examine policing issues in East Asian research. The researchers conducted their study by evaluating more than 1,120 articles in major policing specialty journals in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) from 2000-2013 with a focus on East Asia. The results showed that only 3.4% of articles sampled focused on policing issues in East Asia. More than three-quarters (76.3%) of sampled articles were published in Policing: An International Journal of Policing Strategies & Management. The most researched topic of East Asian policing was staff issues. Forty-two percent of sampled papers on East Asian policing focused on South Korean policing issues and 31% focused on Chinese policing topics. Finally, about 45% of sampled papers were written by U.S. affiliate authors, 40% by authors affiliated with institutions in East Asia, and 16% were written in collaboration with U.S. and East Asian institutions. In conclusion, the authors note that crime is universal and there is more to learn about East Asian policing.