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Police Quarterly Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for Police Quarterly in one click — DocuGuru applies the official SAGE template with author–year references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the Police Quarterly format

Police Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Policing Practices and Perceptions, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Gun Ownership and Violence Research.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Police Quarterly, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPolicing Practices and Perceptions Crime Patterns and Interventions Gun Ownership and Violence Research Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
ISSN1098-6111
Citation impact (2-yr)3.47
h-index84
i10-index446
Total citations25,041
Top institutions publishing hereArizona State University
Journal websitepqx.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Police Quarterly per year

23
2014
19
2015
19
2016
19
2017
23
2018
20
2019
23
2020
26
2021
26
2022
19
2023
20
2024
20
2025

Citation impact of Police Quarterly by publication year

959
2014
625
2015
1.2K
2016
602
2017
1K
2018
523
2019
507
2020
762
2021
305
2022
149
2023
145
2024
21
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Police Quarterly

Policing in Black and White: Ethnic Group Differences in Trust and Confidence in the Police

Tom R. Tyler · 25 Jul 2005

Public trust and confidence in the police is generally low, with minority group members especially mistrustful of the police. This study uses a sample of New Yorkers to examine, first, whether trust is related to public willingness to cooperate with the police. The results suggest that it is. Second, this study examines the relationship of…

Attitudes Toward the Police: The Effects of Direct and Vicarious Experience

Dennis P. Rosenbaum, Amie M. Schuck, Sandra K. Costello et al. · 25 Jul 2005

Researchers have emphasized the importance of direct encounters with the police as a determinant of attitudes toward the police, yet cross-sectional studies allow for limited causal inference. This study includes the measurement of attitudes before and after encounters with the police among African American, Hispanic, and White residents of Chicago. Contrary to previous research, direct…

Determinants of Public Satisfaction with the Police

Ronald Weitzer, Steven A. Tuch · 25 Jul 2005

This article examines the determinants of citizen satisfaction with police. Using data from a recent nationwide survey of Whites, Hispanics, and African Americans, the authors test several hypotheses about how situational and structural factors shape attitudes toward the police. Much has been written about Black-White differences in views of the police, but most of this…

Citizen Satisfaction with Police Encounters

Wesley G. Skogan · 25 Jul 2005

This article examines the character and consequences of encounters between police and residents of the city of Chicago. It describes the frequency with which they contacted the police for assistance or support and how often they were stopped by them. Follow-up questions gathered information about the character of those contacts. The analysis contrasts the effects…

Citizen Perceptions of Police Services: Race, Neighborhood Context, and Community Policing

Joseph Schafer, Beth M. Huebner, Timothy S. Bynum · 1 Dec 2003

Studies considering perceptions of the police have traditionally focused on very broad outcome measures (e.g., global views of the police). In an era of community policing, it is imperative to consider how the public perceives the police and police services using measures reflecting this alternative paradigm of policing. In addition, recent research suggests that perceptions…

Police Quarterly template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Police Quarterly format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Police Quarterly template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Police Quarterly use?
Police Quarterly uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Police Quarterly, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Police Quarterly?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Police Quarterly document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Police Quarterly template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Police Quarterly format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Police Quarterly?
Police Quarterly is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Police Quarterly template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Police Quarterly PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Police Quarterly template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Police Quarterly template cost?
You can start writing in the Police Quarterly template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Police Quarterly PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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