Peter C. Kratcoski, PhD, is a professor emeritus and adjunct professor at Kent State University. He earned his PhD in sociology from Pennsylvania State University, University Park. He taught at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota and at Pennsylvania State University before assuming the position of assistant professor of sociology at Kent State University in 1969. He retired as professor of criminal justice studies and chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at Kent State University in 1997. He has published many books, book chapters, and journal articles on juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, international policing, and crime prevention. He is a member of the International Police Executive Symposium, the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.Maximilian Edelbacher graduated from Vienna University (Mag. Jur.) and was Hofrat (Councilor) of the Federal Police of Austria. He served as the chief of the Major Crime Bureau and as an international expert for the Council of Europe, OSCE, and UNO. He also chaired the Austrian Antifraud Insurance Bureau and lectured at several universities, including the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Danube University in Krems, and the Vienna University Department of Sociology. Edelbacher was appointed a special investigator of the AVUS Group on white-collar crime cases, as vice-president of the Vienna Liaison Office, of the Academic Council on the United Nations, and as a director of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES). He is the author of a number of books and journal articles.

• POLICE AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING. Introduction: Police–Academic and Professional Practitioner Collaboration in Research, Education, Training, and Programming. Risk Assessment and Risk Management: How the Police Work Together with Researchers to Protect Victims in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Honor-Based Violence. The Changing Landscape of Police Education and Training. A Command Leadership Framework for Law Enforcement, Safety, and Security Commanders in Singapore. Threat Assessment and Management: A Collaborative Approach to Mitigating Risk for Targeted Violence. Cooperative Policing for Coping with Crisis Situations: Lessons from the Japanese Police Response to a Natural Disaster on March 11, 2011. Higher Education, Police Training, and Police Reform: A Review of Police–Academic Educational Collaborations. Justice Agencies—Academic Collaboration in Experiential Education. Reflections on Teaching Sociology to Austrian Police Officers. COLLABORATION AMONG THE POLICE, PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND IN CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. The Development of Austrian Police Education and Training. Curb the Danger: Six Years of Curbing Impaired Driving Through Police–Community Collaboration. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Equivocal Death Analysis. Best Practices for Addressing Rape: Police Collaboration with Victim Advocates. Perspectives on the Professional Practitioner in Criminal Justice. Police, Academic, Professional, Community Collaboration: Past, Present, and Future.

Peter C. Kratcoski, PhD, is a professor emeritus and adjunct professor at Kent State University. He earned his PhD in sociology from Pennsylvania State University, University Park. He taught at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota and at Pennsylvania State University before assuming the position of assistant professor of sociology at Kent State University in 1969. He retired as professor of criminal justice studies and chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at Kent State University in 1997. He has published many books, book chapters, and journal articles on juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, international policing, and crime prevention. He is a member of the International Police Executive Symposium, the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.Maximilian Edelbacher graduated from Vienna University (Mag. Jur.) and was Hofrat (Councilor) of the Federal Police of Austria. He served as the chief of the Major Crime Bureau and as an international expert for the Council of Europe, OSCE, and UNO. He also chaired the Austrian Antifraud Insurance Bureau and lectured at several universities, including the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Danube University in Krems, and the Vienna University Department of Sociology. Edelbacher was appointed a special investigator of the AVUS Group on white-collar crime cases, as vice-president of the Vienna Liaison Office, of the Academic Council on the United Nations, and as a director of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES). He is the author of a number of books and journal articles.

• POLICE AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING. Introduction: Police–Academic and Professional Practitioner Collaboration in Research, Education, Training, and Programming. Risk Assessment and Risk Management: How the Police Work Together with Researchers to Protect Victims in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Honor-Based Violence. The Changing Landscape of Police Education and Training. A Command Leadership Framework for Law Enforcement, Safety, and Security Commanders in Singapore. Threat Assessment and Management: A Collaborative Approach to Mitigating Risk for Targeted Violence. Cooperative Policing for Coping with Crisis Situations: Lessons from the Japanese Police Response to a Natural Disaster on March 11, 2011. Higher Education, Police Training, and Police Reform: A Review of Police–Academic Educational Collaborations. Justice Agencies—Academic Collaboration in Experiential Education. Reflections on Teaching Sociology to Austrian Police Officers. COLLABORATION AMONG THE POLICE, PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND IN CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. The Development of Austrian Police Education and Training. Curb the Danger: Six Years of Curbing Impaired Driving Through Police–Community Collaboration. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Equivocal Death Analysis. Best Practices for Addressing Rape: Police Collaboration with Victim Advocates. Perspectives on the Professional Practitioner in Criminal Justice. Police, Academic, Professional, Community Collaboration: Past, Present, and Future.

Peter C. Kratcoski, PhD, is a professor emeritus and adjunct professor at Kent State University. He earned his PhD in sociology from Pennsylvania State University, University Park. He taught at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota and at Pennsylvania State University before assuming the position of assistant professor of sociology at Kent State University in 1969. He retired as professor of criminal justice studies and chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at Kent State University in 1997. He has published many books, book chapters, and journal articles on juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, international policing, and crime prevention. He is a member of the International Police Executive Symposium, the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.Maximilian Edelbacher graduated from Vienna University (Mag. Jur.) and was Hofrat (Councilor) of the Federal Police of Austria. He served as the chief of the Major Crime Bureau and as an international expert for the Council of Europe, OSCE, and UNO. He also chaired the Austrian Antifraud Insurance Bureau and lectured at several universities, including the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Danube University in Krems, and the Vienna University Department of Sociology. Edelbacher was appointed a special investigator of the AVUS Group on white-collar crime cases, as vice-president of the Vienna Liaison Office, of the Academic Council on the United Nations, and as a director of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES). He is the author of a number of books and journal articles.

• POLICE AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING. Introduction: Police–Academic and Professional Practitioner Collaboration in Research, Education, Training, and Programming. Risk Assessment and Risk Management: How the Police Work Together with Researchers to Protect Victims in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Honor-Based Violence. The Changing Landscape of Police Education and Training. A Command Leadership Framework for Law Enforcement, Safety, and Security Commanders in Singapore. Threat Assessment and Management: A Collaborative Approach to Mitigating Risk for Targeted Violence. Cooperative Policing for Coping with Crisis Situations: Lessons from the Japanese Police Response to a Natural Disaster on March 11, 2011. Higher Education, Police Training, and Police Reform: A Review of Police–Academic Educational Collaborations. Justice Agencies—Academic Collaboration in Experiential Education. Reflections on Teaching Sociology to Austrian Police Officers. COLLABORATION AMONG THE POLICE, PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND IN CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. The Development of Austrian Police Education and Training. Curb the Danger: Six Years of Curbing Impaired Driving Through Police–Community Collaboration. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Equivocal Death Analysis. Best Practices for Addressing Rape: Police Collaboration with Victim Advocates. Perspectives on the Professional Practitioner in Criminal Justice. Police, Academic, Professional, Community Collaboration: Past, Present, and Future.