The International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) brings police researchers and practitioners together to facilitate cross-cultural, international and interdisciplinary exchanges for the enrichment of the policing profession. It encourages discussions and writing on challenging topics of contemporary importance through an array of initiatives including conferences and publications.

Dubai Panels

IPES 2007 (Dubai) Featured Panels & Presentations

*Please note that the list below is tentative and not in any chronological order

Featured Session 1: Crime Prevention & Problem Solving

  • Gloria Laycock, Director, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London, UK
  • Steve Burton, Deputy Director of Transport Policing and Enforcement, Transport for London, UK (winner of the Herman Goldstein Award at the 2006 International Problem Oriented Policing Conference)

Featured Session 2: Reflections of National Police Leaders (new IPES book)

  • Editors - Dilip Das, Otwin Marenin
  • Leaders - Christine Nixon, Australia; Dhahi Khalfan Tammim, Dubai

Featured Session 3: Urbanization, Security & Police Ethics

  • Presenters - Richard Bailey and Kym Craven
Panels featuring police leaders from Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, and South Pacific-Australasia

Featured Panel 1: Crime & Police in South Africa

  • Jean Steyn, Tshwane University of Technology and Elaine Steyn, South African Police Service - Exploring the impact of South African Police Service basic training institutes in changing deviant police culture attitudes of new recruits
  • Jeanette Smit - A South African Case Study: Residents Against Urban Crime
  • Elaine Steyn - Re-victimization of rape victims by members of the South African Police Service
  • Ian de Vries - Strategic Issues in the SA Police Service (SAPS) in the First Ten Years of Democracy

Featured Panel 2: Police & Security in South Africa

  • Neels Roelofse - Policing of organized crime in a changing South Africa
  • PJ Potgieter - Can private security stand up to the challenges of crime and crime prevention in South Africa?
  • Johan Ras - Body Guarding in South Africa

Featured Panel 3: Crime & Police in China

  • Ma Ya Xiong - Reforming of Policing Mechanism in Chinese Cities
  • Wang Guang - The Statistical Analysis of Rapid Urbanization on Crime
  • Jianming Mei and Zheng Shi - Urbanization, Crime and Policing in China: A Case Study
  • Zhan Wancheng - The Perfect Combination of Scientism and Humanism: An Elaboration on the Experience of Yiwu Public Security Work

Featured Panel 4: Police & Security in the Balkans

  • Lalić Velibor, Mile Šikman, Duško Vejnović - Comparative Analysis of European Model of Private Security and Private Security Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Legal, Professional and Social – Economic Aspects
  • Larry French - Clinical and cultural challenges in assessments and training for police in regions of inter-ethnic violence
  • Branislav Simonovic, Uros Pena, Zelimir Kesetovic - Policing in Multi-Ethnic Society
  • Želimir Kešetović and Rastko Jović - Urbanization, Policing and Safety in Serbia

Featured Panel 5: Technology, Crime, & Policing in the UK

  • Stephen Cahill - The National Intelligence Model (NIM)
  • David Coleman - Using Computer Simulation to Model the Business Processes Across the Police Service
  • Bob Green - Operation Advance: Cold Case Reviews

Featured Panel 6: Police, Partnerships, & National Security in Canada

  • Gary Bass - Taking University - Police Partnerships to a New Level
  • Richard Bent - Racial Profiling and National Security
  • Wayne Hanniman - Community Policing in National Security

Featured Panel 7: Police & Security in Oceania & Far East

  • Garth den Heyer - The Participating Police Force: A Regional Response (RAMSI) to the Troubled Nation of Solomon Islands
  • John Casey and David Pike - Fit for Service: Working with the Community to Strengthen Policing in Victoria, Australia
  • Melchor de Guzman - Civilian review and the police: Unraveling the factors that determine complainant and police satisfaction with the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) of the Philippines
  • Chung-young Chang - Security Sector Reform in Taiwan

Featured Panel 8: Crime, Police & Security in Europe & Eurasia

  • Emil Plywaczewski and Wieslaw Plywaczewski - Spatial Determinants of Crime (Warsaw as an Example)
  • Yakov Gilinskiy - Urbanization and Security in Russia
  • Annette Robertson and Yulia Chistyakova - Public Involvement in Urban Security Initiatives in Russia and Ukraine: Some Reflections on Applied Research

Featured Panel 9: Urbanization & Security in Africa

  • Bankole Cole - Lagos: urbanization and security in a post-colonial city
  • David Chiabi - Urbanization and Security in Cameroon
  • Benjamin Namanya - Urbanization and Security: The Case of Kampala City, Uganda
  • Obi Ebbe - Urbanization and Security in the African Continent

Featured Panel 10: Security & Homeland Security in the U.S.

  • Gary Scheibe and Elizabeth McConnell - Houston Metropolitan-Area Security Measures in the Aftermath of 9/11
  • Mike Doyle - Urban Evacuation
  • James Lewis - Cyber Defense Education and Its Role in Homeland Security
  • Alex Vitale - Law or Order: The Role of Police Discretion in the Policing of Protests at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City

Featured Panel 11: Urbanization, Security, & Police

  • James Albrecht - Keeping Train Commuters Safe: NYPD Strategies to Improve Subway Travel
  • Margaret York - Public and Private Partnerships Provide Security to Government Properties in Urban Los Angeles
  • Darko Maver, Gorazd Meško & Ines Klinkon - Applied Criminological and Criminal Investigative Aspects of Crime Control in Urban Environments - the Case of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Featured Panel 12: Global Issues in Police & Security

  • Ronald van Steden - The tragic quality of contract guards: A view from the Netherlands
  • Mark Chen - Security Industry in the 21st Century - Theories and Practices
  • Petter Gottschalk - Stages of Knowledge Management Systems in Law Enforcement and Security

Featured Panel 13: Global Issues in Crime & Police

  • Chantal Perras - Tackling Transnational Crime Effectively: Assessing Police Cooperation in Drug Smuggling Cases
  • Maria Alvanou - Police Perceptions and Terrorism Threat Assessments: Women Suicide Terrorists as a Danger in Aviation Security
  • David Garbutt - Police Role in Counter-Terrorism

Featured Panel 14: Police Training & Organization Development

  • Gwen Boniface - Human Resources for Future Policing
  • Theresa Ochoa - Increasing Police Officers’ Understanding of Disabilities and the Laws that Govern Arrests and Interrogations of Suspects with Cognitive, Mental, and Behavior Disorders
  • Steve Tong and Jennifer Phipps - Initial Police Training: Challenges and Developments in the UK
  • Todd Wurschmidt - The Police NGO: Professional Enhancement Through Membership Associations

Featured Panel 15: Urban Problems & Police Response

  • Fasihuddin Ashraf - Drugs Problem in the City of Peshawar: Role of Police and other Agencies
  • Oyesoji Aremu - Urbanization and Community Policing in Nigeria: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters
  • Manoj Abraham - Community Policing to tackle the various evils of Urban Crimes

Featured Panel 16: Policing & Multi-Cultural Issues

  • Katrina Berger and Dee Wood Harper - Relevant Law and Empirical Research on Profiling in Law Enforcement in the United States
  • S.N. Wailes - Challenges in community policing in racially divided neighborhoods following natural disasters - Katrina & Rita
  • Marleen Easton - Multicultural Community Policing in Belgium
  • Hester Hageman - Police policy and practice toward young recidivist offenders in Amsterdam
  • Simon Holdaway - Ethnic Relations within English and Welsh Constabularies: Ethnic Identity and Police Employment

Featured Panel 17: Crime Trends & Challenges

  • Mark Correia - Neighborhood Culture, Social Capital, and Policing
  • Gavan Palk - The Impact of a Lockout Policy on Levels of Alcohol-Related Incidents in and Around Licensed Premises
  • Karen McLaughlin - Effective Strategies for Investigating Human Trafficking
  • Jeffrey Sedgwick - The Recent Violent Crime Increase in the U.S.

Featured Panel 18: Cybercrime & Security

  • Julia Davidson - On-line Sex Offender Behavior
  • Brian Ward - Legislative & Practical Context of Cybercrime Enforcement in the UK
  • Jonathan Taylor - Combating On-Line Grooming of Young People
  • Elena Martellozzo - Research Into On-line Grooming

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