Yinthe graduated in 2016 as Master Criminology at Ghent University. She then performed a systematic review concerning police accountability for a short-term project at that same university. From 2017 until January 2018, she worked at the Flemish Government on policy-related research regarding ethnicity. In February, she started her PhD on Belgian police officers' (ethical) decision-making processes, again at Ghent University. It concerns a mixed-methods research project combining surveys, interviews, systematic social observations, focus groups and a scoping review. The latter is reported in this book.Yinthe’s research interests among others include police decision-making, police organizations, victimization, ethics and methodological issues. She is interested in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

• PART 1. Introduction and methodology.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Scoping review regarding police decision-making: Methodological outline.- PART 2. Findings.- Chapter 3. Characteristics empirical research on police decision-making.- Chapter 4. Characteristics police officer.- Chapter 5. Characteristics civilians.- Chapter 6. Organizational characteristics.- Chapter 7. Situational characteristics.- Chapter 8. Neighborhood characteristics.- PART 3. Discussion and conclusions.- Chapter 9. Discussion and conclusions: Knowledge gaps and future research.- Appendices.

Yinthe graduated in 2016 as Master Criminology at Ghent University. She then performed a systematic review concerning police accountability for a short-term project at that same university. From 2017 until January 2018, she worked at the Flemish Government on policy-related research regarding ethnicity. In February, she started her PhD on Belgian police officers' (ethical) decision-making processes, again at Ghent University. It concerns a mixed-methods research project combining surveys, interviews, systematic social observations, focus groups and a scoping review. The latter is reported in this book.Yinthe’s research interests among others include police decision-making, police organizations, victimization, ethics and methodological issues. She is interested in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

• PART 1. Introduction and methodology.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Scoping review regarding police decision-making: Methodological outline.- PART 2. Findings.- Chapter 3. Characteristics empirical research on police decision-making.- Chapter 4. Characteristics police officer.- Chapter 5. Characteristics civilians.- Chapter 6. Organizational characteristics.- Chapter 7. Situational characteristics.- Chapter 8. Neighborhood characteristics.- PART 3. Discussion and conclusions.- Chapter 9. Discussion and conclusions: Knowledge gaps and future research.- Appendices.

Yinthe graduated in 2016 as Master Criminology at Ghent University. She then performed a systematic review concerning police accountability for a short-term project at that same university. From 2017 until January 2018, she worked at the Flemish Government on policy-related research regarding ethnicity. In February, she started her PhD on Belgian police officers' (ethical) decision-making processes, again at Ghent University. It concerns a mixed-methods research project combining surveys, interviews, systematic social observations, focus groups and a scoping review. The latter is reported in this book.Yinthe’s research interests among others include police decision-making, police organizations, victimization, ethics and methodological issues. She is interested in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

• PART 1. Introduction and methodology.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Scoping review regarding police decision-making: Methodological outline.- PART 2. Findings.- Chapter 3. Characteristics empirical research on police decision-making.- Chapter 4. Characteristics police officer.- Chapter 5. Characteristics civilians.- Chapter 6. Organizational characteristics.- Chapter 7. Situational characteristics.- Chapter 8. Neighborhood characteristics.- PART 3. Discussion and conclusions.- Chapter 9. Discussion and conclusions: Knowledge gaps and future research.- Appendices.