Purpose

This article offers a tri-national comparison between Malaysia, England and Wales and the United States of America

Design/methodology/approach

It is based on reviewing, collating, comparing and contrasting previous research findings and official reports on the topic with a view to identify recurrent commonalities in the three countries studied.

Findings

Three key common themes are identified and presented in the article: (1) The relevance of the cultural positioning of volunteers in policing; (2) the importance of understanding the roles and capability of police volunteers; (3) recognizing prerequisites for recruitment of volunteers and the nature of their subsequent training.

Research limitations/implications

We suggest that more detailed comparative studies of volunteer policing structures and officer roles would be valuable.

Practical implications

The practice implications of these findings are discussed, and the potential value of and major challenges in carrying out cross-national national comparative study in the field of volunteer policing shown.

Social implications

The paper discusses important issues in the role and value of police volunteerism to criminal justice and society.

Originality/value

There are few international comparisons of volunteer policing and even fewer that compare approaches between Western and Eastern countries. This is the first study to do so.

中文翻译：

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比较马来西亚，英格兰，威尔士和美利坚合众国的志愿者政策：跨国调查结果

目的

本文提供了马来西亚，英格兰和威尔士以及美利坚合众国之间的三国比较

设计/方法/方法

它基于审查，整理，比较和对比有关该主题的先前研究结果和官方报告，以期确定在所研究的三个国家中经常性的共同点。

发现

本文确定并提出了三个关键的共同主题：（1）警务人员文化定位与警务的相关性；（2）了解警察志愿者的作用和能力的重要性；（3）认识招募志愿者的先决条件及其后续培训的性质。

研究局限/意义

我们建议对志愿者警务结构和官员角色进行更详细的比较研究将很有价值。

实际影响

讨论了这些发现的实践意义，并显示了在志愿人员警务领域进行跨国全国比较研究的潜在价值和主要挑战。

社会影响

本文讨论了警察志愿服务在刑事司法和社会中的作用和价值方面的重要问题。

创意/价值

国际上对志愿人员警务的比较很少，而比较西方国家和东方国家之间方法的国际比较则更少。这是第一个这样做的研究。