TY - JOUR AB - Police science in the German-speaking world is a young discipline and typically has a "hybrid" status, rather than a homogenous research structure. I will return to this metaphor at the end of the paper in the context of the current debate on "Tides and currents in police theories" (Journal of Police Studies 2012). "Polizeiwissenschaft" (police science) in the German-speaking world differs fundamentally from Anglo-American police science (otherwise known as police studies) for reasons related both to contemporary history and culture. This paper outlines both those reasons and the findings of international police science research with reference to a number of a key studies, since greater attention should also be paid to these in police science in the German-speaking world. This paper is concluded with an excursus on the topic of politics and violence. AU - Kersten, Joachim DO - 10.7396/IE_2013_A ET - 8/2013 KW - police science German-speaking world violence L1 - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/ie2013/files/Kersten_IE_2013.pdf LA - eng IS - International Edition PY - 2013 SN - 1813-3495 SP - 4-18 ST - "Police Science". A programmatic analysis of how police science stands in the German-speaking world T2 - SIAK-Journal − Journal for Police Science and Practice TI - "Police Science". A programmatic analysis of how police science stands in the German-speaking world UR - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/ie2013/files/Kersten_IE_2013.pdf VL - 3 ID - 428 ER -