《警察季刊》強(qiáng)調(diào)以政策為導(dǎo)向的研究，這是實(shí)踐者和學(xué)者都感興趣的課題?！毒旒究肥潜泵牢ㄒ怀霭娴拇祟惼诳η笸瑫r(shí)出版與警察有關(guān)的定性和定量研究。所有的提交必須是原始的，并應(yīng)調(diào)用科學(xué)的方法。除非在極少數(shù)情況下，描述性研究、議論文以及沒有明確闡述和測(cè)試一個(gè)或多個(gè)實(shí)證研究問題的論文將不會(huì)發(fā)表。

Police Quarterly emphasizes policy-oriented research of interest to both practitioners and academics. The only such journal published in North America, Police Quarterly seeks to publish both qualitative and quantitative police-related research. All submissions must be original and should invoke the scientific method. Except in rare circumstances, descriptive research, argumentative essays, and papers that do not formulate and explicitly test one or more empirical research questions will not be published.