Research groups:
Group 1: Police Work and Organization.
Coordination: Sérgio Felgueiras e Sónia Morgado.
Envolves research on police education, skills, staff and management.
Group 2: Police and Society.
Coordination: Nuno Poiares e Eurico Dias.
Is a research field studying the changes in the operating environment of the police and relationship between the police and citizens.
Group 3: Policing.
Coordination: Rui Coelho de Moura.
Covers research associated with the operational activities of the police and their effectiveness, efficiency, quality and impacts on society.
Keywords: Policing Models, Policing Accountability and outcomes, Policing Technologies, Policing competences.