European Journal for Security Research V. 7

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7 Eur. J. Sec. Rsch. 1 (2022)

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European Journal for Security Research (2022) 7:1-3
https://doi.org/l 0.1007/s41125-022-00085-9

Editorial I

Stoyan Panov'

Published online: 28 September 2022
ŠThe Author(s) 2022

The present Issue offers a look at a wide range of security topics and perspec-
tives. The articles focus on law enforcement training practices, security concepts in
extremism prevention, effects of cryptography regulation, securitization of feminism
and securitization of international environmental regimes. The themes of the contri-
butions to the Issue concern current debates and regulatory developments in the law
enforcement sector, the role of societal actors in the prevention and radicalization
discourse as well as securitization as a concept on domestic and international levels.
In this manner, the Issue captures the pulse of recent developments in the field of
security studies.
The article by M. Stellar, S. Koerner, V. Heil, I. Klemmer, A. Abraham and
J. Poolton on the structure and delivery of police use of force training provides a
study of the current structure and delivery of police recruit training in Germany.
The study utilizes a case-study approach by emphasizing police use of force train-
ing. The methodological foundation of the article is based on an inductive approach.
The research exemplifies intriguing findings: the authors find a lack of construc-
tive alignment of the training modules and learning tasks within the training set-
tings. Moreover, an inefficient use of available training time with low engagement
in stimulated problem-solving processes was observed. They offer concrete sugges-
tions in line of the results with focus on the police curriculum designers to align the
objectives, practice structure and delivery of police training with the needs of police
officers in the field such as conflict resolution skills and the institutionalization of
adequate education in order to appropriately plan, deliver and reflect upon training
practices within the police force.
Heiko Berner touches upon another angle of law enforcement-oriented research,
namely on the notion of safety and prevention of extremism. The study begins
with an overview of recent developments of prevention trends, the securitization
of the discourse and the diversification of the involved actors. Berner contrasts
the trends with the needs and positions of stakeholders which in some occasions
diverge from prevention work efforts of civil society actors. The article asserts
that the universal primary prevention framework plays an important role. In this

E Stoyan Panov
stoyan.panov@mail.ess.uni-freiburg.de

Albert Ludwig University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Springer