Policing and the policed

ICPR’s policing research explores many facets of the police as an organisation, policing operations and effectiveness, and the relationship between the police and the public. Past and current work under this theme includes a study of misconduct by chief officers; research on the police complaints system; research into the policing of organised crime groups involved in fraud; the professionalisation of the police and increased use of evidence based policing, the introduction of the Police Educational Qualification Framework and a range of studies focusing on procedural justice.

Current projects

Fraud on the Socials: Exploring Young people’s Understandings and Experiences of Online Fraud and the Implications for Policy and Practice

Law enforcement responses to organised fraud

Operation Soteria/Bluestone: Re-examining the investigation of Rape and Serious Sexual Offences

Tackling Online Fraud

Completed projects include:

City.Risks: Avoiding and mitigating safety risks in urban environments

Developing an evidence based approach to police graduate training

Digital Forensics and Social Media Evidence

Evaluating the use of evidence by the N8 Policing Research Partnership Forces

Language Barriers in the Criminal Justice System

Organised Crime Groups involved in Fraud

The Facilitation of Organised Fraud by Professional Enablers and Money Launderers

Publications

Hunter, Gillian, Wigzell, Alexandra, May, Tiggey and Mcsweeney, Tim (2015) An evaluation of the 'What Works Centre for Crime Reduction': Year 1 Baseline. Project Report. College of Policing, London, UK.

Hough, Mike, Jackson, J. and Bradford, B. (2013) Trust in justice and the legitimacy of legal authorities: topline findings from a European comparative study. In: Body-Gendrot, S. and Hough, Mike and Kerezsi, K. and Levy, R. and Snacken, S. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of European Criminology. Routledge International Handbooks. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 243-265.

Hough, Mike (2013) Procedural justice and professional policing in times of austerity. Criminology & Criminal Justice 13 (2), pp. 181-197.

Hough, Mike, Jackson, J. and Bradford, B. (2013) Legitimacy, trust and compliance: an empirical test of procedural justice theory using the European Social Survey. In: Tankebe, J. and Liebling, A. (eds.) Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Hough, Mike, Jackson, J. and Bradford, B. (2013) The drivers of police legitimacy: some European research. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 8 (2), pp. 144-165.

Jackson, J., Bradford, B., Hough, Mike and Murray, K. (2012) Compliance with the law and policing by consent: notes on police and legal legitimacy. In: Crawford, A. and Hucklesby, A.(eds.) Legitimacy and Compliance in Criminal Justice. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.