Dr Nikki D'Souza reports on an innovative collaboration event. The Women in Policing Conference was a very successful two-day event held at the Durham Conference Centre, funded by the N8 PRP and the Leadership and Human Resource Department within Northumbria...
Trish Chinzara discusses the SHaRE IT Project and the new workshop designed to improve the police reporting experiences of racially minoritised women and girls. The SHaRE IT Project - Sexual Harassment and Reporting Equity, Inclusion and Trust - is a research...
New research on how to improve the working relationship between police and partner agencies. Public inquiries and national reviews highlight issues with interagency working between police, social care, and other partner agencies in the response to missing children....
A new study highlights the risks of incident-centered policing for missing children. The study, led by Nicola Fox (University of Manchester), explores the circumstances surrounding seriously harmed missing children in England, and suggests how child-centered policing...
Dr Rebecca Shaw discusses her investigation of the role narratives can play in responding to, and addressing, the harm and vulnerability caused by domestic abuse. As one of the first recipients of the inaugural ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centres...
Largely unregulated and unseen, the private rented sector is fertile ground for exploitation. How can police respond? This year, a team led by University of York were awarded an £827k grant to investigate criminality in the private rented sector and co-produce...
A major new study investigates how police can identify and respond to vulnerability in the context of county lines.In one of the first studies to conduct a national investigation on the issue, N8 PRP partner the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre...
Police malpractice - from routine disproportionality to shocking abuses of power - is often blamed on 'police culture'. Does this illuminate the issues, and help us to resolve them? Drawing on his new book Disassembling Police Culture (Routledge, 2023),Dr Mike Rowe,...
"Policing needs to adopt the compassion process as well as compassionate leadership." Dr Fiona Meechan, Course Director for the Police Strategic Command Course at The College of Policing in 2021 and 2022, shares research and key findings from her recently-completed...
A new study led by Dr Patsy Irizar (University of Manchester) has produced an in-depth understanding of police employees’ experiences of at-risk drinking and abstinence from alcohol. Causes and Consequences Policing in the United Kingdom (UK) can be a highly stressful...
