Improving understanding of how changes in crime and non-crime demand are affecting how the police respond to incidents.
Background
Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK
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