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.
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The project will focus on three broad areas of policing: (i) it will measure the quality of police officer recruits using an innovative data set, and examine how this quality is affected by local labour market conditio...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies
The project focuses on recruitment, progression, and retention in the police workforce, which directly addresses the question.
Many Police Inspectors currently work excessively long hours to the detriment of their personal health and wellbeing, their family and social relationships, and the effectiveness of the British Police Service. While this...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
The project addresses the well-being aspect of the question, but not recruitment, progression, and retention.
The overarching purpose of this proposal is to create a new partnership between UK and Japan-based academic and professional networks in the field of volunteering in law enforcement and public safety, form lasting links ...
Funded by: FIC
Lead research organisation: University of Northampton
The project does not directly address the question.