Understanding what demand for policing services might look like in five and ten years from now

Background

We want to be effective, efficient and offer value for money, and to attract national and regional funding because partners know we make a difference. We also want to be recognised for our ethics, integrity, transparency and professionalism; and contribute to the sustainability of London and its communities.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Mps areas of research interest final

Related UKRI funded projects


  • Markets in Policing: The Appetite for and Organisational, Cultural and Moral Limits to Markets in Public Policing

    Policing stands at a crossroads in the light of fiscal restraint by governments, the growing maturity of the private security industry and persistent public demands for police provision in insecure times. In Britain, as ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on the appetite for and limits to private sector involvement in public policing, which is directly related to understanding the demand for policing services in the future.

  • Identifying Future Capabilities for Community Policing (KOBAN)

    Across Europe society is changing due to demographic, technological and economic developments. Communities are getting more diverse, both in real life and online. This challenges Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to engage...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on identifying future capabilities for community policing, which directly addresses the question of understanding demand for policing services in the future.

  • Policing and Citizenship: Resourcing a Better Understanding

    Policing has a high visibility in the contemporary media, but often in a sensational fashion. This project aims to bring issues of policing in a democratic society down to an every-day, non-sensational level. It is based...

    Funded by: AHRC

  • Economics of the Police: Recruitment, Retention and Finance

    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

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on the economics of the police, including recruitment, retention, and finance, which partially relates to understanding the demand for policing services in the future.

  • NCJL Academic Lead

    Across policing and the Home Office there are critical questions that need answering in order to improve criminal justice outcomes. The information exists to answer many of these questions but is hidden within large data...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • An Exploratory Knowledge Exchange Platform for Policing: Exploiting Knowledge Assets, Utilising Data and Piloting Research Co-production

    The project will build a strategic and innovative knowledge exchange and research co-production platform, providing a structured relationship between West Yorkshire Police (WYP), the Office of the PCC for West Yorkshire ...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • Exploring Synergies within Volunteering in Law Enforcement and Public Safety in the UK and Japan.

    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

  • Crime, Policing and Citizenship (CPC) - Space-Time Interactions of Dynamic Networks

    Crime continues to cast a shadow over citizen well-being in big cities today, while also imposing huge economic and social costs. Prevention, early detection and strategic mitigation are all critical to effective policy ...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • Making and Breaking Barriers: Assessing the Value of Mounted Police Units in the UK

    In this project, we propose to investigate the ways in which mounted police work is experienced in the UK through a unique observational methodology alongside focus groups with police officers and policed citizens. This ...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • Community Policing in Scotland

    Partners: \nThe Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR)\nThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)\nLothian and Borders Police (LBP)\n\nKT team:\nSimon Mackenzie, SCCJR (KT Fellow)\nAlistair Henr...

    Funded by: AHRC