Better understanding productivity in policing, and how to improve the link between budget spend and policing outcomes

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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

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    The Yorkshire Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence (TYP-ACE) will mobilise the best research and innovation evidence across the universities of Leeds and York to improve public trust and confidence in policing, enhance...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on improving public trust and confidence in policing, enhancing community safety, and reducing harm, aligning with the question's goal of understanding productivity in policing and improving outcomes.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Policing in the UK is confronted by a set of enduring and emergent challenges. The effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy of policing in meeting these challenges can be enhanced through its proactive engagement with t...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses enduring and emergent challenges in policing, but does not specifically focus on the link between budget spend and policing outcomes as requested in the question.

  • 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

    Lead research organisation: University of Leicester

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to improve data-driven policymaking and increase the value of criminal justice data, directly addressing the question of productivity in policing and budget spend.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    The UCL P-ACE will be based in the Department of Security and Crime Science (DSCS) at University College London (UCL). The DSCS is a global leader in police-relevant research, innovation, education and impact, and is hom...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Context & challenge:  The Scottish Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (SPACE) brings together interdisciplinary academic expertise in three key substantive themes: Safety, Prevention, and Analytics; underpin...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Edinburgh Napier University

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Lancaster Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (L-PACE) Lancaster University’s case to be recognised as a Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (L-PACE) is based on its world leading reputation for the application of ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Lancaster University

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    This application comes from a consortium of three Universities – University of Leicester, Aston University and the University of Birmingham, to form the Policing Academic Centre of Excellence, Leicester, Aston, Birmingha...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

  • 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

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by discussing the implications and limits of private sector involvement in public policing, but does not provide specific recommendations for improving the link between budget spend and policing outcomes.

  • 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

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by exploring knowledge exchange and research co-production in policing, but does not specifically address the link between budget spend and policing outcomes.

  • 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

    Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by examining the economics of the police, including recruitment, retention, and finance, but does not specifically address how to improve the link between budget spend and policing outcomes.

Similar ARIs from other organisations

Police and fire services Strengthening the evidence base on the measurement of police productivity and how marginal changes in types of police spend can improve outcomes. Home Office, 2019
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