Police Research in the United Kingdom

The British police occupy a unique position as the first to be created under representative government, and one which for a long period was regarded as an exemplar of civility. In recent years, however, this image has been undermined by a number of scandals and controversies. The crisis in confidence in British policing has facilitated a huge explosion of police research in the last decade. Whereas earlier policing research had been primarily concerned with issues derived from a variety of social theories, current work is mainly policy oriented and evaluative. A review and assessment of research on the British police demonstrates that much current work is limited in scope to immediate managerial concerns. There is a need for a revival of the broader theoretical conceptions that have been displaced in recent years

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• Forensic Linguistics, First Contact Police Interviews, and Basic Officer Training

  Kerry Linfoot•International Journal of Speech…•2009

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• Prison Officers, Policing and the Use of Discretion

  Open Access•Alison Liebling•Theoretical Criminology•2000

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• Information Technologies and the Police

  Peter K Manning•Crime and Justice•1992

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• Education, Human Rights and Peace in Sustainable Development

  В В Комлева, Maigul Nugmanova et al.•Education, Human Rights and Peace…•2020

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• Legitimizing policing practices

  Danielle Watson, F D Boateng et al.•Police Practice and Research•2021

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• Drunk and disorderly data

  Open Access•Olivia Horsefield, Carly Lightowlers et al.•Police Practice and Research•2025

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• Selection practitioners' views on recruitment criteria for the profile of police officers

  Open Access•Miguel Inzunza•International journal of law,…•2016

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• Human Rights and Policing

  Open Access•Julia Hornberger•Annual Review of Law and Social…•2010

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• Identifying risk work tensions in policing and mental health partnerships in England

  Open Access•Rivka Smith•Policing & Society•2025

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• Correctional Officer Stress and Prison Management

  Katherine E Rankin, Joshua C Cochran•Corrections•2025

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• Policing the City

  Open Access•Nicholas R Fyfe•Urban Studies•1995

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• Public Confidence in the Police

  K Sindall, Patrick Sturgis et al.•The British Journal of Criminology•2012

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• The Police and Public Opinion in Britain

  Open Access•Wesley G Skogan•American Behavioral Scientist•1996

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• Police and protest in England and Ireland, 1780-1850

  Stanley H Palmer•Police and protest in England and…•1988

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• Exploring English character.

  Geoffrey Gorer•Exploring English character.•1955

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• The policeman in the community

  Michael Banton•The policeman in the community•1964

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• The functions of the police in modern society

  Egon Bittner•The functions of the police in…•1970

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• Women and crime

  Rita James Simon•Women and crime•1975

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• The Politics of the Police

  Robert Reiner•The politics of the police•2010

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• Police Discretion Not to Invoke the Criminal Process

  Joseph Goldstein•The Yale Law Journal•1960

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• Policing the Crisis

  Open Access•Stuart Hall, Chas Critcher et al.•Policing the Crisis•2013

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• The Politics of Protest

  Jerome H Skolnick•Politics of Protest•2020

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• Crime, Protest, Community, and Police in Nineteenth-Century Britain

  David J V Jones, David Jones•Crime, Protest, Community, and…•2015

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• There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack

  Paul Gilroy•There Ain't No Black in the Union…•2013

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• Ten Years on in Northern Ireland. The Legal Control of Political Violence

  Peter Gibbon, K Boyle et al.•British Journal of Law and Society•1981

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• Policing a Perplexed Society

  Doreen Mcbarnet, Robert Mark et al.•British Journal of Law and Society•1977

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• Law and State

  Alan Carling, A H Carling et al.•British Journal of Law and Society•1975

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• The Police in the Class Structure

  Robert Reiner•British Journal of Law and Society•1978

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• Authoritarianism in British police recruits

  Open Access•Louise Brown, Andrew Willis•Journal of Occupational Psychology•1985

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• Crime Control in Britain

  Ian Oliver, Ronald V G Clarke et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1985

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• The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

  Open Access•Terry Thomas•The Howard Journal of Criminal…•1988

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• Taking police culture seriously

  Andrew Goldsmith•Policing & Society•1990

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• Safeguarding the rights of suspects in police custody

  David Dixon, Keith Bottomley et al.•Policing & Society•1990

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• Crime prevention facing the 1990s∗

  Anthony Bottoms, Anthony E Bottoms•Policing & Society•1990

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• Miners in the Arms of the Law

  Janie Percy-Smith, Janie Percy‐smith et al.•Journal of Law and Society•1985

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• The Crowd in Contemporary Britain

  Ralph H Turner, George Gaskell et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1988

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• The Police Academy

  Thula Simpson, Thomas Simpson et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1974

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• Women, policing, and male violence

  Open Access•Ann Munster•Journal of Criminal Justice•1990

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• Policing a free society

  Open Access•Ben A Menke•Journal of Criminal Justice•1979

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• Police Consultative Groups

  Open Access•Rod Morgan•The Political Quarterly•1986

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• Political Control or Community Liaison

  Open Access•Stephen P Savage•The Political Quarterly•1984

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• Society and the Policeman's Role

  Maureen E Cain, Joseph W Rogers et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1974

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• The British Crime Survey

  Pat Mayhew, Patricia Mayhew et al.•The British Journal of Criminology•1983

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• The Emergence of the Polic—explaining Police Reform in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century England

  John Styles•The British Journal of Criminology•1987

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• Police Accountability

  Rod Morgan•The British Journal of Criminology•1987

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• The Social Distribution of Criminal Labels

  Trevor Bennett•The British Journal of Criminology•1979

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• The Emergence of the Police—the Colonial Dimension

  Mike Brogden•The British Journal of Criminology•1987

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• Juveniles and the Police

  Simha F Landau•The British Journal of Criminology•1981

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• British Criminology and the State

  Robert Reiner•The British Journal of Criminology•1988

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• Assessing Police Effectiveness—future Prospects

  Michael Chatterton•The British Journal of Criminology•1987

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• The Present State of Criminology in Britain

  Paul Rock•The British Journal of Criminology•1988

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• Thinking About Effectiveness

  Mike Hough•The British Journal of Criminology•1987

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• Using the Police

  Joanna Shapland, Jon Vagg•The British Journal of Criminology•1987

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• The role of the police committee∗

  Barry Loveday•Local Government Studies•1983

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• The Plague of the Blue Locusts

  Open Access•Robert D Storch, Friedrich Engels•International Review of Social…•1975

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• Policing by the Public

  Nigel Fielding, Joanna Shapland et al.•British Journal of Sociology•1990

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• Changes in Urban Policing

  Simon Holdaway•British Journal of Sociology•1977

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• The Police on Skid-Row

  Egon Bittner•American Sociological Review•1967

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• Sus' is dead

  Ann Brogden•New Community•1981

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• Fuzzy Thoughts

  Open Access•Robert Reiner•The Sociological Review•1980

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• Policing the Victorian Community

  Victor Bailey, Carolyn Steedman•The Economic History Review•1985

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• A Police Authority-the Denial of Conflict

  Open Access•Mike Brogden•The Sociological Review•1977

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• Policeman as Philosopher, Guide and Friend

  Elaine Cummings, Elaine Cumming et al.•Social Problems•1965

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• Controlling Police Work

  Open Access•Les Johnston•Work Employment and Society•1988

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• The Police

  Open Access•John Lambert•Sociology•1970

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• Violence and the Police

  William A Westley•American Journal of Sociology•1953

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