Welcome to the website of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR).
Welcome to the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR), a strategic collaboration between 12 of Scotland's universities and the Police Service of Scotland, offering a range of opportunities for conducting relevant, applicable research to help the police meet the challenges of the 21st century and for achieving international excellence for policing research in Scotland.


RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS The activities of SIPR are organized around three thematic networks. Please follow the links to view a range of research projects being carried out by SIPR members:Thematic Networks

Police-Community Relations - focusing on the relationships between police and different social, cultural and economic communities;

Evidence and Investigation - focusing on the role of the police in the recovery, interpretation and effective use of intelligence and evidence in the investigation of crime;

Police Organization - focusing on the internal dynamics of police organisations, including issues of management, policy and leadership.





  • Scottish Funding Council
  • Dusting
  • Human Provenance Meeting, June 2010


Latest Additions

Download the SIPR Annual Report for 2012

Download the SIPR Annual Report for 2012...

REGISTRATION OPEN
Missing Persons in a European context: research, practitioner and policy perspectives, 17 May 2013, Scotland House, Brussels

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Events
  • For details of forthcoming SIPR events, and other relevant meetings See the SIPR Noticeboard...
    SIPR Noticeboard
  • Professor Peter Neyroud presented the 6th SIPR Annual Lecture on 25th October 2012.


    Outputs...
  • Policy transfer in policing: historical and contemporary perspectives. 4 December, University of Edinburgh. Register on-line ...
  • Surveillance, Technology and Policing: historical and contemporary perspectives. 30 April, University of Dundee. Download Podcasts ...
  • The Unique Knowledge and Practice of Scottish Rural Policing: implications for governance, supervision, support and training in times of austerity. Monday 28th November, Northern Constabulary, Inverness Download Podcast ...
  • Professor Peter Manning. Democratic policing in a changing world. 8th November Download Podcast ...
  • Police Governance and Accountability in Comparative Perspective: Centralism, Localism and Democratic Policing, Friday, 4th November 2011, Royal Society of Edinburgh. Download Podcasts ...
  • The 5th SIPR Annual Lecture. 20th October, Scottish Police College, Tulliallan, Professor Betsy Stanko - Metropolitan Police Service. Download Podcast ...
  • Outputs from Emergency Planning Workshop PowerPoints NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
  • Outputs are available for all past SIPR events Download here...
Reports
Courses
  • SIPR Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Policing studies launched!
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    (16/06/10)
  • CPD Course - University of Abertay. "How good are my interviews? Assuring quality for child interviewers"
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    (16/06/10)