Details of both informal and formal publications by members of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research are placed within the following sections:
We invite SIPR Members to submit short (2 to 4 page) expert "Briefings" for inclusion within this section. For more information, please download a template.
This section includes a resource of other publications that will help researchers, including
a select Bibliography of Scottish and contemporary policing containing 726 references.
Practice Notes: Tackling youth gang issues on campus - a case study Robert Smith, RGU & Liz Frondigoun, Glasgow Caledonian University [Entered, November 2011]
SIPR Annual Newsletter 2011 available to Download... including 'bonus articles' [September 2011]
Research Summary: Take control - a road safety education evaluation Hayley Kelly et al, Grampian Police [Entered, September 2011]
Research Summary: Rural policing: understanding police knowledge and practice in rural communities Professor Tara Fenwick, Dr. Richard Dockrell, Dr. Bonnie Slade & Ian Roberts, University of Stirling; Professor Nicholas Fyfe, University of Dundee [Entered, September 2011]
Research Summary: Exploring the relationship between performance management and community policing Diarmaid Harlin, University of Edinburgh [Entered, September 2011]
Evaluation of plusone mentoring Matej Blazek, Donna Marie Brown, Fiona M. Smith & Lorraine van Blerk [Entered, June 2011]
SIPR Annual Report for 2010 [Entered February 2011]
4th edition of the Select Bibliography of Scottish and contemporary policing. [Entered February 2011]
Research Summary: Scottish Police Leadership Deevelopment Janette McCrae, Senior Careers Development Service & Angela Wilson, Tayside Police [Entered, May 2011]
Research Summary: A public health approach to the evaluation of the Glasgow Community Initiative to Reduce Violence Laura Burns, Damien Williams & Peter Donnelly, University of St Andrews [Entered, March 2011]
Research Summary: Hostage and crisis incidents: an evidence-based analysis to inform police negotiator training provision Professor David Alexander, The Robert Gordon University [Entered, March 2011]
An analysis of Independent Custody Visiting in Scotland Janine Hunter, Nicholas Fyfe & Martin Elvins [Entered December 2010]
Research Summary: Policing vulnerability? The impacts and implications of no cold calling zones in angus Andrew Wooff, University of Dundee & Brian Smith, Senior Trading Standards Officer, Angus Council [Entered, February 2011]
Forensic interviews with children in Scotland: A survey of interview practices among police A Report by David La Rooy, Michael Lamb and Amina Memon (12/05/10)
Research Summaries Philip Etherson, University of Strathclyde, reports on a comparative study of Scottish Police Boards [Entered January 2010]
SIPR Briefings
Expert briefings on a range of subjects:
Dr Kenneth Scott and Dr Peter Sproat report on an evaluation of the Priority Crime Unit in Central Scotland Police [Entered January 2010]
Nick Parker and Rob Smith discuss 'Lean' methodology as a concept for eliminating wate and improving quality serive in the police services, and Hayley Kelly proposes a new approach to how we consider and carry out engagement with our communities [Entered December 2009]