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Downloadable reports listed below
Issue 1/2023 – An Automated Methodology for Digital Investigations of Exploitation in the Sex Market – Richard Kjellgren
Issue 2/2023 – Trauma-Informed Training in Police Custody: A Qualitative Case Study – Karen Goodall; Zara Brodie; Caroline Lloyd; Karri Gillespie-Smith
Issue 3/2023 – Consistency with Engagement – Liaison Between Police and Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities in the UK – Matthew Richardson; Nick Fyfe; Megan O’Neil
Issue 1/2021 – Benefits of Implementation of Mobile Devices with Frontline Officers in Police Scotland – 2019/20 – William Graham; Lesley Diack; Martin Gallagher
Issue 1/2020 – The Special Constable in Scotland: Understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the Special Constabulary within Police Scotland – Andrew Wooff; Graeme Dickson; Jamie Buchan
Issue 2/2020 – The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Cybercrime Policing in Scotland: A Rapid Review of the Evidence and Future Considerations – Ben Collier; Shane Horgan; Richard Jones; Lynsay Shepherd
Issue 3/2020 – Fully Informed? A Methodology for assessing informant coverage in policing – Colin Atkinson
Issue 4/2020 – Increasing communication and engagement through social media during a pandemic: A review and recommendations – Heather Myles; Liam Ralph
Police and Fire Reform Evaluations – Nick Fyfe
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 4 International Perspectives – Nick Fyfe
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 4 Summary of Evidence – Nick Fyfe
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 4 Summary of Key Findings – Nick Fyfe
Issue 1/2018 – Review of Evidence: What effect do enforcement-orientated and engagement-orientated methods of visible policing have on public confidence? – Yvonne Hail; Liz Aston; Megan O’Neil
Issue 2/2018 – Policing domestic abuse in Scotland: a social constructionist approach – Katarzyna Prusak; Stuart Waiton
Issue 3/2018 – An Independent Assessment of the ‘Prevention First’ Crime Prevention Strategy in Ayrshire – Robert Smith; Liz Frondigoun; Denise Martin; Ross Campbell; Linda Thomas
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 3 Informants Report – Nick Fyfe
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 3: Partnerships, Innovation, and Prevention Report – Nick Fyfe
Issue 1/2017 – Creating a proficiency scale for scene examination in Scotland – Amanda Martindale; Gala Morozova; Dave Collins
Issue 2/2017 – Measuring risk and efficiency in Police Scotland custody settings: a pilot study – Andrew Wooff; Martin Elvins
Issue 3/2017 – Steering from the centre: The Scottish Police Authority and police governance in Scotland – Ali Malik
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Report – Nick Fyfe
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Annex 2: Evidence Review – Nick Fyfe
Issue 1/2016 – Partners in scrutiny. Briefing note 1: mapping local scrutiny arrangements in Scotland – Alistair Henry; Ali Malik; Andy Aitchison
Issue 2/2016 – An ‘Epistocratic’ Approach to Police Governance – Ali Malik
Issue 3/2016 – Partners in scrutiny. Briefing note 2: Three Local Scrutiny Committees – Alistair Henry; Ali Malik; Andy Aitchison
Issue 4/2016 – Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: Research on Demand Bryony Cornforth-Camden
Issue 5/2016 – Identifying the challenges, lessons learned and good practices for effective policing with communities in fragile and conflict-affected states – Georgina Sinclair; Maureen Brown; Alan Gibson
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 1 Summary Report – Nick Fyfe
Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 1 Annex 1: Evidence Review – Nick Fyfe
Interagency adult support and protection practice of police and health and social care professionals : a realistic evaluation approach – Sundari Joseph; Lesley Diack; Inga Heyman; Susan Klein; Samantha McCluskey; Penny Woolnough; Midj Falconer; Alison Reddish; Ewen MacLean
The impact of assets-based community integration initiatives in Scottish and Danish locations – Ross Deuchar; Tony Bone
Accelerating Professional Judgement & Decision Making Expertise: Feedback and Scenario-Based Training in Crime Scene Examination – Amanda Martindale; Dave Collins
Dual reports of domestic abuse made to the police in Scotland: a summary of findings from a pilot research study – Oona Brooks; Deborah Kyle
Issue 1/2014 – International police assistance: democracy, politics and culture – Andy Aitchison; Jarrett Blaustein; Benjamin Himmler; Liam O’Shea
Issue 2/2014 – Police-Public Consultation Forums in Edinburgh – Diarmaid Harkin
Issue 3/2014 – Local policing in Scotland: three pre-reform case-studies – Elizabeth Aston; Kenneth Scott
Issue 1/2013 – Developing an evidence-base for local policing in Scotland – Elizabeth Aston; Kenneth Scott
Issue 2/2013 – Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality – Robert Smith; Audrey Laing
Issue 3/2013 – Detection of mephedrone and other ‘legal high’ drugs in biological fluids – William Graham; Lesley Diack; Martin Gallagher
Issue 1/2012 – Reforming Police Structures: A Review of UK and International Evidence – Jonathan Mendel; Nicholas R. Fyfe
Issue 2/2012 – Scottish Policing and Policy Transfer: Developing a Sustainable Model of Community Policing in Sri Lanka Bruce Milne; Gordon Thomson
Issue 3/2012 – Police and Community Perceptions of the Operation and Impact of the Community Engagement Model in Fife – Janine Hunter; Nicholas Fyfe
Issue 4/2012 – Evaluation of Scottish Police Performance Measurement and Reporting Systems (PMRS) – Ayotunde Aladejana; Himani Singhi
Issue 5/2012 – Evaluation of the Strathclyde Extended Deployment of Taser Pilot – Kenneth B. Scott
Issue 1/2011 – Tacking youth gang issues on campus – a case study – Robert Smith; Liz Frondigoun
Issue 2/2011 – Policing vulnerability? The impacts and implications of no cold calling zones in Angus – Andrew Wooff; Brian Smith
Issue 3/2011 – Hostage and crisis incidents: an evidence-based analysis to inform police negotiator training provision – David Alexander
Issue 4/2011 – A Public Health approach to the Evaluation of the Glasgow Community Initiative to Reduce Violence – Laura A. Burns; Damien J. Williams; Peter D. Donnelly
Issue 5/2011 – Scottish Police Leadership Development – Janette McCrae
Issue 6/2011 – Exploring the relationship between performance management and community policing – Diarmaid Harkin
Issue 7/2011 – Rural policing: understanding police knowledge and practice in rural communities – Tara Fenwick; Richard Dockrell; Bonnie Slade; Ian Roberts; Nicholas Fyfe
Issue 8/2011 – Take control – a road safety education evaluation – Hayley Kelly
Issue 9/2011 – Storytelling Through Blogging: A Knowledge Management and Therapeutic Tool in Policing – Simon Burnett; Sarah Pedersen; Rob Smith
Issue 1/2010 – An Evaluation of the Priority Crime Unit in Central Scotland Police An Independent Report on “Mixed Economy Policing” – Kenneth B Scott; Peter Sproat
Issue 2/2010 – A comparative study of Scottish Police Boards – Philip Etherson; Mik Wisniewski; Nick Fyfe
Issue 3/2010 – Developing the role of the police Early Intervention – Robert Smith
Issue 1/2009 – Obtaining best evidence from young eyewitnesses: investigating changes in practice following the Vulnerable Witness (Scotland) Bill – Catriona Havard
Issue 2/2009 – People with a mild learning disability and the construction of facial composites – Julie Gawrylowicz
Issue 3/2009 – Policing the night-time economy in Scottish towns and cities – Neil Davidson
Issue 4/2009 – Humble Leadership in the Police Service – Robert Smith
Issue 5/2009 – User satisfaction with police services – Hayley Kelly
Issue 6/2009 – Capitalising on ‘Lean’ methodology as a management tool in the Scottish Police Service -Nick Parker; Robert Smith
Issue 1/2008 – Adopting ‘Agile Leadership’ in the Police Service – Robert Smith
Issue 2/2008 – Assessing the Quality of Interviews with Children Alleging Sexual Abuse in Scotland – David La Rooy
Issue 3/2008 – Exploring the policing-entrepreneurship nexus – Robert Smith
Issue 1/2007 – Policing in a European Context – Maria O’Neill
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