Research index
Accessible research is at the heart of N8 PRP. This index identifies all available reports and presentations by theme.
The themes are the 8 research strands originally identified at the start of the N8 PRP, with the addition of ‘Data Analytics’ and ‘Training and Learning’. The title of each report is followed by a link to the report or it’s webpage, and the name of the parent webpage.
Critical Incidents
Embedding mental health support within district police stations Report Small Grants
Critical incidents decision-making rapid evidence review Report Studies
Cyber Crime
Policing Bitcoin: Investigating, Evidencing and Prosecuting Crime Involving Cryptocurrency Report Small Grants
Policing Cybercrime rapid evidence review Report Studies
Data Analytics
Demand, Resource Allocation, and Service Provision
Exploring Analytics for Crime Reduction Resource Allocation Report Data analytics
Predictive Policing and Self-Service Business Intelligence Report Data analytics
Understanding changing demand for police during the coronavirus pandemic Report Small Grants
Investigative use of data and technology
- Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Realising the potential of automatic number plate recognition Report Small Grants
Mapping and identifying modern slavery vehicular activity: A proof-of-concept study Report Small Grants
- Body-Worn Cameras
Body-worn video and public-police relations Report PhD Studentships
Use of Body-Worn Cameras at Incidents of Domestic Abuse Report Small Grants
- Hate Crime
Sharing Insights on Hate Crime: New Methods and Forms of Data Report Data analytics
- Mobile Analytics
Evaluation of mobile systems and mobile analytics Report PhD Studentships
- Modern Slavery and Trafficking
Identifying sexual trafficking online Report Small Grants
Financial Aspects of Modern Slavery: Patterns in banking behaviour Report Data analytics
Mapping the Contours of Modern Slavery in Greater Manchester Report Small Grants
Training
2018 Review of the Empowering Data Specialists in Policing CPD Programme Review Training and Learning
2019 Impact Evaluation and Analysis – The need for a CPD Programme for Police Data Analysts Review Training and Learning
Domestic Violence and Abuse
Covid-19, Impact of
PROTECT COVID 19: Impacts of intimate partner violence Report Small Grants
Policing domestic abuse within the context of the Covid-19 lockdown Forthcoming Report Small Grants
Investigative Interviews
Improving interviews with suspected sex offenders Report Forthcoming Report PhD Studentships
Manipulative presentation techniques of coercive control offenders Report Small Grants
Police Responses to Domestic Violence and Abuse
Domestic violence rapid evidence review Report Studies
Innovation in Policing Domestic Abuse – Understanding Success to Build Capacity Report Small Grants
Locality-Based Multi-Agency Responses to Lower-Risk Domestic Violence Cases Report Master’s Reports
Reconceptualising ‘Report to Court’ Trajectories Report Knowledge Exchange
Use of Body-Worn Cameras at Incidents of Domestic Abuse Report Small Grants
Police Responses to Specific Types of Domestic Violence and Abuse
- Child-to-Parent
Developing the police response to child-to-parent violence Report Small Grants
- Coercive Control
Manipulative presentation techniques of coercive control offenders Report Small Grants
Police Responses to Coercive Control Report Small Grants
- Honour-Based-Violence and Abuse
Early Identification of Honour-Based Abuse Report Small Grants
Drugs and Alcohol
Policing Cannabis in North Yorkshire Report Small Grants
Novel Psychoactive Substances: Consequences for police and substance users in North East England Report Small Grants
Drugs and Alcohol: rapid evidence review Report Studies
Partnerships
Academic
External research and university partnerships Presentation Studies
Scottish Institute of Policing Research: Origins, impacts and challenges Presentation Studies
Barriers / Successes
Barriers to effective partnerships Presentation Studies
Partnerships rapid evidence review Report Studies
Policing the Night-Time Economy: Overcoming Barriers to Partnership Working Report Master’s Reports
Welcome to the Policing Partnerships Workshop Presentation Studies
International
International Strand Summary Report International Programme
Multi-Agency
- Domestic Violence and Abuse
Locality-Based Multi-Agency Responses to Lower-Risk Domestic Violence Cases Report Master’s Reports
Innovation in Policing Domestic Abuse – Understanding Success to Build Capacity Report Small Grants
- Mental Health
Diversity, difference or disorder? Neurodiversity in police-community partnerships Report PhD Studentships
Embedding mental health support within district police stations Report Small Grants
- Organised Crime Groups
Tackling the developing world of OCGs through a multiagency strategy Forthcoming Report Small Grants
- Social Work
Neighbourhood policing Presentation Studies
Police Joint Working: From ‘Fighting Crime’ to Safeguarding and Vulnerability Report PhD Studentships
Public and Community Engagement
Engagement and accountability with specific publics and communities
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Representation in Policing: An Exploratory Study on Perspectives in West Yorkshire Police. Report Master’s Reports
Creating a Child Protection System that is Effective for Deaf and Disabled Children Presentation Studies
Diversity, difference or disorder? Neurodiversity in police-community partnerships Report PhD Studentships
Every ticket is a story: Piloting a “whole story” approach to understanding ethnic disproportionality in FPNs issued for breaching coronavirus restrictions Forthcoming Report Small Grants
Football and policing Presentation Studies
Policing vulnerability: Learning from the sex work liaison officer role in West Yorkshire Police Report Small Grants
Methods of Communication
Body-worn video and public-police relations Report PhD Studentships
Making the ‘Visible’ Visible: The Communicative Properties of a Visible Police Presence Report PhD Studentships
Knife crime imagery and messaging: Effective intervention tools or ineffective sensitisers? Forthcoming Report Small Grants
Police use of social media Presentation Studies
Perspectives on public and community engagement
Community engagement: neighbourhood safety and national security Presentation Studies
Introduction to the Public Engagement Workshop Presentation Studies
Police-Community Engagement: questions of implementation and outcome Presentation Studies
Public engagement rapid evidence review Report Studies
‘Why engage with the public?’ Presentation Studies
Public Order and Crowd Management
Every ticket is a story: Piloting a “whole story” approach to understanding ethnic disproportionality in FPNs issued for breaching coronavirus restrictions Forthcoming Report Small Grants
Football and policing Presentation Studies
Human rights approach to football policing Forthcoming Report PhD Studentships
Knife crime imagery and messaging: Effective intervention tools or ineffective sensitisers? Forthcoming Report Small Grants
Policing the Night-Time Economy: Overcoming Barriers to Partnership Working Report Master’s Reports
Public order and crowd management rapid evidence review Report Studies
Serious and Organised Crime
Serious and organised crime rapid evidence review Report Studies
Organised Crime Groups (OCGs)
- Restorative Justice
Applying a restorative approach within a serious and organised crime context: Can it be done safely? Report Knowledge Exchange
The Feasibility of Undertaking Restorative Approaches with Serious and Organised Crime Offending Report Knowledge Exchange
Restorative Approaches and Organised Crime Groups Presentation Knowledge Exchange
- County Lines
Child Criminal Exploitation: Beyond County Lines Report Master’s Reports
- Partnerships
Tackling the developing world of OCGs through a multiagency strategy Forthcoming Report Small Grants
Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Financial Aspects of Modern Slavery: Patterns in banking behaviour Report Data Analytics
Identifying sexual trafficking online Report Small Grants
Mapping and identifying modern slavery vehicular activity: A proof-of-concept study Report Small Grants
Mapping the Contours of Modern Slavery in Greater Manchester Report Small Grants
Training and Learning
Education, Training and Learning in Policing in England and Wales Report Training and Learning
2018 Review of the Empowering Data Specialists in Policing CPD Programme Review Training and Learning
2019 Impact Evaluation and Analysis – The need for a CPD Programme for Police Data Analysts Review Training and Learning