Further reading
Further reading
A short, opinionated shelf of places worth your time — the bodies, research centres and data behind a lot of the writing here.
Looking for a specific study? Search the open research record for free copies of policing and crime papers.
Evidence and research
- College of Policing — What Works →
The What Works Centre for Crime Reduction: reviews and toolkits on what reduces crime.
- Police Science Dr →
Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol's outstanding platform turning police research into short videos, a podcast and courses practitioners can actually use — one of the most useful and engaging evidence resources in policing.
- Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing →
Research and the annual Evidence-Based Policing conference.
Guidance and standards
- College of Policing — Authorised Professional Practice (APP) →
The official national guidance for policing in England and Wales.
Accountability
- Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) →
The independent body that oversees the police complaints system in England and Wales.
- His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMICFRS) →
Independent inspection reports on forces and thematic issues.
Data and statistics
- Office for National Statistics — Crime in England and Wales →
The headline national crime statistics.
Evidence databases
- College of Policing — Crime Reduction Toolkit →
Summaries of the best available evidence on what works to reduce crime, rated for effect, mechanism, context and cost.
- Global Policing Database →
Searchable database of experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of policing interventions, worldwide, since 1950.
- Campbell Collaboration — Crime and Justice →
Open-access systematic reviews of what works in crime and justice.
- CrimeSolutions (US National Institute of Justice) →
American ratings of programmes and practices — effective, promising or no effects — with the evidence behind each rating.
- College of Policing — Research →
The College's research programme: evidence gap maps, the What Works Centre and current projects.
- Society of Evidence Based Policing (SEBP) →
UK practitioner network for evidence-based policing — guides, training and events, much of it in the members' hub.
- American Society of Evidence-Based Policing →
SEBP's US counterpart — practitioner-led resources, conferences and research translation.
- Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (George Mason) →
Home of the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix — field experiments mapped by what they tested and found.
- CrimRxiv →
Open criminology preprints and papers, free to read. Also indexed by the search on this site's research page.