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Self-selection policing

Catching serious offenders through the minor offences they also commit — Roach and Pease's 'those who do big bad things also do little bad things'.

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Self-Selection Policing: Catching Serious Criminals — and Bad Cops — Through the Small Offences They Can't Help Committing

Academics behind a tactic called self-selection policing say offenders who commit small rule-breaches are far more likely to be involved in serious crime — and want forces to apply the same test to misconduct in their own ranks.

20 July 2026 Read article →

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Jason Roach and the Art of Catching Criminals by Their Small Mistakes

A former Home Office crime analyst who became one of British policing's most practically useful academics: Professor Jason Roach gave the service self-selection policing, a psychologist's eye for offender decision-making, and a career-long insistence that research should help the officer on shift. A profile.

11 June 2026 Read article →