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Research

Producing and sharing the latest research to identify which policing activities work.

What Works Centre for Crime Reduction

Research projects map

Ongoing research related to policing and crime reduction at master's level and above. 

The research projects map includes summaries of relevant randomised control trials, both ongoing and completed

Crime reduction toolkit

See summaries of the best available research evidence on what works to reduce crime

Practice bank

Find and share practice with organisations who are interested in crime reduction and criminal justice.

Search the practice bank

Access the National Police Library

Find out about our collections, how to search for a wide range of current and historical items and how you can join

Practical evaluation tools

Evaluation tools to support an evidence-based policing approach, including the:

  • College of Policing logic model ​ ​
  • policing evaluation toolkit
  • Manning cost-benefit tool

Smarter practice

Reports on activities that have been tried in a force, reviewed and considered suitable for further testing.

Includes information about how smarter practice reports are developed and reviewed, and a list of all our smarter practice examples

Support to do research

Tools, networks and information to help with study and research, including:

  • the College bursary
  • academic support and evidence champion network
  • research surgeries and how to guides
  • the registered pilots scheme

 

Other research

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