Police legitimacy

Projects

Published: 5th October 2022
This project investigated the contribution that technology can make to improving public trust and confidence in the police. Background Attention is turning, once again, to the relationship between British policing...
Published: 23rd August 2021
There is considerable evidence from neurology, psychology and criminology to show that young adults (aged 18-25) vary enormously in their maturity. The parts of the brain responsible for planning and...
Published: 17th July 2020
The Police Foundation and Crest Advisory have completed a major research project on UK policing and the Covid-19 pandemic. The project looked to at how policing has coped with the...
Published: 8th October 2019
The Police Foundation has launched a Call for Evidence. This is the first part of its major, independent Review of Policing in England and Wales. The overall aim of the...

Publications

Published: 20th November 2023

Blog posts and news

Published: 10th January 2024
At the end of last year policing’s main inspection and standards bodies – HMICFRS, the College of Policing and the IOPC – published a joint report responding to the Criminal...
Published: 29th November 2023