Crimestoppers was originally founded in 1988 and now receives more than half a million reports each year.
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The Stephen Lawrence inquiry and subsequent Macpherson Report led to changes in how police deal with the family of murder victims.
Scottish police leaders have insisted the force is distinct from policing elsewhere in the UK.
London police has a high percentage of firearms officers, a source of toxic, macho culture.
Police thinking of themselves as warriors can lead to distrust and aggression towards minority groups.
CCTV is a popular form of digital evidence but it can be unreliable and problematic.
From Happy Valley to social media, women police officers face rampant sexist abuse.
London’s police force has a deeply ingrained culture that can’t be fixed by one commissioner.
In England and Wales perpetrators of one of the gravest violent crimes, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, are very unlikely to receive any punishment at all
Eight journalists covering a protest on the M25 motorway were recently detained by police.
Police may not have been justified in making arrests over breach of the peace and public order.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Police Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
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Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales
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Visiting Professor in Solution Oriented Policing, De Montfort University; Loughborough University
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Professor of Law and Social Justice, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow, University of South Wales
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Social Policy, School for Business and Society, University of York
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
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Professor of Psychology and Science Communication, Head of Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences, Abertay University
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Professor emerita, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham