Monthly Archives: February 2015

“Trying to catch soap in the bath” Observations on getting to the core of the slippery idea of community policing

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Written by Dr Alistair Henry, Associate Director (SIPR) and Lecturer in Criminology (University of Edinburgh). It was the late Tom Williamson who characterised efforts to define or “pin down” community policing as being like “trying to catch soap in the … Continue reading

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SIPR and police-academic partnerships: addressing the paradox of policing research?

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Written by: Professor Nicholas Fyfe, Director, Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Just over 50 years ago Michael Banton undertook a pioneering sociological study of policing that drew on research with officers in Edinburgh City Police and at the Scottish Police … Continue reading

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