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The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World

Journal Article
Easton, M., de Paepe, J., Aston, L., & Clayton, E. (2024)
The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000018
In the ever-evolving landscape of law enforcement, the advent of the digital age has ushered in transformative shifts in police practices. These shifts have sparked scholarly ...

“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact

Journal Article
Wells, H., Andrews, W., Clayton, E., Bradford, B., Aston, E. V., & O’Neill, M. (2024)
“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000017
Police organizations in England and Wales, as in many other contexts, are increasingly shifting crime reporting and other public-facing contact online. In this article, we exp...

Managerial Officers 3PO Briefing

Report
Wong, Y. N., Horgan, S., & Aston, E. (2024)
Managerial Officers 3PO Briefing. EPSRC

Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research

Journal Article
Falzon, D., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Sumnall, H., Measham, F., …Parkes, T. (2024)
Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00590-7
Background: Drug checking services (DCS) provide harm reduction support and advice to individuals based on chemical analysis of submitted substances of concern. Whilst there a...

“It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland

Journal Article
Falzon, D., Parkes, T., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Craik, V., …Aston, E. V. (2023)
“It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland. PLOS ONE, 18(12), Article e0292812. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292812
Drug checking services (DCS) enable individuals to voluntarily submit a small amount of a substance for analysis, providing information about the content of the substance alon...

Police Stops: A Comparative Perspective on Governance

Book Chapter
Aston, E., Rowe, M., Fazekas, J., Lennon, G., & De Kimpe, S. (2023)
Police Stops: A Comparative Perspective on Governance. In E. Aston, S. De Kimpe, J. Fazekas, G. Lennon, & M. Rowe (Eds.), Governing Police Stops Across Europe (1-17). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6_1
This chapter introduces the question of governance, as it relates to police officers’ use of their powers to stop members of the public, and mechanisms to ensure these practic...

Governing Police Stops Across Europe

Book
Aston, E., De Kimpe, S., Fazekas, J., Lennon, G., & Rowe, M. (Eds.)
(2023). Governing Police Stops Across Europe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6
This book takes a critical and comparative approach to the analysis of the governance of police stops across Europe. It draws on an EU COST Action research network on Police S...

Conclusion: The Three Levels of Governance of Police Stops

Book Chapter
Lennon, G., De Kimpe, S., Aston, E., Rowe, M., & Fazekas, J. (2023)
Conclusion: The Three Levels of Governance of Police Stops. In E. Aston, S. De Kimpe, J. Fazekas, G. Lennon, & M. Rowe (Eds.), Governing Police Stops Across Europe (273-297). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6_9
This chapter draws together the threads from across the book to argue that while the legal, social, political and historical context of policing and systems of governance and ...

The Possibilities and Pitfalls of the Use of Accountability Technologies in the Governance of Police Stops

Book Chapter
Van Brakel, R., Aden, H., Aston, E., Murria, S., & Karas, Z. (2023)
The Possibilities and Pitfalls of the Use of Accountability Technologies in the Governance of Police Stops. In E. Aston, S. De Kimpe, J. Fazekas, G. Lennon, & M. Rowe (Eds.), Governing Police Stops Across Europe (235-271). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6_8
Technology is playing an increasingly important role in policing and the governance of policing. Already at the end of the twentieth century, digitalisation was seen as a tool...

The Role of Data in Enhancing the Governance of Police Stops in Europe

Book Chapter
Aston, E., Lennon, G., Mouhanna, C., & Connolly, J. (2023)
The Role of Data in Enhancing the Governance of Police Stops in Europe. In E. Aston, S. De Kimpe, J. Fazekas, G. Lennon, & M. Rowe (Eds.), Governing Police Stops Across Europe (197-233). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6_7
In this chapter, we consider some key aspects of data, transparency and accountability of police stops. What practices exist across Europe in relation to the recording of poli...
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Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online (3PO)

2022 - 2025
3PO will build an understanding of public-facing professionals -specific risks, harms and privacy needs; co-create advanced tools, mechanisms and solutions that are cognisant of PFP-specific challenge...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £359,176

Naloxone in Police Scotland - a Pilot Evaluation

2022 - 2022
This study will be a mixed methods process evaluation of a test of change (pilot project) for the carriage, and use, of intra-nasal spray Naloxone by Police Scotland officers. The evaluation will foc...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £80,769

Drug Checking in Scotland.

2021 - 2023
The primary aim and purpose of this project is to create a programme of work to research, and plan/prepare for delivery of, drug checking projects in Scotland. We will develop the evidence base to bot...
Funder: Corra Foundation | Value: £6,020

A Qualitative exploration of Scottish-Pakistanis experiences of policing.

2020 - 2024
In providing an understanding of the experiences of Scottish Pakistanis, findings will be of significant benefit to policy makers and practitioners, and will assist policing organisations in Scotland ...
Funder: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland | Value: £13,221

Police Stops COST project

2018 - 2022
Stop and search (S&S) is a worldwide practice carried out by the police which enables police officers to stop a person, prevent him or her from pursuing his or her passage (Bowling & Philips, 2007; Bo...
Funder: European Commission | Value: £5,000

Law enforcement and public health: Assessing risk and vulnerability

2017 - 2018
The aim of the project is to conduct a systematic review and host round-table discussions to explore the use of police discretion when making decisions in relation to individuals' vulnerability.
Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £7,986

Public confidence & police visibility: a systematic review

2017 - 2018
This project will entail a systematic literature review of police methods in visible policing to establish the current evidence base in relation to how these affect public confidence. This review will...
Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £7,223

UNITY

2015 - 2018
Unity is a EU Horizon 2020 funded project under the Secure Societies theme of the Fight against Crime and Terrorism on Community Policing in Europe. The vision of Unity is to strengthen the connection...
Funder: European Commission | Value: £120,674

Evaluation of Stop and Search Pilot

2014 - 2015
Evaluation of Stop and Search Pilot - Fife Division Police Scotland
Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £3,252

Development of Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland

2014 - 2015
The aim of the project was to provide seedcorn funding to expand the Scottish Local Policing Evidence Database (SLoPED) into a larger project, the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS).
Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £4,938