What Works Centre News Updates

Our new intervention about body-worn cameras (BWCs) assesses their impact on police and pubic behaviour when used in a law enforcement context.

Police Sergeants Sam Davies and James Mallows from Devon and Cornwall Police tell us about Surfwell, a programme conceived in 2017 which uses surfing to improve police officers’ wellbeing and mental health.

In autumn 2020 we launched Going equipped – a new publication written and edited by people working in policing, for policing. Following positive feedback, we are now delighted to introduce our second issue.

College bursary recipient Detective Sergeant Rob Ewin, Cumbria Police, tells us about his experience of academic study which led him to complete a PhD in 2021, opening up opportunities to apply his research to policing.

Our ‘what works in policing to reduce crime’ series, updated in Spring 2021, provides a brief overview of the most effective ways the police can tackle crime, based on the best available research evidence at the time of publishing.

On 8 March, we launched our sixth annual bursary scheme. The application window is now closed.

Here we introduce a new intervention on the Crime Reduction Toolkit which adds to the best-available evidence about diversion approaches to reducing crime.