About College What Works

The What Works Centre for Crime Reduction produces and collates research evidence on crime reduction and supports its use in practice by: 

• presenting the best-available evidence on the impact of individual crime prevention interventions in the Crime Reduction Toolkit, together with evidence on how and where they work best to reduce crime

• publishing a Research Map to facilitate students and researchers to share summaries of their ongoing research related to policing and crime reduction

• developing evidence-based policing guidelines, created in collaboration with front line practitioners, subject matter experts and academics

• building capability and understanding in the use of research evidence among police officers and staff and supporting them to carry out academic study and research

• conducting and commissioning research on priority areas and supporting collaborative research partnerships between police and academics
  

College What Works is part of a network of What Works Centres created to provide robust and comprehensive evidence that will guide decision-making on public spending. For more information, see the Gov.uk website.