50 Facts Everyone Should Know about the Police

John Bahadur Lamb is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Policing at Staffordshire University. Max Hart is Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. James Treadwell is Professor in Criminology at Staffordshire University. Adam Lynes is Associate Professor in Criminology at Birmingham City University. Craig Kelly is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University.

The book will contain 50 facts organised into sections (with ten facts per section) set out broadly as follows:





1. Policing History – [Facts1 -10]


Facts in this section will cover core developments in policing from the 1700s through to the contemporary, looking at significant moments, explaining why and how the police are the only other profession legally banned from striking.





2. Policing Practice - Facts 11-20


Other indicative topics in this section will include facts that deal with Public Order policing; Policing Sexual offences; Homicide, Property Crime; Violent Crime; Cybercrime; Serious and Organised Crime, Road and Traffic policing; Domestic Violence, Abuse and Coercive Control; Drug Offences; Crimes against Business.





3. Policing Approaches: Facts 21-30


Facts in this section will cover Evidence based Policing, SARA and Crime Scripts, Hotspots, Evidence based policing, SCP and the problem-solving policing, the National Decision making Model, CPTED and designing out crime, Defund movement and police abolitionism. It will be sued to deal with facts such as the above that feature as part of the PEQF and broader about police approaches, police working practices and police culture.





4. Policing Controversies: Facts 31-40


This section will cover a range of Controversies, from issues such as policing of racism, gender and sexualities to police use of force, police malpractice and corruption, police media relations, undercover controversies in UK policing, policing activities such as stop and search, live facial recognition and use of the London gang's matrix to surface risk and prevent crime. However, many other policing activities have received much less attention. These activities are equally controversial and, in a democratic society, should be part of the wider public conversation about policing in the UK.





5. Facts 41-50 Policing Futures and Global policing (Facts 41-50)


This section will deal with policing beyond the UK, and the UKs role in policing as an international and global activity. It will also broaden policing to consider how for example, the police are often at the forefront of debates, whereas those with policing functions such as HMRC and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) receive far less critical media, public and academic scrutiny. This section will use facts that allow us to examine Interpol, Europol and policing post Brexit and Schengen in the UK.