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Key issues in contemporary policing: Police priorities – the rise of risk and harm

SUBSCRIBE 25th March 2022Dr Carina O'Reilly - Academic Editor, Policing Insight
Metrics to quantify ‘success’ in UK policing have changed considerably over the past three decades, with an early focus on the volume of crime recorded and detected replaced with targeting those crimes causing the most harm; in this latest article in Policing Insight’s Police Student series, Academic Editor Dr Carina O’Reilly explores the various performance measurement approaches, and why public confidence should be equally crucial in shaping policing priorities.

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