Ideas in British Policing: Policing violent places

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Published: 2nd January 2009

This paper explores some basic principles for policing violent places to aid police in the identification of the most serious problems any local area. These principles also offer an approach to the proactive policing of the people and places causing harm to local communities that is grounded in the public’s need for safety.

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Gavin Hales

Gavin was Deputy Director of the Police Foundation from May 2014 to May 2017. Previously, Gavin was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (Birkbeck College) working on a study of misconduct by chief police officers for the College of Policing. Gavin has extensive experience as a researcher working on crime and policing issues and has previously worked as a consultant for NatCen Social Research, and for the University of Essex, the Metropolitan Police Strategic Research Unit, and the University of Portsmouth.