Beth Aitkenhead

Beth joined the Police Foundation in September 2019. She has expertise on hidden harms, in particular domestic abuse, child sexual abuse and child criminal exploitation. At the Police Foundation Beth has worked on several research projects, including Turning the tide against online child sexual abuse, published in July 2022, Understanding the characteristics of serious fraud offending in the UK (May 2023) and Policing the pandemic (January 2022), Disruption of serious and organised crime and policing young adults. Before joining she led a programme of health research with the National Institute of Health Research and was involved in organisational development and training with Health Education England.

Beth is currently on secondment as a Senior Policy and Research Officer with the Australia and New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency.