Legitimacy & Confidence in Policing – Briefing Document

Resource type: Conference Briefing

An independent briefing document prepared to guide and inform discussions at our 40th annual Police Conference conference, Legitimacy & Confidence in Policing, taking place in June 2022.

Kathryn Farrow, our freelance Research Associate for this project and doctoral student at the University of Oxford, wrote this briefing document.

It provides an overview of current research and thinking around the relationship between the police and society.

Digital copies

You can read the briefing document on-screen here, or download a copy in PDF below.

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We will be publishing a two-part report with key findings and recommendations from the conference, including an updated version of this briefing document as Part I.