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Risk, discretion, accountability and control: Police perceptions of sex offender risk management policy in England and Wales (2019)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., McCartan, K., & O’Sullivan, J. (2020). Risk, discretion, accountability and control: Police perceptions of sex offender risk management policy in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(4), 433-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895819839747

© The Author(s) 2019. This article argues that understanding current approaches to sex offender risk management and its operationalization must account for front line situational decision-making practices and the culture from which they develop and o... Read More about Risk, discretion, accountability and control: Police perceptions of sex offender risk management policy in England and Wales.

Risk assessment and management of individuals convicted of a sexual offence in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., Hoggett, J., & Kemshall, H. (2018). Risk assessment and management of individuals convicted of a sexual offence in the UK

The UK has seen changes in sexual abuse policy and practice over the last 10 – 15 years that have been driven by austerity, risk management, public protection and the socio-political climate; these changes have been problematic and challenging as wel... Read More about Risk assessment and management of individuals convicted of a sexual offence in the UK.

The Troubled Families Programme and the Problems of Success (2018)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., & Frost, E. (2018). The Troubled Families Programme and the Problems of Success. Social Policy and Society, 17(4), 523-534. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746417000148

© 2017 Cambridge University Press. The Troubled Families Programme (TFP) is the latest example of a tradition of family intervention projects (FIPs) for which the evidence basis for success is ambiguous. However, research does suggest that features o... Read More about The Troubled Families Programme and the Problems of Success.

Police liaison officers at football: Challenging orthodoxy through communication and engagement (2018)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., & West, O. (2020). Police liaison officers at football: Challenging orthodoxy through communication and engagement. Policing, 14(4), 945-961. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pay032

This article expands upon research on the use of Police Liaison Teams (PLTs) within public order policing operations surrounding football fixtures. Using a Participant Action Research approach, the article reports on PLT use across multiple events an... Read More about Police liaison officers at football: Challenging orthodoxy through communication and engagement.

Challenges for police leadership: Identity, experience, legitimacy and direct entry (2018)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., Redford, P., Toher, D., & White, P. (2019). Challenges for police leadership: Identity, experience, legitimacy and direct entry. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 34(2), 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-018-9264-2

© 2018, The Author(s). The police service in England and Wales has developed a new approach to police leadership where individuals from outside of the police service can now enter directly to leadership ranks. Previous research identified that office... Read More about Challenges for police leadership: Identity, experience, legitimacy and direct entry.

Police officer attitudes to the practicalities of the sex offenders’ register, ViSOR and Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales (2017)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., Hoggett, J., & O'Sullivan, J. (2018). Police officer attitudes to the practicalities of the sex offenders’ register, ViSOR and Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 24(1), 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2017.1411641

© 2017 National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers. This paper examines police officer understandings of and attitudes to the sex offenders’ register, Violent and Sex Offenders’ Register (ViSOR) and Child Sexual Offender Disclosure Scheme(CSOD... Read More about Police officer attitudes to the practicalities of the sex offenders’ register, ViSOR and Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales.

Understandings, implications and alternative approaches to the use of the sex offenders register in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
O'sullivan, J., Hoggett, J., Kemshall, H., & McCartan, K. (2016). Understandings, implications and alternative approaches to the use of the sex offenders register in the UK. Irish Probation Journal, 13, 84-101

This paper reviews the current position in relation to sex offender registration and community notification in England and Wales. It reports on data collected as part of a wider research project evaluating law enforcement perspectives related to sex... Read More about Understandings, implications and alternative approaches to the use of the sex offenders register in the UK.

Post G20: The Challenge of Change, Implementing Evidence-based Public Order Policing (2012)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., & Stott, C. (2012). Post G20: The Challenge of Change, Implementing Evidence-based Public Order Policing. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 9(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1360

In the wake of the 2011 'riots', public order policing tactics in England and Wales have once again been brought into question. Yet, the riots came two years since police regulatory authorities in the UK called for fundamental reforms to the policing... Read More about Post G20: The Challenge of Change, Implementing Evidence-based Public Order Policing.

Keeping the peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds (2012)
Journal Article
Stott, C., Hoggett, J., & Pearson, G. (2012). Keeping the peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds. British Journal of Criminology, 52(2), 381-399. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azr076

This paper explores the relevance of the Elaborated Social Identity Model of Crowd Behaviour and Procedural Justice Theory to an understanding of both the presence and absence of collective conflict during football (soccer) crowd events. It provides... Read More about Keeping the peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds.

Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds (2010)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., & Stott, C. (2010). Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 33(2), 218-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639511011044858

Purpose – This study seeks to examine what theory of crowd psychology is being applied within public order police training in England and Wales and what accounts of crowds, police strategies and tactics subsequently emerge among officers who undertak... Read More about Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds.

The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing (2010)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., & Stoff, C. (2010). The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing. Policing and Society, 20(2), 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439461003668468

Social psychological research suggests that where police hold a theoretical view of the crowd in line with the 'classic' crowd psychology of Gustavé Le Bon this can lead to police practices that inadvertently escalate public disorder. This research r... Read More about The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing.

Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’? (2008)
Journal Article
Stott, C., Livingstone, A., & Hoggett, J. (2008). Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’?. Policing and Society, 18(3), 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460802091641

There have been important developments in psychological theory of crowd dynamics (Reicher 2001). When this body of knowledge has been combined with operational policing it has been associated with conflict reduction in the context of high risk footba... Read More about Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’?.