Outputs (6)

How police culture impacts mental health: Perspectives from retired police officers (2025)
Journal Article

Take Home Messages

- A ‘macho’ police culture discourages police officers from discussing or seeking help for mental health struggles.

- Although mental health stigma remains prevalent, generational shifts are helping to foster more open and su... Read More about How police culture impacts mental health: Perspectives from retired police officers.

Behind the badge: Addressing organizational and operational stress in policing mental health (2025)
Journal Article

Police officers in the UK and Ireland experience comparable mental health challenges, largely due to workplace culture and repeated exposure to trauma. Poor management, bullying, and lack of organzational support contribute as much to mental health c... Read More about Behind the badge: Addressing organizational and operational stress in policing mental health.

Racial diversity and police education in England and Wales (2024)
Book Chapter

The curriculum of these entry routes into a career in policing – Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP), Police Constable Degree Apprenticeships (PCDA) and Professional Policing Degree Programme (PPD) is based on the skills required to be a ‘modern’ p... Read More about Racial diversity and police education in England and Wales.

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter

In this introduction to the book, some context to the authors is provided, their experience and positioning within the framework of policing, the College of Policing PEQF and its growing relationship with higher education and the academic arena. Each... Read More about Introduction.

Ethics and considering the risks of de-sensitization (2023)
Book Chapter

Ethical practice is nothing new for those who work in the criminal justice sector and policing has its own Code of Ethics within which police practice is framed. The ethical practices required by social researchers are of similar ilk, ensuring the re... Read More about Ethics and considering the risks of de-sensitization.

Drug education as diversion: A mixed methods evaluation of the Avon & Somerset drug education programme (2022)
Report

This evaluation was undertaken on behalf of the Office of the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner to evaluate Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s Drug Education Programme (DEP). The DEP is an education programme that has operated in South We... Read More about Drug education as diversion: A mixed methods evaluation of the Avon & Somerset drug education programme.