Policing makes a difference in millions of people's lives. The question we ask at SEBP is simple: what actually works, and what does not? Our job is to help policing answer it, by using, producing and communicating the best available evidence, and by doing that from within policing itself. The Society has grown into a membership of police officers, staff, researchers and others who want policing guided by reliable evidence. We run regional and national conferences, we transla

Based on the BSc (Hons) Professional Policing Practice dissertation by David Shephard, Anglia Ruskin University, 2024 Child criminal exploitation (CCE) happens when children are groomed, coerced or controlled into criminal activity. The most familiar example is county lines, where drug networks run from major towns use young people to store, carry and sell drugs elsewhere. It is hard to see, hard to measure and too big for any single agency to tackle alone. David Shephard's d

For many children, being arrested is one of the most frightening experiences of their young lives. They find themselves in an unfamiliar environment, surrounded by adults in positions of authority, often carrying a history of trauma, adversity or unmet need long before they arrive at a custody suite. As Youth Justice Lead for Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership, I have had the privilege of working alongside Sefton Council, Merseyside Police, health colleagues and the Cu