Researching Visible Policing

Liam Ralph; Michael Rowe; Andrew Millie; Matthew Jones

doi:10.4324/9781003276456-23

Researching Visible Policing

Liam Ralph, Michael Rowe, Andrew Millie, Matthew Jones

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Abstract

In 2019, the authors of this chapter embarked on a two-year ESRC funded research project entitled ‘Visible Policing’. Research was conducted with police officers, police staff, architects and citizens, and both offline and online in connection to three distinct aspects of police visibility. This included the police estate, police artefacts reflecting police material culture, and police use of social media. The chapter draws on this project to argue for greater use of visual methods in policing. Further, the chapter illustrates how policing scholars can use researcher-generated and participant-generated visual data. As is shown, visual methods have rarely been applied in policing research despite the significance of police visibility that has endured over time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Introduction to Policing Research
Subtitle of host publication	Taking Lessons from Practice
Editors	Denise Martin , Stephen Tong
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	18
Pages	273-286
Number of pages	14
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003276456
ISBN (Print)	9781032232522, 9781032232515
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003276456-23
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2023

Keywords

Visible policing
social science research methods
police stations
police artefacts
social media use

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