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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 languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIntroduction to Policing Research
    Subtitle of host publicationTaking Lessons from Practice
    EditorsDenise Martin , Stephen Tong
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherRoutledge
    Chapter18
    Pages273-286
    Number of pages14
    Edition2nd
    ISBN (Electronic)9781003276456
    ISBN (Print)9781032232522, 9781032232515
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2023

    Keywords

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

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