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The police have acted as 'moral guardians' since the early 19th century (2025)
Book Chapter
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2025). The police have acted as 'moral guardians' since the early 19th century. In J. Lamb, M. Hart, J. Treadwell, A. Lynes, & C. Kelly (Eds.), 50 Facts Everyone Should Know About the Police. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370499

Book Details:
Have you ever wondered whether crime dramas reflect the reality of police work? Or what the future of policing could look like in the context of recent controversies?

Offering thought-provoking insights into understanding, addressin... Read More about The police have acted as 'moral guardians' since the early 19th century.

The reforms of policing the Metropolis 1798-1829 (2024)
Journal Article
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2024). The reforms of policing the Metropolis 1798-1829. Journal of the Police History Society, 38,

The authors are in the process of preparing a manuscript for a book entitled The Governance of the Police in England and Wales: From Early Times to the Present Day. As part of our research, we examined a vast range of primary source material relating... Read More about The reforms of policing the Metropolis 1798-1829.

The 2024 UK riots: Political context, and possible solutions to disorder (2024)
Journal Article
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2024). The 2024 UK riots: Political context, and possible solutions to disorder. Policing Insight,

The riots and public disorder which have affected towns and cities across the UK during recent weeks took place against a backdrop of populist politics and a change in protest tactics; Dr Wendy Laverick, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at... Read More about The 2024 UK riots: Political context, and possible solutions to disorder.

Joseph Fouche, 'Continental Policing' and its Impact on British Policing (2023)
Journal Article
Joyce, P., & Laverick, W. (2023). Joseph Fouche, 'Continental Policing' and its Impact on British Policing. Journal of the Police History Society, 37, 109-114

This article examines the nature of policing associated with the French statesman and police reformer, Joseph Fouché, and seeks to explain how this influenced the style and character of professional policing as this developed across England and Wales... Read More about Joseph Fouche, 'Continental Policing' and its Impact on British Policing.

Contemporary protest and police operational independence (2023)
Journal Article
Joyce, P., & Laverick, W. (2023). Contemporary protest and police operational independence. Policing Insight,

The UK Government’s efforts to influence policing’s operational response to protests have reached new levels in recent months, and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s comments on the issue would appear to have prompted her sacking; but Wrexham U... Read More about Contemporary protest and police operational independence.

History of policing, crime, disorder, punishment (2023)
Book
Joyce, P., & Laverick, W. (2023). History of policing, crime, disorder, punishment. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36892-9

This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the early twenty-first century in England and Wales. It vivi... Read More about History of policing, crime, disorder, punishment.

Evaluation of Humberside Serious & Organised Crime Community Coordinator (SOC CC) (2023)
Report
Santorso, S., Laverick, W., Kidd, A., & Dal Santo, L. P. Evaluation of Humberside Serious & Organised Crime Community Coordinator (SOC CC). Home Office

Introduction:
The principal purpose of this project was to evaluate the Serious and Organised Crime Community Coordinator (SOC CC) in Grimsby and Hull. The Home Office’s SOC CC project has aimed to bring together all the existing support of the stat... Read More about Evaluation of Humberside Serious & Organised Crime Community Coordinator (SOC CC).

Advancements and challenges in gender equity in British policing (2023)
Journal Article
Laverick, W., Joyce, P., & Cunningham, E. (2023). Advancements and challenges in gender equity in British policing. Policing Insight,

A series of recent reviews and reports have highlighted issues around misogyny and gender inequality in UK policing; in this article, Laverick, Joyce and Cunningham explore the context of some of those issues, and consider the advances as well as the... Read More about Advancements and challenges in gender equity in British policing.

The Execution Dock: Wapping, East London, UK (2023)
Book Chapter
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2023). The Execution Dock: Wapping, East London, UK. In A. Lynes, C. Kelly, & J. Treadwell (Eds.), 50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism (65-70). Policy Press

This book chapter focuses on the crime of piracy and how the state responded to this problem in the eighteenth and early years of the nineteenth century.