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

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.

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.

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.

Good conduct: How can protests be ethically policed? (2019)
Journal Article
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2019). Good conduct: How can protests be ethically policed?. Policing Insight,

Ten years ago, London was the scene of the G20 Summit protests. This week climate change activists caused major disruption in the city. Protests are part and parcel of a liberal democracy, but how do we ensure they are ethically policed? Professor Pe... Read More about Good conduct: How can protests be ethically policed?.

Brexit, Crime and Security: What does the future look like for UK law enforcement? (2018)
Journal Article
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2018). Brexit, Crime and Security: What does the future look like for UK law enforcement?. Policing Insight,

As the Government's assessment of its future security partnership with the EU is published, Peter Joyce, Visiting Professor in Criminology at the University of Glyndŵr and Dr Wendy Laverick, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan U... Read More about Brexit, Crime and Security: What does the future look like for UK law enforcement?.