All Outputs (2)

Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Simanovic, T., McFarlane, P., Brennan, I., Sutherland, A., & Graham, W. (2024). Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0301023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301023

Introduction Focused deterrence (FD) is a frequently cited intervention for preventing violence, particularly against violent urban gangs. The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) believes it could be effective in the UK, based primarily on research conducted... Read More about Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK.

Policing the pandemic: Exploring public perceptions of the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Boulton, L., Simanovic, T., McManus, M., & Walker, D. (in press). Policing the pandemic: Exploring public perceptions of the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241228048

Traditional UK policing relies on Peelian principles of policing by consent in which public views of police legitimacy are crucial. This study used a mixed methods survey design to explore the impact of the Coronavirus Act 2020 on public perceptions... Read More about Policing the pandemic: Exploring public perceptions of the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.