Policing 2.0: if you had to design policing from scratch, what would you do?

Please note: the conference programme and a profile of all speakers and session abstracts can be found at the bottom of this page (downloadable pdfs).

A conference hosted by the Dawes Centre for Future Crime in collaboration with the Society for Evidence Based Policing. This unique event will look at critical questions such as:

• What does the evidence base look like for interventions that we routinely use in battling crime?
• What do we forecast to be the greatest crime challenges in the near future?
• How should we design policing to be most effective in battling those challenges?
• How do we continually test and learn?

The conference will bring together leading police practitioners, policy-makers, private sector organisations and researchers to promote interaction, inspiration and innovation. Professor Lawrence Sherman from Cambridge University will open proceedings by laying down the challenges in this critical space, and Chief Constable Sara Thornton will reflect on the obstacles that stand in the way of policing becoming more evidence based. The programme will include presentations and discussion from academics presenting some of the latest evidence in this area, including an analysis of case studies. The objective of the event is to spark discussion and reflection on police practice, collaboration between forces and between police and other stakeholders such as academic, and to ensure that all those who attend leave with a desire to approach their mission in a new and different way.