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Publication  —  Research and evaluation, Thematic inspection  —  8 March 2023

We examined how well police address serious youth violence to reduce violent crime involving young people.

Publication  —  Research and evaluation  —  8 March 2023

We commissioned User Voice to conduct research on the lived experience of those who have committed, and been on the receiving end, of serious youth violence.

Publication  —  Criminal justice joint inspections, Custody suites, Inspection programmes, Joint inspection, National Preventive Mechanism, Research and evaluation  —  31 January 2023

This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’s joint custody inspection programme, conducted by Cordis Bright.

Publication  —  Research and evaluation  —  29 April 2022

HMICFRS independently assesses and reports on the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire and rescue services with the aim of encouraging improvement. The pandemic required us to move to remote inspections, rather than on-site and face-to-face.

Publication  —  Released under investigation, Research and evaluation, Thematic inspection  —  8 December 2020

In 2019, HMICFRS commissioned BritainThinks to conduct qualitative research to explore victim and suspect experiences of changes implemented as a result of the Policing and Crime Act 2017

Publication  —  Child protection, Research and evaluation  —  27 February 2020

In 2014, HMICFRS started a rolling programme of inspections in every police force in England and Wales, looking at their response to child protection. To better understand the impact of these inspections on policing activity, we commissioned NatCen to carry out independent evaluation of the programme.

Publication  —  PEEL methodology, Research and evaluation  —  10 January 2019

This report sets out the results of HMICFRS’s fourth commissioned survey into public perceptions of policing in England and Wales, carried out by BMG Research.

Publication  —  Hate crime, Research and evaluation, Study  —  16 October 2018

This research project was commissioned by HMICFRS to better understand the experiences of victims of hate crime. It provides a powerful victim perspective and complements our own inspection report on hate crime.

Publication  —  PEEL methodology, Research and evaluation  —  28 December 2017

This report sets out the results of the third Ipsos MORI survey into public perceptions of policing in England and Wales.

Publication  —  PEEL methodology, Research and evaluation  —  13 July 2017

In 2016, HMIC commissioned Ipsos MORI to undertake a follow-up survey of public perceptions of policing in England and Wales. This report sets out the results of this survey.