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“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact (2024)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Andrews, W., Clayton, E., Bradford, B., Aston, E. V., & O’Neill, M. (2024). “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000017

Police organizations in England and Wales, as in many other contexts, are increasingly shifting crime reporting and other public-facing contact online. In this article, we explore the beliefs, motivations and objectives of those tasked with “deliveri... Read More about “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact.

Policing Distracted Driving (2023)
Book
Wells, H., & Savigar-Shaw, L. (2023). Policing Distracted Driving. (1). London: Palgrave Macmillan

This book draws on original research and existing theoretical perspectives and frameworks to critically examine the role of roads policing and its place within the wider field of policing. It looks at the challenges and complexities of doing roads po... Read More about Policing Distracted Driving.

‘Channel Shift’: technologically-mediated policing and procedural justice (2023)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Aston, E., Bradford, B., O'Neill, M., Clayton, E., & Andrews, W. (2023). ‘Channel Shift’: technologically-mediated policing and procedural justice. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557221132962

In recent years, UK police forces have introduced various technologies that alter the methods by which they interact with the public. In a parallel development, many forces have also begun to embrace the concept of procedural justice as a method thro... Read More about ‘Channel Shift’: technologically-mediated policing and procedural justice.

Taking the right course: the possibilities and challenges of offering alternatives to prosecution for drivers detected using mobile phones while driving (2022)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Briggs, G., & Savigar-Shaw, L. (2022). Taking the right course: the possibilities and challenges of offering alternatives to prosecution for drivers detected using mobile phones while driving. Accident analysis and prevention,

There is a considerable body of literature that outlines the dangers of mobile phone use by drivers. However, there is very little research that explores the role and effectiveness of attempts to tackle this specific road user problem. Generally, nor... Read More about Taking the right course: the possibilities and challenges of offering alternatives to prosecution for drivers detected using mobile phones while driving.

Taking the right course: The possibilities and challenges of offering alternatives to prosecution for drivers detected using mobile phones while driving. (2022)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Briggs, G., & Savigar-Shaw, L. (2022). Taking the right course: The possibilities and challenges of offering alternatives to prosecution for drivers detected using mobile phones while driving. Accident analysis and prevention, 106710 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106710

There is a considerable body of literature that outlines the dangers of mobile phone use by drivers. However, there is very little research that explores the role and effectiveness of attempts to tackle this specific road user problem. Generally, nor... Read More about Taking the right course: The possibilities and challenges of offering alternatives to prosecution for drivers detected using mobile phones while driving..

‘Virtual policing’, trust and legitimacy (2022)
Book Chapter
Bradford, B., Aston, E., O'Neill, M., & Wells, H. (2022). ‘Virtual policing’, trust and legitimacy. In The Abstract Police: Critical reflections on contemporary change in police organisations. Eleven International Publishing

Technology and Police Legitimacy (2022)
Book Chapter
Aston, E., Wells, H., Bradford, B., & O’Neill, M. (2022). Technology and Police Legitimacy. In Policing in Smart Societies (43-68). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_4

Through a consideration of the use of mobile devices by the police and the public, this chapter explores some of the potential issues raised by the incorporation of technology. What internal challenges should be considered for police organisations? W... Read More about Technology and Police Legitimacy.

The inconvenient truth about mobile phone distraction: understanding the means, motive, and opportunity for driver resistance to legal and safety messages (2021)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Savigar-Shaw, L., & Briggs, G. (2021). The inconvenient truth about mobile phone distraction: understanding the means, motive, and opportunity for driver resistance to legal and safety messages. British Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab038

Evidence for how phone-use impacts driving is clear: phone-using drivers are four times more likely to crash; demonstrate poor hazard detection ability; take longer to react to any hazards they notice; and can look yet fail to see. However, drivers a... Read More about The inconvenient truth about mobile phone distraction: understanding the means, motive, and opportunity for driver resistance to legal and safety messages.