The Policing Directorate has a vibrant research community and has a number of PhD students engaged in research on various topics involving policing and security.
In addition, staff conduct research projects for various sponsors, including police organisations, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and those involved with community safety.
Helen Martin - 'Immigrants and Their Perceptions and Expectations of the United Kingdom (UK) Police'.
Helen Martin - 'Student Safety and Security'.
Roger Phillips - 'Police Pursuits'.
Professor Colin Rogers - 'Police Education'.
Professor Colin Rogers - 'Policing the Pandemic'.
Professor Colin Rogers - 'Policing and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities'.
Professor Colin Rogers - 'Abolition of Reasonable Chastisement in Wales'.
Allison Turner - 'Role Play and Police Learning and Development'.
Danied Welch (PhD Candidate) - 'A Critical Evaluation of Police Policy Implementation and Victim Satisfaction of Domestic Abuse in Wales'.
Sarah Greening - 'Assess the Role of Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) Within Current International Methods of Community Policing'.
Nick McLain - 'The Relationship Between Policing Activity and Public Confidence in the Police: A Case Study of Gwent Police'.
Daniel Welch - 'A Critical Evaluation of Police Policy Implementation and Victim Satisfaction of Domestic Abuse in Wales'.
Dr James Gravelle - (2012) Rationalising Crime Calls: A study of Police and Customer Interaction, Pontypridd: University of Glamorgan (now University of South Wales).
Dr Garry Thomas - (2015) A Critical Analysis of the Use of Community Intelligence in Local Neighbourhood Policing in South Wales, Pontypridd: University of South Wales.
Dr Amanda Milliner - (2016) Marginalised Groups and Police Interaction, Pontypridd: University of South Wales.
Dr Louise Skilling - (2018) Preventing Crime in Communities: A Critical Analysis of Community Safety in a Lower Income Neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya, Pontypridd: University of South Wales.
Dr Gareth Cuerden - (2020) Identifying the ‘Tipping Point’ to Reporting Hate Crime and Removing Barriers to Hate Crime Reporting in Wales: A Victim Led Approach. Pontypridd: University of South Wales.