Written evidence submitted to the UK Parliament's Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into the Future of Policing in Wales

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James, A orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-5460-406X and Cox-Forshaw, C (2026) Written evidence submitted to the UK Parliament's Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into the Future of Policing in Wales. Discussion Paper. UK Parliament, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

This submission examines proposals for policing reform in Wales through the lens of organisational strain. Drawing on research undertaken by the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies on investigative policing, organisational learning, police wellbeing and reform, it argues that the effectiveness of reform should be judged not simply by changes to governance or institutional structures, but by whether it strengthens community relationships, operational capability, workforce capacity and leadership confidence. The submission proposes the Four Cs framework as a means of evaluating reform and argues that successful reform should reduce, rather than merely redistribute, the pressures facing policing while improving outcomes for both communities and the police service.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Additional Information: © UK Parliament 2026 This written evidence submitted to the UK Parliament's Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into the Future of Policing in Wales is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
Uncontrolled Keywords: policing; UK Parliament; Wales; Welsh Affairs Committee; Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies (LCAPS); Police leadership; Police reform
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV7231 Criminal Justice Administrations > HV7551 Police. Detectives. Constabulary
Divisions: Law and Justice Studies
Publisher: UK Parliament
Date of acceptance: 8 July 2026
Date of first compliant Open Access: 13 July 2026
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2026 14:42
Last Modified: 13 Jul 2026 14:42
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29002
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