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Evidence for better policing

The Research & Publication Branch runs three streams of scholarship — internal studies by faculty and course members, external commissions, and mutual projects with partner institutions.

600+

Publications

Journal Volumes

Ongoing Projects

Research Streams

Three ways we build knowledge

Internal Research

Studies by Directing Faculty and course members — every PMCC and PEMCC cohort produces supervised research on live policing problems in Bangladesh.

Course DissertationsFaculty Studies

External Research

Commissioned studies for ministries, Police Headquarters and development partners — independent evidence for national policy decisions.

Policy StudiesCommissioned Reports

Mutual Research

Joint projects with universities and international partners — UNDP, JICA, Macquarie University and SAARC academies — on shared regional challenges.

Joint ProjectsAcademic Partnerships

Current Work

Selected ongoing projects

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Community policing outcomes in metropolitan Dhaka

Internal — PMCC 48th cohort

InternalFieldwork

Digital evidence handling: national standards review

With Police Headquarters (CID)

ExternalDraft report

Cross-border trafficking patterns in the Bay of Bengal

With UNDP Bangladesh

MutualYear 2 of 3

Comparative police training models in South Asia

With Macquarie University, Sydney

MutualPeer review

Stress and wellbeing of first-responder officers

Internal — Faculty study

InternalData analysis

Call for Papers

PSC Journal of Police Science — Volume 13

Submissions on criminology, public safety, digital policing and governance are open to serving officers and academic researchers until September 30, 2026.

Submission Guidelines