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Employment

• Senior Researcher/Associate Researcher/Visiting Fellow, Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice, University of Northampton (2015- Present)
• Chief Executive, Northamptonshire Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner (2012-15)
• Deputy Head of Corporate Development, Northamptonshire Police (2006-12)
• Team Manager, Drug and Alcohol Partnership & Programme Manager Nene Project ,Peterborough City Council (2004-6)
• Area Manager, Warwickshire Probation Service (2003-4)
• Youth Offending Team Manager, Peterborough City Council (2000-3)
• Probation Officer & Senior Probation Officer, Hereford and Worcester Probation Service (1996-2000)

Research Publications

• Britton, I., Callender, M., Cahalin, K., and Knight, L. (2021). Regular police officer perspectives on
  the Special Constabulary: An exploratory study. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
• Callender, M., Britton, I., and Knight, L. (2021-Accepted for Publication). Strategic Perspectives on
  the Special Constabulary, The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles.
• Cheah, P.K., Britton, I., Callender, M., Wolf, R., Knight, L., Unnithan, N.P., (2020). Comparing
  Volunteer Policing in Malaysia, England and Wales, and the United States of America: CrossNational Findings, Policing: An International Journal, 44(1), 133-146.
• Britton, I. and Knight, L. (2020). Citizens in Policing: Exploring the role and impact of volunteering
  in law enforcement. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice
• Britton, I. and Knight, L. (2020). Perspectives on the emotional labour of Special Constables. In:
  Phillips, J., Westaby, C., Fowler, A and Waters, J. (Eds) Emotional Labour in Criminal Justice and
  Criminology. Abingdon: Routledge, 221-235.
• Britton, I., Callender, M. and Farquharson, L. (Forthcoming). Special beginnings: Navigating the
  early stages of volunteering as a Special Constable, [Submitted and under review]
• Britton, I., Wolf, R. and Callender, M. (2019). A comparative case study of Reserve Deputies in a
  Florida sheriffs office and Special Constables in an English police force. International Journal of
  Police Science and Management, 20(4), 259-271.
• Britton, I. and Callender, M. (2018). Strategic direction and leadership in the special constabulary. In:
  K. Bullock and A. Millie, (Eds). The special constabulary: historical context, international
  comparisons and contemporary themes. Abingdon: Routledge, 149-168.
• Callender, M., Cahalin, K., Cole, S., Hubbard, L. and Britton, I. (2018). Understanding the
  Motivations, Morale, and Retention of Special Constables: Findings from a National Survey.
  Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
• Callender, M., Pepper, M., Cahalin, K. and Britton, I. (2018). Exploring the police support volunteer
  experience: findings from a national survey. Policing and Society: An International Journal of
  Research and Policy, 29(4), 392-406.

Conference

• 2021

National Women in the Special Constabulary Conference 15th May, 2021, (Online Event)
The national picture for female Special Constables
• 2020
  National Women in the Special Constabulary Conference
  8th March 2020, Exeter University, UK.
• Female Special Constables: what we know from research
  Specialisms and Career Special Constables National Workshop
  23rd February 2020, British Transport Police Headquarters, London.
  Specialisms and Career Specials
• 2019
  Wales Special Constabulary Leadership Event
  16th November 2019, Cwmbran, Wales.
• Leading Special Constables: Perspectives from Research
  International Conference on Volunteering in Policing and Public Safety
  8th November 2019, Birmingham, UK.
• Experiences of volunteering as a police officer: Becoming, integrating, specialising.
  Leading the Special Constabulary? Exploring the experience and culture of leadership.
  Supporting Police Support Volunteers: A case study of a police force in England and Wales.
  Setting an international agenda for Citizens in Policing
  Police Support Volunteers National Workshop
• 26th September 2019, Newcastle, UK.
  The Development of Police Support Volunteers: Evidence from the national data and evaluation work
  National Citizens in Policing Board Workshop8
  31st July 2019, London, UK.
• CiP Police Transformation Fund: Evidencing the Future
  National Volunteer Police Cadets Conference
  8th July, 2019, Birmingham, UK.
• Findings from National Evaluations of the Mini-Police and Police Cadets
  National Workshops on CiP Police Transformation Fund (x4)
  Various dates June and July 2019, London, Manchester, Birmingham, UK
• Findings from the CiP Police Transformation Projects
  Kent Special Constabulary Away Day
  15th June 2019, Maidstone, UK.
• Special Constables: Perspectives from Research
  Northumbria Citizens in Policing Conference
  8th June 2019, Alnwick Castle, UK
• Citizens in Policing: Learning from Research
  North West England Special Constabulary Development Day
  1st June 2019, Manchester, UK
• Lessons from national research on the Special Constabulary
  Hertfordshire Special Constabulary Pathways Launch
  22nd and 23rd May 2019, Welwyn Garden City, UK
• The Special Constabulary Career Pathways Pilot
  First National Employer Support Policing Conference
  8th May 2019, Manchester, UK
• Employer Supported Policing: Findings from Research
  UK Local Policing Conference
  6th March 2019, Hinckley, UK
• Innovation and partnership in engaging volunteers in policing
  2018
  National Citizens in Policing Conference
  1st November 2018, London, UK
• The Citizens in Policing National Benchmarking
  Cumbria Special Constabulary Strategic Planning Day
  27th October 2018, Penrith, UK
• Special Constables: Perspectives from Research
  South West England Regional Special Constabulary Development Day
  20th October 2018, Portishead, UK
• Special Constables: National research update
  West Midlands Special Constabulary Strategy Day
  29th September 2018, Birmingham, UK
• Special Constables: what does the research tell us?
  Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference
  7th September 2018, London, UK9
• Researching and Evidencing Volunteering in Policing
  National Volunteering in Policing Research Roundtable
  5th September 2018, London, UK
• Overview of the research field across volunteering in policing
  Association of Special Constabulary Officers, National Conference
  16th June 2018, Leicester, UK
• Special Constables: What does the research tell us?
  National Local Policing Conference
  28th February 2018, Ryton, UK
  What do we know? Special Constabularies and Police Volunteers
• 2017
  Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference
  8th September 2017, Nottingham, UK
• Researching the experiences of being a volunteer Special Constable
  Social Policy Association Conference
  11th and 12th July 2017, Durham, UK
• Reimagining the Role of Police Volunteering, and
  Valuing Voluntarism in Policing
  Volunteer Police Cadets, National Conference
  9th-11th June, 2017, Ryton, UK
  Valuing Cadets
• National Citizens in Policing Conference
  6th June 2017, York, UK
  Overview of research across Citizens in Policing
• The Voluntary Sector in Criminal Justice: Setting the Research Agenda
  5th June 2017, Sheffield, UK
• Researching volunteering in policing: Some learning from the early beginnings of a national 'Citizens
  in Policing' research programme
  VSSN Network Event: Border Crossings - Implications for Civil Society in a 'Dis'-United
  Kingdom
  18th May, 2017, Glasgow, UK
• Volunteering and Third Sector Engagement in Policing: A complex and confusing picture
  Association of Special Constabulary Chief Officers, Annual National Conference
  13th May, 2017, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK
  Developing an Evidence-base for the Special Constabulary