Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1 How can relations between police and young people be characterised? -- 1.2. Why do some young people have negative perceptions of police? -- 1.3. Why do some police have negative perceptions of young people? -- 1.4 What is the impact of poor relations between young people and police? -- 1.5. Background to this report -- 2. Complaints against police -- 2.1. How are complaints against the police dealt with? -- 2.2. What is a ‘breach of discipline’? -- 2.3. What is ‘misconduct’? -- 3. Study one: CMC analysis of complaints against police by young people -- 3.1. Background -- 3.2. Research methodology -- 3.3. Key findings -- 3.4. Conclusions -- 4. Study two: Preventing risk-taking behaviour and injury in youth -- 4.1. Background -- 4.2. Project description -- 4.3. Key findings -- 4.4. Conclusions -- 5. Study three: Police–youth interaction study -- 5.1. Background -- 5.2. Project description -- 5.3. The panel samples -- 5.4. Wave 1 results -- 5.5. Wave 2 results -- 5.6. Conclusions -- 6. Discussion.