Research and analysis

Policing the coronavirus outbreak: processes and prospects for collective disorder, 19 April 2020

A briefing note for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) outlining the factors related to collective disorder.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 29 May 2020

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Policing the coronavirus outbreak: processes and prospects for collective disorder, 19 April 2020

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This review prepared by the University of St Andrews and the University of Keele discusses collective disorder and the roles of the police. It was discussed at SAGE 28 on the 23 April 2020.

It should be viewed in context: the paper was the best assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. The picture is developing rapidly and, as new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

Therefore, some of the information in this paper may have been superseded and the author’s opinion or conclusion may since have developed.

It was also published in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice at https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaa014.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 29 May 2020