This Cumberland Lodge Report explores the attraction of gangs in order to understand and police them more effectively. It draws on the wisdom and experience of a multi-agency delegation of police officers, academics, non-governmental organisations, policymakers and practitioners, who attended a three-day conference at Cumberland Lodge in June 2019. This was the 38th annual Police conference to take place at Cumberland Lodge.
The key themes and best-practice recommendations that emerged from our independent research and our roundtable conference were later reviewed and refined at an expert consultation we convened with conference representatives and further specialists, in October 2019.
The report's author is Cumberland Lodge freelance Research Associate Dr Robert McLean.
