Research and analysis

How an exit strategy might affect crime and policing - working paper, 21 April 2020

Working paper by the Security and Policing sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) / Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) in response to a Home Office commission.

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Working paper of SPI-B Security and Policing sub-Group in response to Home Office commission - 21 April 2020

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Paper prepared by SPI-B Security and Policing sub-group on how an exit strategy might affect crime and policing. It was discussed at SAGE 28 on 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Therefore, some of the information in this paper may have been superseded and the author’s opinion or conclusion may since have developed.

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 These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.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