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What is Policing For? Examining the Impact and Implications of Contemporary Policing Interventions
 This booklet on policing is the latest in a series in which the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) presents new research and theories to potential users within Government, politics, the police, the media, and the private and voluntary sectors. Policing is changing, and constantly needs to change. Communities need to feel safe so people within them can flourish physically, economically and mentally.
The ESRC in collaboration with the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, The Police Foundation, and the Universities' Police Science Institute organised its seminars to address the following: - How responsive should policing be to community priorities and concerns?
- Can and should the police solve more crime?
- What role for policing in securing economic and social well-being?
This publication takes each seminar in turn, providing an overview of each presentation.
The Value of Volunteering
 With rising unemployment and fewer job vacancies, the current financial crisis has seen renewed policy emphasis in both Europe and the UK on volunteering as a route to employment, according to a new report from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Third Sector European Network and Community Service Volunteers (CSV).
'The Value of Volunteering' - which features contributions from academics, representatives from the UK government, third sector organisations and volunteers themselves - outlines fresh UK government initiatives to use volunteering to help people into jobs, and offers powerful examples of how volunteering can change people’s lives for the better.
The third sector - discussions around key policy issues
 The ESRC, in collaboration with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and with support from the Scottish Government, organised a series of three seminars in Edinburgh, which drew together a wide range of third sector practitioners and leading academics in the field. This booklet summarises insights from the key presentations and discussions which took place during this timely programme of events.
Assessing Privacy Impact
 With spectacular losses of personal details by major organisations still fresh in the public mind, a new booklet, Assessing Privacy Impact, provides important insights from leading academics, industry experts and information regulators into the whole debate around who knows what about us, whether they need to, and the treatment of often sensitive data.
Published by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Assessing Privacy Impact summarises key presentations and open discussion involving a wide range of participants, at a special seminar organised in conjunction with the Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) - the focal point for UK expertise in this area of activity.
Not Only... But Also: Capturing the Value of Culture, Media and Sport
"This publication may seem like one of many over the years that addressed value in culture and sport. We've had 'public value' debates, 'intrinsic versus instrumental' and so on. All of them represent important steps - all those debates have and will inform how we think about this issue. But this publication is a jumping-off point for the way DCMS looks at the value of what we do" - Barbara Follett MP, Minister for Culture and Tourism, text from the Foreword
Leadership in the public sector in Scotland
 Leadership is enormously important to the success of public service organisations in Scotland - now so more than ever, given the current economic climate and the Scottish Government's objective of creating a more successful country through partnership.There has been strong commitment to the provision of leadership development for public sector staff in Scotland in recent years - not least by the Scottish Government. The ESRC and the Scottish Government organised the seminar, thus providing an opportunity for delegates to consider how new theories might help explain recent and current events, and inform better leadership, and leadership development, in the future.
How People Use and 'Misuse' Buildings
 Addressing energy use is a top priority concern for Government, not only because of its impact on climate change, but also because security of supply and energy independence are matters of vital national interest. Buildings account for 45 per cent of total UK energy use, the equivalent of all transport and manufacturing combined. However, despite high-profile publicity campaigns and the introduction of efficiency measures, building energy consumption continues to rise.
Impact of Personal Budgets on Third Sector Providers of Social Care
 Government policymakers are committed to expanding the use of personal budgets in social care.The joint ESRC/ACEVO seminar aimed to explore the likely impact that this policy will have on the third sector and this publication aims to contribute to greater understanding of this theme. In it, contributors to the seminar highlight the latest evidence drawn from personal budget pilot schemes, draw on their own experience working in the third sector and express some of their views on the potential pitfalls and opportunities posed by the introduction of personal budgets.
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