Analysis of Peter Squires' Contributions to Social Policy Research

This report examines the contributions of Peter Squires to social policy research. It begins by highlighting his background in sociology and criminology, including his roles at the University of Brighton and the British Society for Criminology. The report then explores how Squires' research informs social policy by identifying societal problems, assessing the benefits and harms of policy solutions, and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of proposed policies. It also discusses the challenges in policy formulation, such as integrating diverse community perspectives and the role of various decision-makers. The report references his work with the Metropolitan Police, London Boroughs, and urban safety initiatives, as well as the influence of his research on legislation. Finally, the report includes a list of references supporting the analysis of Squires' work.

PETER SQUIRES

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Contribution of research to social policy
Peter Squires was graduated in Sociology and social policy from the University of
Bristol. In the year 1986, he began working for University of Brighton and due to his potential he
was promoted as Professor of criminology and public policy. Peter Squires have helped for
developing new teaching and research specialism in criminology and in the year 2009 became
the member of British society for Criminology executive Committee (Mehan, 2018).
Research contributes for the social policy as it helps to identify the critical problems that
are arising in the society. Further they help to understand the respective benefits and harms of the
solution that is in form of a policy. Peter Squires works effectively to estimate the cost and
consequences of the respective proposal of policy and works for real time decision
making(Cutler, 2018). For the same, the researcher works to obtain the information from
different resources and then they intellectually comprehend it in order to analyze whether it will
socially accepted or not. There are many community barriers that may arise while the research
formulates the policy. There are different communities and decision makers that comes with their
own recommendations and actions in order to solve different fundamental issues. Peter squires
have deal with different research and consultancy that is the Metropolitan police, London
Boroughs, Urban safety, rescue service etc. With the help of research conducted by him,
different legislations were formed and that helped the society in many ways(Dukelow and
Considine, 2017)
REFERENCES
Books and Journal

Cutler, N.E., 2018. The Journey to Social Policy: Yet Another Birren Contribution to
Multidisciplinary Research and Graduate Education. The International Journal of
Reminiscence and Life Review. 5(1). pp.18-21.
Dukelow, F. and Considine, M., 2017. Irish social policy: A critical introduction. Policy Press.
Mehan, H., 2018. Peter Hall’s Contributions to Public Policy Research: Examples from
Educational Reform Research1. The Sociological Quarterly. 59(2). pp.170-173.