Researching law enforcement and public health

Abstract

Academic and practitioner attention to law enforcement and public health/LEPH is relatively new. Its seemingly fresh promise can convey a picture of smart, joined-up and reflective inter-agency cooperation to assist the vulnerable and to support victims. But arriving at and establishing cooperation between the two worlds has been a prolonged and even vacillating process, while continuity may now be endangered. This Special Edition interrogates LEPH in detail; how has it developed, what are its current trajectories, and can its promise adapt and even survive in these tough times? The contributors pay special attention to the conceptual and research foundations that must underpin effective and just engagement between LEPH.