Biography

Journal Articles

• Sweeting, F. and Cole, T., 2023. Sexual Misconduct in Police Recruits as identified by Police Trainers. Police Journal, 96 (2), 245-266.
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• Sweeting, F. and Cole, T., 2023. The sharks and the fishermen: An exploratory content analysis of police officers who abused their positions for a sexual purpose. International Journal of Police Science & Management.
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• Sweeting, F. and Cole, T., 2023. “We do employ some morons”: police trainers' opinions on recruitment procedures. Policing and Society: an international journal of research and policy.
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• Sweeting, F., Callon, Z. and Firth, E., 2023. How can rape investigations be enhanced? Consideration of attrition in rape cases: Second follow-up study. Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review, 5 (2).
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• Davis, H., Lawrence, S., Wilson, E., Sweeting, F. and Poate-Joyner, A., 2023. ‘No one likes a grass’ Female police officers’ experience of workplace sexual harassment: A qualitative study. International Journal of Police Science and Management.
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• Sweeting, F., Cole, T. and Hills, P., 2022. Is the blue wall of silence a fallacy in cases of police sexual misconduct? International Journal of Police Science and Management, 24 (3), 285-297.
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• Sweeting, F. and Arden-Close, E., 2022. The impact of Behçet’s disease on intimate relationships in women: A qualitative study. Chronic Illness, 18 (2), 255-267.
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• Sweeting, F., Arabaci-Hills, P. and Cole, T., 2021. Outcomes of Police Sexual Misconduct in the UK. Policing (Oxford), 15 (2), 1339-1351.
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Books

• Polkinghorne, M. et al., 2023. Fusion Learning Conference 2023 - Proceedings. Poole, Dorset, UK, BH12 5BB: Bournemouth University.
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Theses

• Sweeting, F., 2021. Sexual misconduct in police officers: development of a risk assessment tool for the early identification of police officers and staff who abuse their positions for a sexual purpose. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Science and Technology.
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Others

• Sweeting, F.R. and Cole, T., 2023. “We do employ some morons”: police trainers' opinions on recruitment procedures. Published.
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Conference Presentations

• Tackling VAWG Together Conference, 06 Dec 2023, Tidworth, Wiltshire
• Now's the time - Learning Event, 26 May 2023, Birmingham
• Police Misconduct, 16 May 2023, London
• Somerset VAWG day, 15 May 2023, Bridgewater, Somerset
• College of Policing: VAWG conference, 15 May 2023, Ryton
• Avon & Somerset Police Abuse of Position Conference, 15 Mar 2023, Avon and Somerset Police HQ
• Sexual harassment in the workplace, 24 Jan 2023, Manchester
• Professional Standards and Ethics Conference 2022, 21 Nov 2022, Stratford Upon Avon
• Garda Commissioners Conference, 08 Nov 2022, Tipperary
• Shining a light on betrayal, 26 Jul 2022, Belfast
• Abuse of position for a sexual purpose: keeping boundaries professional, 29 Oct 2021, Durham

Broadcast Interview

• Women in the police: the inside story
• Dispatches, Abuse of position for a sexual purpose in the police, Ellie, F, 11 Oct 2021. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/cops-on-trial-dispatches
• Manifesto For Change: Preventing Male Violence in Policing:, We will explore perpetrators, attractiveness of policing to both predatory and opportunistic perpetrators, interventions, and the evidence base of what works, Fish, S, 22 Feb 2021. https://policing.tv/videos/preventing-male-violence-in-policing-ep3-insight-into-police-perpetrators/