To view this issue of cjm online please visit the Taylor & Francis Online website here. Online access to the back catalogue is available free to all Centre for Crime and Justice Studies' members. To find out more about membership click here. In this edition EditorialBy Barry Loveday and Peter Francis20 July 2016 Joining forces? The police mergers debateBy John Godfrey20 July 2016 Keeping the lid on: policing drug related crimeBy Howard Parker20 July 2016 SOCA: the Serious and Organised Crime AgencyBy Ben Bowling and James Ross20 July 2016 The National Policing Improvement Agency: central to changeBy Peter Neyroud20 July 2016 Workforce modernisation in the police serviceBy Barry Loveday20 July 2016 The public face of policingBy Martin Innes20 July 2016 Enhancing accountability in local policingBy John W Raine and Eileen Dunstan20 July 2016 Standing at the crossroads: Community Safety PartnershipsBy Gordon Hughes20 July 2016 Protecting the public: the police/probation partnershipBy David Walton20 July 2016 Painting the town blue: the pluralisation of policingBy Stuart Lister20 July 2016 Safer Schools PartnershipsBy Jon Burgess20 July 2016 Police complaints in the reform eraBy Graham Smith20 July 2016 The Independent Police Complaints CommissionBy Nick Hardwick20 July 2016 Gay rights in the police service: is the enemy still within?By Dean Blackbourn20 July 2016 The changing nature of policing powersBy Gareth Crossman20 July 2016 Green and pleasant? Policing rural EnglandBy R I Mawby20 July 2016 cjm updateBy Chris Eades20 July 2016 5 March 2006