The N8 Policing Research Partnership recently supported a conference at the University of Leeds which explored ‘Police use of Body-Worn Cameras and the prosecution of domestic abuse: policy, practice and research’. In this blog-post Daniel Pugh, PhD candidate at Leeds...
Written by Dr Kelly Johnson and Dr Charlotte Barlow, Lancaster University Physical violence is now understood to be just one of many methods of domestic abuse, with psychological, emotional, coercive and controlling methods being increasingly acknowledged in academia,...
How can the police and agencies responsible for tackling domestic abuse connect with their communities and create public value in this area of work? Written by Dr Linda Reid, Alliance Manchester Business School There is copious research about the phenomenon of...
Written by Mark Bangs, Deputy Head of Crime Statistics, Office for National Statistics Official statistics on crime in England and Wales have been collated and published for over 100 years. Many aspects of these statistics have changed over this time, to adapt to the...
Written by Dr Carly Lightowlers The association between alcohol and violence Due to its association with violent outcomes, heavy episodic or ‘binge’ drinking remains a concern in the fields of public health and criminal justice. In wider discourse and policy responses...
Written by Kelly Henderson, PhD researcher at Durham University, Co-founder of the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) and works for housing provider Gentoo. I am in my final year of my PhD at Durham University – my research examines the role of housing providers...
Dr Karen Harrison, University of Hull & Professor Aisha K. Gill, University of Roehampton, London. Based on empirical data collected between May 2013 and June 2105, this blog explores how four British police force areas currently respond to sexual abuse incidents...
In this blog, Dr Xavier L’Hoiry (University of Sheffield) and Professor Adam Crawford (University of Leeds) reflect on some key points raised in a recently published article in Policing and Society which draws on findings of research funded by the ESRC. The full...
Kelly J. Stockdale, Teesside University A string of shocking videos showing users of the drug “spice” in frozen and catatonic states on Britain’s streets and in prisons have sparked a national debate about how to deal with the substance and its users. But these...
Professor Clifford Stott, Co-Director Keele University Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC). On the 25 January 2017 Djurgården IFK (DIF), one of Stockholm’s three major football clubs - played a friendly against Vasalund, a small club based in the Solna district of...
