By Janine Ewen, published: 04/04/2024. This blog was originally published on Policing Insight. I think it’s safe to say I’ve had an unorthodox and extremely challenging career to date. I’ve trained police officers, helped the police in dealing with messy situations, and seen the extreme end of policing (militarised police operations against drug traffickers in …
By Dr Rebecca Shaw, published: 22/02/2024. This blog was originally published on the N8 PRP website. As one of the first recipients of the inaugural ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre’s ECR Development Fund, I am investigating the power of systemic and structural narratives on domestic abuse, as witnessed by service-providers who support both …
By Dr Larissa Engelmann, Professor Corinne May-Chahal and Dr Christine A. Weirich, published: 06/02/2024. Efforts to prevent online harm among children mostly take place after harm has occurred, e.g. using artificial intelligence to detect images online, or beforehand through schools and educational initiatives. Yet online sexual abuse continues to increase. Most significantly in the aftermath of the …
By Dr Tobias Kammersgaard and Dr Chris Devany, published: 23/10/2023. This blog was originally published on the N8 PRP website. The term ‘county lines’ is used to refer to the practice of drug sellers from larger cities travelling to smaller towns to distribute illicit drugs. Exploitation is common as those involved will often recruit, groom …
By Professor Martin Webber and Professor Liz Hughes, published: 10/10/2023. The theme of World Mental Health Day (10 October 2023) is that ‘mental health is a universal human right’. Everyone has the right to have good mental health, though with one in four people in the UK experiencing a mental health problem each year, significant …
By Dr Larissa Engelmann, published: 06/06/2023. “There is a crisis of confidence in policing in this country which is corroding public trust. The reasons are deep rooted and complex – some cultural and others systemic. However, taken together, unless there is urgent change, they will end up destroying the principle of policing by consent that has …
By Dr David Rowlands, published: 18/04/2023. The disproportionate stop and search (S&S) of young black people is an enduring issue that sparks significant media coverage and political discussion, with implications for police legitimacy. Indeed, racial disparities exist in other areas of policing and are repeated in the wider Criminal Justice System. While the MacPherson Inquiry (1999) …
By Dr Tobias Kammersgaard, published: 17/02/2023. ‘Vulnerability’ is a contested term and approaches to addressing vulnerability can vary markedly. To speak about a group as ‘vulnerable’ can simultaneously be used as a driver for increased help and support, as well as to push for restrictions to protect people who are deemed vulnerable from themselves. In …