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29/11/2024

New report warns thousands of vulnerable children at risk of criminal exploitation

A new report coordinated by researchers from the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre and published today (Friday 29...
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27/11/2024

Centre researchers recognised for research impact and engagement

Members of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre community have been awarded for their work at the University...
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19/11/2024

Improve local police interactions to build public trust, Centre Co-Director tells police chiefs

Police should focus on improving their interactions with the public in order to restore public confidence in police, ESRC Vulnerability...
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18/11/2024

Police are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service, researchers find

Police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new report...
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05/11/2024

Professor Kate Brown becomes new Co-Director of the Centre

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre is delighted to announce Professor Kate Brown (University of York) as the...
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11/09/2024

Early Career Researcher vulnerability and policing funding call opens

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has launched the third call of its annual Early Career Researcher (ECR)...
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Professor Dame Sara Thornton stood at a lectern speaking to an audience at the Centre's annual conference
05/09/2024

Centre conference explores how to reshape the relationship between vulnerability and policing

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre held its first annual conference today (5 September) with nearly 200 researchers,...
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22/07/2024

Researchers showcase new vulnerability and policing findings at national conference

ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre researchers have shared new findings from Centre projects at a national criminology conference....
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Two Metropolitan police officers stood at Trafalgar Square as members of the public walk by
17/04/2024

New research projects to tackle key vulnerability and policing challenges

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has funded four new research projects led by Early Career Researchers (ECRs)...
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Dr Jarrett Blaustein stood at a lectern delivering a public lecture to an audience
15/03/2024

Centre welcomes leading researcher on policing and climate change

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has hosted Dr Jarrett Blaustein as an international visiting fellow to learn...
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