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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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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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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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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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13/02/2024

Centre launches international PhD Network

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre is launching an international network for PhD students researching the intersection of...
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10/01/2024

Talk highlights how policing navigates challenges of County Lines drug markets

Dr Chris Devany (Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre) spoke about how police respond to ‘victims’ and ‘offenders’ across county...
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29/11/2023

Local approaches key when responding to online child sexual victimisation, researchers argue

Researchers have shared emerging findings from a study that aims to develop ways to prevent Online Child Sexual Victimisation (OCSV)....
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