By Revolving Doors Lived Experience Members, published: 31/10/2024. Last month Revolving Doors Lived Experience Members, J, C and A, attended the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre’s conference. Presenting at the ‘Learning from Less Heard Voices’ session, they spoke about county lines (drug trafficking/exploitation) and discussed ways to address exploitation in county lines drug markets. The …
ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre researchers have shared new findings from Centre projects at a national criminology conference. 22 July 2024 Speaking at the British Society of Criminology Conference in Glasgow, the Centre team provided insights on key challenges, including public trust in local policing, county lines, online child sexual victimisation, and service …
Dr Chris Devany (Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre) spoke about how police respond to ‘victims’ and ‘offenders’ across county lines drug networks at an event today. 10 January 2024 The talk was part of the University of York’s annual YorkTalks event, which included sixteen short talks about varied topics, such as public services, artificial …
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 …
Members of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre have shared emerging findings from current Centre research projects at the Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) 2023 conference in Umeå, Sweden. 23 May 2023 Beginning a series of talks, Co-Directors Professor Adam Crawford and Professor Charlie Lloyd introduced the panel session by outlining the …