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Webinar: Responding to domestic abuse – lessons from Greater Manchester and Victoria

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This webinar shares findings from the Centre’s ‘Policing, Vulnerabilities and Domestic Abuse: Victims, Perpetrators, Interventions’ research project. 12pm – 1pm, Tuesday 9 December 2025 Online Domestic Abuse (DA)—referred to as Family Violence in Australia—encompasses physical, sexual, emotional, economic, and psychological behaviours used to exert power and control over a partner, ex-partner, or family member. Over …

This PhD Network webinar will bring together two presentations on online vulnerabilities. This webinar is organised through the British Society of Criminology Vulnerability Research Network. 2pm-3pm (GMT), Tuesday 25 March 2025 Online The Technification of Domestic Abuse Dr Lisa Sugiura Digital technologies have enabled people to socialise and exchange personal information online, often under the …

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The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has funded four new research projects led by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to address crucial social issues. 17 April 2024 The projects will focus on policing and climate change, coercive control in honour-based abuse, interventions to help children at risk of going missing multiple times, and identifying …

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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 …

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One hundred researchers, practitioners and policy makers have come together to hear about the latest work being done to tackle violence against women and girls at an event held at the University of Leeds today. 29 June 2023 Organised by the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, the event featured talks from Nicole Jacobs, Domestic …

In this event researchers will share emerging findings from projects partnering with police to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG). 12pm – 5.30pm, Thursday 29 June 2023 Cloth Hall Court Quebec Street Leeds LS1 2HA This event brings together multiple ESRC-funded projects for a series of short talks that will explore emerging findings from …

Webinar: Responding to domestic abuse – lessons from Greater Manchester and Victoria

Vulnerability & Policing PhD Network webinar: Online vulnerabilities in the context of domestic abuse and fraud

New research projects to tackle key vulnerability and policing challenges

The stories we tell about domestic abuse, with domestic abuse service providers

Event showcases new research on tackling violence against women and girls

Research showcase: tackling violence against women and girls