Theme 1: Investigation, community and vulnerability
LIVE PROJECTS
1.28 The impact of police forces and football clubs working together to provide a platform for coaching and mentoring for young people who have received a threat to life notice
Building on the original pilot to to expand the cohort of young people who have received a Threat to Life notice;
1.29 Community perception of threat
This project is designed to assess how to predict the UK public's fear of a terrorist attack.
1.30 Victim (dis)engagement in domestic abuse and rape cases
This project aims to investigate the profile, reasons for, and implications of victim non-engagement with police and criminal justice processes in domestic absue and rape cases.
1.31 Investigating the emergence of expertise in forensic face matching over time
Forensic face-matching examiners provide vital identification evidence in criminal investigations.
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COMPLETED PROJECTS
0.01 Putting research evidence into practice using the mystery face procedure
Are current visual identification procedures in the UK evidence based, and what is preventing research findings being translated into practice?
1.01 Policing practice, citizen enquiry and solving crime with social media
An exploration of how witnesses are investigating crimes through social media and how this might impact policing practice.
1.02 Visual identification – what works
This project examined to what extent current eyewitness identification practice is evidence based, and which procedures 'work'.
1.03 Threat, risk and harm: scoring of OCGs (Organised Crime Groups)
This project compares existing methods for assessing the risk posed by an OCG and formulating recommendations for how OCG risk assesments could be carried out..
1.04 Forensic markets
An investigation of forensic markets through a systematic review and a series of interviews with the police, the regulatory bodies and forensic science companies.
1.06 Improving investigations through utilising technology, community and psychology
A multi-methodological project that analysed police use of social media, and what impact citizen enquiry using social media might have on a police investigation.
1.08 Collaborative problem solving for community safety
This project involved PSNI working with the Centre for Policing Research and Learning on the design, delivery and evaluation of a new learning intervention which aims to improve community engagement in target neighbourhood areas.
1.12 A warm welcome? Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Networks of Care and Asylum
This pilot project sought to gather the views of a range of professionals (healthcare, social work, police, border agencies) about the care of unaccompanied minors.
1.25 Virtual Inclusion: Tackling Hate and Extremism in the UK Using Virtual Reality Technology
Developing virtual reality technology educational resources for schools and the wider public.to tackle hate and extremism.
1.26 Community generated victim satisfaction surveys ('User Insight')
Collaboratively developing a new User Insight survey which incorporates feelings and thoughts of the local community.
1.27 Mobile phone use while driving: enforcement and education
Identifying and informing the creation of educational resources on mobile phone use whilst driving;
News
Meet Dr Rasha Kassem, an OU academic working in partnership with the Centre
Dr Rasha Kassem recently joined the OU as an academic working in the Faculty of Business and Law and is keen to calloborate with the Centre on research around fraud and financial crime.
- The Centre welcomes a new Vice Chair 2nd November 2021
- Soteria: Bluestone 2 - Meet the Team 27th October 2021
- The Centre welcomes a new Vice Chair 26th October 2021
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