Theme 2: Digitally enabled policing
LIVE PROJECTS
2.14 Citizen Forensics
A multi-disciplinary investigation which encourages citizens to help the police collect and analyse disparate data to improve public safety.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
2.01 Detecting grooming behaviour on social media
Developing self-protection tools to automatically identify predators
2.02 Enhanced engagement of public via social media
What are the best message-writing practices to generate a higher level of social media engagement?
2.04 Strategies for effective social media engagement
This project aimed to identify key strategies for effective social media engagement by police forces
2.06 Game-based Learning for Police Training in Child Interviewing
This research project developed a training simulation system for child witness interview training
2.08 Systems Thinking and Complexity Science for Policing
This project introduced the basic ideas of systems thinking and complexity science, and enabled police practitioners to apply it to real problems from their professional experience
2.09 Building sustainable policing practitioner communities online
Project used 'nQuire-it' platform to generate data through 'citizen inquiry' methodology (the use of scientific method by the public to raise and resolve problems).
2.15 Prospecting chatbots as a communication platform to tackle cyber grooming
Investigating the viability of using chatbots as a communication channel for the police to tackle online grooming
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
Upcoming Events
Preparing Law Enforcement for the Digital Age - CEPOL European Research & Science Conference
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 (All day) to Friday, December 3, 2021 (All day)
