Research and development relevant to legislative changes, for example the detection of drugs in vehicle drivers and the analysis and understanding of psychoactive substances.

Background

Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.

Next steps

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK

Research fields

Related UKRI funded projects

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    Rising levels of NPS/HED have been observed around the globe as new technologies for their advertisement and dissemination have developed. The Coalition Government in the UK, and international bodies and institutions aro...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Kent

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on the detection and understanding of psychoactive substances, which is directly relevant to the question.

  • Incidence, prevalence, harms and intervention effects for problem and injecting drug use: crime, morbidity & mortality

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    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Manchester

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses drug misuse and its impact on crime, morbidity, and mortality, which is partially relevant to the question.

  • University of Liverpool and Forensic Testing Service Limited

    To develop and optimise new non-targeted methodologies for the identification and testing of drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances in human samples....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on the development of methodologies for drug testing, which is not directly relevant to the question.

  • A point-of-care solution for detecting SCRAs

    Our proposal seeks to deliver a healthcare technology that will benefit the most vulnerable in society. Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs, more commonly called Spice) are endemic in UK homeless communities a...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bath

  • Isotope Profiling of Drugs: A Tool to Disrupt Organised Crime, Detect Serious Crime and Reduce Volume Crime.

    This research proposal addresses the needs identified by end-users within UK law enforcement agencies for forensic data to support intelligence lead policing as well as the demands placed on them to achieve secure convic...

    Funded by: EPSRC

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    ARIEN proposes the execution of a comprehensive workplan that thoroughly addresses the call topic aligned to the 2021-2025 EU Drugs Action Plan (DAP) achieved through a holistic innovation action that builds a real-time ...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY