How effective is technology at combating the illicit economy and mitigating crime?

Background

We want to provide decent, safe and secure accommodation that supports individuals in their rehabilitation. We want to reduce levels of violence and self-harm and develop the evidence on what structures and interventions can help improve outcomes for individuals in prison.

Next steps

We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.

Source

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

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Design tools for healthy prison environments

    Matter Architecture is leading a project to develop a set of design tools for improving rehabilitation through the architecture of prison environments. Together with Space Works we are connecting evidence from the field ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: MATTER ARCHITECTURE LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to improve rehabilitation outcomes in prisons through the design of prison environments, which is directly related to combating the illicit economy and mitigating crime.

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