Violent crime is a major public concern and tackling it is our top priority. This includes terrorism, knife and gun crime, sexual offending, domestic abuse and safeguarding vulnerable people from predatory behaviour.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Crime continues to cast a shadow over citizen well-being in big cities today, while also imposing huge economic and social costs. Prevention, early detection and strategic mitigation are all critical to effective policy ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project focuses on understanding crime patterns and developing effective policy interventions, which aligns with the question on understanding effective police-led opportunities for crime prevention, particularly violent crime.
Rates of serious violent crime in England and Wales have been increasing since 2014. Although these offences account for only around 1% of total crime, they cause disproportionate harm to individuals and society as a who...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
The project evaluates the quality and scope of a linked dataset for evaluating interventions aimed at reducing offending rates in young people, which partially addresses the question on understanding effective police-led opportunities for crime prevention, particularly violent crime.
The project will build a strategic and innovative knowledge exchange and research co-production platform, providing a structured relationship between West Yorkshire Police (WYP), the Office of the PCC for West Yorkshire ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The project focuses on building a knowledge exchange and research co-production platform for policing, which partially addresses the question on understanding effective police-led opportunities for crime prevention, particularly violent crime.