Improving victim and witness interactions with the police service, particularly in relation to violent crime and serious sexual offences
Background
We have a fundamental responsibility to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that victims receive the best possible outcome. We will do this by catching offenders and by ensuring victims of crime receive both justice and the support they need from us and our partners.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Police Partner - Improving Domestic Violence and Sexual assault conviction rates and victim experience through automating Police Administration
Anathem, a UK-based AI SME, is collaborating with Hertfordshire Police on the development of Police Partner. Anathem is founded by Ina Hanninger (CTO), Richard Apletree (CEO) and Dr Guy Northover (Chief Commercial Office...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on improving victim and witness interactions with the police service, particularly in relation to violent crime and serious sexual offences through automating police administration.
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Promoting justice: Professionalising frontline policing with an evidence-based Structured Interview Protocol
Evidence obtained from victims and witnesses is of critical importance to the criminal justice system. Current interview procedures for eliciting this evidence frequently fall short of best practice, and have not kept pa...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to improve victim and witness interactions with the police service by developing an evidence-based interview protocol.
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Understanding sex offence victims, risk and police investigations using novel datasets
The Government's End-to-End Rape Review found police investigations were poor and low numbers of rape cases ended in a conviction. Operation Soteria Bluestone (OSB) was launched in response. OSB aimed to transform the wa...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to transform the way police investigate rape and serious sexual offences, creating a National Operating Model and utilizing novel datasets to understand sexual violence and law enforcement response.