SIPR Director to Chair New Independent Advisory Group on emerging technologies Dr Elizabeth Aston, SIPR Director, has accepted an invitation from Mr Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, to Chair a new Independent Advisory Group (IAG) on New and Emerging Technologies in Policing,...
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Dr Nick Bland - All Hands On: deliberative democratic ideals, citizen participation, and the practice of public service Concerns about the state of contemporary democracy and efforts to enhance how citizens participate, have led to what some have described as an increasing ‘deliberative...
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A full report of the event can be read here Tuesday 10th March 2020 - The Glassroom in Edinburgh Napier University's Merchiston Campus This free event was aimed at anyone currently understaking postgraduate research within the feild of policing and sought to support postgraduate students...
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Thursday 16th January - Edinburgh Napier University, Merchiston Campus https://drns.ac.uk/ @DRNScot @TheSIPR This event sought to facilitate the sharing of research, wider knowledge and views regarding the policing of drugs in order to best help support the police approach in...
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Monday 13th January - Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus This session aimed to bring together different professional groups and disciplines to explore the understanding of and interpretation of evidence generated and used across the criminal justice system. This event included...
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A Special Interest Seminar by Carlota Urruela, Project manager and researcher at the Institute for Forensic and Security Sciences of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Hosted by Abertay University in collaboration with the Scottish Institute for Policing Research Places are FREE -...
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A presentation by Professor Ben Bradford, with refreshments provided. The School of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with SIPR, warmly invite you to attend what will be a fascinating insight by Ben Bradford, Professor of Global City Policing at the UCL Jill Dando Institute...
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Procedural Justice in Policing: Insights, Complexities and Future Priorities Wednesday, 5 December 2018, Paisley CampusUniversity of the West of Scotland (UWS), Paisley, Scotland SIPR was pleased to be the co-sponsor, with the British Society of Criminology, of this one-day...
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4th December 2018, South Hall, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference 2018 on 4 December, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences. Supported by...
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SIPR/Police Scotland Postgraduate Symposium Monday 3rd December 2018 St Leonard's Hall, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh University Congratulations to the Winners of the 2018 SIPR/Police Scotland Postgraduate...
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FIVE PhD students have become the first recipients of a Scottish Justice Fellowship which will see them turn their theses into research summaries and associated materials for policy makers and practitioners. We are delighted to announce the Fellows: Emma Forbes, Kirsty Deacon and Annie Crowley...
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Tuesday 11th September 2018, 09.30 am - 3.00 pm West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1NN Summary: The overall aim of this event is to create new and refresh existing relationships and networks between researchers, forensic scientists, police officers and...
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Local Approaches to Policing (LAP) is an ambitious and diverse programme of work being developed by Police Scotland in pursuance of Policing 2026. It seeks to encourage creative and evidence-based practice both at the level of front-line local service delivery, and in relation to the support and...
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The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and Police Scotland Postgraduate Student Awards were introduced in 2015 to encourage those who had completed, or who were working towards, a masters or doctoral award in a topic that is related to policing, to present their research in a...
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The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference on 14 December, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences. Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the Scottish Government, the theme of the 2017...
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Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority are moving ahead with the development of a Policing 2026 strategy to focus activities and priorities over the next decade. Two themes have emerged as of key importance to the Police Community Relations network. Firstly, public confidence in the...
Read moreThe East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC) and SIPR are proud to host an important thematic Workshop on the Crime Harm Index on Wednesday 19th April. The Crime Harm Index (CHI)* has stimulated much professional interest in its attempt to quantify the impact caused to victims and...
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Growing a stronger, safer Scotland This article appeared as an SFC Blog to coincide with the launch of the Report The seeds of SFC funding have the potential to grow great things. A review, published today, shows that our initial funding for a research project ten years ago has made a...
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[reproduced from the RGU website] The Police (Special Operations) Research Group recently delivered a major session at an international conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health. The biennial LEPH Conference, held in Amsterdam, aimed to explore the complex and diverse intersection of law...
Read morePolicing: Localism in a globalising world The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference on 10 November, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences. Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the...
Read moreThere are striking similarities between policing in Scotland and the Netherlands. Both countries saw the introduction of a national police service and are going through a process of reform. Both police services are faced with the question of how to shape local policing within a national...
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[Reproduced from the GMU Website. Photo provided.] While some visitors to Scotland go for the bagpipes, castle tours or whisky tastings, a team of students and professors from George Mason University's Criminology, Law and Society Department spent a week during summer break at the University of...
Read moreThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and Police Scotland Postgraduate Student Award were introduced in 2015 to encourage those who had completed, or who were working towards, a masters or doctoral award in a topic that is related to policing, to present their research in a...
Read moreHosted by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and George Mason University with the University of St Andrews Photo : George Mason University One essential ingredient for improving and sustaining a strong relationship between research and practice, is the training of new scholars in the...
Read moreThe European Union Police Services Training(EUPST II) programme together with Strategic Expertise International (SEI), the Scottish Institute for Policing Research(SIPR), Police Scotland and theStabilisation Unit (UK) delivered a five-day course entitled Policing with Communities in Fragile and...
Read moreAgainst the background of the development of the Scottish Government's new Cyber Resilience Strategy, and its goal that by 2020 Scotland has "a growing and renowned cyber resilience research community", Building a Scottish Cyber Resilience Research Community, was held on Monday 15th February at...
Read moreThe inaugural Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and Police Scotland Postgraduate Student Award was introduced to encourage those who had completed, or who were working towards, a masters or doctoral award in a topic that is related to policing, to present their research in a...
Read moreLocal policing lies at the heart of the legislation that created Police Scotland and is fundamental to the way the police service interacts with the communities it serves. Police Scotland's Strategic Planning and Development Unit, in consultation with SIPR, has now conducted a review across the...
Read moreThis full day Conference was jointly organised by SIPR and ProPEL (Professional Practice, Education and Learning). Following on from the very successful SIPR-sponsored event held at the University of Stirling in June 2014, prior to their Professional Education and Leadership Conference, this...
Read moreThe aim of this event was to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers to discuss the opportunities presented by advanced statistical modelling of crime events and improvements in interactive visualisation of crime data and modelling results. A team based at St Andrews...
Read moreThis joint SIPR/Forensics Services Workshop brought together 40 academics and lead forensic scientists and senior managers from SPA Forensic Services to discuss the latter's research priorities over the short to medium term. SPA Forensic Services outlined the six priorities shown below to the...
Read moreH2020 Security Theme The European Commission has published the Draft Work Programme for the 2016-17 phase of the H2020 Security theme. Security calls open on 15th March 2016, with a deadline of 25th August 2016 for submission of proposals. SIPR launched its Engagement in European Policing...
Read morePresenter : Dr Andrew Woof Abstract : Police custody is where an arrested person is taken whilst a decision is reached about what should be done with their case. In the 21st century, this frontline work has seen growing civilianization and privatization of roles once performed by the police....
Read morePolicing Vulnerable People and Vulnerable Places Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the Scottish Government, the theme of the conference was Policing Vulneable People and Vulnerable Places, with contributions from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, MSP, the Chair...
Read moreDr Jon Mendel presented the findings of his work with Kiril Sharapov to the Dundee Policing and Criminal Justice Group. Outputs: PowerPoint Presentation... [0.5 Mb] Related Policy Document For further details, please contact the Business and Knowledge Transfer Manager,...
Read moreWilliam Graham (Lecturer in Criminology and Policing Studies, Abertay University) presented the findings of his research to the Dundee Policing and Criminal Justice Group. Outputs: PowerPoint Presentation... [3.6 Mb] Podcast [58 minutes, 21.0 Mb For further details,...
Read moreKen Scott-Brown (Abertay University) presented the findings of his research to the Dundee Policing and Criminal Justice Group. Outputs: Podcast [55 minutes, 19.5 Mb For further details, please contact the Business and Knowledge Transfer Manager, Tim Heilbronn...
Read moreSupported by Selex ES, CGI, Airwave and the Scottish Government, the theme of this year's conference was Technology, Policing and Criminal Justice, with contributions from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Kenny MacAskill, MSP, the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority, Vic Emery OBE, the Chief...
Read moreBuilding on an event held last year in Washington DC, and with support from Scottish Government and jointly organised by SIPR and the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP) at George Mason University (GMU) in the USA, this symposium brought together researchers and practitioners from both...
Read moreThis full day Conference was jointly organised by ProPEL (Professional Practice, Education and Learning) and SIPR. The event aimed to help inform and contribute to current discussions about the future direction of police education and professionalism in Scotland and included presentations that...
Read moreThis seminar explored what might be learnt from historical and geographical comparisons of police amalgamation and organisational reform. It examined the opportunities and challenges that have surfaced in different contexts, and the effectiveness of responses. How might past experience inform...
Read moreThis workshop aimed to evaluate the different models that have characterised the relationship between police and communities in Scotland. It brought together police researchers, practitioners, historians, archivists and curators to discuss how past and present can be brought together for future...
Read moreThe European Commission has published the Draft Work Programme for the 2016-17 phase of the H2020 Security theme. Security calls open on 15th March 2016, with a deadline of 25th August 2016 for submission of proposals. SIPR launched its Engagement in European Policing Research Programme, and this...
Read moreBringing together contributors from the US, Australia and Europe, the conference was Chaired by Paddy Tomkins, Director of Droman Ltd and former Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, and focused on the challenges of transforming information into intelligence, the importance of targeting...
Read moreby Professor Lorraine Mazerolle, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Australia Lorraine Mazerolle is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Research Professor in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland. She is...
Read moreThe Scottish Policing Awards recognise work undertaken by police officers and staff, in particular those who have instigated innovative and creative programmes or initiatives. Five winners were announced by Kenny Macaskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, at an Awards Ceremony in March. In order...
Read moreThis 2-day Conference, organised by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the University of Dundee, School of Humanities was the fourth in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past...
Read moreThe conference was the third in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past and Present. The network is intended to provide a unique forum for researchers to engage with police and criminal...
Read moreSupported by Logica, now part of CGI, and the Scottish Government, the conference was the first time that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, the newly appointed Chair of the Scottish Police Authority and the future Chief Constable of Scotland set out publicly their visions for the new Police...
Read moreby Peter Neyroud CBE QPM Peter Neyroud is a former Chief Constable, Chief Executive for the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and a widely published author of books, articles and papers on policing and Editor of the Oxford Journal of Policing. His last major piece of work in policing...
Read moreOver the past seven years, the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and partners have been working together to reduce violence in Scotland. One of the VRU's key initiatives is the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV). Delivered in collaboration with partners in Glasgow, CIRV has...
Read moreSIPR, the Scottish Government and the Campbell Collaboration User Group collaborated in the development of a knowledge exchange seminar to bring Dr Cynthia Lum to Scotland. Dr Cynthia Lum is the Deputy Director and Associate Professor of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy in the...
Read moreThis conference was the second in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past and Present. The network is intended to provide a unique forum for researchers to engage with police and criminal...
Read moreThe conference shared the findings of a pilot study, conducted in partnership with Northern Constabulary, and funded by SIPR, the Carnegie Foundation and the Stirling School of Education. The study examined the dimensions of rural policing practice and knowledge in Scotland and looked at the...
Read moreThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the University of Edinburgh Law School had pleasure in welcoming Professor Peter Manning, a renowned expert in policing research, who is currently researching the transformation of policing in Ireland since the Patten Report. Peter K. Manning...
Read moreThis conference was the first in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past and Present. The network is intended to provide a unique forum for researchers to engage with police and criminal...
Read moreObservations from a decade on the inside: Policing cultures and evidence based policing Professor Betsy Stanko is Deputy Head of the Strategy, Research and Analysis Unit, Strategy and Improvement Department, Directorate of Resources, Metropolitan Police Service. Previously, she was a Professor...
Read moreThe attendees Introduction This meeting represented a milestone for SIPR, five years on from its formal launch at the Scottish Police College in October 2006. Thirty four members of the Institute, representing all 12 of the consortium universities, gathered to review the developments...
Read moreINTRODUCTION Increasingly policing in Scotland needs to take account of what is happening in Europe and beyond. The ease of international travel, the movement of peoples, and the global communications network, bring opportunities and create consequences for all of us, including the Scottish...
Read moreINTRODUCTION In 2010 the first two Knowledge Transfer seminars were held allowing National Academy Graduates within the European Chapter to participate in discussion with academic researchers on topics of current importance. In 2010 these topics covered International Police Leadership,...
Read moreIn 2010 the first two Knowledge Transfer seminars were held allowing National Academy Graduates within the European Chapter to participate in discussion with academic researchers on topics of current importance. In 2010 these topics covered International Police Leadership, Understanding Protest,...
Read more21st June 2011, University of Dundee Following the major flood recent flood events in the UK (summer 2007, 2008 and autumn 2009), significant developments have emerged in weather forecasting, flood warning and dissemination. These include the new Scottish Flood Forecasting Service provided by...
Read more6th June 2011, The Scottish Police College This event marked the occasion of the signing of a Strategic Agreement between ACPOS and the Missing People charity. The event provided an opportunity to hear about the work of the Missing People charity and the UK Missing Persons Bureau, and learn...
Read more31st May 2011, University of Dundee This Workshop was co-organised by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and colleagues within the Police Analyst community. It was intended to provide an opportunity to highlight recent quantitative and qualitative research, as well as providing a forum...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this half-day seminar which examines Gender Bias - CCTV and Surveillance These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police employees....
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines Understanding trauma and secondary stress in police officers. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others...
Read moreThe Fourth Annual Lecture was presented by Professor Nick Tilley Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London, who spoke on "Discipline and Discretion." Drawing its inspiration from some developments in public health in the United States, the starting point of the lecture was...
Read moreIntroduction The Fourth SIPR conference was held in partnership with the Scottish Police Services Authority. Following the format of previous SIPR conferences the first day comprised a morning plenary – focusing on the theme of ‘Policing in an Age of Austerity’ - followed by...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines Geographic Information Systems for Police Managers. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines child abuse inquiries and constructive practice. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines child abuse inquiries and constructive practice. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines inter-agency collaboration in child protection. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police...
Read more19th May 2010, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee A Knowledge Exchange Workshop co-sponsored by The Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the Department of History, University of Dundee The conference was the first in a series of events to be co-sponsored by the Scottish Institute for...
Read more3rd May 2010, Staff Room, 6th Floor Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh A Knowledge Exchange Workshop co-sponsored by The Scottish Institute for Policing Research, The Public Policy Network and The University of Edinburgh The workshop met to discuss current trends in public...
Read moreINTRODUCTION The gathering of accurate information during any police investigation is vitally important. Information obtained during interviews can be critical and it is therefore necessary that we are aware of what people reveal through nonverbal visual cues in addition to what they tell us...
Read moreIris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling, 21st January 2010 This event profiled the potential benefits of "mixed economy policing" (essentially a blend of police officers and specialist police staff working together in a front-line operational setting). The concept aims to address several...
Read moreThis event, organised and jointly sponsored by SIPR and the Social Dimensions of Health Institute, brought together an invited audience of academics and practitioners to examine the conduct and use of feedback surveys in policing and health context with the aim of identifying good...
Read more'Policing by consent' is the traditional cornerstone of policing in Scotland and implies that the police function in a way that is based on positive, constructive and mutually supportive relationships with the public and local communities. This seminar, held on 27th October at the University of...
Read moreSIPR Third Annual Lecture, Thursday 1st October 2009, Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle The Third Annual Lecture was presented by Professor Larry Sherman, University of Cambridge, who spoke on "Evidence based policing: what we know, and how we know it." We are grateful to Alpha...
Read moreThe 4th in a series of events organised by SIPR and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, and designed to bring together students working in the fields of policing and criminology research, was held at the University of Dundee, on 22nd September 2009. The programme was in two parts...
Read moreIntroduction In 2007, the Scottish Government pledged to deliver a more visible police service as the key element of a policy aimed at solving more crime and increasing public confidence and feeling of security. A year on from the inquiry by the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee into...
Read moreFollowing the initial event held in May 2008, this was the second meeting aimed at developing the agenda of how best the academic community can work with the police analyst community. In the first session, four of the Analysts spoke on their role, and this was followed by a demonstration by ESRI...
Read moreOrganised by ESRC/The Police Foundation, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and Universities Police Science Institute, Cardiff University. The provision of reassurance and security are now regarded as prerequisites for attracting people and capital into urban locations . High...
Read moreEntrepreneurial policing is one of the emerging new concepts in police leadership (post the Flannigan Report) but what does it mean? This event brought academics and police officers together to discuss potential new directions in policing. Programme and Presentations Professor Dennis Tourish...
Read moreINTRODUCTION Think Global – Act Local is a phrase that is used in a wide range of contexts to emphasise that as citizens, organisations and countries we operate in a worldwide context, while remembering that our day to day activities remain critical at a community level. There are many...
Read moreThe SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network Seminar "Effective use of Forensic Science" was held at University of Strathclyde on Friday 20th February 2009. Seminar Outputs Chair: Professor Jim Fraser Welcome and IntroductionProfessor Jim Fraser (Associate Director SIPR) PowerPoint [92 Kb...
Read moreThe SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network Seminar "Detecting deception and managing suspect interviews " was held at Kings College, University of Aberdeen on Wednesday 18th February 2009. Professor Granhag is actively conducting research within investigative psychology, detection of...
Read moreOrganised by ESRC/The Police Foundation the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University. 'What is policing for? Examining the impact and implications of contemporary policing intervention A report of the series of Public Policy...
Read moreOrganised by ESRC/The Police Foundation the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University. There is a certain symbolism and rhetoric that has attached itself to representations of policing that portrays the police role as principally...
Read moreSpeaker: Professor Nick Tilley (Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL). This was a joint SCCJR / SIPR event. Professor Tilley reported on a Home Office-funded study looking at the impact of organised crime on local businesses in three carefully chosen case-study areas (West Midlands, East...
Read moreThis event, organised and jointly sponsored by SIPR and the Social Dimensions of Health Institute, brought together an invited audience of academics and practitioners to discuss issues common to both services. Evolving views of service users in health care Vikki Entwistle (SDHI &...
Read moreThis one day Policing Conference, hosted at Glasgow Caledonian University to re-launch the Scottish Branch of the British Society of Criminology, was a joint event in partnership with SIPR and Strathclyde Police. The conference theme focused on innovative developments on the issues for policing...
Read moreThe SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network Seminar "Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses " was held on Wednesday 15th October 2008 at the Council Chambers, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen. Welcome, CS Simon Blake, Crime Management, Grampian Police Text of welcome [18...
Read moreScottish Institute for Policing Research Second Annual Conference and Annual Lecture "Policing Scotland in a European Context" The SIPR Annual Conference, "Policing Scotland in a European Context," was sponsored by BT and held on 2 September 2008, at the Murrayfield Stadium Conference Centre,...
Read moreSusan McVie, Senior Research Fellow within the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, and David McCracken, Lothian and Borders Police. The aim of this session was to provide police officers with a practical introduction to the Scottish Crime Survey and Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics,...
Read moreBy Jon Jackson, Methodology Institute & Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics. Organised in collaboration with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Abstract and Poster. PowerPoint Presentation [153 Kb].
Read moreMonday 25th February 2008, Crichton Campus, University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, by Professor Tim Hope, Professor of Criminology at Keele University, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Edinburgh. Based on a...
Read moreThursday 7th February 2008, University of Edinburgh, by Thomas Feltes, Professor of Criminology, Criminal Politics and Police Science at Ruhr University, Bochum. Professor Feltes is a leading expert on policing in Europe. Presented in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh Centre for Law...
Read moreTuesday 27th November 2007, University of Glasgow. Organised by the Police and Community Relations Network in collaboration with the SCCJR, Simon Mackenzie, spoke on 'Community and reciprocity' and John Bannister spoke on 'Intolerance and antisocial behaviour'. PowerPoint of both presentations...
Read moreThe SIPR Annual Conference, "Policing: research into policy and practice," was sponsored by BT and held on 12 September 2007, at the South Hall Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh. A Book of Abstracts and Biographies (pdf file [161 Kb]) is available to download. This...
Read moreThe Apex Scotland Annual Lecture was held in conjunction with SIPR on 11 September 2007 in the Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh. The lecture, "Leadership from Bottom to Top: Chicago's Model for Community Policing," was given by Wesley Skogan, Professor of Political Science at the...
Read morePlease follow these links for a general Report of the meeting and individual PowerPoint presentations: Leadership and Partnership: exploring ideas and creating connections - Conference Overview Professor Norman Bonney, Robert Gordon University 3-page Report .pdf file [36 Kb] The challenges of...
Read moreSIPR Director to Chair New Independent Advisory Group on emerging technologies Dr Elizabeth Aston, SIPR Director, has accepted an invitation from Mr Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, to Chair a new Independent Advisory Group (IAG) on New and Emerging Technologies in Policing,...
Read moreDr Nick Bland - All Hands On: deliberative democratic ideals, citizen participation, and the practice of public service Concerns about the state of contemporary democracy and efforts to enhance how citizens participate, have led to what some have described as an increasing ‘deliberative...
Read moreA full report of the event can be read here Tuesday 10th March 2020 - The Glassroom in Edinburgh Napier University's Merchiston Campus This free event was aimed at anyone currently understaking postgraduate research within the feild of policing and sought to support postgraduate students...
Read moreThursday 16th January - Edinburgh Napier University, Merchiston Campus https://drns.ac.uk/ @DRNScot @TheSIPR This event sought to facilitate the sharing of research, wider knowledge and views regarding the policing of drugs in order to best help support the police approach in...
Read moreMonday 13th January - Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus This session aimed to bring together different professional groups and disciplines to explore the understanding of and interpretation of evidence generated and used across the criminal justice system. This event included...
Read moreA Special Interest Seminar by Carlota Urruela, Project manager and researcher at the Institute for Forensic and Security Sciences of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Hosted by Abertay University in collaboration with the Scottish Institute for Policing Research Places are FREE -...
Read moreA presentation by Professor Ben Bradford, with refreshments provided. The School of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with SIPR, warmly invite you to attend what will be a fascinating insight by Ben Bradford, Professor of Global City Policing at the UCL Jill Dando Institute...
Read moreProcedural Justice in Policing: Insights, Complexities and Future Priorities Wednesday, 5 December 2018, Paisley CampusUniversity of the West of Scotland (UWS), Paisley, Scotland SIPR was pleased to be the co-sponsor, with the British Society of Criminology, of this one-day...
Read more4th December 2018, South Hall, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference 2018 on 4 December, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences. Supported by...
Read moreSIPR/Police Scotland Postgraduate Symposium Monday 3rd December 2018 St Leonard's Hall, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh University Congratulations to the Winners of the 2018 SIPR/Police Scotland Postgraduate...
Read moreFIVE PhD students have become the first recipients of a Scottish Justice Fellowship which will see them turn their theses into research summaries and associated materials for policy makers and practitioners. We are delighted to announce the Fellows: Emma Forbes, Kirsty Deacon and Annie Crowley...
Read moreTuesday 11th September 2018, 09.30 am - 3.00 pm West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1NN Summary: The overall aim of this event is to create new and refresh existing relationships and networks between researchers, forensic scientists, police officers and...
Read moreLocal Approaches to Policing (LAP) is an ambitious and diverse programme of work being developed by Police Scotland in pursuance of Policing 2026. It seeks to encourage creative and evidence-based practice both at the level of front-line local service delivery, and in relation to the support and...
Read moreThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and Police Scotland Postgraduate Student Awards were introduced in 2015 to encourage those who had completed, or who were working towards, a masters or doctoral award in a topic that is related to policing, to present their research in a...
Read moreThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference on 14 December, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences. Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the Scottish Government, the theme of the 2017...
Read morePolice Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority are moving ahead with the development of a Policing 2026 strategy to focus activities and priorities over the next decade. Two themes have emerged as of key importance to the Police Community Relations network. Firstly, public confidence in the...
Read moreThe East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC) and SIPR are proud to host an important thematic Workshop on the Crime Harm Index on Wednesday 19th April. The Crime Harm Index (CHI)* has stimulated much professional interest in its attempt to quantify the impact caused to victims and...
Read moreGrowing a stronger, safer Scotland This article appeared as an SFC Blog to coincide with the launch of the Report The seeds of SFC funding have the potential to grow great things. A review, published today, shows that our initial funding for a research project ten years ago has made a...
Read more[reproduced from the RGU website] The Police (Special Operations) Research Group recently delivered a major session at an international conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health. The biennial LEPH Conference, held in Amsterdam, aimed to explore the complex and diverse intersection of law...
Read morePolicing: Localism in a globalising world The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference on 10 November, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences. Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the...
Read moreThere are striking similarities between policing in Scotland and the Netherlands. Both countries saw the introduction of a national police service and are going through a process of reform. Both police services are faced with the question of how to shape local policing within a national...
Read more[Reproduced from the GMU Website. Photo provided.] While some visitors to Scotland go for the bagpipes, castle tours or whisky tastings, a team of students and professors from George Mason University's Criminology, Law and Society Department spent a week during summer break at the University of...
Read moreThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and Police Scotland Postgraduate Student Award were introduced in 2015 to encourage those who had completed, or who were working towards, a masters or doctoral award in a topic that is related to policing, to present their research in a...
Read moreHosted by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and George Mason University with the University of St Andrews Photo : George Mason University One essential ingredient for improving and sustaining a strong relationship between research and practice, is the training of new scholars in the...
Read moreThe European Union Police Services Training(EUPST II) programme together with Strategic Expertise International (SEI), the Scottish Institute for Policing Research(SIPR), Police Scotland and theStabilisation Unit (UK) delivered a five-day course entitled Policing with Communities in Fragile and...
Read moreAgainst the background of the development of the Scottish Government's new Cyber Resilience Strategy, and its goal that by 2020 Scotland has "a growing and renowned cyber resilience research community", Building a Scottish Cyber Resilience Research Community, was held on Monday 15th February at...
Read moreThe inaugural Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and Police Scotland Postgraduate Student Award was introduced to encourage those who had completed, or who were working towards, a masters or doctoral award in a topic that is related to policing, to present their research in a...
Read moreLocal policing lies at the heart of the legislation that created Police Scotland and is fundamental to the way the police service interacts with the communities it serves. Police Scotland's Strategic Planning and Development Unit, in consultation with SIPR, has now conducted a review across the...
Read moreThis full day Conference was jointly organised by SIPR and ProPEL (Professional Practice, Education and Learning). Following on from the very successful SIPR-sponsored event held at the University of Stirling in June 2014, prior to their Professional Education and Leadership Conference, this...
Read moreThe aim of this event was to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers to discuss the opportunities presented by advanced statistical modelling of crime events and improvements in interactive visualisation of crime data and modelling results. A team based at St Andrews...
Read moreThis joint SIPR/Forensics Services Workshop brought together 40 academics and lead forensic scientists and senior managers from SPA Forensic Services to discuss the latter's research priorities over the short to medium term. SPA Forensic Services outlined the six priorities shown below to the...
Read moreH2020 Security Theme The European Commission has published the Draft Work Programme for the 2016-17 phase of the H2020 Security theme. Security calls open on 15th March 2016, with a deadline of 25th August 2016 for submission of proposals. SIPR launched its Engagement in European Policing...
Read morePresenter : Dr Andrew Woof Abstract : Police custody is where an arrested person is taken whilst a decision is reached about what should be done with their case. In the 21st century, this frontline work has seen growing civilianization and privatization of roles once performed by the police....
Read morePolicing Vulnerable People and Vulnerable Places Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the Scottish Government, the theme of the conference was Policing Vulneable People and Vulnerable Places, with contributions from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, MSP, the Chair...
Read moreDr Jon Mendel presented the findings of his work with Kiril Sharapov to the Dundee Policing and Criminal Justice Group. Outputs: PowerPoint Presentation... [0.5 Mb] Related Policy Document For further details, please contact the Business and Knowledge Transfer Manager,...
Read moreWilliam Graham (Lecturer in Criminology and Policing Studies, Abertay University) presented the findings of his research to the Dundee Policing and Criminal Justice Group. Outputs: PowerPoint Presentation... [3.6 Mb] Podcast [58 minutes, 21.0 Mb For further details,...
Read moreKen Scott-Brown (Abertay University) presented the findings of his research to the Dundee Policing and Criminal Justice Group. Outputs: Podcast [55 minutes, 19.5 Mb For further details, please contact the Business and Knowledge Transfer Manager, Tim Heilbronn...
Read moreSupported by Selex ES, CGI, Airwave and the Scottish Government, the theme of this year's conference was Technology, Policing and Criminal Justice, with contributions from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Kenny MacAskill, MSP, the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority, Vic Emery OBE, the Chief...
Read moreBuilding on an event held last year in Washington DC, and with support from Scottish Government and jointly organised by SIPR and the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP) at George Mason University (GMU) in the USA, this symposium brought together researchers and practitioners from both...
Read moreThis full day Conference was jointly organised by ProPEL (Professional Practice, Education and Learning) and SIPR. The event aimed to help inform and contribute to current discussions about the future direction of police education and professionalism in Scotland and included presentations that...
Read moreThis seminar explored what might be learnt from historical and geographical comparisons of police amalgamation and organisational reform. It examined the opportunities and challenges that have surfaced in different contexts, and the effectiveness of responses. How might past experience inform...
Read moreThis workshop aimed to evaluate the different models that have characterised the relationship between police and communities in Scotland. It brought together police researchers, practitioners, historians, archivists and curators to discuss how past and present can be brought together for future...
Read moreThe European Commission has published the Draft Work Programme for the 2016-17 phase of the H2020 Security theme. Security calls open on 15th March 2016, with a deadline of 25th August 2016 for submission of proposals. SIPR launched its Engagement in European Policing Research Programme, and this...
Read moreBringing together contributors from the US, Australia and Europe, the conference was Chaired by Paddy Tomkins, Director of Droman Ltd and former Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, and focused on the challenges of transforming information into intelligence, the importance of targeting...
Read moreby Professor Lorraine Mazerolle, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Australia Lorraine Mazerolle is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Research Professor in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland. She is...
Read moreThe Scottish Policing Awards recognise work undertaken by police officers and staff, in particular those who have instigated innovative and creative programmes or initiatives. Five winners were announced by Kenny Macaskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, at an Awards Ceremony in March. In order...
Read moreThis 2-day Conference, organised by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the University of Dundee, School of Humanities was the fourth in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past...
Read moreThe conference was the third in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past and Present. The network is intended to provide a unique forum for researchers to engage with police and criminal...
Read moreSupported by Logica, now part of CGI, and the Scottish Government, the conference was the first time that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, the newly appointed Chair of the Scottish Police Authority and the future Chief Constable of Scotland set out publicly their visions for the new Police...
Read moreby Peter Neyroud CBE QPM Peter Neyroud is a former Chief Constable, Chief Executive for the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and a widely published author of books, articles and papers on policing and Editor of the Oxford Journal of Policing. His last major piece of work in policing...
Read moreOver the past seven years, the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and partners have been working together to reduce violence in Scotland. One of the VRU's key initiatives is the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV). Delivered in collaboration with partners in Glasgow, CIRV has...
Read moreSIPR, the Scottish Government and the Campbell Collaboration User Group collaborated in the development of a knowledge exchange seminar to bring Dr Cynthia Lum to Scotland. Dr Cynthia Lum is the Deputy Director and Associate Professor of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy in the...
Read moreThis conference was the second in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past and Present. The network is intended to provide a unique forum for researchers to engage with police and criminal...
Read moreThe conference shared the findings of a pilot study, conducted in partnership with Northern Constabulary, and funded by SIPR, the Carnegie Foundation and the Stirling School of Education. The study examined the dimensions of rural policing practice and knowledge in Scotland and looked at the...
Read moreThe Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the University of Edinburgh Law School had pleasure in welcoming Professor Peter Manning, a renowned expert in policing research, who is currently researching the transformation of policing in Ireland since the Patten Report. Peter K. Manning...
Read moreThis conference was the first in a series of events funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts & Humanities Network Award on the theme of Crime and Policing in Scotland: Past and Present. The network is intended to provide a unique forum for researchers to engage with police and criminal...
Read moreObservations from a decade on the inside: Policing cultures and evidence based policing Professor Betsy Stanko is Deputy Head of the Strategy, Research and Analysis Unit, Strategy and Improvement Department, Directorate of Resources, Metropolitan Police Service. Previously, she was a Professor...
Read moreThe attendees Introduction This meeting represented a milestone for SIPR, five years on from its formal launch at the Scottish Police College in October 2006. Thirty four members of the Institute, representing all 12 of the consortium universities, gathered to review the developments...
Read moreINTRODUCTION Increasingly policing in Scotland needs to take account of what is happening in Europe and beyond. The ease of international travel, the movement of peoples, and the global communications network, bring opportunities and create consequences for all of us, including the Scottish...
Read moreINTRODUCTION In 2010 the first two Knowledge Transfer seminars were held allowing National Academy Graduates within the European Chapter to participate in discussion with academic researchers on topics of current importance. In 2010 these topics covered International Police Leadership,...
Read moreIn 2010 the first two Knowledge Transfer seminars were held allowing National Academy Graduates within the European Chapter to participate in discussion with academic researchers on topics of current importance. In 2010 these topics covered International Police Leadership, Understanding Protest,...
Read more21st June 2011, University of Dundee Following the major flood recent flood events in the UK (summer 2007, 2008 and autumn 2009), significant developments have emerged in weather forecasting, flood warning and dissemination. These include the new Scottish Flood Forecasting Service provided by...
Read more6th June 2011, The Scottish Police College This event marked the occasion of the signing of a Strategic Agreement between ACPOS and the Missing People charity. The event provided an opportunity to hear about the work of the Missing People charity and the UK Missing Persons Bureau, and learn...
Read more31st May 2011, University of Dundee This Workshop was co-organised by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and colleagues within the Police Analyst community. It was intended to provide an opportunity to highlight recent quantitative and qualitative research, as well as providing a forum...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this half-day seminar which examines Gender Bias - CCTV and Surveillance These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police employees....
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines Understanding trauma and secondary stress in police officers. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others...
Read moreThe Fourth Annual Lecture was presented by Professor Nick Tilley Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London, who spoke on "Discipline and Discretion." Drawing its inspiration from some developments in public health in the United States, the starting point of the lecture was...
Read moreIntroduction The Fourth SIPR conference was held in partnership with the Scottish Police Services Authority. Following the format of previous SIPR conferences the first day comprised a morning plenary – focusing on the theme of ‘Policing in an Age of Austerity’ - followed by...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines Geographic Information Systems for Police Managers. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines child abuse inquiries and constructive practice. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines child abuse inquiries and constructive practice. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police...
Read moreIn collaboration with the Scottish Police College we are very pleased to offer a very limited number of specially-priced places on this full-day seminar which examines inter-agency collaboration in child protection. These places are available for academics, policy makers, and others non-police...
Read more19th May 2010, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee A Knowledge Exchange Workshop co-sponsored by The Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the Department of History, University of Dundee The conference was the first in a series of events to be co-sponsored by the Scottish Institute for...
Read more3rd May 2010, Staff Room, 6th Floor Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh A Knowledge Exchange Workshop co-sponsored by The Scottish Institute for Policing Research, The Public Policy Network and The University of Edinburgh The workshop met to discuss current trends in public...
Read moreINTRODUCTION The gathering of accurate information during any police investigation is vitally important. Information obtained during interviews can be critical and it is therefore necessary that we are aware of what people reveal through nonverbal visual cues in addition to what they tell us...
Read moreIris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling, 21st January 2010 This event profiled the potential benefits of "mixed economy policing" (essentially a blend of police officers and specialist police staff working together in a front-line operational setting). The concept aims to address several...
Read moreThis event, organised and jointly sponsored by SIPR and the Social Dimensions of Health Institute, brought together an invited audience of academics and practitioners to examine the conduct and use of feedback surveys in policing and health context with the aim of identifying good...
Read more'Policing by consent' is the traditional cornerstone of policing in Scotland and implies that the police function in a way that is based on positive, constructive and mutually supportive relationships with the public and local communities. This seminar, held on 27th October at the University of...
Read moreSIPR Third Annual Lecture, Thursday 1st October 2009, Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle The Third Annual Lecture was presented by Professor Larry Sherman, University of Cambridge, who spoke on "Evidence based policing: what we know, and how we know it." We are grateful to Alpha...
Read moreThe 4th in a series of events organised by SIPR and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, and designed to bring together students working in the fields of policing and criminology research, was held at the University of Dundee, on 22nd September 2009. The programme was in two parts...
Read moreIntroduction In 2007, the Scottish Government pledged to deliver a more visible police service as the key element of a policy aimed at solving more crime and increasing public confidence and feeling of security. A year on from the inquiry by the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee into...
Read moreFollowing the initial event held in May 2008, this was the second meeting aimed at developing the agenda of how best the academic community can work with the police analyst community. In the first session, four of the Analysts spoke on their role, and this was followed by a demonstration by ESRI...
Read moreOrganised by ESRC/The Police Foundation, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and Universities Police Science Institute, Cardiff University. The provision of reassurance and security are now regarded as prerequisites for attracting people and capital into urban locations . High...
Read moreEntrepreneurial policing is one of the emerging new concepts in police leadership (post the Flannigan Report) but what does it mean? This event brought academics and police officers together to discuss potential new directions in policing. Programme and Presentations Professor Dennis Tourish...
Read moreINTRODUCTION Think Global – Act Local is a phrase that is used in a wide range of contexts to emphasise that as citizens, organisations and countries we operate in a worldwide context, while remembering that our day to day activities remain critical at a community level. There are many...
Read moreThe SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network Seminar "Effective use of Forensic Science" was held at University of Strathclyde on Friday 20th February 2009. Seminar Outputs Chair: Professor Jim Fraser Welcome and IntroductionProfessor Jim Fraser (Associate Director SIPR) PowerPoint [92 Kb...
Read moreThe SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network Seminar "Detecting deception and managing suspect interviews " was held at Kings College, University of Aberdeen on Wednesday 18th February 2009. Professor Granhag is actively conducting research within investigative psychology, detection of...
Read moreOrganised by ESRC/The Police Foundation the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University. 'What is policing for? Examining the impact and implications of contemporary policing intervention A report of the series of Public Policy...
Read moreOrganised by ESRC/The Police Foundation the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University. There is a certain symbolism and rhetoric that has attached itself to representations of policing that portrays the police role as principally...
Read moreSpeaker: Professor Nick Tilley (Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL). This was a joint SCCJR / SIPR event. Professor Tilley reported on a Home Office-funded study looking at the impact of organised crime on local businesses in three carefully chosen case-study areas (West Midlands, East...
Read moreThis event, organised and jointly sponsored by SIPR and the Social Dimensions of Health Institute, brought together an invited audience of academics and practitioners to discuss issues common to both services. Evolving views of service users in health care Vikki Entwistle (SDHI &...
Read moreThis one day Policing Conference, hosted at Glasgow Caledonian University to re-launch the Scottish Branch of the British Society of Criminology, was a joint event in partnership with SIPR and Strathclyde Police. The conference theme focused on innovative developments on the issues for policing...
Read moreThe SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network Seminar "Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses " was held on Wednesday 15th October 2008 at the Council Chambers, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen. Welcome, CS Simon Blake, Crime Management, Grampian Police Text of welcome [18...
Read moreScottish Institute for Policing Research Second Annual Conference and Annual Lecture "Policing Scotland in a European Context" The SIPR Annual Conference, "Policing Scotland in a European Context," was sponsored by BT and held on 2 September 2008, at the Murrayfield Stadium Conference Centre,...
Read moreSusan McVie, Senior Research Fellow within the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, and David McCracken, Lothian and Borders Police. The aim of this session was to provide police officers with a practical introduction to the Scottish Crime Survey and Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics,...
Read moreBy Jon Jackson, Methodology Institute & Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics. Organised in collaboration with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Abstract and Poster. PowerPoint Presentation [153 Kb].
Read moreMonday 25th February 2008, Crichton Campus, University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, by Professor Tim Hope, Professor of Criminology at Keele University, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Edinburgh. Based on a...
Read moreThursday 7th February 2008, University of Edinburgh, by Thomas Feltes, Professor of Criminology, Criminal Politics and Police Science at Ruhr University, Bochum. Professor Feltes is a leading expert on policing in Europe. Presented in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh Centre for Law...
Read moreTuesday 27th November 2007, University of Glasgow. Organised by the Police and Community Relations Network in collaboration with the SCCJR, Simon Mackenzie, spoke on 'Community and reciprocity' and John Bannister spoke on 'Intolerance and antisocial behaviour'. PowerPoint of both presentations...
Read moreThe SIPR Annual Conference, "Policing: research into policy and practice," was sponsored by BT and held on 12 September 2007, at the South Hall Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh. A Book of Abstracts and Biographies (pdf file [161 Kb]) is available to download. This...
Read moreThe Apex Scotland Annual Lecture was held in conjunction with SIPR on 11 September 2007 in the Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh. The lecture, "Leadership from Bottom to Top: Chicago's Model for Community Policing," was given by Wesley Skogan, Professor of Political Science at the...
Read morePlease follow these links for a general Report of the meeting and individual PowerPoint presentations: Leadership and Partnership: exploring ideas and creating connections - Conference Overview Professor Norman Bonney, Robert Gordon University 3-page Report .pdf file [36 Kb] The challenges of...
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