by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Sep 21, 2015 | Front Page, Publications, Research, Security & Risk, Security Research Initiative, SRI Publications
In both corporate security departments and amongst security suppliers, there has been a very narrow focus on the benefits from services provided; in fact most often that focus has been on security benefits. But there is evidence that a host of other (non-security)...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
The What Works Centre has listed a new intervention on their What Works Crime Reduction Toolkit, which focusses on Transferring youths to the adult criminal justice system. The research analyses whether youths who are transferred from a young offenders institution to...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
The Royal Society for Health have called for the smoking ban to be extended to beer gardens, outdoor areas of restaurants, parks and outside of school gates. According to an article from the BBC, the society want to make smoking appear to be less ‘normal’...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Aug 13, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News
The BBC has recently reported that the police are investigating their first case of ‘cyber flashing’ after a commuter received an indecent image on her phone. The crime is the first of its type to be reported and police have encouraged anyone to report any...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
At the start of the century it would have been unthinkable that public safety could be compromised by criminals sitting in their own living room. However, with the rapid increase in internet-connected devices, hackers can cause havoc on many different fronts....
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News
In a move that attempts to shift away from the criminalisation of drug users and free up resources to tackle more serious crime, Durham Police force have stated that they will no longer be actively pursuing cannabis smokers and small-scale growers. Ron Hogg, Durham’s...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
Identity theft has undoubtedly become a key challenge to the general public which is increasing. According to CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention agency, identity fraud increased by 31% during the first three months of 2015 and following these figures the City of...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Front Page, News, Research
This year the Security Research Initiative is taking on a new project looking at the role of the private security sector in tackling cyber crime. As cyber crime is quickly growing and evolving, the threat posed to businesses and individuals is irrefutable. Unlike...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
Merely a decade ago, nearly half of UK pupils had tried smoking at least once in their lives. However, according to a recent article from the BBC, Health and Social Care Information Centre data reveals that more pupils are now trying e-cigarettes (also known as...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jun 30, 2015 | Front Page, Publications, Security & Risk
Trust is a prerequisite for collaborative human action and efficient cooperation. This fact is of particular importance when collaboration is mediated by information technology, where new domains of interaction are constantly created within, between, across, and...
