Crime and Security Research
The Home office have recently published 16 news updates on Crime and Policing. Amongst them, item 12 outlines how guidelines on theft and how offenders should be sentenced will be changed early next year. This is the first time that there will be a standardised approach to sentencing that judges will follow. Depending on the level of the theft, judges will have […]
Read moreShoplifters across three continents have been filmed by academic researchers for the first time as they recreated their crimes. The report, ‘Shoplifters on shop theft: implications for retailers’ offers fascinating insights into how thieves say they steal and provides retailers with insights that can help them tackle shoplifting. The report looks at the ‘decision circle’, the six key stages at […]
Read moreA new report is recommending all consumers be given access to one free credit report per year in order to combat identity theft, one of the UK’s fastest growing crimes. The report, Identity Theft and Fraud: Learning from the USA was written by leading criminologist Professor Martin Gill and commissioned by Capital One. Professor Gill suggests that free annual credit […]
Read moreThis main purpose of this study was to consult offenders to provide an insight into how they get hold of the information that they use to commit identity fraud with a special focus on using paper based documents e.g. utility bills, bank statements, birth certificates etc. By consulting victims the aim was to get their perspective on how their details […]
Read moreWho for: Retailers. Methods: Literature review, sampling and interviewing of offenders, visits to crime scenes with offenders, filming of offenders at crime scenes, and production of final report. Description: Shoplifters across three continents were interviewed, and some were filmed as they recreated their crimes. The project ‘Shoplifters on shop theft: implications for retailers’ offers important insights into how thieves say they steal and […]
Read moreThey have a term for medicines designed to do good but actually make things worse, it is called the iatrogenic effect. Exactly the same is true of security. It is not just that if security is poor, it will fail, it is worse than that; it can actually make things worse. I know this because offenders tell me. I have […]
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Bournemouth University has successfully been re-accredited with Secured Environments for the third time. The university underwent a thorough audit of their security processes and procedures as well as consultation with staff in order to achieve the award. Like many universities, there are unique challenges in managing security in a context where buildings are spread through the town centre and where […]
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New research by Perpetuity Research and the Police Foundation on the impact of organised crime on local communities has found that up to 17% of recorded crime occurring within neighbourhoods could be attributed to organised crime. The majority of organised crime identified by the police in the neighbourhoods related to drugs, violence and fraud. In three neighbourhoods, only 4% of […]
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Crime Prevention and Security Management book series with Palgrave Macmillan Call for proposals! Would you like to publish in a world-leading crime and security book series, edited by Martin Gill? Submit a book or short Pivot proposal to Josephine.Taylor@palgrave.com About the series It is widely recognised that we live in an increasingly unsafe society, but the study of security and crime […]
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