Crime and Security Research
Having been nominated by the BSIA (British Security Industry Association), Professor Martin Gill was a Finalist for the 2015 Imbert Associations Prize. The Imbert Associations Prize is awarded each year to a person who has made the most notable contribution to the security industry in the preceding year, and is nominated by ASIS, BSIA, IPSA and the SyI, and adjudged […]
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The approach of October heralds the return of Stoptober – a 28 day challenge providing support to those who would like to stop smoking: https://stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk/ Stoptober is a public health campaign which is supported by a number of famous comedians such as Rhod Gilbert and Shappi Khorsandi to encourage people to quit smoking for good. According to the campaign, if you […]
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The Government Department of Health have announced a new law on smoking and driving which will come into place on the 1st of October 2015. From the beginning of next month, it will be illegal to smoke in a car (or any other vehicle) with anyone under 18 in the vehicle. The law is being created to protect young people […]
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Voice phishing (commonly referred to as vishing) is the criminal practice of using social engineering over the phone to gain access to victims’ personal and financial information in order to defraud them. Fraudsters often pose as bank staff or police officers, and can use clever techniques such as manipulating Caller ID and staying on the line after victims think they […]
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Professor Martin Gill and Paul Ekblom have just had their article ‘Rewriting the Script: Cross-Disciplinary Exploration and Conceptual Consolidation of the Procedural Analysis of Crime’ published in the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Abstract: The use of Cornish’s crime-scripts approach in situational crime prevention grows apace. However, we believe the conceptual foundation of cognitive scripts imported from Abelson […]
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‘Safety and Security In Transit Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach’ is the latest addition to Professor Martin Gill’s Crime Prevention and Security Management series. Edited by Vania Ceccato and Andrew Newton, the book presents important interdisciplinary approaches to safety and security on public transport from leading international authors. To purchase the book, please click here.
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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) benefits are derived from having good security. For the first time ever we will be able to […]
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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 an adult prison are more likely to reoffend in the future, concluding that they are around 30% more likely to commit […]
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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’ and encourage the use of e-cigarettes for nicotine cravings. Pro-smoking groups have claimed that the […]
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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 similar cases. If you do receive any indecent images, the police have advised the public to […]
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