by Ruth Crocker | Dec 30, 2013 | Criminal Justice, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Publications
This study involved a systematic review of the literature and research pertaining to knife crime in the UK. It was found that a wealth of information was available but often this was contradictory, inaccurate and misleading. Perpetuity produced a review that...
by Ruth Crocker | Dec 30, 2013 | Healthy Communities, Publications
This involved an evaluation of the SmokeScreen Mediology, an innovative campaign to prevent young people taking up smoking. It focused on making young people aware of how smoking is presented in the media (such as films, music videos, computer games and fashion) by...
by Ruth Crocker | Dec 30, 2013 | Criminal Justice, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Publications
Accident and emergency departments (A&E) can contribute effectively to violence prevention by working with Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) and by sharing, electronically wherever possible, simple anonymised data. This data can be used to enhance...
by Ruth Crocker | Dec 30, 2013 | Education: Children, Schools and Families, Publications
The Safer Hospitals Project is part of the Safer Schools and Hospitals Project (SSHP) which is part of a Treasury funded initiative under the Invest to Save Budget (ISB). The aim of the project is to create five showcase sites with an integrated technology approach to...
by Ruth Crocker | Dec 30, 2013 | Education: Children, Schools and Families, Publications
Bad behaviour and truancy are two of the biggest challenges facing schools today; research shows that there are positive relationships between attendance at school and academic performance and powerful evidence that those who are not in school are easily drawn into...
