Crime and Security Research
The next book in Martin Gill’s Crime Prevention and Security Management series has now been published. This book reviews the impact of residential design on crime and considers the current, and historic, importance placed upon crime prevention within the planning system. Armitage provides a comprehensive review of policy and practice in planning crime prevention both nationally and internationally. Bridging the […]
Read moreMartin Gill attended the Annual ASIS Conference and Exhibits held this year in Chicago. Martin is Chair of the Research Council which is seeking to promote security research to ASIS members and bring awareness of research undertaken within ASIS to the outside world. There is a major project being conducted on security metrics which will report next year which we […]
Read moreMartin Gill is on the advisory committee for the commercial victimisation survey, which has reported and indeed planning is underway for the next wave. The 2012 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) is the first of a new series of Home Office surveys covering crime against businesses in England and Wales, focussing on business premises in four industry sectors: manufacturing, wholesale and […]
Read moreThe finalists have been announced for the Security Excellence Awards 2013. We are delighted to announce that Perpetuity Research have once again been selected as a finalist in the category of ‘Security Partnering Initiative’ of the Year. This is for our work on the Security Research Initiative (SRI) a three year programme of research with a separate study each year. Research […]
Read moreCongratulations to our Researcher, Charlotte Howell, who is about to go on maternity leave. We will miss Charlotte enormously. The baby is due in August and we will keep you informed through the newsletter. I am sure you will join us in wishing Charlotte and Adam all the very best of luck.
Read moreSince 2009 our popular Security Strategy Tookit has been accessible online as web-based toolkit. The toolkit was developed due to the finding that surprisingly few organisations have a security strategy in place – and even less have an effective strategy. This toolkit navigates the process, from strategic analysis and strategy development through to implementation and strategic review. It includes examples, […]
Read moreOne of our latest Security Research Initiative (SRI) reports was recently referenced in an article for IFSEC Global on whether security guards are becoming unvalued. Our report ‘The Security Sector in Perspective’ looks at how those working in the security sector view it and looks at their perspectives on economic and regulatory changes. The article discussed the current problem of […]
Read moreProfessor Martin Gill was part of an advisory team on the 2012 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS), for which the Home Office recently published their detailed findings. These built on their headline findings released in January. The CVS was previously carried out in 1994 and 2002, and is planned to be repeated in 2013 and 2014. The survey statistics are based on […]
Read moreFrom April 1-30, 2013 Palgrave Macmillan is offering free online access to all its journals, including Security Journal. If you have not had a chance to sample the journal we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. We also encourage you to spread the word to your colleagues! For more information about the promotion please visit www.palgrave.com/accessallareas. You can […]
Read moreRegular readers of our Training Platform blog might be wondering where it has gone. Never fear, it has not disappeared and is now available on the IFSEC Global website. Click here to read the March 2013 edition entitled “Myths about tutors”. All previous posts are available on the site (search for “training platform”) and all future editions of the blog […]
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