At the beginning of July, Martin gave a presentation at the anti-corruption academy in Vienna. He spoke about the ways in which dishonesty is manifested in organisations and how insights from work with offenders can inform prevention strategies. He also chaired a...
Penetration tests (sometimes referred to as mystery shoplifting) provide an opportunity to test out the effectiveness of security and obtain very specific and first hand feedback about why something worked or did not work. Tests are a way of assessing security from...
The Perpetuity team will be welcoming two new staff members. Sarah Webb, Ruth Crocker will be starting at the beginning of April. Their focus will be on our latest research project: Reducing The Impact of Serious Organised Crime in Local Communities. We are...
This study is based on interviews with suppliers and procurers of security services and looks at the benefits and drawbacks of providing security as a 'single service' or as part of a 'bundle' alongside other facilities management services. The report identifies a...
This report is based on responses from 2,500 investigators. What is perhaps most significant abut the findings is the extent to which financial investigation techniques help solves and provide evidence for a wide range of other offences including murder, and how the...
Surprisingly few organisations have a security strategy in place - and even less have an effective strategy. Our research prior to developing the toolkit had found that only one in three companies have a full, board approved, security strategy. Even when a security...
The role of the crime and intelligence analysts within policing is a critical one, especially when considering efficient resource allocation at a local level and particularly within the current drive to embed the concept of evidence based policing and strategic...
The current Security Research Initiative project is focused on better understanding security excellence this year, both security excellence in corporations and security excellence amongst security suppliers. A meeting was held on 13 December which examined some of the...
We are pleased to announce that the Police Force and the City of London are now promoting the Secured Environments scheme. This security risk management accreditation is offered by ACPO CPI. The award is focused on the organisation (and any type of organisation or...
A new report published by Perpetuity has just been released. The report is entitled, 'Financial Investigation: Identifying The Value'. It is based on responses from 2,500 investigators. It was supported by Mick Creedon and Ian Davidson. What is perhaps most...
We are working with the Association of British Insurers to better understand the motivations and approaches taken by insurance fraudsters. We have already conducted some interviews. However, we are trying to find more people who have committed a type of insurance...
Improving the development of positive life skills for offenders is central to successfully preventing further offences being committed. The significant role that personal issues such as substance misuse, living arrangements and education, training and employment play...
Martin Gill appeared on BBC Radio Kent on 18th October discussing a fraud scam. There had been a high number of elderly people targeted by fraudsters for their pin number; the fraudsters ring up pretending to be the police and persuade victims that money has been...