News & Updates
NASUWT – Evaluation of the Professional Development of Newly Qualified Teachers
Based upon the findings obtained from the research study below into violence and indiscipline in schools, PRCI was invited to undertake a national research study of the professional development of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs). Part of the research agenda was to...
NASUWT – Violence & Indiscipline in Schools
PRCI were commissioned by NASUWT to undertake a scoping study to inform a national plan to develop a comprehensive research programme on violence and indiscipline in schools within the UK. You can download the full report free below. Download the NASUWT - Violence &...
NASUWT – Recently Qualified Teachers
On behalf of the teaching union, NASUWT, Perpetuity carried out a five year longitudinal study of recently qualified teachers supported by a survey of newly qualified teachers to understand their experiences. This report is the final report and looks at the level and...
One More Broken Window
Research into the impact of 'broken windows' on schools. 'Broken windows' is a theory of a spiral of decline. This piece of research used a case study design to explore the impact of the local physical environment on three schools across England. Teachers, parents,...
Gangs and Schools
As part of its ongoing work with the NASUWT, Perpetuity has been exploring the issue of gangs and schools in the UK. Stage one of the research which is now complete has adopted a case study approach in four urban schools in England supported by a literature review of...
Sink or swim? Learning Lessons from Newly Qualified and Recently Qualified Teachers
Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International have for the last five years been undertaking research, commissioned by the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union in the UK, into the experiences of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and recently qualified teachers (RQTs)....
Education Research Case Study: NASUWT – Prejudice Related Bullying in Schools
Who for: NASUWT. Methods: Large-scale literature review, online survey of teachers, analysis of data and production of a final report. Description: This study, undertaken on behalf of the NASUWT, explored the experiences of prejudice related bullying and harassment...
Health Research Case Study: Evaluation of The SmokeScreen Mediology
Who for: Leicester City NHS STOP! Smoking Service. Methods: Good practice literature review, pre-intervention online surveys, post-intervention online surveys, consultation (both by phone and face-to-face interviews) with stakeholders, quantitative data analysis of...
Market Research Case Study: Real Time Detection of Drugs of Abuse
Who for: (Confidential). Methods: In-depth literature reviews with an international scope and reviews of similar available technology. Description: Perpetuity conducted an in-depth market study to establish end user requirements for a breathalyser for drugs. The...
Security Case Study: Shoplifters on Shop Theft – Implications for Retailers
Who 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...
Transport Case Study: Evaluation of Live CCTV on Buses
Who for: A transport organisation. Methods: Literature review, evaluation using 5I's method and 'realist' evaluation of context, the collection and analysis of incident data from bus routes, stakeholder interviews with 16 stakeholders at various levels, interviews...
SRI: Security Strategy Toolkit
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...
Building Local Analytical Capability in the Age of Austerity by Emma Williams
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...
Martin Gill: ASIS Foundation Board for 2014 and 2015
Martin Gill who in recent years has Chaired the ASIS Research Council has been asked to sit on the ASIS Foundation Board for 2014 and 2015. He will still be a member of the Research Council and Mary Lynn Garcia will take over as Chair. Martin noted: 'I am delighted...
Security Research Initiative: Understanding Security Excellence
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...
Secured Environment Security Accreditation: New Developments
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...
SRI: Procuring Security Toolkit
Previous research showed that the procurement process used for purchasing security goods and services does not always work to the benefit of the buyer and/or supplier. We identified that much could be gained from a research study drawing on the experiences of those...
Secured Environments has been launched in Scotland
Secured Environments has been launched in Scotland. Regular readers of the newsletter will be aware that Secured Environments is a risk management scheme that promotes good security practice within organisations. The Secured Environments accreditation is well...
BBC TV Counterfeiting Appearence
On the 14th of October Martin appeared on BBC TV talking about legitimate goods being replaced by fake goods to unsuspecting consumers. The counterfeiting problem is a major one around the world. The exact level is unknown because many counterfeits are never detected...
Police Foundation Conference 2013: Organised Crime
On November 5th Martin Gill and Sarah Webb attended a conference organised by The Police Foundation on organised crime. Martin gave a talk with Ian Davidson on the role of money laundering legislation generally and financial investigation specifically in tackling...
Brand New Report: ‘Financial Investigation: Identifying The Value’
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...
Crime Prevention and Security Management Series
In the build up to Christmas it crossed our minds that you may want to prepare for some intellectual stimulation. Well if you do, or you want to treat someone else you may be interested to be reminded of a series of books edited by Martin Gill. They now make quite a...
Do you know an Insurance Fraudster?
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...
Perpetuity Training Continues to Expand
Perpetuity Training continues to go from strength to strength and are continuing to expand the courses on offer. Perpetuity are currently looking to develop courses that will give the security professional a clearly defined training framework from entry level through...
Insurance Ireland Conference: Managing Risk and Preventing Fraud
On 20th of November Martin Gill spoke at a conference organised by Insurance Ireland on tackling fraud. There were four talks in all, and delegates learnt more about the role of the Insurance Fraud Bureau and its relationship to the Insurance Fraud Enforcement...
Transforming rehabilitation agenda – why is resettlement so important?
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...
Perpetuity Research welcomes a new member of staff
We are delighted to announce that Amy Randall has started work at our new Tunbridge Wells office as a research assistant. Amy has a first class honour degree in Sociology from the Univeristy of Kent and then took a Masters in Social Research Methods at the LSE. Martin...
Perpetuity was nominated for a Security Excellence award
Regular readers will know that our Security research initiative was shortlisted for a Security Excellence award, the seventh time we have been. Unfortunately we did not win, but it was a great evening and we are not sulking too much! Anyway, there is always next year.
Security Institute Certificate in Security Management re-written!
The BTEC Level 3 Security Institute Certificate in Security Management has been completely re-written and updated by Industry Experts. The latest intake which started in September 2013 are able to select from new topics such as Terrorism, Awareness and Management,...
BBC Kent – PIN number fraud.
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...