Evaluation of Restorative Justice for Fraud offences

Research suggests that the use of Restorative Justice to reconcile offenders with their victim(s) and/or the wider community, has the potential to reduce repeat offending. Consequently it can bring benefits to victims of crime, offenders, and ultimately the criminal justice system and the wider public. One area that has not yet been tested is its application for engaging fraudsters. While […]

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Crime Bytes – Banks are not liable in most vishing frauds, warns Financial Ombudsman Service

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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New Title To The Crime Prevention and Security Management Series

‘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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What is the impact of transferring youths into the adult criminal justice system?

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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10 Notable Things That Hackers Can Hack Into

At the start of the century it would have been unthinkable that public safety could be compromised by criminals sitting in their own living room. However, with the rapid increase in internet-connected devices, hackers can cause havoc on many different fronts. Consequently, IFSEC Global have highlighted 10 things that hackers could gain control of, or, already have done so. Here’s a list […]

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Crime Bytes: Durham Police to no longer actively pursue cannabis smokers and small-scale growers in order to prioritise more serious crime

In a move that attempts to shift away from the criminalisation of drug users and free up resources to tackle more serious crime, Durham Police force have stated that they will no longer be actively pursuing cannabis smokers and small-scale growers. Ron Hogg, Durham’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) explained that the move was an effort to save money and […]

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Reducing the impact of serious organised crime in local communities 

A new project  Perpetuity Research and The Police Foundation are running a two year project which will focus on helping the police and their partners to work towards identifying strategies to reduce the impact of serious organised crime in local communities. Bridging the knowledge gap As volume crime continues to fall, concern about serious organised crime, which is costly, harmful and widespread, is rising. Organised crime […]

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