News & Blogs

A brief summary of the discussions at the “Prevention in Partnership" Conference, co-hosted with Hertfordshire Constabulary and Hertfordshire County Council.

The Open University Business School has been recognised by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) as one of its ‘Innovations That Inspire’ for the pioneering work by academics in its Centre for Policing Research and Learning (CPRL) and the Department for Policing Organisation and Practices (POP). 

This new publication co-edited by Dr Lara Frumkin, The Open University, Dr John Morrison, Maynooth University and Professor Andrew Silke, Cranfield University, considers a range of issues faced by those researching terrorism and counter terrorism.

Blog post by Emma Williams and Jennifer Norman on the Police Education Qualification Framework.

This study aimed to utilise systematic mapping techniques to assess existing empirical reviews of the evidence-base for primary prevention public health initiatives relevant to policing.

Blog post by Emma Williams, Linda Maguire, Arun Sondhi and Richard Harding sharing important insights about the ground-breaking project currently underway to transform the police response to Rape and Serious Sexual Offences.

Blog post by Shona Morrison about the exploitation of vulnerable girls in the context of drug dealing and organised crime groups, known in the UK as ‘County Lines’ drug dealing.

The Guardian’s Long Read features a report on the rape investigations research “Soteria Bluestone”.

Blog post by Kendal Wright and Keely Duddin, who share an insight into a ground-breaking study exploring women's experiences of motherhood in the police.

A scoping review report for the Demand Reduction project has been published.