Organisation profile
Organisation profile
As a dynamic, highly skilled and multidisciplinary research team, we have expertise in many areas relevant to understanding and responding to crime. Our topics range from designing out crime in housing developments and reducing alcohol-related violence in town centres, to tackling crime on public and commercial transport and understanding high crime neighbourhoods. We also research the role of the police in the detection and prevention of crime, the impact of prisons on offenders and their families and the prevention of terrorism, violent extremism and hate crime. We adopt a broad approach in researching these topics that includes a concern with victimisation, offending, perceptions of crime and safety and the presence of crime opportunities particularity how these are influenced by the social, physical and built environment.
Within the Applied Criminology and Policing Centre we strive to ensure our activity is relevant to practice and applicable to ‘real world’ settings as well as being of the highest academic quality. We aim to achieve this by:
- Conducting academic, practice-relevant and multidisciplinary research on crime and the policy, social and environmental contexts in which it occurs
- Promoting the transfer of knowledge to practitioners and agencies responsible for reducing crime
- Developing international links in academia and practice
- Communicating with academic audiences, practitioners, agencies and policy makers through publications, conference presentations and training
- Nurturing the next generation of researchers, analysts and problem solvers by supporting a strong PhD student community
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Vickie Barrett
- Department of Social and Psychological Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Criminology
- School of Human and Health Sciences
- Applied Criminology and Policing Centre - Member
- Centre for Citizenship, Conflict, Identity and Diversity - Member
Person: Academic
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Ashley Cartwright
- Department of Social and Psychological Sciences - Acting Subject Area Leader Crime & Policing
- School of Human and Health Sciences
- Applied Criminology and Policing Centre - Member
Person: Academic
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Dainis Ignatans
- Department of Social and Psychological Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Criminology
- School of Human and Health Sciences
- Applied Criminology and Policing Centre - Member
Person: Academic
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Disaster victim identification: UK practitioners’ experiences and wellbeing
Gorton, N.-L. & Roach, J., 27 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Policing and Society. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Police social media appeals: how pertinent are criminal offence and offender characteristics in their success?
Heywood, C. & Cartwright, A., 5 Jan 2026, In: Safer Communities. 25, 1, p. 56-72 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resilience, Control and the Wellbeing of Police Officers: A Complex Investigation?
Roach, J. & Curran, L., 5 Feb 2026, Wellbeing in Policing. Hesketh, I. (ed.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 53-64 12 p. (Routledge Advances in Police Practice and Knowledge).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Projects
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Centre for Biominetic Societal Futures
Towns-Andrews, L. (PI), Kusev, P. (CoI), Kara, A. (CoI), Herath, D. (CoI), Validi, S. (CoI), Jabbar, A. (CoI), Nikitas, A. (CoI), Roper, S. (CoI), Ginger, M. (CoI), Phillips, R. (CoI), Du, C. (CoI), Amaratunga, D. (CoI), Haigh, R. (CoI), Murphy, A. (CoI), Hill, R. (CoI), Parkinson, S. (CoI), Johnson, A. (CoI), Bryan, H. (CoI), Thomas, P. (CoI), McIntyre, D. (CoI), Jeffries, L. (CoI), Bailey, R. (CoI), Townsley, J. (CoI), Unver, E. (CoI), Goswami, P. (CoI), Roach, J. (CoI), Grimm, V. (CoI), Worley, C. (CoI), Siebers, P.-O. (CoI), Bardone, E. (CoI), Madsen, J. K. (CoI), Neumann, M. (CoI), Seri, R. (CoI), Durrant, R. (CoI), Wortley, R. (CoI), Sidebottom, A. (CoI), Ekblom, P. (CoI), Pease, K. (CoI), Taylor, M. (CoI), Silke, A. (CoI), Dewandre, N. (CoI) & Hemachandra, K. (CoI)
1/10/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Nudging police cell detainees towards Liaison and Diversion services
Roach, J. (PI)
1/09/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Politics, Participation and Pandemics: Growing up under Covid-19 - partnered with Ecorys
Percy-Smith, B. (CoPI), Day, L. (CoPI) & Monchuk, L. (CoPI)
1/04/20 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
Activities
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2nd International New Far Rights Global Research Network Conference
Garcia Martin, J. (Organiser), Grippo, A. (Organiser), Perugorria, I. (Organiser), Tamayo Gomez, C. (Organiser), Tejerina, B. (Organiser) & Toscano, E. (Organiser)
13 Jul 2026 → 14 Jul 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Secuestros de larga duración en Colombia: Una mirada desde la sociología de la vida cotidiana
Tamayo Gomez, C. (Speaker)
23 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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British Sociological Association (External organisation)
Tamayo Gomez, C. (Member)
13 Feb 2026 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of a Society or Institute
Press/Media
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The Social Construction of Kidnapping: A Critical Perspective. By C. Tamayo Gómez
23/02/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Book Review of The Social Construction of Kidnapping
19/02/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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From Captives to Peacebuilders: How Kidnapping Victims are Reshaping Justice in Colombia
2/02/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment