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Why we should be using place-based health needs assessments to reduce health inequalities in underserved communities Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre GLEPHA vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/why-we-should-…

We’re pleased to share our annual conference programme. As well as keynotes from Prof. Carlene Firmin & Darren McGarvey, the event will cover policing & public health, diversion, and modern slavery, among other topics. 🗓️ 9-10 Sept 2025 📍 Leeds, UK Register: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confere…

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 School for Business and Society 🏫 are looking for a Research Trainee to work on an Economic and Social Research Council-funded research project aimed at understanding the interactions between the police and people who use drugs. Apply by 29 April 2025 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

Research by Prof Joe Tomlinson, Dr Angela Paul & team finds that there has been an increase in legislation whereby public officials have duties to protect vulnerable people but more evidence is needed on the impact these statutory duties make. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/the-increase-i…

Professors Dan Birks and Adam Crawford are to lead a new National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)-funded Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence working to harness and maximise the impact of research excellence across the Universities of Leeds and York. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/researche…

Inconsistent approaches to the policing of County Lines drug distribution are leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, our research, the first national study of county lines policing across the UK, shows. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/national-…

A new report on county lines, policing and vulnerability, published by the Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, has highlighted the “postcode lottery” of UK policing approaches and outcomes in relation to viewing young people and vulnerable adults as victims of

We’ve released the programme for our conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice” taking place at Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds from 9-10 September 2025. Read more and register 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confere…

Our newly-funded project led by Kelly Bracewell (ConnectCentre@UCLan) will investigate how young people experience stalking and how police and other agencies understand, identify, and respond. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/experiences-of…

Read our latest newsletter for our confirmed conference programme, new projects on romance fraud and stalking, and research summaries on barriers to reporting public sexual harassment and child-to-parent violence and abuse: mailchi.mp/8a6e3359c521/p…

Our newly-funded project led by Dr Emily Cooper from The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan will provide new evidence to advance academic, police, and practitioner knowledge of sextortion. vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/policing-sexto…

Our newly-funded project led by Jo Kenrick 🇳🇿 from Uni of Greenwich aims to improve how vulnerability is defined, and ultimately how police engage with victims and potential victims of romance fraud. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/redefining-vul…

A landmark study involving 117 interviews with key officers across 44 police forces has examined how the police process young people and vulnerable adults involved in drug distribution in cross-border and local drug markets. Read more: york.ac.uk/news-and-event…

We’re delighted to open our final Early Career Researcher Development Fund. This is a vulnerability and policing open call with £25,000 available for 12-month projects. Deadline: Monday 29 September 2025, 4pm BST vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/early-career-r…

🚨 Registrations are open for Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre's annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice” 🚨 🗓️ 9-10 September 2025 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK There’s a packed programme! Register your place today: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confere…

If you’re an early career researcher and interested in applying for our ECR Development Fund’s vulnerability and policing open call, you can sign up for next week’s webinar for more information. 🗓️ Tuesday 10 June 🕙 10am – 11am BST Register 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📢 New Call for Proposals! We're looking for a research team to review child-centred policing from the unique perspective of children. We want to understand what 'good' looks like in police interactions with young people to help officers better operationalise child-centred

The programme is now confirmed and registrations open for our annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice”. 🗓️ 9-10 September 2025 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK Read more and register: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confere…

Register for our webinar, which will outline findings and recommendations from the UK’s first national study of police responses to county lines and related child and adult criminal exploitation. 🗓️ Thursday 3 July 🕐 1pm – 2pm BST 📍 Online Register 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-coun…

Read our latest newsletter for: 🚨 Research findings from our County Lines, Policing and Vulnerability project 💷 Info about our final Early Career Researcher Development Fund call 📔 A new research project on policing sextortion mailchi.mp/6b5d42818b17/n…