NRiPN Director Ellen Reeves reflects on her first year in the role and shares plans for the future. Back in January 2025, I was thrilled to step into the role of Director for the N8 PRP's New Researchers in Policing Network (NRiPN), taking the reins from Dr. Eon Kim...
Category: Blog
Alcohol, Policing, and Nightlife: A Complex Relationship
Dr Carly Lightowlers (University of Liverpool) makes the case for a public health approach to alcohol-related violence. Originally presented at the N8 PRP/Liverpool Criminological Research Unit event, Nightlife: Safety, Security, Policing, 21 May 2025. ...
Missing People: The Research We Need
Following N8 PRP's event on Missing Persons, Josie Allan and Jane Hunter from Missing People outline the research questions they think need attention from academia. Missing People is a UK charity that works to reunite only UK charity that reunites missing children and...
Women in Policing Conference
Dr Nikki D'Souza reports on an innovative collaboration event. The Women in Policing Conference was a very successful two-day event held at the Durham Conference Centre, funded by the N8 PRP and the Leadership and Human Resource Department within Northumbria...
Procedural Justice: The vital role of trust and accountability for racially minoritised young women and girls
Trish Chinzara discusses the SHaRE IT Project and the new workshop designed to improve the police reporting experiences of racially minoritised women and girls. The SHaRE IT Project - Sexual Harassment and Reporting Equity, Inclusion and Trust - is a research...
What works in improving interagency responses to missing children investigations?
New research on how to improve the working relationship between police and partner agencies. Public inquiries and national reviews highlight issues with interagency working between police, social care, and other partner agencies in the response to missing children....
“Too risky yet not risky enough” – New research on seriously harmed missing children
A new study highlights the risks of incident-centered policing for missing children. The study, led by Nicola Fox (University of Manchester), explores the circumstances surrounding seriously harmed missing children in England, and suggests how child-centered policing...
The Stories We Tell About Domestic Abuse, with DA Service Providers
Dr Rebecca Shaw discusses her investigation of the role narratives can play in responding to, and addressing, the harm and vulnerability caused by domestic abuse. As one of the first recipients of the inaugural ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centres...
Understanding criminality in the private rented sector
Largely unregulated and unseen, the private rented sector is fertile ground for exploitation. How can police respond? This year, a team led by University of York were awarded an £827k grant to investigate criminality in the private rented sector and co-produce...
Through the Cracks in County Lines
A major new study investigates how police can identify and respond to vulnerability in the context of county lines.In one of the first studies to conduct a national investigation on the issue, N8 PRP partner the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre...
