As Dr Ellen Reeves moves on from her role as NRiPN Director, she reflects on her experience In my final weeks as Director of the N8 PRP New Researchers in Policing Network (NRiPN), I have been reflecting on my time in this role – what I have learned and what I hope I...
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Developing the Repeat Victimisation & Attrition Dashboard: A Strategic Innovation for RASSO investigations in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire Police’s RASSO intern, Eloise Taylor, shares her experience developing Bedfordshire Police’s Victim Attrition and Repeat Victimisation Dashboard, funded by a SPRITE+ safer streets grant. The Case for Change Across England and Wales, Police forces have...
Bringing N8 PRP Research to Policymakers in Parliament
Professor Barry Godfrey shares his recent event on High-Harm, High Frequency DA Offenders at Westminster In 2022-23, N8 PRP funded the Small Grant project ‘High Harm High Frequency Domestic Abuse Offenders’, led by Professor Barry Godfrey (University of Liverpool), in...
National Opportunity Summit: Building a country that works for all children and young people
DI Susan Masheter shares her experience of the N8 Research Partnership's National Opportunity Summit I’m a Police Officer with Greater Manchester Police, specialising in vulnerability and child protection. On September 25th, thanks to support from N8 PRP, I had the...
Supporting New Researchers in Policing
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...
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....
