I am delighted to announce that we have managed to secure continued funding for the N8 Policing Research Partnership beyond the end of the current Catalyst Grant, which concludes in 2020. As of May 2020, the N8 PRP will move into a new phase of its evolution reflected...
A new initiative to tackle knife crime was showcased at the recent N8 Policing Innovation Forum in Liverpool. Queensberry Alternative Provision, founded by Paul Cooper and Nic Martin, offers a range of interventions aimed at tackling the root causes of knife crime and...
Police forces across the UK are dealing with a public health crisis in the fight against the devastating rise in knife crime, a group of policing experts have warned. The call comes days after the announcement that hundreds of pubs and clubs in London are to be given...
14 November 2019 marks the opening of the submission window for applications to the 2020/21 Small Grants process. The application period closes on 16 January 2020 and award decisions will be made by N8 PRP Steering Group in late March 2020. The purpose of the Small...
The English Football League is to fund research into match-day policing aimed at managing potential flashpoints with a more progressive approach to supporters. The long-term objective of the study is for the police to deploy fewer officers at games. The project,...
N8 PRP Policing Innovation Forum – 14 November 2019, Goodison Park (Everton Football Club) Tackling knife crime - Police and multi agency responses to a headline problem On 14 November 2019, the N8 Policing Research Partnership will be hosting the fifth Policing...
This interview was conducted and written by Andrew Staniforth for Policing Insight. The original article can be viewed on the Policing Insight website. As the N8 Policing Research Partnership celebrates its fifth anniversary, Director Professor Adam Crawford explains...
In June 2019 the Knowledge Exchange Strand of the N8 Policing Research Partnership held a conference looking at the role of technology in relation to crime prevention and detection. The role of technology now has a huge part to play within policing and goes way beyond...
On two wet and chilly days at the beginning of June, forty professionals (academics, police officers, police staff, College of Policing staff, and others) met in Lancaster for the N8 PRP Celebrating Research and its Impact on Policing summer school. This event...
The N8 Policing Research Partnership (N8 PRP) has commissioned researchers from the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London to conduct an independent evaluation of the impact of the N8 PRP. As part of the evaluation, ICPR has...
