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Read about our members’ new publication: ‘Private Security’s Accountabilities within Polycentric Assemblages’ by Julie Berg and Clifford Shearing
This article reflects on the ways which private security can be, and is, held responsible and accountable to the public (and other security providers) in formalised, polycentric, or nodal assemblages.
Research conducted by Professor Graham Farrell on crime trends during the UK's COVID-19 lockdown quoted in The Economist
The Economist article, which featured research conducted by Professor Farrell, examined how police forces reacted to changing crime trends during lockdown.
Dr Camilo Tamayo Gomez writes article for 'The Conversation' about the roles gangs in Latin America have played during the COVID-19 pandemic
In the article, Dr Gomez explains that gangs in Latin America could see their popularity rise as a result of them assisting the local residents during the coronavirus pandemic and imposed lockdown.
Leeds researchers, including Professor Iyiola Solanke, providing advice at the heart of Government
Experts from the University of Leeds are advising the Government on the covid-19 pandemic, including as members of influential scientific panels.
Professor Graham Farrell to lead team researching levels and types of crimes following the outbreak of COVID-19
The impact of Covid-19 on crime in England will be interrogated by Leeds academics, thanks to a £666,000 grant.