Archive April 2020

Community resilience during COVID-19

EMPAC is pleased to report here on new social scientific research that is certainly stepping up to the challenge facing us all because of the COVID -19 pandemic. Superintendent Mark Housley of Lincolnshire Police, who leads on EMPAC’s workstream on understanding demand is using a survey to understand community cohesion…

Published on 4 April 2020 | Read More

Update on violence reduction research

The University of Leicester secured research funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to establish a Violence Reduction Information Network (VRIN) to support East Midlands police services and beyond. VRIN is part of the University of Leicester Centre for Hate studies, which integrates three core hubs (1) Violence…

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