Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a concept formally coined in 1980, although its symptoms had been evident for many years. McGill graduate psychoanalyst Chaim Felix Shatan worked with Vietnam veterans in the late 1960s, and by collaborating with a group including Robert Lifton, Nancy Andreasen, Arthur Egendorf, Mardi Horowitz…
A new survey has been launched by EMPAC Senior Research Fellow, Dave Hill. I have decided to embark on a journey to investigate the complex issue of trust and confidence, and I want to start this journey by reversing the lens that is currently in place within policing in England…
As we await the release of the White Paper, EMPAC Research Fellow and retired detective, Steve Dodd, offers his personal views about the importance of investing in neighbourhood policing in order to drive intelligence. The importance of Neighbourhood Policing In a democratic society each of us has a responsibility within…
There is much attention being given to Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) both internally (the workforce) and externally (the public). This focus on reacting to wrong doing means a trajectory of sacking police personnel (internally) and reactive hotspotting (externally) as if this is the only pessimistic thing the NPCC and Home…