Insight, evidence and understanding for today's crime and security challenges
Insight, evidence and understanding for today's crime and security challenges
Removing high-profile Covid conspiracy theorists from Facebook has had only limited impact upon the spread of misleading information, research from Cardiff University has found.
Academics, government and industry come together to highlight success of inter-disciplinary research programme.
A major influence operation is systematically manipulating Western media to spread propaganda and disinformation that supports Kremlin interests, a report from Cardiff University concludes.
David Tuxworth of the Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI) presents research to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD).
People consume less alcohol as the price of food increases, suggesting this may influence the decision to buy it, a new study led by Cardiff University has found.
Study uses emergency department data to show ‘large reduction’ in violent injury during lockdown – but no change in violence in the home.
The Sêr Cymru funding has enabled the institute to bring on three researchers who will extend the OSCAR team’s capacity to explore the causes and consequences of disinformation.
A new report offers insights into the reasons why seemingly outlandish claims on social media can gain traction.
A sophisticated China-linked social media operation played a key role in spreading disinformation during and after the US election, a report from Cardiff University concludes.
Forces are “really struggling” to keep up with disruptions caused by technological advances of social media, a report funded by the College of Policing argues.
Police need to be more proactive on social media to get the public on side and gather information needed to solve crimes, a report has found.
Cartoon cats have been used to make police warning messages more memorable and less about trying to scare people into changing their behaviour.
From London to Australia, a novel crime prevention model, first piloted in Cardiff, is being replicated around the world as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Alcohol abuse expert Professor Jonathan Shepherd argues it's time to tackle drunkenness
David Cameron’s immediate response to the Paris terrorist attacks was to announce a significant rise in staffing and funding for the intelligence services, thus improving its capacity and capability to identify and understand the spectrum of terrorist risks.
America does better, says Martin Innes at Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University, probably because it has to: the country has many small police forces that have needed to learn to share information.
A small alcohol tax could cut the number of A&E visits caused by violent injury by more than 6,000 a year, research suggests. Putting a duty of 1% above inflation on drinks sold in shops, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants could be more effective than introducing a minimum price for a unit of alcohol, experts claim.
A small rise of 1% in alcohol prices could significantly reduce violence-related injuries in England and Wales, consequently reducing their burden on hard-pressed emergency departments, concludes a study by Cardiff University.
A small alcohol tax could cut the number of A&E visits caused by violent injury by more than 6,000 a year, research from Cardiff University suggests. They said putting a duty of 1% above inflation on drinks sold in restaurants, shops, pubs and ...