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What Works Centre for Crime Reduction
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What Works Centre for Crime Reduction
Partnerships

The government has selected the College of Policing to host the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction - part of a world-leading network of centres providing robust, comprehensive evidence to guide public spending decisions.

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Open Source Communications Analytics Research (OSCAR) Development Centre
Partnerships
Open Source Communications Analytics Research (OSCAR) Development Centre
Partnerships

The Open Source Communications, Analytics Research (OSCAR) Development Centre is a new, innovative, multi-disciplinary Centre bringing together academics and police practitioners to develop a research evidence base around the use of open source information for policing and community safety services.

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IBM: International Technology Alliance in Network and Information Sciences
Partnerships
IBM: International Technology Alliance in Network and Information Sciences
Partnerships

Network and Information Sciences International Technology Alliance (ITA) is a collaborative research alliance between the UK Ministry of Defence (via the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Dstl), the US Army Research Laboratory, and a consortium of leading academic and industry partners, led by IBM.

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Violence Prevention Group, Cardiff Community Safety Partnership: World Health Organisation
Partnerships
Violence Prevention Group, Cardiff Community Safety Partnership: World Health Organisation
Partnerships

The Violence Prevention Group is the operational arm of the University’s Violence Research Group and is a member of the World Health Organisation's Violence Prevention Alliance. As part of the statutory Cardiff Community Safety Partnership it is responsible for violence prevention across the capital city of Wales.

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Projects
A Longitudinal Study of European Students' Alcohol Use and Related Behaviors as They Travel Abroad to Study
Research Project, Updates
A Longitudinal Study of European Students' Alcohol Use and Related Behaviors as They Travel Abroad to Study
Research Project, Updates

New research has revealed that European students who travel abroad to study increase their alcohol consumption by 35% while they are away from home. This corresponds with an increase in alcohol-related harm.

Research Project, Updates
Hacking through the issues for 21st Century Policing
Research Project
Hacking through the issues for 21st Century Policing
Research Project

The effective management of local, national and international security is one of the biggest challenges we face in today's world.

Research Project
Examining the Role of the Media and Social Media in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Research Project
Examining the Role of the Media and Social Media in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Research Project

The Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI) has been commissioned to lead an international research consortium, on behalf of the Five Country Ministerial Countering Violent Extremism Working Group

Research Project
Phoenix Project: Improving Mapping Capabilities of Road Traffic Accidents in Namibia
Research Project
Phoenix Project: Improving Mapping Capabilities of Road Traffic Accidents in Namibia
Research Project

Dan Grinnell, a Research Associate at the Crime and Security Research Institute has visited the Namibian capital, Windhoek, as part of, and funded by the Cardiff University Phoenix Project.

Research Project
New Study Analyses the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Long-Term Cognitive Decline in Middle and Late Life
Research Project
New Study Analyses the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Long-Term Cognitive Decline in Middle and Late Life
Research Project

Using UK Biobank data, a new study conducted by a team including Crime and Security Research Institute Co-director Professor Simon Moore has sought to explain the relationship between alcohol intake and cognitive decline in middle and older aged populations.

Research Project
The Spread of Fake News in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks
Research Project
The Spread of Fake News in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks
Research Project

Social media reactions analysed to examine the spread of fake news and its impact on behaviour.

Research Project
Policing Futures: A Masterclass Programme for South Wales Police Officers and Staff
Research Project
Policing Futures: A Masterclass Programme for South Wales Police Officers and Staff
Research Project

The Policing Futures Masterclass Series is a unique collaboration between The Universities’ Police Science Institute (UPSI) and South Wales Police (SWP), designed to provide the knowledge, skills and experience required to develop critical thinking and evidence-based practice among those considered future leaders within the force.

Research Project
The South Wales Tri-Service Public Service and Joint Emergency Control Centre: An Evaluation
Research Project
The South Wales Tri-Service Public Service and Joint Emergency Control Centre: An Evaluation
Research Project

This study involves a multi-method evaluation of the development of a Tri-Service Public Service and Joint Emergency Control Centre in South Wales. South Wales Police (SWP) have identified that the lack of a ‘joined up’ approach to emergency service provision is resulting in inefficiency and a poor response service to the public. The force have already developed a single, highly efficient Public Contact Centre with modern technology

Research Project
International Alliance on Distributed Analytics [DAIS ITA] via Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Research Project
International Alliance on Distributed Analytics [DAIS ITA] via Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Research Project

The Crime and Security Research Institute is partnering with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to form the Distributed Analytics and Information Science (DAIS) International Technology Alliance.

Research Project
Dyfed Powys Performance
Research Project
Dyfed Powys Performance
Research Project

The Universities’ Police Science Institute (UPSI) were commissioned by the Dyfed Powys Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to undertake data analysis on the performance of Dyfed Powys police force relative to other forces. 

Research Project