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More Funding Secured: £20,000 from ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
Professor Jackie Hodgson and Associate Professor Kim Wade, along with Professor Neil Stewart and Dr Kevin Hearty have secured £20 000 from the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account to collaborate with West Mercia and Warwickshire Police. The funded project: “We don’t buy crime” will develop and evaluate the impact of Smartwater technology and other preventive interventions on public confidence in and satisfaction with the policing of burglary.
Ultimately, this work will help establish which interventions are, and are not, likely to reduce crime, improve public confidence, and increase victim satisfaction. The results will enable the COPR team to identify best practice and help West Mercia and Warwickshire police to integrate these new interventions into their practice and policy making, thus establishing a model for other forces to follow.