Next week, Jackie Hodgson - with the assistance of her PhD student, Divya Sukumar - will be training over 80 officers from Greater Manchester Police on safeguards for young suspects during police interrogation. This training session flows from Jackie's participation in a large-scale, EU-funded research project in collaboration with colleagues from four other jurisdictions. The project consists of a comparative empirical study of the different legal procedural safeguards for young suspects in place in Belgium, England and Wales, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands.

More information on the research project is available on the project website: http://youngsuspects.eu

The Centre for Operational Police Research is delighted to be hosting the Midlands branch of the Society of Evidence Based Policing regional annual conference on 22 June 2016. COPR has obtained some funding from the Warwick's ESRC Impact Acceleration Account to host the conference which will look at how research can be used to inform policing best practice and policy.

Full Programme

Friday 9th October 2015, University of Warwick

On Friday 9th October 2015, COPR will be hosting a workshop on public confidence in policing that will feature speakers from the West Midlands Police. The event will convene in Room s2.12 at 10:30am for the first of its two sessions. Tea and coffee will be available in Room s2.09 from 10am. Lunch will also be served on the day and the event will conclude at 4pm. The event represents a valuable opportunity for discussion and interaction between academics researching policing related areas and policing practitioners on matters with significant policy relevance.

All COPR members are welcome and are encouraged to attend.

On Wednesday 26^th August, COPR members met with Simon Ruda, Mónica Wills Silva, and Ross Broad from the Behavioural Insights Team, and A/Insp Iain Martin, DCI James Raphael, and DI Kirsty Goldsmith from the Metropolitan Police. The aim of the event was to discuss research priorities and collaborations for a behavioural insights group within the Metropolitan Police under the sponsorship of Commander Simon Letchford.

On Tuesday 10 March 2015, the Criminal Justice Centre, in conjunction with COPR, hosted a seminar on interviewing suspects that was delivered by Professor Ray Bull (Professor of Criminal Investigation at the University of Derby and Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester) and Professor Paul Taylor (Professor of Psychology at the University of Lancaster and Professor of Human Interaction at Twente University).

A healthy crowd including professorial staff, researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students from the Schools of Law and Psychology listened to both speakers presenting their research on police interview techniques. Professor Bull drew on his previous and latest research on the disclosure of evidence to suspects, while Professor Taylor spoke about his extensive research on interpersonal sensemaking in cross-cultural interactions.

Both talks were followed by a number of questions from those in attendance that generated stimulating and thought provoking discussions about the methodological and theoretical implications of the research findings presented by both speakers.

The Centre for Operational Policing Research holding a networking lunch on 8th December, 12:00-14:30. The lunch is open to all researchers at Warwick working on projects with the police. If you would like to attend, please register.

6th November 2014, University of Warwick & MPS

Ross Ritchie, a Senior Teaching Fellow and Assistant Dean at Warwick Business School, has been selected to be a member of the 'Metropolitan Police Service Detention External Consultation Group'. The group will advise on the Operating Model and processes in MPS custody directorate.

Find more information about Ross' research interests on the COPR members page.

12th November 2014, University of Warwick

Nicky Miller from the College of Policing is due to visit Warwick next month to discuss some of the COPR's activities.

Find more information about the College of Policing here: http://www.college.police.uk/en/20878.htm