The Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science

Agenda– What we do– Who we are– What research money we have attracted– Our publications and profile– Our international contacts– Our plans

Medical Science and Crime Science

EngineeringDesign

GeneticsBiochemistry

PhysicsMaterials Science

CriminologyPsychology

Sociology etc

CommunicationsArtificial

Intelligence

ZoologyEcology etc...

Crime Science

Chemistry Biology Physics Epidemiology Biochemistry Etc...

Medical Science

What we do

• Research on the prevention and detection of:– Crime (from child abuse to organised crime)– Disorder– Anti-social behaviour– Terrorism

• Teaching – Masters course and associated UCL post graduate courses plus various short courses

Training

• Postgraduate courses – 30 students in 2004/05– MSc in Crime Science– Diploma in Crime Prevention– Certificate in Crime Prevention– Certificate in Crime Detection (new for 2005)

• Short courses– 5-day training for crime analysts– Advanced 1-day courses for analysts in GIS – One-day masterclasses for

• Senior police officers, and • Policy makers

JDI Staff

Senior staff academic backgrounds

• Mathematics (2 x BSc)• Statistics (1 x BSc)• Computer Science (2 x BSc)• Artificial intelligence (1x BSc)• Psychology (2 x MSc, 2 x PhD)• Geography and GIS (1 x BSc and

MSc)• Urban Planning (1 x PhD)• Criminology (1 x PhD)

• 1 HEFC funded post• 8 staff funded through Jill

Dando Fund• Remainder (13) on short

term contracts

Includes 5 staff located at a Crime Science laboratory in West Midlands Police

MSc student backgrounds

• Biology

• Computer Science

• Geography

• Accounting

• Philosophy

• Law x 4

• Psychology x 3

• War studies

• Criminology

Research Funding

• Over £3 million pounds in external research funding since 2001- this excludes JD fund, short course income and UCL teaching fees

• Mainly brought in by 6 senior staff (1 is HEFCE funded)

• Nearly all expenditure on salaries - not equipment• Increasing number of research charities and research

council funded grants• Large scale EU bids are currently submitted• Bids totalling over £2 million currently under

consideration or in planning

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UK Government bodies

Public and private corporations

UK based charities

Research Councils

EU Government bodies

Dissemination

RAE census period 2001 – current date

– 45 peer-reviewed publications (across 20 different journals)

– 16 book chapters

– Crime science book series with• 2 edited books

• 1 authored book

– 1 special journal edition and one issue of British Journal of Criminology in progress

– Over 100 invited conference presentations at international meetings covering Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Spain, Greece, USA, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands and Chile

Media coverage

Printed TV and Radio– Economist - BBC TV and radio news

– New Scientist - ITN news

– Nature online - BBC regional TV and radio

– Royal Statistical Society - Radio 5 live

– Guardian - BBC 24 news

– Daily Mail - Sky News

– Mirror - The Commission, Radio 4

– Independent - The Moral Maze

– Express - Channel 4 news

National Consultancies and Invited Lectures

International Scientific Collaboration

EPSRC funded Crime Science Network£60k over three years for an International

Crime Science Network

British Academy funded International Collaborative Network

Partners from JDI@UCL, Netherlands and USA with experts in:

– Geography– Statistics– Epidemiology– Computer Science– Mathematics and simulation modelling– Psychology

International Scientific Collaboration

10th Annual Workshop on Economic Heterogeneous Interacting Agents

– Mathematics and complex systems

New Emerging Trends in Applied Mathematics workshop (Firenze and Oxford), funded by the European Commission

– Mathematics and physics

3rd National Crime Mapping Conference

Sponsors and supporters:Government and Industry

- Home Office, ACPO, PITO, Ordnance Survey- All the main GIS companies

Speakers- Hazel Blears MP- From Senior Civil Servants to Crime Analysts- UK, USA, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden

Visitors to JDI (2001- 2005)

Academics from:

Australia, US, Chile, Norway, Sweden

Practitioners/policy makers from:

Taiwan, New Zealand, Mexico, Australia, Sweden

Policy briefings to Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats

Our Plans

• Moving to Brook House at end of April – and better connecting with UCL

• New business plan

• Strategic relationship with the MPD to include major teaching contract for their 400 analysts

• ‘Five star’ or equivalent in next RAE