91福利

2 November 2016

A cross-faculty network event for 91福利 academics involved in policing research took place on Wednesday 2^nd November, chaired by Professor Jackie Hodgson. It brought together researchers from Psychology, Law, PAIS, Economics, WMG, Applied Linguistics and Modern Languages & Cultures. The aim of the event was to enable researchers to share contacts and identify opportunities for future collaboration, as well as facilitating discussion on the challenges and opportunities of policing research.

The event was great success. Thanks again to all of those who took part!

West Mercia Police and 91福利shire Police have engaged the Centre for Operational Police Research to undertake a large-scale collaborative research project: "We don't buy crime". The research—conducted by Dr Kim Wade, Prof Jackie Hodgson, Prof Neil Stewart and Dr Kevin Hearty—is now included on the research map.

Divya Sukumar, Prof Jackie Hodgson & Dr Kim Wade's forthcoming publication on live observations of police station disclosure practices and lawyer-client consultations in the Criminal Law Review is now available to read online .

Drawing on recent observational fieldwork as well as existing research studies in the fields of law and of psychology, this article examines the nature of police practices in the disclosure of evidence before and during custodial interviews of legally represented suspects. Whilst police pre-interview disclosure to lawyers was a fixed practice, the format of disclosure varied and lawyers were rarely permitted to inspect the evidence, relying instead on the officer’s account. Disclosure was sometimes provided in stages, either as a deliberate tactic or when evidence was lacking. Officers occasionally exaggerated the strength of their case to suspects and resisted providing more detail to lawyers – an approach that seemed designed to elicit an admission from the suspect. In line with past research, lawyers relied on the evidence that police disclosed when advising clients before the interview and occasionally argued with the police for more disclosure. Taken together, these findings suggest that police are complying with the minimum disclosure requirements set out by legislation, and that police may be more open with lawyers than previous research suggests. Some of our findings warrant concern, however, and raise questions about risks to vulnerable suspects in custody and risks to suspects without legal representation.

What Works? Research by Divya Sukumar, Associate Prof Kim Wade, & Prof Jackie Hodgson has been featured on the College of Policing website:

To read about more policing and crime reduction research, or to add your research to the College of Policing map, .

Wednesday 2nd November 2016, 12-2pm
Venue: S2.77 (Cowling Room) , Social Sciences

This event is to share information on current projects and collaborations relevant to policing and policing research at the 91福利, and to help develop future research ideas. It will be chaired by Professor Jackie Hodgson.

This networking event is supported by the Centre for Operational Police Research (COPR), the Faculty of Social Sciences and the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.

On Wednesday 12th October, Professor Jackie Hodgson will chairing the "Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons in Custody: Minimising the Risk of Death in Detention" event in central London organised by Public Policy Exchange.

For the event flyer, please click here.

The new publication by Divya Sukumar (PhD student, Psychology), Professor Jackie Hodgson (Law), and Dr Kim Wade (Psychology) considering how the timing of police evidence disclosure impacts custodial legal advice has now been published in the International Journal of Evidence and Proof.

Drawing upon data from 100 criminal lawyers in England and Wales, the paper highlights the importance of pre-interview evidence disclosure for lawyers advising suspects at the police station.

Melissa Colloff (PhD student, Psychology), Dr Kim Wade (Psychology), and Deryn Strange (John Jay College, CUNY) have a new publication. Their paper "Unfair Lineups Make Witnesses More Likely to Confuse Innocent and Guilty Suspects" has just been published in a leading psychology journal, Psychological Science.

In a study containing almost 9000 participants, the authors compare three fair lineup techniques used by the police with unfair lineups in which nothing was done to prevent a distinctive suspect from standing out. The paper highlights the importance of constructing fair lineups for distinctive suspects.

Access the press release here:

Access the paper, here:

Wednesday 22 June 2016, Scarman House, SEBP Midlands Regional Event at the 91福利

The most recent Midlands regional SEBP event, supported by 91福利 University鈥檚 Centre for Operational Policing Research (COPR) and 91福利鈥檚 ESRC Impact Acceleration Account funding, Nicky Miller (representing the College of Policing) and EMPAC, was hosted at 91福利 University on 22/6/16.

Read more information about the event here.