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Adam Crawford

@adamcrawford.bsky.social

Professor of Criminology at the University of York & University of Leeds, Co-Director of ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social https://www.york.ac.uk/law/people/crawford/ Orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-5977

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Centre Co-Director speaks about the importance of lived experience voices at national event on diversion - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Professor Adam Crawford led a key roundtable discussion on the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience.

Our Co-Director Professor @adamcrawford.bsky.social led a roundtable discussion on the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social's event on diversion last week.

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02.10.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Secured by Design - Making parks a place of safety for everyone: New guidance paves the way for women and girls SBD News Category Blog

Safer Parks guidance is back!
Created by our @annabarker.bsky.social and her partners, the new edition has tailored advice for different audiences, including park managers, local authorities, and Designing Out Crime Officers.
Read more about its contents and impact πŸ‘‡
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29.09.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Diversion in Practice: Implications for police reform and culture change | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

Our Co-Director Professor @adamcrawford.bsky.social is speaking at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social's event on "Diversion in Practice: Implications for police reform and culture change" tomorrow.

Register for a livestream:
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/diversion-in...

23.09.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great job opportunity. Research Fellow @lawatleeds.bsky.social with @vp-centre.bsky.social @ccjsleeds.bsky.social
Come join a fantastic group of scholars, professional service team and partners.
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🌳 Do you know what makes a park feel safe, welcoming and inclusive?

For the #SaferParks campaign, we are spotlighting parks guidance explains why features such as lighting, layout, accessibility, location and the presence of authority figures are key to ensuring everyone enjoys our green spaces.

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We are excited to launch our groundbreaking Safer Parks Project with Dr. Anna Barker at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social and Green Flag Award!πŸŽ‰

17.09.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Early Career Researcher Development Fund - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre The Centre runs an annual Early Career Researcher Development Fund for research that aligns with the Centre's programme of work.

⏳ There’s less than 1 month left to apply for our Early Career Researcher Development Fund.

Grants of up to Β£25,000 are available for ECRs to lead co-produced projects that tackle current and emerging challenges related to vulnerability and policing.

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/early-career...

01.09.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Professor Carlene Firmin delivering a keynote address at the Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice conference

Professor Carlene Firmin delivering a keynote address at the Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice conference

We’re delighted to get Day 1 of our annual conference underway with Professor @carlenefirmin.bsky.social speaking on the realities of safeguarding young people from extra-familial harm

09.09.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
White Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre logo on purple background

White Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre logo on purple background

You can now read our 2024/25 annual report on our website, which covers our research progress, capacity building and engagement and impact activities:

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20.08.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Public confidence in the police: using opinion survey data to explore the current β€˜moment’ in British policing On many accounts British policing is currently experiencing a legitimacy crisis, a claim frequently evidenced by data from opinion surveys. Such surveys have been in the field for more than half a ...

The first two journal articles from our Minimum Policing Standard project have been published open access in Policing and Society.

Read β€˜Public confidence in the police: using opinion survey data to explore the current β€˜moment’ in British policing’ πŸ‘‡

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

14.08.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Community Wisdom and Democratic Policing: A Practitioner-Academic Response to Bradford et al.'s Minimum Policing Standard† "The most profound finding of this research is not what communities want from police, but how their sophisticated understanding of their policing needs exposes the poverty of both technocratic experti...

Thoughtful review of our recent paper in Policing & Society by San Gilmour.
From our minimum policing standard research project @vp-centre.bsky.social @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social @davejrowlands.bsky.social

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27.07.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to share first 2 articles from @vp-centre.bsky.social Minimum Policing Standard research @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social & Dr Rowlands Open access:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/minimum-poli...

25.07.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

⏳ There's still time to apply for the role of Project Manager at the new Yorkshire Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence (TYP-ACE).

Deadline: 21 July

Read more and apply below πŸ‘‡

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Great to hear from Prof Emilio Ayos @emilioayos.bsky.social from the University of Buenos Aires on β€˜Contested Imaginaries: Youth, Inequality, and Security in Argentina’ hosted by @lssi.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

A member of the
@vp-centre.bsky.social International Advisory Board
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15.07.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People sat in a lecture theatre

Read our latest newsletter to learn more about our:

πŸ—£οΈ Confirmed plenary speakers at our annual conference
πŸ—’οΈ New research projects
πŸ—“οΈ Upcoming webinar "Reframing the narrative of neurodivergent suspects of Counter Terrorism – The true victims of exploitation by algorithms"

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Just over a week before the closing date for this opportunity to drive forward a great initiative.
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11.07.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Reframing the narrative of neurodivergent suspects of Counter Terrorism This webinar will look at "Reframing the narrative of neurodivergent suspects of Counter Terrorism: The true victims of exploitation"

Less than 1 week to register for our webinar β€œReframing the narrative of neurodivergent suspects of Counter Terrorism – The true victims of exploitation by algorithms”, exploring research from Dr Alice Siberry (Creased Puddle).

πŸ—“οΈ 16 July
πŸ•› 12-1pm

Register πŸ‘‡

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reframing-...

10.07.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to hear @dralimalik.bsky.social present some of his research findings supported by a @vp-centre.bsky.social ECR grant informing his current ESRC COLIF fellowship at the ESRC Regional Engagement event @york.ac.uk

@ccjsleeds.bsky.social
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social

10.07.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Annual conference - Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Register for the Centre's annual conference: Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice.

Tickets are still available for our annual conference β€œVulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice”.

πŸ—“οΈ 9-10 September 2025
πŸ“ Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK

Read more and register:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confe...

09.07.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great project management opportunity. Closing date 21st July.
Flexible working 0.6 fte fixed term for 3 years.
@vp-centre.bsky.social
@lssi.bsky.social
@uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social
@york.ac.uk
@the-sipr.bsky.social
@priestleycentre.bsky.social

03.07.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MACC Hub Webinar Series #2: Improving the way we engage with vulnerability as a pathway to transformational adaptation - MACC Hub MACC Hub Webinars: The second episode of MACC Hub's monthly webinar series will focus on what’s at stake in how we use the term β€œvulnerability,” explore alternatives that center systems and agency, an...

βŒ›οΈ There’s still time to register for the MACC Hub webinar β€œImproving the way we engage with vulnerability as a pathway to transformational adaptation”, featuring our Co-Director Professor Kate Brown.

πŸ—“οΈ Monday 7 July 2025
πŸ•š 11am-12pm BST
πŸ“ Online

Register: macchub.co.uk/knowledge-ba...

03.07.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worth a listen. Informative and engaging…
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28.06.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’‘Just released: new Transform Justice report!
An essential read for anyone interested in diversion, the report compares victims’ experiences of the court system versus out of court resolutions.

πŸ”—Dive into our findings - read it now! www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...

26.06.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: TYP-ACE Project Manager Do you thrive on managing complex projects that deliver meaningful change? Are you passionate about using research to improve public services? Do you have strong organisational and communication skill...

Job Opportunity: Project Manager for the Yorkshire Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence an ambitious new initiative combining @universityofleeds.bsky.social & @york.ac.uk Funded by the NPCC/UKRI to support the future of policing through evidence-based approaches.
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jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

28.06.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
The Social Change Catalyst - About the University, University of York At the Social Change Catalyst at the University of York we want to make change happen, for public good.

I’m really pleased to be part of, supporting & advancing the Catalyst for Social Change @york.ac.uk in collaboration with colleagues across the Faculty of Social Sciences and external partners - making change happen for public good.
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www.york.ac.uk/about/depart...

26.06.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ESRC WRDTP Associated Studentship School of Psychology - Cross-System Insights from Linked Public Service Data Project opportunity - ESRC WRDTP Associated Studentship School of Psychology - Cross-System Insights from Linked Public Service Data at the University of Leeds

A PhD studentship based at @universityofleeds.bsky.social is open for applications.

β€˜Cross-System Insights from Linked Public Service Data’ will commence on 1 October 2025.

Professors Dan Birks and Mark Mon-Williams will be supervisors.

Deadline: 18 July 2025

phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/419-...

17.06.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Changing the Narrative: Understanding the lived experiences of young people of colour in Harehills - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre This project engages with racially diverse young people and community leaders in Harehills, Leeds to understand experiences of youth violence

Read about our new project β€œChanging the Narrative: Understanding the lived experiences of young people of colour in Harehills”, which will work with community members to critically understand their needs, concerns and priorities.

Read more πŸ‘‡

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/changing-the...

18.06.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Jobs - The University of York

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

@uoysbs.bsky.social are looking for a part-time Research Associate to work on a vulnerability-based policing project around sex worker safety and justice.

Salary: Β£37,174 pro-rata

Based at: @york.ac.uk campus

Apply by 03/07/2025

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

20.06.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Annual conference - Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Register for the Centre's annual conference: Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice.

Really pleased to be chairing the plenary Policy Panel @vp-centre.bsky.social conference in Sept - great panellists:

T/DCC Catherine Akehurst NPCC Lead, Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee
Meg Jones, Cranstoun
Ben Lindsay, Power the Fight
Prof Kate Pickett
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19.06.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Contested Imaginaries: Youth, Inequality, and Security in Argentina A public seminar by Professor Emilio Ayos

Join us for an @lssi.bsky.social public seminar from Professor Emilio Ayos on β€œContested Imaginaries: Youth, Inequality, and Security in Argentina”.

πŸ“… 15 July
πŸ• 1pm-3pm
πŸ“ Social Sciences Building 14.33, 13 Beech Grove Terrace Woodhouse LS2 9DA

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contested-...

16.06.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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