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Prof Megan O'Neill

@meganoneill.bsky.social

Professor of Criminology at the University of Dundee and Associate Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research

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Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence

Scotland’s experience with stop and search should serve as a cautionary tale, writes @meganoneill.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

29.05.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had one or two things to say about #stopandsearch and youth violence.

28.05.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home | Clarus Project ENHANCING DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATION Improving Communication Reducing Bias About the clarus project THE CLARUS Project Clarus improves the quality, impartiality and reliability of digital forensic...

Our first Clarus project newsletter is out now! πŸŽ‰
Inside you’ll find updates from our citizen juries sessions, a welcome video from me (as research lead), and a look at what’s ahead for the project. Have a read & sign up to stay in the loop! claruseu.net

30.04.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators Driven by social and technological change and the imperative to enhance efficiency, police have in recent years adopted various technologies to transform their interactions with the public. In the ...

New publication! The next piece from the INTERACT project is now out. How do the public feel about reporting a crime to AI chat bots vs humans?
Thanks to co-authors Ben Bradford, Arabella Kyprianides,Will Andrews, Elizabeth Aston, Estelle Clayton & Helen Wells
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

29.01.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forces should cut officer numbers and use tech to fight crime, police chief says Finance lead for England and Wales police chiefs says focus on officers gets in way of making better use of budgets

The failure to invest in policing technologies is massively shortsighted. Political discourse needs to keep up with the reality of 21stC crime and disorder.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

30.12.2024 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Prophet of the post-presidency: how Jimmy Carter changed the world Plains, Georgia may seem an unlikely place from which to launch a global campaign of moral influence – but Carter did so

This is what statesmanship looks like:

"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices."

Thank you, Jimmy Carter.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

29.12.2024 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer seeks to relaunch premiership with new promise to crack down on crime After a rocky start, PM sets out β€˜next phase’ covering economic growth, NHS backlogs, energy, and a β€˜bobby on every beat’

While the announcement of 13,000 neighbourhood #police may seem a but Back to the Future, this is the first time since 2010 I have seen a promise of more #PCSOs. How that will work in the forces that no longer have them, or dedicated neighbourhood teams? πŸ€”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

05.12.2024 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Hannah! Could I please be added, too, if not already? Thanks!

05.12.2024 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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