Dr Vicky Heap @drvickyheap - Bluesky Profile

Dr Vicky Heap

@drvickyheap.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, Fellow of the Sheffield Institute for Policy Studies and SFHEA. Interests: ASB, victims, policy, methods. ‘Mixed Methods in Criminology’: https://bit.ly/2Fbw5St

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Using Public Spaces Protection Orders to put the brakes on car cruising Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) are used by local authorities in England and Wales to prohibit and/or require specific behaviours in geographically restricted areas. These provisions, intro...

Thrilled to share this new open access paper, co-authored with Vicky Heap, Sheffield Hallam University.

🚗 Using Public Spaces Protection Orders to put the brakes on car cruising

doi.org/10.1080/1043...

Huge thanks to Policing & Society

#Policing #Hoon #Civilorder

22.11.2025 23:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

All printed and ready to be launched at #ASB11 next month!

@janinegreenasb.bsky.social

24.09.2025 09:16 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour: Turning the page on ASB, holding perpetrators to account, and improving support for victims | Public Policy Exchange Anti-social behaviour (ASB) continues to blight countless lives across the UK. In the year to September 2023, around one million ASB incidents were reported to the police in England and Wales. Accordi

Speaking at Public Policy Exchange’s ‘Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour’ event on April 29th – discussing PSPOs and the impact of the Crime and Policing Bill.

Looking forward to the conversation!

www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/event.php?ev...

17.03.2025 11:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state - Alex Black, Vicky Heap, 2025 This article explores preventive justice through the use of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), a civil measure used to tackle anti-social behaviour in Englan...

NEW! Check out Alex Black and @drvickyheap.bsky.social's new article for #TheoreticalCrim, 'Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state.' Now available #openaccess in #OnlineFirst: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

04.03.2025 19:43 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This is brilliant, thanks for sharing 😊

28.02.2025 15:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great to see you too! All is pretty good thanks, hope the same with you

27.02.2025 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Some thoughts on the "strengthening" of ASB powers in the Crime and Policing Bill:

26.02.2025 08:50 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Finally got round to migrating over here, did I miss anything?!

27.02.2025 14:04 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

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Lewis Simpson
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Dolores Fernández Pérez
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