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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
research income by year
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Source of funds
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2001/02 (£) 2002/03 (£) 2003/04 (£) 2004/05 (£) 2005/06 (£) 2006/07 (£) 2007/08 (£)
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