The Institute of Criminology holds an annual international conference on Evidence Based Policing, Chaired by Professor Lawrence Sherman in association with the Society for Evidence Based Policing (SEBP).
The 11th conference was held at the Sidgwick site at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 9-11 July 2018.
This talk: 'Evidence-Based Policing ... Show More
Feb 2019
What Police Wear and Why It Matters: Tasers, Cameras, Uniforms and Experimental Criminology
Dr Barak Ariel
The uniforms and equipment of contemporary police officers have dramatically changed since the turn of the millennium. Frontline officers in western democracies carry and use technology at increasing rates. WiFi-trackers, airwave radios, DNA kits, tablets, tasers, ... Show More
44m 28s
Aug 2024
What The Watts Riots Meant (1965)
Come to our first ever live show! In Boston, on Friday, September 13th. Tickets are available now!It's August 11th. This day in 1965, six days of civil unrest erupts in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss why the violence was sparked -- and how th ... Show More
17m 52s
Aug 2024
Riots aftermath: Where do we go from here?
• OGWN Live in Liverpool, Mon 23 Sept. Tickets here. • OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. As the dust settles from the far-right riots of the past two weeks – has the violence and the backlash against it changed the country or revealed something about it? Plus, across t ... Show More
1h 5m
Nov 2024
Blitz: London's Burning (Part 1)
4pm, 7th September 1940, London. The first bombs on the Empire's capital fall. Death, shock and devastation rain. What happens next? We Have Ways tackles the people's war in this new series, taking a forensic dive into the history of the Nazi bombing raids that terrorised the UK ... Show More
52m 40s
Dec 2024
Episode 137, Between God and Atheism: Live in London (Part I - The Debate)
This is a live recording from our recent show at The Royal Institution Theatre in London. The panel includes returning guests Philip Goff (professor of philosophy at Durham) and Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury), as well as two new panellists, Elizabeth Oldfield (t ... Show More
48m 1s
Nov 2021
The L.A. Riots | 2. No Justice
In March 1991, the video of the Rodney King beating was national news. The LAPD was under intense scrutiny and many white Americans were seeing a side of policing they’d never seen before.Just a few days after George Holliday’s tape aired, the residents of South Central, Los Ange ... Show More
50m 38s