Archive June 2021

Research on assaults on Police

Lincolnshire Police Sergeant Lee Johnson has been leading important new research exploring how to better prevent assaults on police. Lee began researching the occupational culture of the police in 2007 as part of a module for a degree and his interest continued into later work during his PhD. Here, he…

New research on County Lines

County Lines is a serious ongoing professional challenge, well documented by Simon Harding in his 2020 book County Lines: exploitation and drug dealing among urban street gangs (Bristol University Press). Now NTU doctoral researcher, Barbie Nash, is conducting new research about ‘To What Extent are County Line Participants’ Entrepreneurs, Offenders…