English Congress Programme

Professor Caroline L. Davey, University of Salford (UK)
Andrew B. Wootton, University of Salford (UK)

Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are working to tackle crime and increase citizen safety through improved community policing, the integration of crime prevention measures within urban design and the adoption of policing technologies. How can an LEA ensure that the 'solutions' they adopt actually meet the needs of front-line officers, their communities and stakeholders, as well as suit the contexts in which they work? How can LEAs successfully innovate and design improvements in police operations? This session will discuss the EU-funded project Cutting Crime Impact (CCI – 2018–21), which supported six LEAs to understand and reframe problems, generate solution ideas, and design and prototype appropriate 'tools'. The session will explain the human-centred design approach and how CCI supported partner LEAs in delivering this. Following this session, GMP, one of the LEA partners, will discuss their experiences in implementing the CCI approach in the area of Community Policing—and how implementation has progressed since the project ended.

Professor Caroline L. Davey, University of Salford (UK)

Caroline L. Davey is Professor in Design, Innovation & Society and a qualified Organisational Psychologist. Together with Wootton, she has published academic articles and design guidelines on the role of design within crime prevention, and the use of holistic, human-centred design to improve quality of life. Caroline is Director of the Design Against Crime Solution Centre at the University of Salford. The University of Salford’s Design Against Crime team has been undertaking research into design-led approaches to reducing crime and increasing wellbeing since 1999. Launched in 2005, the Design Against Crime Solution Centre has grown to become a European-wide network of researchers, police and practitioners in design-led crime prevention, and is supported by funding from a variety of sources, including the European Commission. The Solution Centre was awarded €3.1m of European Commission research funding for the Cutting Crime Impact (CCI) research project. CCI helped police forces across Europe — including the Dutch and Estonian national police forces, Lisbon Police, German police in Lower Saxony and Spanish police in Catalonia — design innovative ways to tackle crime (2018–21).

Andrew B. Wootton, University of Salford (UK)

Andrew B. Wootton is Director of the Design Against Crime Solution Centre and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Salford. He is also Director of ProtectED (www.Protect-ED.org). Andrew has 20 years experience in design research and has published academic articles and design guidelines on the role of design within crime prevention, and the use of holistic, human-centred design to address societal challenges and improve quality of life. Andrew is co-author (with Davey) of the Routledge book "Design Against Crime: A Human-Centred Approach to Designing for Safety and Security". Andrew has delivered UK and European-funded design research projects. He recently delivered the EU Horizon 2020 funded project Cutting Crime Impact (2018–21). Andrew is currently working on the EU-funded project "IcARUS – Innovative Approaches to Urban Security" (2018–24).

PHD Gail Dines

Research of the porn industry for over 20 years has proven how pornography shapes our identities, culture and sexuality. Due to Covid-19 male youth spend an increasing amount of time in the internet, including legal porn sites with violent content and degrating sexual prectices against females. These images have an increased influence on their own perception of sexuality and the view of women. Girls are exposed to sexual degrading language and strong expectations how to look and what is considered to be sexy, suggesting how they have to dress to be sexually attractive. Dr. Dines is internationally acclaimed as the leading expert. She is a consultant to governmental ageencies in the US and abroad, including the UK, Norway, Iceland and Canada. She is a recipient of the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America.