Deprivation strongest predictor of violence

In a new paper published in the journal Public Health, Centre for Health and Justice researchers explore an alternative model for identifying population targets in violence reduction initiatives. Funding for the research was provided by the London Violence Reduction Unit (LVRU) Programme.

Read 'Violence reduction, revisiting a public health approach'.Read 'Violence reduction, revisiting a public health approach'.

 

 

Summary of Intervention characteristics

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Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs)

Professor Eddie Kane, director of the Centre for Health and Justice co-authored a report funded by the Shared Outcomes Fund for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), conducted alongside RAND Europe, Get the Data and Skills for Justice.

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Operation (Op) Divan

Operation (Op) Divan is a collaboration with Workforce Trust and was set up by the North Yorkshire Police (NYP) as an early prevention program after several children and young people (CYP) were found with knives and other weapons in local schools.

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West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) Mentoring Programme

The evaluation will advance our understanding of the impact of the mentoring provision, improving monitoring and delivery of this ongoing project. 

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Evaluation of the DRIVE high Domestic Abuse perpetrators programme

The Centre for Health and Justice is working on a 2 year project in partnership with Workforce Trust, Get the Data and Economics by Design, funded by the Home Office. Looking at the evaluation of the DRIVE high Domestic Abuse perpetrators programme for Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner.

Evaluation of Mentoring Programmes for young people involved in violence.

Working partnership with Workforce Trust, Get the Data and Economics by Design, the Centre for Health and Justice are working on a 2 year project funded by the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit. Evaluating a Mentoring Programmes for young people involved in violence.

Evaluation of six Universities’ programmes to develop their roles as Anchor Institutions

Anchor Institutions are large, usually public sector, organisations rooted in and connected to their local communities.

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Centre part of £1.5m MoJ project to support offenders with 'health vulnerabilities'

The Centre for Health and Justice, led by Professor Eddie Kane and based here at the Institute of Mental Health, is part of a research collaboration awarded £1.5m from the UK’s Ministry of Justice.

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Supporting innovation in the police service

The Centre has worked on a major grant running for four years to 2018 with the police service in Norfolk and Suffolk helping develop new strategic and tactical policing. Projects have included evaluations, evidence reviews, educational developments (including masters level courses) and the trialling of new performance and data analysis tools.

Impact of parents in prison

A research project (Porticus Trust) is running to assess the impact of parental incarceration on children. This 2017-18 project focuses on an identified but under-research area of the educational, emotional and social deprivation experienced by children whose parents are imprisoned.

Evaluating the police service

The Centre received a major grant from the HEFCE/College of Policing for evaluation work with a number of police forces in England and Wales in 2015-17. Projects included the design and evaluation of experimental policing interventions, evidence reviews, and qualitative and quantitative evaluations of current strategic and tactitcal policing.

Managing high risk offenders

A three-year research grant (WISDOM) is evaluating an intervention in Wales looking to manage high risk offenders more effectively. The project, running to 2020, involves the evaluation of pilot services in all the Welsh police forces and the National Probation Service.