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Co-Sponsored by:

  • Police Executive Programme, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University
  • Society of Evidence-Based Policing
  • Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing Ltd.

This year's conference is taking place online and key speakers and talks are listed below.


MONDAY 12th JULY

17:00   

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Lawrence Sherman KNO, Director, Police Executive Programme, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge 
17:10

Keynote Address

Chief Constable Martin Hewitt QPM, Chair, National Police Chiefs’ Council
17:30

Keynote Address  

Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM
17:50

Presentation of the 2020 Sir Robert Peel Medal Award

 
18:00

Peel Medal Address

Chief Constable Simon Cole QPM DA, Leicestershire Police
18:20

Laudation to Officer Cariol Horne, Buffalo NY Police

Professor Lawrence Sherman KNO

  


TUESDAY 13th JULY

9:00    Racial Equity in Stop & Search: The Risk-Adjusted Disparity (RAD) Index The Dorset Stop & Search Project: Using the Risk-Adjusted Disparity Index
  Chair: ACC Jackie Sebire PhD, NPCC Lead on Serious Violence, Bedfordshire Police
 

Speakers:

  • Chief Constable James Vaughan, Dorset Police
  • Professor Lawrence Sherman: RAD Index and an RCT for Stop & Search
9:45 Reducing Serious Violence: The Government’s Strategy
  Chair: Professor Lawrence Sherman
  Speaker: Kit Malthouse, Minister for Crime and Policing
10:30 Reducing Violence With Hot Spots Patrols: Essex and Bedford
  Chair: Chief Constable Chris Sims (ret), West Midlands Police
 

Speakers:

  • Lewis Basford, Essex Police
  • Michelle Leggetter, Bedfordshire Police
  • Dr Matt Bland, Cambridge University
11:45 Lessons Learned in CT: 2017-2021
  Chair: Sir Denis O’Connor, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary (ret).
  Speaker:

Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu QPM, College of Policing

1:45 Knife Crime and County Lines
  Chair: David Shaw QPM, Chief Constable West Mercia (ret)                
 

Speakers:

  • Ahenkora Bediako, Metropolitan Police
  • Trevor Lawry, Metropolitan Police
  • Matthew Barcraft-Barnes, Surrey
2:45 College of Policing and Serious Crime Reduction
  Chair: Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, Gloucestershire Police (ret)       
  Speaker: Rachel Tuffin, College of Policing
3:30 Inaugural Professorial Lecture of Barak Ariel
  Chair: Professor Lawrence Sherman
  Speaker: Barak Ariel, Professor of Experimental Criminology-elect, University of Cambridge
4:15 Using EBP as a Chief Officer: Preventing Serious Violence
  Chair:  Dr Peter Neyroud CBE QPM, University of Cambridge 
 

Discussants: 

  • Chief Constable James Vaughan, Dorset Police
  • DAC Basit Javid, Met
  • Commander Alex Murray, Met
  • ACC Rob Jones, Suffolk
  • ACC Jackie Sebire, Ph.D. Bedfordshire
5:00 Close

         


WEDNESDAY 14th JULY

9:00 Tele-policing & Rapid Video Response: Freeing Time for High-Harm Victims
  Chair: Dr Heather Strang, Director, Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology
 

Presenters:

  • Graham Hooper, Kent Police
  • Stacey Rothwell, Kent Police
  • Kent McFadzien, Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing
  • Will Lay, Kent Police   
 

Discussant: Dr Heather Strang     

11:00

Predicting Seriously Violent Offenders               

  Chair: Chief Constable (ret) Chris Sims OBE QPM DL
 

Speakers:

  • Dr Geoffrey Barnes, Metropolitan Police and Cambridge University
  • DCI Lorraine Hilder, Metropolitan Police
  • Dr Sara Valdebenito, Cambridge University
12:00

Protecting Domestic Abuse Victims           

  Chair: Debbie Simpson QPM, Chief Constable (ret), Dorset 
 

Speakers:

  • Andy Jenkins, Surrey
  • Sharon Caddell, Durham PCC
  • John Ross, Metropolitan Police
  • Alisa Wilson, Lancashire Police
2:00 Met Research at Cambridge
 

Chair: Dr Paul W. Clarke, Metropolitan Police

  • Phil Davies: Victim Satisfaction
  • Ben Clark: Victim Satisfaction
  • Jane Corrigan: PREVENT
3:00

Missing Persons and Serious Harm   

  Chair: Crispian Strachan CBE QPM
 

Speakers:

  • Ryan Doyle, Devon & Cornwall Police
  • Keith Johnson, Bedfordshire Police
  • Marcus Cator, Hampshire Police
4:15 Celebrating Recent MSt Graduates
5:00 Closing Remarks: Professor Lawrence Sherman

 


 

 

Date: 
Monday, 12 July, 2021 - 17:00 to Wednesday, 14 July, 2021 - 17:00
Tuesday, 13 July, 2021 - 17:00 to Thursday, 15 July, 2021 - 17:00
Wednesday, 14 July, 2021 - 17:00 to Friday, 16 July, 2021 - 17:00