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Security Thought Leadership: in conversation with Martin GillGloria Laycock - Thought Leadership InterviewProfessor Gloria Laycock is one of the world’s leading scholars on crime prevention. A trained psychologist who has worked extensively in the prison service, Government policy and research and then in academia as a Professor of Crime Science at the Jill Dando Institute. Outspoken, direct and popular, with a keen commitment to ensuring that the findings of academic research are used to influence practice, and to improve the prevention of crime. In this interview you will hear her views and experiences on what it was like to speak up, the problems faced by working as a wo...2024-06-0343 min
Security Thought Leadership: in conversation with Martin GillReflecting on 2020: what have been the security success stories and what have been the security failPrevious webinars this year have highlighted some of the things that security has done well, for example, stepping up quickly in the crisis, responding to changing demands on the frontline effectively, providing a reference point of expertise in a chaotic period in organisational life. But not all agree, others have pointed to: organisational hierarchies viewing security as secondary to say health or business continuity professionals; there has been a lament about the lack of preparation for this type of crisis; a view has been expressed that only some security professionals have ‘stepped up’, some have been shown to be want...2024-05-1245 min
Reducing Crime#50 (Gloria Laycock)Gloria Laycock headed the Home Office Police Research Group and was founding Director of University College London’s Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science – the first such institute in the world. In this masterclass on the 50-year history of crime prevention, you will learn about how the UK got its first government Police Research Group, the foundation of the Jill Dando Institute for Crime Science, the successes and failures of working in a crime prevention policy world, the importance of tackling repeat victimization as a way to reduce crime, how Laycock and the Home Office shamed car manufacturers into...2022-08-2942 min