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East Midlands Violence Reduction Information Network:

In this Newsletter:

VRIN Paper 2: Readiness for the Serious Violence Duty

University of Leicester MSc Student Placements

EMPAC Internships

Operation Wintershield - Derbyshire Police

Spotlight On: VRU of the Month

VRIN Webinars: Titles and Dates Now Confirmed

Contact Details

Subscription Details

Spotlight On: VRU of the Month

London's Violence Reduction Unit cannot really be overlooked with a 2021/22 Home Office allocation of £7,000,000, more than twice that of any other area. Facing the highest offence levels and scrutiny, this figure is warranted. The London VRU website is well worth a visit to learn of the counter-measures to serious violence introduced in the capital. A number of events are also planned which will be of interest to all. Please take a look and let us know if you found anything of particular interest to your area.

https://www.london.gov.uk/content/londons-violence-reduction-unit

VRIN Webinars: Titles and Dates Now Confirmed

East Midlands Violence Reduction Intervention Network Webinar Seminar Series: Winter 2021

The Violence Reduction Information Network (VRIN)/ University of Leicester School of Criminology will run three webinar sessions that aim to explore contemporary themes around public place violence.

Webinar 1: What is a public health approach to violence reduction? [4pm, Wednesday 24th November, 2021]

In this session experts will discuss the public health approaches to violence and whether the new Serious Violence Duty will help or hinder the delivery of public health approaches. Panellists include Professor Peter Squires (University of Brighton); Rachel Bath (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) and Grace Strong (Strategic Director, Leicestershire & Rutland VRN).

Register with Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/198248104417

Webinar 2: Preventing public place violence. What works, what doesn't and what is promising? [4pm, Wednesday 8th Dec, 2021]

The panel will outline approaches that are being used; what is working in relation to public health approaches and what the primary challenges are. Panellists include Professor Ian Brennan (University of Hull) and Jason Kew (Chief Inspector – Thames Valley Police).

Register with Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/195799209707

Webinar 3: The evaluation jungle. How should we be evaluating interventions to reduce public place violence? [4pm, Wednesday 12th January 2022]

In this session we turn to thinking about the efficacy of interventions designed to reduce public place violence. Panellists include: Professor Zara Quigg (Liverpool John Moores University), Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy (Evidence and Evaluation Lead, Leicestershire & Rutland VRN) and Nerys Thomas (Head Research and Knowledge, College of Policing)

Register with Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/198322717587

Queries to Dr Matt Hopkins (University of Leicester) [log in to unmask]

Contact Details

School of Criminology
University of Leicester
Fielding Johnson Building
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Leicester
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07544293904
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https://le.ac.uk/criminology/research/violence-reduction-information-network

VRIN Paper 2: Readiness for the Serious Violence Duty	(Back to Top)

We have now completed writing this paper. We are going to circulate it to participants first to ensure accuracy before publishing it here and elsewhere next month. We hope it will prove to be a useful document, especially to non-Home Office VRU forces. Please check your inbox late-November to be one of the first to read the report.

University of Leicester MSc Student Placements	(Back to Top)

Dear All,

This is a last call for opportunities to host MSc Criminology student placements being offered by the School of Criminology at the University of Leicester. Placements are for up to 30 days and would commence in January 2022. We would be delighted to have some of our students do placements in relation to the violence reduction work you are doing.

The module leader for these students is Dr Jessica Urwin [log in to unmask]

Please reply to Jessica direct if you can help. The deadline to allocate students is 31/10/21.

EMPAC Internships	(Back to Top)

The East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC) are offering five paid internships from June 2022. Please click the link below for further details:

https://www.empac.org.uk/paid-internships-at-emsou/

Operation Wintershield - Derbyshire Police	(Back to Top)

Derbyshire Police kindly shared with us a redacted version of the Powerpoint presentation accompanying Operation Wintershield. It is a partnership operation which will accommodate MSc students from the School of Criminology experiencing placements in different agencies. The operation is targeting street crime during the winter period, including violence offences involving weapons which increase during extended hours of darkness, by providing an enhanced visible response to prevent and detect this type of crime. You can access the Powerpoint via the below link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/edjvwcue4ssppyc/Operation%20Wintershield%20-%20Derbyshire%20Constabulary%20Redacted.pptx?dl=0

If you have any operational activities in your area suitable for dissemination you would like to share please please send them to [log in to unmask]

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