Dr Vicky Heap
@drvickyheap.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, Fellow of the Sheffield Institute for Policy Studies and SFHEA. Interests: ASB, victims, policy, methods. ‘Mixed Methods in Criminology’: https://bit.ly/2Fbw5St
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September 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Speaking at Public Policy Exchange’s ‘Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour’ event on April 29th – discussing PSPOs and the impact of the Crime and Policing Bill.
Looking forward to the conversation!
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Looking forward to the conversation!
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Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour: Turning the page on ASB, holding perpetrators to account, and improving support for victims | Public Policy Exchange
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) continues to blight countless lives across the UK. In the year to September 2023, around one million ASB incidents were reported to the police in England and Wales. Accordi
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March 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Speaking at Public Policy Exchange’s ‘Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour’ event on April 29th – discussing PSPOs and the impact of the Crime and Policing Bill.
Looking forward to the conversation!
www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/event.php?ev...
Looking forward to the conversation!
www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/event.php?ev...
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NEW! Check out Alex Black and @drvickyheap.bsky.social's new article for #TheoreticalCrim, 'Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state.' Now available #openaccess in #OnlineFirst: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state - Alex Black, Vicky Heap, 2025
This article explores preventive justice through the use of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), a civil measure used to tackle anti-social behaviour in Englan...
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March 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW! Check out Alex Black and @drvickyheap.bsky.social's new article for #TheoreticalCrim, 'Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state.' Now available #openaccess in #OnlineFirst: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Some thoughts on the "strengthening" of ASB powers in the Crime and Policing Bill:
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Some thoughts on the "strengthening" of ASB powers in the Crime and Policing Bill:
Finally got round to migrating over here, did I miss anything?!
February 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Finally got round to migrating over here, did I miss anything?!