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Prof Megan O'Neill
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Professor of Criminology at the University of Dundee and Associate Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research
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Scotland’s experience with stop and search should serve as a cautionary tale, writes @meganoneill.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence
Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence
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May 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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I had one or two things to say about #stopandsearch and youth violence.
May 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Our first Clarus project newsletter is out now! 🎉
Inside you’ll find updates from our citizen juries sessions, a welcome video from me (as research lead), and a look at what’s ahead for the project. Have a read & sign up to stay in the loop! claruseu.net
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ENHANCING DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATION Improving Communication Reducing Bias About the clarus project THE CLARUS Project Clarus improves the quality, impartiality and reliability of digital forensic...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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New publication! The next piece from the INTERACT project is now out. How do the public feel about reporting a crime to AI chat bots vs humans?
Thanks to co-authors Ben Bradford, Arabella Kyprianides,Will Andrews, Elizabeth Aston, Estelle Clayton & Helen Wells
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators
Driven by social and technological change and the imperative to enhance efficiency, police have in recent years adopted various technologies to transform their interactions with the public. In the ...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The failure to invest in policing technologies is massively shortsighted. Political discourse needs to keep up with the reality of 21stC crime and disorder.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Forces should cut officer numbers and use tech to fight crime, police chief says
Finance lead for England and Wales police chiefs says focus on officers gets in way of making better use of budgets
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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This is what statesmanship looks like:

"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices."

Thank you, Jimmy Carter.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Prophet of the post-presidency: how Jimmy Carter changed the world
Plains, Georgia may seem an unlikely place from which to launch a global campaign of moral influence – but Carter did so
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December 29, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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While the announcement of 13,000 neighbourhood #police may seem a but Back to the Future, this is the first time since 2010 I have seen a promise of more #PCSOs. How that will work in the forces that no longer have them, or dedicated neighbourhood teams? 🤔

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer seeks to relaunch premiership with new promise to crack down on crime
After a rocky start, PM sets out ‘next phase’ covering economic growth, NHS backlogs, energy, and a ‘bobby on every beat’
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December 5, 2024 at 9:17 AM