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Dr Chris Devany

@chrisdevany.bsky.social

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Researcher @VP_Centre based @UniOfYork. Qualitative sociological/criminological research on policing, ASB, Country Lines and homelessness.

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Inconsistent approaches to the policing of county lines drug distribution are leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, our research, the first national study of county lines policing across the UK, shows. Read more 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/nationa...

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National policing strategy needed to tackle County Lines child exploitation, study shows - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

There is no consistent approach to county lines policing, leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, our research shows.

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Our postdoctoral researcher @chrisdevany.bsky.social is speaking at Westminster Insight’s Tackling County Lines conference today, sharing findings from our “County lines policing and vulnerability” project. Read more about the project on our website: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/county-lines/

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We’ve published a webpage of resources from our Q methods study of vulnerability. We hope these can assist other researchers in systematically exploring controversial subjects such as vulnerability. vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/q-methods-st...

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Q Methods Study of Vulnerability Resources - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

This webpage contains resources from the Q methods study of vulnerability. These are intended to assist other researchers.

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