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Dr Vicky Heap

@drvickyheap.bsky.social

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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’: bit.ly/2Fbw5St

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Clare Farmer 📚⚖️🐾 @clarefarmer.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thrilled to share this new open access paper, co-authored with Vicky Heap, Sheffield Hallam University. 🚗 Using Public Spaces Protection Orders to put the brakes on car cruising doi.org/10.1080/1043... Huge thanks to Policing & Society #Policing #Hoon #Civilorder

Using Public Spaces Protection Orders to put the brakes on car cruising

Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) are used by local authorities in England and Wales to prohibit and/or require specific behaviours in geographically restricted areas. These provisions, intro...

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Dr Ben Archer @benjaminarcher96.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

All printed and ready to be launched at #ASB11 next month! @janinegreenasb.bsky.social

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Dr Ben Archer @benjaminarcher96.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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...

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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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Theoretical Criminology @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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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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...

Dr Vicky Heap @drvickyheap.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This is brilliant, thanks for sharing 😊

Dr Vicky Heap @drvickyheap.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Great to see you too! All is pretty good thanks, hope the same with you

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Dr Ben Archer @benjaminarcher96.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Some thoughts on the "strengthening" of ASB powers in the Crime and Policing Bill:

Dr Vicky Heap @drvickyheap.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Finally got round to migrating over here, did I miss anything?!