This strategy sets out how we work with people with lived experience to co-produce research on vulnerability and policing.

Read a blog by Professor Gloria Laycock about the role of the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre's Ethical Oversight Panel.

Explore our collection of resources, developed to support practitioners, researchers and policymakers in their work.

Abstract. Vulnerable people who would previously have been perceived as ‘drug dealers’ can now, under certain circumstances, be seen as ‘victims of exploit

Read the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre report "Using AI to estimate how often UK police encounter vulnerable people".

The term ‘county lines’ was coined in the United Kingdom to describe the transportation and distribution of drugs from large cities into non-urban areas and has been closely associated with violenc...

Holmegrown is a community-driven project designed to support young people in Holme Wood who are, or are at risk of becoming, NEET.

The British Academy has elected Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Co-Director Professor Adam Crawford to its Fellowship.

Read the latest publications from the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, including our newly-published finding summaries.

Project AL-V (Alpha Victim) explores the complex realities facing young people caught up in county lines drug trafficking.

A new report shows how approaches working in Northern England can be scaled nationally to address the urgent need for better data sharing.

Our Co-Director Professor Adam Crawford has today received the British Society of Criminology's Outstanding Achievement Award.

Read accessible reports that summarise findings and recommendations from Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre research projects.

This webinar shares findings from Transform Justice's new report ‘Resolving crime without court: lessons from practice’.

A new report from the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre highlights the strong alignment between officers and the public on aspirations for policing in England and Wales…

New research from the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre reveals striking alignment between what the public want from policing and the service police officers themselves aspire to d...

How can the police resolve more crimes effectively, without resorting to the courts?

Hundreds if not thousands of people's homes are being taken over by UK gangs every week, say police.

How can the police resolve more crimes effectively, without resorting to the courts?