Hot Spots Policing for PCs and PCSOs

Created by Prof. Lawrence Sherman

This 16-week course comprises the following modules:

An introduction to the theory and history of Hot Spots Policing, Evidenced-Based Policing, Triple-T and 'Power Few'
The Crime Harm Index
Hot Spot Policing of Violent Places
Tutorial
Targeting High Harm Violence
Policing Violent People
Legitimacy, Procedural Justice and Soft Policing
Policing for Victims of Violence
The Road Ahead
Assessment

YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Professor Lawrence Sherman

Professor Sherman was the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing before he resigned to take up a new role as the Chief Scientific Officer in the Metropolitan Police Service on 1/10/2022.  He is the creator of ths course and has recorded many of the videos but he no longer plays a "live" role in the course. He is the Wolfson Professor of Criminology Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. Professor Sherman is affiliated with the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he was also the Director of the Police Executive Programme and  Director of the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology.

Dr. Heather Strang

Dr. Strang is the Director of Studies of the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing. She is also the Director of the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology, University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology. In 2019 she was elected to a two-year term as President of the Academy of Experimental Criminology.

Professor Barak Ariel

Dr. Ariel is a Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Lecturer in Experimental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

Dr. Matt Bland

Dr. Bland is a Lecturer in Evidence-Based Policing at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and a former Head of Strategic Analysis and Principal Intelligence Analyst for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies.

Professor Jerry Ratcliffe

Jerry Ratcliffe is a former British police officer, college professor, and host of the Reducing Crime podcast. He works with police agencies around the world on crime reduction and criminal intelligence strategy. After an ice-climbing accident ended a decade-long career with London’s Metropolitan Police, he earned a first class honors degree and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. He has published over 90 research articles and nine books, including most recently “Reducing Crime: A Companion for Police Leaders.” Ratcliffe has been a research adviser to the FBI and the Philadelphia Police Commissioner, an instructor for the ATF intelligence academy, and he is a member of the FBI Law Enforcement Education and Training Council. He is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA.

Dr. Peter Neyroud

Dr. Neyroud is a Lecturer in Evidence-Based Policing and the Deputy Director of the M.St. Degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management (Police Executive Programme) at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. He is a former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police and of the then-National Policing Improvement Agency (now the College of Policing).

Dr. Sara Valdebenito

Dr. Valdebenito is a Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

Dr. Justice Tankebe

Dr. Tankebe is a University Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the Ph.D. Programme at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

Simon Rose

Simon Rose retired as a Det Chief Superintendent in the Metroplotan Police Service (MPS) in Feb 2022. His last three posts were the OCU Commader for Met Intelligence, Temporary Commander Crime for the MPS and the BCU Commander for North West London leading an operational team af 1,500 officers and staff. He is a graduate of the Cambridge MSt program, holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and currently completing a Ph.D. at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.
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