Sunday Times: Police turn 1,000 Muslims away from terrorism

Deradicalisation programme 'the Channel Project' was set up to prevent young Muslims being groomed by Al-Qaeda

Sir Norman Bettison said the project had a rocky start (Bethany Clarke)

More than 1,000 Muslims, including teenagers and children as young as seven, have been identified as being “at risk” of becoming Islamist terrorists in Britain, police have revealed.

The youngsters include a boy who told classmates he wanted “to go to Iraq and kill Americans” and another child who wrote in an exercise book: “I want to be a suicide bomber.” A 15-year-old white boy who converted to Islam said he was prepared to die for his religion.

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Prof. Martin Innes speaks at a Policy Exchange seminar on 'Policing in the Big Society'

Prof. Martin Innes speaks at a Policy Exchange seminar on 'Policing in the Big Society' alongside Nick Herbert. View a You Tube video of the event here:

USPI Report on Police Visibility for HMIC

A new UPSI research report on the relationship between police visibility and public confidence commissioned by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has been released.

To read the full report click here: Download this publication (.doc - 2.3mb)

Interview with Prof. Patrick Carr of Rutgers University

Professor Patrick Carr is the author of 'Clean Streets', a book regarded by many as a seminal work on the co-production of social control. In this interview recorded with Pat during a visit to UPSI in March 2011, he talks about his recent work on the 'Stop Snitching' campaign. A campaign led by street gangs across the United States designed to persuade people not to co-operate with the police as witnesses to crime.

Please click on the player below to stream the audio transcript, or to download the interview in full please click on the download link below.



UPSI Hosts Expert Seminar on the Co-Production of Social Control

Co-production is an increasingly important concept for describing how people from different backgrounds work together to produce a solution to a shared problem. Last week UPSI brought together experts from across the academy, government departments, the police, voluntary sector and industry to examine the state-of-the-art in relation to the co-production of social control. The seminar was sponsored by the ESRC and AHRC as part of their 'Connected Communities' programme. 

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