86 resultsResearch ProblemThe strengths and weaknesses of animal models.Animal ExperimentsPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemHow social media can facilitate, monitor and discourage crime and recruitment into organised crime groups.The changing landscape of crimePublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemResearch and development relevant to legislative changes, for example the detection of drugs in vehicle drivers and the analysis and understanding of psychoactive substances.The changing landscape of crimePublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemThe social and psychological harm of new forms of crime.The changing landscape of crimePublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemFactors contributing to vulnerability to exploitation, interventions for different groups and individuals, and approaches to targeting these interventions.Modern slaveryPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemImproving outcomes for victims and survivors, including children.Modern slaveryPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemCapability against money laundering and other illicit transactions, including relating to alternative currencies.Money laundering, alternative currencies and distributed ledger technologiesPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemRisk posed across sectors by different types of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and other autonomous and unmanned systems, now and in the future.Autonomous and unmanned systems (note implications for homeland security as well as public safety)Published last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemHow can police resources be better tailored to variations in work load?Police and fire servicesPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemImproving understanding of the activities carried out in the fire system and their effectiveness.Police and fire servicesPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemConstructing secure evidential cases against offenders in a changing technological context.Police and fire servicesPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemRecovering fingerprints from various materials; automatically processing fingerprints; getting additional information (not just the image itself) from fingerprints.Forensic sciencePublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemUnderstanding the contribution of forensic techniques to the Criminal Justice System, within investigations and in court, including issues such as attrition of cases in the system.Forensic sciencePublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemRelationship between extremism and integration, dynamics of friendship/familial and community relationships, and links between hate crime, other societal crimes and extremism.ExtremismPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemAllocating resources optimally, including using data science effectively (for example to improve targeting).Supporting operationsPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemTechnology or techniques to identify prohibited and restricted articles (for example, people, money, drugs, tobacco, counterfeit goods and species that require a permit under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora [CITES]).Supporting operationsPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemHow recruitment of cheap (migrant and native) labour balances against investment in new technology.The legal labour marketPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemEquipping refugees for life in the UK and for returning home if/when they can.RefugeesPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemImproved knowledge of the harms and impacts of SOC activity, including the economic impact.The terrorist and serious and organised crime (SOC) landscapePublished last month, by Home Office (UK)Research ProblemDetecting threat materials of all kinds without disrupting business, through automation and improved operator effectiveness. For example: combining novel technology with big data analytics; systems approaches; behavioural insights.Protection of infrastructure, transport, crowded and open placesPublished last month, by Home Office (UK)