Criminal law in general
Research Topic
Language: English
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Research problems linked to this topic
- How sustainable are different types of role within the legal profession and sector? Particularly criminal defence and specialist legal roles such as mental health lawyers?
- How does the use of secure digital recording devices in Voluntary Attender Interviews with suspects impact interview quality, investigation outcome and jury decisions?
- How can candidate technologies for lawful knife detection and vehicle interdiction achieve usable size, weight, and power configurations?
- What are the potential criminal opportunities posed by emerging biometrics?
- What are the best practices for conducting pre-interview assessments to identify vulnerability or intimidation to determine appropriate ‘special measures’ and communication?
- How do different individuals and groups perceive their experiences of legal aid services? How does this vary by the nature of their legal problem, advice and support acquired, jurisdiction and outcome?
- What methods for data fusion and linkage across datasets best retain the anonymity of identifiers?
- How can the policing further deliver seamless interaction with the Crown Prosecution Service and legal representatives?
- What are the potential investigative opportunities for policing through the use of emerging biometrics, including the current limits of biometrics to identify and trace individuals?
- Nature and prevalence of links between SOC and drug trafficking / modern slavery Understanding when and where criminal or terrorist behavior is likely to occur, how to deter it, and associated ethical questions.
- Approaches to lifetime offender management and deterrence of continuing criminal behaviour, such as Serious Crime Prevention Orders.
- What is the best practice for conducting suspect interviews in the case of RASSO (Rape and Serious Sexual Offences) and VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls) investigations?
- How can policing demonstrate an end-to-end chain of evidence across the criminal justice system (e.g., using blockchain technology)?
- Changes in the opportunity structure for crime and in the drivers of the tendency to criminal behaviour, whether social, innate or environmental.