Psychological profiling
Paul Britton, the man known as 'The Real Cracker', is perhaps the UK's leading psychological profiler. He has helped police solve some of the country's most shocking crimes. How did he get started?...
View ArticleMaking Faces
Open University cognitive psychologist Graham Pike describes how his interest in facial compositing has led to a collaboration resulting in a computer based tool, called Efit V. This tool might...
View ArticleGait recognition
Gait recognition is still a long way off identifying individual criminals, as Ray Corrigan explains Ray Corrigan. Ray Corrigan is senior lecturer in technology at The Open University. First published...
View ArticleThe declining rights of children in the UK
Richard Skellington asks whether our society has become one where we fear our children, and treat them like criminals Dick Skellington. Dick Skellington edited Society Matters for the Faculty of Social...
View ArticleIslam in the West
This course is designed to stimulate informed debate about the role of Islam in western societies. Issues explored include the diversity of western Muslim populations and leaders; the role of the...
View ArticleCider: The new politics of food
As police crack down on social problems such as binge drinking, how can a small artisan cider maker take cider away from the streets and back onto the restaurant table? The humble apple - and cider,...
View ArticleThinking Allowed - Police and community, and virtual communities
This week, Thinking Allowed explores the challenges of Catholic officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and how Facebook is strenghtening Trinidadian society. The OpenLearn team. The...
View ArticleCatholic police in Northern Ireland
Following the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr, Laurie Taylor spoke to Mary Gethins about the integration of Catholic officers into the Northern Ireland police. Professor Laurie Taylor. Laurie Taylor was...
View ArticleA crime against their gender: How the world sees women who kill
Does the perception of women who kill as acting against the typical behaviour of their gender mean we try to find reasons why they're not 'proper' women? Professor Laurie Taylor. Laurie Taylor was...
View ArticleWhat do children know about politics, and how do they react?
Dorothy Moss' research suggests children pick up political stories as part of their every day lives - but it's too glib to assume that their adult allegiances are formed at an early age. Dr Dorothy...
View ArticleWhy Liverpool 8 exploded - and what happened next
Thirty years after the centre of Liverpool was the site of sustained rioting, a new book explores the causes, and finds out what happened next. Laurie Taylor talks to the authors. Professor Laurie...
View ArticleYouth! Justice! And the American Way!
Rod Earle, OU academic lead for youth justice, looks at why American 'supercop' Bill Bratton has been flown into the UK to help the Government tackle gang crime in the wake of the summer riots. Rod...
View ArticleDoes society get the police it deserves?
Dick Skellington reports how freedom of information legislation revealed two worrying sets of statistics. Dick Skellington. Dick Skellington edited Society Matters for the Faculty of Social Sciences at...
View ArticleLooking through the glass floor
John Grayson works with the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action group (SYMAAG). As private security firms hit the news, he writes about how they contribute to the 'symbolic glass floor' John...
View ArticleOnline Rights and the Law
How does the law stand in relation to web privacy? Do we have the same rights online as we do in life? The online revolution has moved rapidly but has the law managed to keep up with it and what has...
View ArticleAre the police corrupt?
What moral lines are police officers willing to cross? A recent survey by Dr Louise Westmarland explores just this question Dr Louise Westmarland. Louise Westmarland is a senior lecturer in criminology...
View ArticleThinking Allowed - Police & race, and Fishermen in Scotland
This week, what difference does race make when police are disciplined - and the lives of Protestant fishermen in Scotland. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the...
View ArticleThe Met: Episode four
This episode of OU/BBC's The Met: Policing London looks at tackling the city's crime after dark - from abusive drunks to robberies. First published on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 as The Met: Episode four. To...
View ArticleThe Met: Episode three
Trident, the Met's specialist gang unit, tackle drug dealers in South London and knife crime in this episode of BBC/OU's The Met. First published on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 as The Met: Episode three. To find...
View ArticleThe Met: Policing London
The Met: Policing London provides insight into one of the city’s most vital services and some of the 49,000 men and women whose job it is to protect the 8 million people who call London home. First...
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