myAIPMCOVID-19 Special Papers
A series of papers focused on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for police agencies and other organisations with an interest in the topic.
UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science: Special Series
COVID-19 Series
"The Jill Dando Institute at UCL publishes a series of occasional, research-based papers intended to support practitioners with topical advice on current issues. The papers are usually written by members of the JDI staff, or colleagues from other institutions with particular experience or expertise in the topic area. This series of papers is focused on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for police agencies and other organisations with an interest in the topic. It is intended to inform practitioner and policy-maker thinking.
The focus of individual papers within each series is highly specific. For example, in the COVID-19 series a brief review of the pre-COVID-19 status of each chosen topic is provided followed by some speculation on the consequences of the pandemic for that topic. Authors then go on to suggest what might be done to mitigate the problem. For example, distraction burglary was a chosen topic in this series. This occurs when offenders call at the homes of particularly vulnerable householders and steal goods, defraud them of cash or otherwise offend. The argument in the paper on distraction burglary is that there is likely to be an increase in this type of offending as a consequence of the covid-19 lockdown with the increased isolation of older residents. Possible responses are considered. Papers in the special series on COVID-19 are generally structured under four headings: the problem; what we know about it and how we know it; what we think might happen in the COVID-19 pandemic and some ideas for response. There is also a section providing links to additional resources.
Papers are based on the best available evidence or appropriate theoretical perspective. In many cases a more systematic review of research evidence is not possible because of the paucity of relevant available work. Nevertheless, it is possible to speculate on the basis of experience and expertise and this is generally what is offered in the special series. Papers are not formally peer-reviewed, although in most cases experienced practitioner colleagues or academics will have commented on them prior to publication. They are also short – no more than two pages – and available online from a number of outlets. Below you can find PDFs of the papers in this series."
- Online child sexual exploitation during a lockdown
- Policing the lockdown: domestic abuse and vulnerability.
- Cybercrime
- Distraction burglary
- Fly tipping
- Policing the lockdown
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COVID-19 Special Papers, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, 2020