UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science

The International Crime and Intelligence Analysis Conference 2012

13-14 December 2012 Manchester, England.

Venue: Manchester Central Conference Centre,  M2 3GX

Crime analysis, intelligence analysis, problem solving, intelligence-led policing, crime mapping, problem-oriented partnerships, crime prevention, criminal investigation

The UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science will be hosting the 2012 International Crime and Intelligence Analysis Conference in Manchester, England on the 13th and 14th December.  The call for abstracts will be announced by the end of May 2012.

The conference is THE event for intelligence professionals, community safety officers, investigators, and researchers interested in intelligence-led policing, problem solving, partnership working, crime prevention, and the analysis that underpins decision making.  The conference will appeal to practitioners and academics, albeit with all content directed at practical means for improving policing and public safety. 

The conference is primarily a training event through the many classes that will be on offer; an opportunity to learn from good practice from the presentation of real world cases, applications and problem solving; from the latest research that has a very strong operationally applied focus; and from key leaders who are innovating new ways for delivering policing and community safety services in difficult economic times.

The programme for the 2012 conference will include:

• Keynotes on some of the latest topics, highlighting the importance of analysis for decision-making in law enforcement, policing and community safety
• Seminar streams: these are chosen from submissions to our call for abstracts. Presentations will be on effective, innovative and evidenced ways of reducing crime and improving public safety, and new areas of crime and intelligence analysis research
• Technical workshops and classes: these provide for a more interactive learning opportunity for delegates.

Conference Steering Group:

1. Spencer Chainey, UCL (Conference Chair)
2. Andrew Brumwell, West Midlands Police
3. Simon Bullock, Home Office
4. John Chapman, Dorset County Council
5. Keith Jackson, Association of Crime and Intelligence Analysts
6. Dan Lloyd, Safe Newcastle Partnership
7. Kate Rennie, Cleveland Police
8. Steph Winstanley, Greater Manchester Police
9. Andrew Newton, Huddersfield University
10. Gordon Stovin, West Mercia Police
11. Lisa Tompson, UCL
12. Chris Williams, Local Government Association

Call for abstracts – presentations and posters

(deadline Monday 24th September 2012)

The conference gives you the opportunity to present your work, share your experiences and knowledge, demonstrate new innovations and benefit from networking with other intelligence and community safety professionals, investigators, and researchers.  Presenters that are selected by the Steering Group for the conference will also receive a free delegate pass for the 2-day event.

How to submit a PRESENTATION ABSTRACT:

Your abstract should be:

• no longer than 500 words
• describe the nature of your work
• describe who has been using this work
• include at the top of the page the paper title, author name, author affiliation, author contact details, and 5 key words that describe your work.

Presentations at the conference are 20 minutes in length with an additional 5 minutes for questions.  Please submit your abstract in Word format (Arial, 12pt, single spacing, Normal text) by sending it to Spencer Chainey: s.chainey@ucl.ac.uk

How to submit a POSTER ABSTRACT:

Posters will be arranged around the lobby area of the conference with their authors on call during the breaks to answer any questions that delegates may have. Posters should be no larger than A1 in size. Your abstract should be:

• no longer than 500 words
• describe the nature of your work
• describe who has been using this work
• include at the top of the page the poster title, author name, author affiliation, author contact details, and 5 key words that describe your work.

Please indicate at the top of the page that the abstract is for a poster by writing ‘POSTER’.

Please submit your abstract in Word format (Arial, 12pt, single spacing, Normal text) by sending it to Spencer Chainey: s.chainey@ucl.ac.uk

Deadline: the deadline for paper and poster abstract submissions is Monday 24th September 2012.

If you have any questions about your abstract submission then please contact: Spencer Chainey (Conference Chair) T: 020 3108 3203 E:s.chainey@ucl.ac.uk

The International Crime and Intelligence Analysis Conference 2011 3-4 November 2011 Manchester, England.

PRESENTERS' SLIDES: Slides for all sessions have been uploaded (where available).  Click on the presentation title to view the abstract and access the slides.  Only slides, rather than abstracts, are available for plenary presentations.

Levels: G = General; I = Intermediate; A = Advanced

Best presentation: The social harms of crime – a geographical analysis of South Wales Charlotte Leigh, Cardiff University

Best presentation runner-up: Disrupting the optimal forager: predictive risk mapping and domestic burglary reduction in Trafford, Greater Manchester Vincent Jones, Greater Manchester Police

Best poster: The spatio-temporal signature of crime and disorder around football grounds: a tale of Villa and Wolves Justin Kurland, University College London

Thursday 3rd November 2011

9.00 – 10.15 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

10.15 – 11.30: 1st Plenary (G)

• Welcome Spencer Chainey, Conference Chair

• International Problem-Oriented Policing Goldstein Winners 2011: Taking the wheels off bicycle theft - a situational approach Sophie Brown, Transport for London and Titus Halliwell, Metropolitan Police

• Exhibitors and Poster Showcase: a series of 60 second showcases from each exhibitor and poster presenter

11.30 – 11.55 – BREAK AND EXHIBITION

12.00 – 13.00: Parallel session 1

1A SEMINAR STREAM - Using social media as an intelligence tool (G)

• Social networking sites, RIPA and criminal investigations Micheal O’Floinn, PhD student, Queen Mary, University of London
• Using social media as an intelligence tool Jude Ward, Intelligence Analyst, Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Jude Ward was ill so could not make the conference.  Her presentation was replaced at the last minute with:

• Twitter, Policing and Crime Prevention Aiden Sidebottom, PhD student, University College London

1B SEMINAR STREAM – Sexual offences analysis (I)

• Improving rape prevention: an analysis of the factors contributing to attrition Emma Phillips, Intelligence Analyst, North Yorkshire Police
• Internal child sex trafficking: exploring co-offending and co-victimisation through social network analysis Ella Cockbain, PhD student, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

CLASS 1C

• Identifying hotspots: an assessment of common techniques (G) Spencer Chainey, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

CLASS 1D

• The principles of problem solving (G) Sylvia Chenery, Applied Criminology Associates

CLASS 1E

• Advanced time series analysis (A) Lisa Tompson, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

13.00 – 14.00 – LUNCH and EXHIBITION

14.05 – 15.05: Parallel sessions 2

2A SEMINAR STREAM – Understanding communities (I)

• Local community threat assessment matrices and priority areas Rachel Winbow, Strategic Analyst, Dorset Police
• The social harms of crime – a geographical analysis of South Wales Charlotte Leigh, Research Associate, Universities’ Police Science Institute, Cardiff University

2B SEMINAR STREAM - Supporting decision making using automation (G)

• Improving the analytical function with the automation of briefing documents Jonathan Bradley, Crime and Disorder Data and Information Manager, Manchester City Council
• Supporting and satisfying analytical demand with reduced resources, through automation Steve Postlethwaite, Strategic Crime and Disorder Risk Advisor, Hampshire County Council

CLASS 2C

• Crime series linkage (I) Liz Abraham, Senior Analyst, SCAS National Policing Improvement Agency

CLASS 2D

• Crime mapping and GIS – an integrated approach (G) Gary Randle, Cadcorp

CLASS 2E

• Detecting fraudulent activity (I) James Heath, Keoghs LLP

15.05 – 15.35: BREAK AND EXHIBITION

15.40 – 16.40: Parallel sessions 3

3A SEMINAR STREAM – Crime series and investigative analysis research 1 (I)

• Linking personal robbery using offender behaviour Amy Burrell, PhD student, University of Leicester
• Behind Rossmo’s assumptions: further hypotheses to make geographic profiling more operational Marie Trotta, PhD student, University of Liege, Belgium

3B SEMINAR STREAM - Improving problem solving (G)

• Analyse2Advance – sharpening the Simple2Start methodology Ian Bullen, Strategic Analytical Partnership Co-ordinator, Greater Manchester Against Crime
• Reducing burglaries in Enfield – Operation ‘Safe as Houses’ Iain Agar, Community Safety Partnership Analyst, London Borough of Enfield

CLASS 3C

• Understanding Organised Crime through Organised Crime Group Mapping (OCGM) (I) Mike Baker and John Unsworth, ACPO National Coordinators Office for Organised Crime

CLASS 3D

• Advanced hotspot analysis - spatial significance mapping using Gi* (A) Spencer Chainey, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

CLASS 3E

• Improving Community Safety Partnership intelligence-led business processes (G) John Chapman, Drug Action and Community Safety Team, Dorset County Council

16.45 – 18.00: DRINKS RECEPTION - join us for a free drink or two, network and chat with our exhibitors

Friday 4th November 2011

9.15 - 9.45 Refreshments and exhibition

9.45 – 10.45: Parallel session 4

4A SEMINAR STREAM – Crime series and investigative analysis research 2 (I)

• Investigating the most reliable and effective methods for linking volume crime Matthew Tonkin, PhD student, University of Leicester
• Detecting and prosecuting serial sex offenders using comparative case analysis Jessica Woodhams, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, University of Birmingham

4B SEMINAR STREAM – Night-time economy (G)

• Mapping licensing saturation zones using the Gi* statistic Sophie Curtis-Ham, Senior Community Safety Analyst, London Borough of Newham
• Improving intelligence for managing areas with Licensed Premises Andrew Newton, Senior Research Fellow, The Applied Criminology Centre, University of Huddersfield

CLASS 4C

• Improving the explanatory content of problem profiles using hypothesis testing (G) Spencer Chainey, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

CLASS 4D

• An introduction to the use of R for crime and intelligence analysis (A) Lisa Wainer, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

CLASS 4E

• Measuring repeat and near repeat victimisation (I) Shane Johnson, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

10.45 – 11.15: BREAK AND EXHIBITION

11.20-12.20: Parallel session 5

5A SEMINAR STREAM - Predictive crime mapping (I)

• Disrupting the optimal forager: predictive risk mapping and domestic burglary reduction in Trafford, Greater Manchester Vincent Jones, Intelligence Hub Manager, Greater Manchester Police
• The predictive policing challenges of near repeat armed street robberies Cory Haberman, Center for Security and Crime Science, Temple University, USA

5B SEMINAR STREAM – Countering terrorism with technology (I)

• Enhancing border security with automatic emotion recognition Les Ball, Lecturer, University of Abertay, Dundee
• Text analytics for detecting terrorist activities Claire Brierley, Senior Research Fellow, School of Computing, University of Leeds

CLASS 5C

• Advanced telephone, financial and social network analysis - a practical approach Mark Fleet and Elaine Heathcote, Criminal Justice Team, i2 Group

CLASS 5D

• Crime script analysis (I) Lisa Tompson, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science

CLASS 5E

• Geographic profiling – principles and its application (I) Colin Johnson, Senior Geographic Profiler, National Policing Improvement Agency 

12.20-13.20 – LUNCH AND EXHIBITION

13.25-14.25: Parallel session 6

6A Seminar stream – Improving analysis and decision making (G)

• Supporting decision making with structured analysis Owain Gower, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Sussex Police
• Internal child sex trafficking: a crime scripting approach Helen Brayley, PhD student, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

6B Seminar stream – Spatio-temporal analysis of crime (I)

• A stab in the dark? Analysing temporal aspects of street robbery Lisa Tompson, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

• The importance of 'time' for serial crime investigation Colin Johnson, Senior Geographic Profiler, National Policing Improvement Agency

Class 6C

• Telecomms data and analysis (I) Andy Orriell, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Cheshire Police

Class 6D

• Design and crime (G) Aiden Sidebottom, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

Class 6E - there is no class 6E

14.35-15.30: 2nd Plenary (G) 

• The importance of analysis for decision making Simon Byrne, Deputy Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police (SLIDES AVAILABLE SOON)
• Tackling violent crime and gangs Karyn McKlusky, Co-Director, Violence Reduction Unit, Scotland (SLIDES AVAILABLE SOON)

15.30: Conference prizes

CLOSE: 15.40

Posters

• I Predict A Riot Stephen Simpkin, Research and Analysis Officer, Essex County Council
• Targeting Home Fire Risk Assessments Julie Luckman, Strategic Analytical Partnership Co-ordinator, Greater Manchester Against Crime
• Geographical influences on the night-time economy of urban centres Victoria Gibson, School of Built and Natural Environment, Northumbria University
• The spatio-temporal signature of crime and disorder around football grounds: a tale of Villa and Wolves Justin Kurland, PhD student, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London