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Since its establishment in 1994, the Applied Criminology Centre (ACC) has built up a strong portfolio of applied research and evaluation in the fields of criminology and policing. The production of innovative research that not only contributes to academic debate, but crucially supplies practitioners with actionable recommendations, was a founding principle of the ACC. The ACC was originally located within an operational police station (1994-2004), and although the team is now based on campus, it retains close links to local police forces, community safety partnerships and a range of other practitioners. Under the directorship of Professor Alex Hirschfield (2004-present) the Centre has established a vibrant, active research team. One of the central aims of the ACC is to ensure that key research skills and contemporary applied research findings become a central component of the criminology teaching programme across the University.
Teaching and links to other centres |
| Undergraduate Teaching Staff in the ACC contribute to a wide range of undergraduate teaching within the department. For further information on undergraduate teaching courses please follow this link |
| Postgraduate Research For links to postgraduate study within the department click here. For links to PhD students within the ACC click here |
| Other Links The Crime and Policing Group |
Dr Rachel Armitage has recently secured funding for a new research project funded by Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (see more including photographs from her trip).
Dr Rachel Armitage has recently edited a new Special Volume of the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research: 'A New Look at Environmental Crime'.
As part of this, Melanie Wellsmith has produced a paper entitled: Wildlife Crime: The Problems of Enforcement.
The ACC has recently been successful in securing funding for three new research projects:
ACPO have funded Dr Rachel Armitage to write a series of themed Briefing Notes on the findings and implications of the Residential Design and Crime project.
Greater Manchester Police have recently commissioned the ACC to conduct an evaluation of crime reduction services within Greater Manchester Police
JISC have funded a project on Exploring Geospatial Datasets for Crime Analysis led at Huddersfield by Professor Alex Hirschfield.
The Railway Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) have funded a project to evaluate measures to improve personal security at train stations led here by Michelle Rogerson
Dr Andrew Newton has recently produced a paper for the Community Safety Journal, entitled: The Licensing Act 2003, five years on: taking stock and stumbling into the future
Professor Alex Hirschfield contributes to the debate on the UK street crime maps (see more)
The seminar series - 'It's Crime Jim, but not as we know it!' has now had four well received speakers. For more details see here
See link to school Research News Page
