Cutting Crime Impact through evidence-based design thinking

Prof Davey an Andrew Wootton are not able to attend - the lecture will be held by Prof. Dr Francesc Guillen!
Prof. Caroline L. Davey
University of Salford
Andrew B. Wootton
University of Salford

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Alexander Siedschlag
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)

Abstract:
Crime has a significant negative impact on citizens’ quality of life, community cohesion and the safety and security of the urban environment — key requirements of a functioning democracy. The aim of the EU-funded Cutting Crime Impact (CCI) project is to enable Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and security policymakers to adopt a preventative, evidence-based and sustainable approach to tackling high-impact crime and protecting citizens' way of life. Tailored to the needs of end-users, CCI will research, design, develop and demonstrate four Toolkits covering: (i) predictive policing; (ii) community policing; (iii) crime prevention through urban design and planning; and (iv) measuring and mitigating citizens’ feelings of insecurity. Using social science methods and innovation tools from the design industry, CCI aims to support LEAs in researching and innovating practical, evidence-based tools that meet end-users needs and operational contexts. ‘Requirements capture’ involves gaining a rich understanding of user needs, contexts, priorities and potential problems, and is key to the success of new products and services. This presentation will explain the thinking behind CCI, and show how the project will provide LEAs with valuable experience in requirements capture, problem framing, ideation, concept generation, solution design and prototyping that is transferable to other areas.
Prof. Caroline L. Davey
Prof. Caroline L. Davey

For the past 18 years, Caroline Davey has led research into the role of design in tackling crime, insecurity and other societal challenges. Design Against Crime began at Salford in 1999, funded by the UK Home Office and Design Council. Caroline led this research and innovation initiative to embed crime prevention within design education, practice and policy. Caroline established the Design Against Crime Solution Centre in 2005 — a unique research partnership with Greater Manchester Police and DSP-groep. Over the past four years, Caroline has been Advisory Board member and chaired a group of experts providing advice to the Horizon2020 European Security Research Programme.

Caroline has published widely on the use of human-centred design to address issues related to social responsibility, and was invited to author a volume in the seminal Socially Responsible Design series. Design Against Crime: A human-centred approach to safety and security outlines the development of Design Against Crime in the UK, and its wider impact on research, practice and policy across Europe.

Caroline is one of the originators of ProtectED, a design research initiative to improve the safety, security and wellbeing of university students by improving standards across the HE sector.

This year Caroline secured over €3m research funding from the EU for the Cutting Crime Impact (CCI) research project. This will help police forces across Europe — including the Dutch and Estonian national police forces, Lisbon Police, German police in Lower Saxony and Spanish police in Catalonia — design innovative ways to fight crime.

Caroline has established a dynamic network of academics and expert practitioners employing action research and design to solve societal issues. Insight from previous collaborative projects is improving the integration of crime prevention within urban design and planning across Europe.

Andrew B. Wootton
Andrew B. Wootton

Andrew Wootton is Director of ProtectED, Director of the Design Against Crime Solution Centre and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Salford.
Andrew is a qualified Industrial Designer with two decades experience in design research. Over the past 15 years he has delivered multiple UK and European-funded projects on Socially Responsible Design (SRD) and design-led crime prevention.
Andrew has published academic articles, book chapters and design guidelines on the role of design within crime prevention, and the use of holistic, human-centred ‘design thinking’ to address problems relating to quality of life. He has delivered workshops on Design Against Crime and Socially Responsible Design across Europe and presented at international conferences and events.

21. Mai 2019
11:00 - 11:45 Uhr
Internationales Forum
Raum: Raum Paris
Raum Paris