Conference – Project 360

Policing Domestic Violence: New Evidence for Practice Conference

23 March 2017
College Court, Leicester

The Policing Domestic Violence: New Evidence for Practice Conference provided a platform for the discussion of the domestic violence policy framework and showcased cutting-edge research on policing domestic violence.

Schedule of the conference

Speakers and presentations

Lord William Bach

Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

Opening Remarks

Dr. Jesse Matheson

University of Leicester

Project 360: An intervention to address victim-police engagement in domestic violence cases

Professor Heather Strang, Cambridge University

Prof. Heather Strang

University of Cambridge

Project CARA: Update on randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a Workshop Programme for Low Severity Domestic Abuse Offenders

HMI Zoë Billingham

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary

Policy Panel 1: Police response to domestic abuse

DCI Sally Holmes

West-Midlands Police

Policy Panel 2: Policing domestic abuse relevant policy

Polly Neate

Chief executive, Women’s Aid

Policy Panel 3: Domestic abuse – everybody’s business

Rachel Tuffin

Director, Knowledge, Research and Education, College of Policing

Evidence-Based Policing

Dr. Iain Brennan

University of Hull

Domestic Abuse Matters 2.0 or Policing Coercive Control: What should success look like?

Dr. Heather D. Flowe

Loughborough University

Achieving best evidence in rape cases with complainants who were alcoholintoxicated during the assault

Catherine Owens

Evidence and Evaluation Adviser, Organisational Development and International Standards – College of Policing

Police, Camera, Evidence: The impact of body worn video on the criminal justice outcome of domestic abuse incidents and other trials