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Publications

Kirby, S., & Phythian, R. (upcoming). Does Information Communication Technology facilitate or solve crime? Exploring the experience of law enforcement practitioners in three countries.

Phythian, R., & Kirby, S. (upcoming). “Can I share this data?”: Insights from data breaches and practitioner accounts on law enforcement information sharing.

Phythian, R., & Kirby, S. (in press). Intelligence-led Policing in the 21st Century: How increased mobility requires new paradigms of information sharing.

Phythian, R. (2024). Law Enforcement Information Sharing For The 21st Century. Crest Security Review, Issue 18: Communication. https://crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/law-enforcement-information-sharing-for-the-21st-century/

Phythian, R., Kirby, S., & Swan-Keig., L.(2024). Understanding how law enforcement agencies share information in an intelligence-led environment: how operational context influences different approaches. Policing: An International Journal, 47 (1), 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-06-2023-0073

Phythian, R., Smith, M., Swan-Keig, L., Forrest, L., Kirby, S., & Millward, P. (2023). Eurovision 2023: Exploring Liverpool’s multi-agency approach to a large-scale event. Poster presented at the British Society of Criminology conference. https://doi.org/10.25416/edgehill.23635056.v1


Conferences and other talks

2024

CREST’s 4th International Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security (BASS24) Conference, St Andrews UK (16-18 July 2024). A Globalised World and the Importance of Law Enforcement Information Sharing (Phythian)

JESIP Research Symposium: Improving Interoperability between Responder Organisations in the UK, London UK (12 July 2024). Information sharing (Phythian)

Eu(ro)vision Day: Let’s talk about Eu(ro)vision, Malmö Sweden (10 May 2024). Eurovision in Liverpool: A multi-agency approach to large events (Smith & Phythian)

2023

Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) Conference, Melbourne Australia (6-8 December 2023). Policing the 21st Century: Why offender mobility requires radical changes to information sharing practice (Phythian & Kirby)

Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) Occasional Seminar Series, Canberra Australia (4 December 2023). Why 21st century mobility is forcing a radical rethink about the way law enforcement agencies share information (Phythian & Kirby)

British Society of Criminology (BSC) Conference, Preston UK (27-30 June 2023). Eurovision 2023: Exploring Liverpool’s multi-agency approach to a large-scale event (Phythian, Smith, Swan-Keig, Forrest, Kirby & Millward)

Kuwait International Law School (KILAW) 9th Annual International Academic Conference, Kuwait City Kuwait (3-4 May 2023).The problems of modern technology and its effects in confronting some crimes and the required legislative policies: an applied and academic view (Kirby)

2022

Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) Conference, Darwin Australia (28-30 November 2022). Policing A Digital World: The importance of international law enforcement information sharing (Phythian)

National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) 2022 National Intelligence Conference, Leicester UK (8-9 June 2022). The Critical Importance of Intelligence and Current Academic Research into the Barriers of Effective Intelligence Sharing (Phythian & Kirby)

2021

FBI National Academy Event, US Embassy, London UK (7 December 2021). The Critical Importance of Intelligence and Current Academic Research into the Barriers of Effective Intelligence Sharing (Phythian & Kirby)


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Principal Investigator: Dr Becky Phythian