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PCSOs from West Midlands Police on patrol

Policing: two officers ‘on the beat’ prevent 86 assaults and save thousands in prison costs

14 Jun 2016

The results of a major criminology experiment in Peterborough suggest that investing in proactive PCSO foot patrols targeting crime ‘hot spots’ could...

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police

Crime: measuring by ‘damage to victims’ will improve policing and public safety

04 Apr 2016

New Cambridge ‘crime harm index’ published today quantifies true cost of crime: damage caused to victims and society. Experts call on UK government...

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Newcastle - large housing estate

Areas of Britain most affected by ‘bedroom tax’ are hardest to downsize in, research finds

17 Dec 2015

Research commissioned by government following housing benefit reforms finds increase in tenants self-selecting to downsize, but the areas hardest hit...

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New houses pile up at Fontagarry

Right to Buy could mean a loss of 75,000 low-cost homes and a higher Housing Benefit bill, according to new research

23 Nov 2015

Replacing housing association homes sold under the new Right to Buy scheme with those for sale could drive up costs for low-income tenants and the...

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Experts Only

Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers

14 Oct 2015

Evidence shows that experts are frequently fallible, say leading risk researchers, and policy makers should not act on expert advice without using...

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Exploiting the Government's education data could help to bridge the UK skills gap

30 Sep 2015

Analysing graduate earnings using anonymous administrative data can show how earnings vary for graduates and indicate which skills are in short...

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Granddaughter helping her disabled grandmother walk with the aid of a walker.

Caring and sharing: challenges, costs and questions of dignity

03 Mar 2015

Integration of healthcare (free at point of delivery from the NHS) and social care (means-tested and provided by local authorities) is under...

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Online voting

Anyone for digital democracy?

02 Mar 2015

Dr Finbarr Livesey – University lecturer and Deputy Director of the MPhil in Public Policy – submitted research to Parliament’s recent report on...

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Mountain forest mist

Does it help conservation to put a price on nature?

30 Oct 2014

Assigning an economic value to the benefits which nature provides might not always promote the conservation of biodiversity, and in some cases may...

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Doughnut

Price gap between more and less healthy foods grows

09 Oct 2014

Novel use of UK national data finds a growing gap between the prices of more and less healthy foods between 2002 and 2012. Healthy foods in 2012 were...

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Fajitas. Banner image: ...eat meat! by James Vaughn

Changing global diets is vital to reducing climate change

01 Sep 2014

Healthier diets and reducing food waste are part of a combination of solutions needed to ensure food security and avoid dangerous climate change, say...

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Big Data, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Policy and Synthetic Biology: new Strategic Research Initiatives

27 Nov 2013

Four new targets have been added to the University of Cambridge’s Strategic Research Initiative program, which fosters multi-disciplinary...

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