Report on the conference ‘Disrupting Organised Crime: Developing the Evidence Base to Understand Effective Action’, 16 July 2014
This report, on the fifth STFC-funded conference ‘Disrupting Organised Crime: Developing the Evidence Base to Understand Effective Action’, held in July 2014, explores the scope and scale of organised crime in the UK, existing strategies and means of disrupting crime networks, and some academic research on analytical methods.
Contents
Foreword
Bryan Edwards
Introduction
Clare Ellis
Keynote Address: Priorities in a Period of Austerity
Mick Creedon
I. Organised Crime as a Community of Practice
Dick Hobbs
II. The National Crime Agency: From Strategy to Operation
Chris Todd
III. Effective and Efficient Disruption: Measuring the Impact of Specfic Tactics
Colin Stott
IV. Recognising the Range of Disruption: an HMRC Case Study in Tackling Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud
Joanne Cheetham
V. A Global Issue with a Local Footprint: Measuring Harm to Direct Resources
Michael Skidmore
VI. Targeting Disruption: How Can Geographic Modelling Improve Our Understanding of Drivers in Serious and Organised Crime?
Robert Haining
VII. Disrupting Organised Crime Networks: An Evidence-Based Approach to Establishing Effective Interventions
Barak Ariel
Discussion Groups
Discussion Group 1: What Is, or Should Be Considered ‘Organised Crime’?
Chaired by Calum Jeffray
Discussion Group 2: How Should We Evaluate the Impact of Policies Against Serious and Organised Crime?
Chaired by Sasha Jesperson
Discussion Group 3: Supporting Future Operations with Directed Research
Chaired by Clare Ellis; rapporteur: Philippa Morrell