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Dr Elizabeth Aston's Outputs (6)

Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health (2019)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health. Scottish Institute for Policing Research

As police contact has and continues to increase with people who are considered vulnerable, it is essential to establish a better understanding of what it means for a person to be vulnerable. To best assess whether someone is vulnerable, some form of... Read More about Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health.

Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right (2019)
Other
O'Neill, M., & Aston, E. (2019). Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right. [https://policinginsight.com/features/opinion/police-stop-and-search-how-academics-can-help-forces-to-get-their-tactics-right/]

With knife crime rising, the controversy over the use and benefits of stop and search takes on greater urgency. Dr Megan O'Neill of the University of Dundee and Dr Liz Aston of Edinburgh Napier University explain how stop and search was transformed i... Read More about Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right.

Achieving cultural change through organizational justice: the case of Stop and Search in Scotland (2019)
Journal Article
Aston, E., Murray, K., & O'Neill, M. (2021). Achieving cultural change through organizational justice: the case of Stop and Search in Scotland. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895819839751

In recent years, the scale, impact and legality of stop and search in Scotland has been subject to intense critical scrutiny, leading to major legal and policy reform in 2016. Based on these events, including an early unsuccessful attempt by Police S... Read More about Achieving cultural change through organizational justice: the case of Stop and Search in Scotland.

Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murray, J., Enang, I., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Aston, E., & Heyman, I. (2019, January). Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH). Paper presented at 4th PUBSIC (Innovation in Public Services and Public Policy) Conference, Milan

Law enforcement has traditionally been considered to focus mainly on criminal justice issues. However, over the past decade, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with law enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling m... Read More about Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH).