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28 January 2011: Dick Hobbs' research on crime & the Olympics catches media attention
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Professor Dick Hobbs from the University of Essex, Dr Gary Armstrong at Brunel University, and Professor Richard Giulianotti from Durham University are looking at the policing of Olympic-related crime in the run up to as well as during and after the Olympics, and at the broader impact of the Games upon local communities. The team hopes that the research will help the UK to understand the consequences of the hosting and management of sporting mega-events.
The team, which has already undertaken substantial preliminary fieldwork in Newham will investigate and explain the emergence of Olympic-related crime and the everyday demands and pressures caused by activities such as theft, business fraud, drugs, violence as well as night-time economy crime such as the sex trade.
The research project, which has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is underway and has already gathered substantial media attention: