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Hot Stuff? on Crimestoppers March 2010 |
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Thorpe, A. and Gamman, L. (March 2010) Hot Stuff? Crimestoppers [online]. Article on the role of design in reducing theft of ‘hot products’ written in response to an invitation by Crimestoppers to write an article to feature in their online magazine as recommended by the Home Office. Available here
Tags: Adam Thorpe, Add new tag, Bikeoff Outputs, Lorraine Gamman
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Chapter in the European Journal of Criminology 2009 |
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Thorpe, A., Johnson, S. D. and Sidebottom, A. (2009). Using targeted publicity to reduce opportunities for bicycle theft: A demonstration and replication. European Journal of Criminology. European Journal of Criminology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 267-286 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1477370809102168
Johnson (Co-I, Bikeoff 2) and Sidebottom (RA, Bikeoff 2) are from the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL.
This paper was (unusually for the journal in question) accepted for publication without revision. A reviewer commented that [the paper] is well written and has clear scientific and policy value. Experiments are (still) relatively rare in criminology.” This comment highlights the scarcity of truly interdisciplinary work between design practitioners and criminologists and the esteem in which such rigorous and pragmatic research is held.
Please see abstract here
Tags: Adam Thorpe, Aiden Sidebottom, Bikeoff Outputs, Lorraine Gamman
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Bikeoff 2 in Designing for the 21st Century book 2009 |
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Thorpe, A., Gamman, L., Ekblom, P., Willcocks, M., Aiden Sidebottom, A. and Johnson, S.D. (2009). ‘Bike Off 2 - Catalysing Anti Theft Bike, Bike Parking And Information Design For The 21st Century: An Open Innovation Research Approach’ in Inns, T. (ed.) Designing for the 21st Century. Gower Publishing Ltd. P238 – 258 ISBN: 978-1-4094-0240-4.
Johnson and Sidebottom are from the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL.The chapter reviews the methodology developed and deployed within the Bikeoff 2 project and notes the significance of this methodology in maximising research outputs and impact.
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DOCRC Australia 2009 |
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Teaching invitation from June - July 09 from the Designing Out Crime Research Centre at the University of Technology, Sydney in Australia. Lorraine Gamman and Adam Thorpe, who have pioneered the practice-led, component of Bikeoff and its ‘twin track’ research process (described elsewhere) presented their work, and trained others to deliver a similar approach to design research, and design innovation and enterprise.
Gamman and Thorpe presented “What is Design Against Crime?” to a student audience to brief and help catalyse activities at the sister Centre in Australia.
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Less is more… in Built Environment Journal 2009 |
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Special edition of the peer reviewed Built Environment Journal co-edited by Gamman, L. and Armitage, R.(eds.), Sustainability via Security: A New Look. Vol 35, no. 3. P403-419. Alexandrine Press. ISSN 0263-7960.
This is the first journal that has joined up the crime and sustainability debate in one issue. The journal contains the article ‘Less is more - what design against crime can contribute to sustainability’ which was written by Gamman and Thorpe.
Please download the paper here
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Holborn Gateway Project 2009 |
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Geographically focused on the ‘Holborn Gateway’, a cycle theft hotspot in the centre of London. Bikeoff worked with London Borough of Camden, Transport for London and partners during between 2006 and 2008 to research and design a secure cycle parking and safe cycle access solution for the area in support of the sustainable transport objectives of the borough.
This project informed the development and testing of Bikeoff communication design and furniture design that has since been rolled out to other boroughs in London and other Cities in the UK. The proposed designs for the Holborn Gateway are being implemented during 2009 as part of a major street, and transport route, restructuring project in the area.
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Velo City 2009 |
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Velo City (May 2009). Gamman and Thorpe presented at ‘Velo City 2009’ (Europe and the worlds largest cycling policy forum) in May 2009 (11th-15th), funded by Transport for London. They presented Bikeoff research within a pan-European plenary session on bike theft, and presented posters (above) of specific project activities and outputs. Download the presentation here
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Safer Sustainable Cities Exhibition and Seminar, Wales |
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The Safer Sustainable Cities event was held in the Grand Reading Room in the Welsh School of Architecture and Glass, Swansea (curated by Gamman and Thorpe, with help from freelance designer, Chris Thomas) The event was requested by colleagues from the Crime Prevention community in Wales as ambitious regeneration projects are planned in Swansea, and inspiration and knowledge transfer to make design against bike crime happen was thought to be needed linked to aims to increase cycle use as part of integrated public transport proposals. The event focused on the contribution of designing out crime to the creation of safer, sustainable cities and was attended by 50 delegates, from local authorities, police, and academic bodies from England and Wales. The conference received presentations drawing on Bikeoff research from Ekblom, Gamman, Thorpe, Sidebottom and Willcocks.
The event was met with a very positive response and was reported in THE Times Higher Education.
Tags: Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, Chris Thomas, Fighting Crime With Good Design, Lorraine Gamman, SMU, Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales
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‘Evaluating efforts to design out bicycle theft’ conference, Edinburgh |
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8th European Society of Criminology Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2008
Aiden Sidebottom, Adam Thorpe and Shane Johnson of Bikeoff were invited to present at the eighth European Society of Criminology conference which was held at the University of Edinburgh. This paper presented findings from the recent evaluation of two design-based interventions intended to reduce opportunities for bicycle theft: a communication-based strategy in the form of stickers attached to bicycle parking stands, and prototype bicycle parking stands. The paper opens by describing the problem of bicycle theft and its relevance to current policy targets regarding sustainable transport. Following the description of the two design-based interventions, findings are presented from the evaluations of their impact of intervention on cyclists locking practice. Finally, the implications of the findings for further research are discussed.
Download here
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‘Reducing the Risk of Bicycle Theft’ poster at ASC |
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American Society of Criminology Annual Conference. St Louis, USA. November 2008.
Lorraine Gamman, Shane Johnson, Aiden Sidebottom and Adam Thorpe of Bikeoff were invited to present the poster Design Against Crime: Reducing the Risk of Bicycle Theft at this conference.
The American Society of Criminology annual 2009 meeting, held in St. Louis, Missouri, featured sessions on evidence-based crime prevention, corporate crime prevention, violence and animal cruelty, school-based crime prevention and innovative approaches to crime prevention. Poster sessions were intended to present research in a format that is easy to scan and absorb quickly and was designed to facilitate more in-depth discussion of the research than is typically possible in a symposium format. The ‘Design Against Crime: Reducing the Risk of Bicycle Theft’ poster looked at recent research findings emanating from the BikeOff 2 project which aimed to better understand how cyclists lock their bicycles in public spaces and if targeted design-based interventions can reduce the likelihood of theft.
Download poster here
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