Professor Spencer Chainey
University College London
Professor Spencer Chainey has worked in policing, justice and public safety for over 25 years, working with police and government agencies in all continents of the world. Spencer has particular expertise in working with police and public safety agencies to help them implement evidence-based practices such as problem solving/problem-oriented policing (POP) and hot spots policing, supporting police in how they use analysis and intelligence, and how to improve criminal investigations, particularly of organised crime. His recent work includes implementing POP approaches in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay (with projects that have reduced violence, property crime and anti-social behavior), developing hot spots policing programmes to reduce robberies, violence and ASB in Argentina, Uruguay and the UK, advising the Jamaican government on its national strategy for reducing violence, supporting the improvement of intelligence-led policing approaches in Denmark (to improve the investigation of criminal groups) and improving ways to reduce environmental crimes in Brazil, Suriname and Ecuador such as illegal mining and illegal logging.