‘Not all drivers are criminals, but most criminals are drivers’: Using the Self-Selection Policing approach to identifying active, serious criminals from the commission of driving offences
In this presentation the Self-Selection Policing approach to identifying active, serious criminals by virtue of their committing driving offences, will be introduced.
Two decades of research will be presented including studies focusing on disqualified drivers, those who do not wear seatbelts whilst driving, those that park illegally in disabled bays, and those who drive without motor insurance and vehicle tax.
The presentation will conclude with some suggestions for how AI might be incorporated into the Self-Selection Policing approach to identify and disrupt serious and organised criminality.
Jason Roach, Professor of Psychology and Policing and Director of the Crime and Policing Research Centre, University of Huddersfield
Jason Roach is Professor of Psychology and Policing and Director of the Crime and Policing Research Centre at the University of Huddersfield. He is also Editor-in-Chief for the Police Journal, Visiting Professor at the Centre for Police Research and Learning, at the Open University, and a member for numerous UK Home Office and UK College of Policing advisory groups relating to problem solving, crime prevention, and investigative decision making.
To date, Jason has written/co-written five books, including ‘Self-Selection Policing’, with Professor Ken Pease OBE, and has published more than 40 research papers and edited book chapters on a range of different crime and policing related topics including child homicide, criminal investigation, using the nudge approach to reducing crime, police and criminal decision making, and cold case investigation. His latest book ‘Practical Psychology for Policing’ was published in January 2023.