Accessible Academics :
Dr Helen Wells
Helen says …
“ When we planned this project , we wanted to offer as many people as possible the chance to engage with academic research – without having to digest it all themselves , and without having to commission and fund academics or consultants to come and digest it for them . The Road Safety Trust grant has meant that we ’ ve been able to meet over 20 teams , learn about over 70 innovations and demonstrate the value of drawing on the research evidence to design effective projects that are able to demonstrate their effectiveness ”
As well as being co-author of the volume you are reading now , I have been researching roads policing and road safety issues for nearly 25 years . My first foray into the area was as a result of working in Magistrates Court during the National Safety Camera Programme , where I was regularly called by speeding motorists who wanted to protest at what they saw as the injustice of their situation . This led to a PhD ( and then a book ) on the debate around the use of speed cameras , followed by research projects on ANPR , police use of mobile data , Police and Crime Commissioners ’ perspectives on roads policing , new operating models for policing the roads and ( most recently ) the Mobile : Engaged project itself .
I have received funding to conduct research from local , national and international funding streams , and from the private , public and third sectors .
I also teach undergraduate and postgraduate criminology students and pride myself on persuading as many people as possible that speed cameras can be used as an example of almost anything on the criminological menu !
Contact Helen :
Email : Expertise : h . m . wells @ keele . ac . uk
• Speed Cameras
• Mobile Phone Use
• Roads Policing
• PCCs and Road Safety
• Criminology ,
• Fairness in Policing
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