CRIME & JUSTICE
DACRL is informed by and aligned with an awareness that disruption of crime and radical creative change often emerge as a result of the inclusion of diverse voices.
Our team adopt a user, misuser and abuser driven innovation approach that includes diverse communities in the co-creation process, including government departments, businesses, local communities, prisoners and returning citizens.
This approach has generated a strong socially responsive design methodology (Gamman & Thorpe 2006; 2011; 2016 and 2018) as well as co-created design benchmarks, crime prevention strategies and crime diversion projects.
PUBLIC
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
Our design research through the Public Collaboration Lab (PCL) started as an 18-month AHRC-funded research partnership between the London Borough of Camden and University of the Arts London and has gone on to develop a ‘living lab’ approach to social innovation.
Its research-led collaborative design practice explores the potential value of strategic collaboration between local government and design education, generating a suite of projects where student engagement with the local community through collaborative design, including some funded engagements, has produced numerous outputs.
Its research-led collaborative design practice explores the potential value of strategic collaboration between local government and design education, generating a suite of projects where student engagement with the local community through collaborative design, including some funded engagements, has produced numerous outputs.
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STUDENT PROJECT
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︎︎︎ Youth Hubs
STUDENT PROJECT
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︎︎︎ Let’s Sort it Out
STUDENT PROJECT
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︎︎︎ Green Camden
COMING SOON
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︎︎︎ Chalton Street Market
COMING SOON
PUBLIC
SPACE
Emerging from the Crime and Justice research strand, a Public Space focus is linked to the recognition that more pro-social public spaces are required to assist in the reduction of crime.
Below are the research funded projects that have emerged as a result:
Below are the research funded projects that have emerged as a result:
Chloe Griffith
Centre Manager
+44 (0) 20 7514 8537
Email : c.griffith@csm.arts.ac.uk
Chryssi Tzanetou
Development Manager
+44 (0) 20 7514 8716
Email : c.tzanetou@arts.ac.uk
Centre Manager
+44 (0) 20 7514 8537
Email : c.griffith@csm.arts.ac.uk
Chryssi Tzanetou
Development Manager
+44 (0) 20 7514 8716
Email : c.tzanetou@arts.ac.uk
Design Against Crime Research Lab,
Central Saint Martins,
1 Granary Square,
London,
N1C 4AA
Central Saint Martins,
1 Granary Square,
London,
N1C 4AA