Design Against Crime Research Centre
DAC is a socially responsive, practice-led research centre located
at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
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Home Office Design and Technology Alliance Membership
Professor Lorraine Gamman, Director of DACRC is a member of the government's Design and Technology Alliance, an independent group of designers committed to raising the profile of crime prevention.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6940485.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6939816.stm
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis recently confirmed that "Designing out crime is a serious concept that deserves serious attention". Earlier in the year, Professor Lorraine Gamman, Professor Paul Ekblom and Adam Thorpe were invited to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit to explain the concepts behind Design Against Crime and to advise the Home Office on its strategy. Adam Thorpe’s Holborn Gateway Project/ Bikeoff work also featured in this context in Design Week:
http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/135511/Designers+ally+with+Home+Office+in+crime+fight.html http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/135686/Support+for+anti-crime+alliance+grows+.html