Kate is a Reader at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL. She has worked in the field of environmental criminology for over fifteen years. Her research has generally focused on applying quantitative methods to crime analysis and to studies of crime prevention. Some of her previous work has involved examining spatial and temporal patterns in crime, evaluating the effectiveness of crime prevention schemes and investigating business crime. She is also very interested in the development of products and procedures that help to design out crime. Her work has been funded by a variety of organisations including the Home Office, the Police, the NPIA, the DfES, the ESRC and the AHRC. She has published almost sixty papers and book chapters in criminology, the vast majority being peer-reviewed. She has also guest edited a special edition of a journal and Crime Prevention Studies and co-edited a book on Crime Mapping. She has acted on journal editorial boards and has presented her work many times to national and international audiences.