Daniel Silverstone

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Police force diversity is improving in the UK – but there’s a long way to go

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8th June 2020

Dr Daniel Silverstone - Liverpool John Moores University

ANALYSIS: The tragic death of George Floyd while in the custody of officers from the Minneapolis police department in US highlights the differences between US and UK policing but a common issue is the under representation of black and minority ethnic (BAME) in their ranks. Dr Daniel Silverstone and Dominique Walker from Liverpool John Moores University discuss the progress of improving diversity in UK policing.

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Daniel Silverstone
Director of the School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Dr Daniel Silverstone worked full time as a principal lecturer in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth,, before leaving to run the provision of criminology and the John Grieve Centre at London at Met University. In addition to this, he has worked in a part-time capacity at the universities of Kingston, Sussex, and Westminster. His main research interest is the study of organised crime and its policing. He has conducted several research projects for a diverse range of central and local government bodies. He has also published on other areas , such as 'policing' and 'gangs. He has several completions as first supervisor 'and is currently supervising PhD students researching the links between trafficking and organised crime.