Spit Guards: The evidence

18th May 2017Dr Matt Ashby - Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University

Questioned at this week's Police Federation conference about spit guards, the Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott stated she was still "looking at the research, and coming to a considered view". Dr Matt Ashby, a former police officer and now lecturer in criminology at Nottingham Trent University, looks at the evidence currently available.

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