I am a Research Fellow in the Universities' Police Science Institute. I spent 18 years working in clinical research in the pharmaceutical industry before moving into social science, studying for a master's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Surrey. I was a Research Fellow for the Signal Crimes Research team throughout the National Reassurance Policing Programme and contributed to the development of i-NSI, an operational methodology for the collection and analysis of signal crimes within communities. My research interests centre on the use of community intelligence to inform policing interventions at a number of levels, from neighbourhood reassurance to the impact of critical incidents.
Professional memberships
I am a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Evidence-Based Policing and Regional Co-ordinator for Wales.
2019
- Innes, M., Davies, B. and Lowe, T. 2019. Counter-governance and 'post-event prevent': Regulating rumours, fake news and conspiracy theories in the aftermath of terror. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, article number: 100370. (10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.100370)
2017
- Innes, M., Roberts, C. and Lowe, T. 2017. A disruptive influence? "Prevent-ing" problems and countering violent extremism policy in practice. Law & Society Review 51(2), pp. 252-281. (10.1111/lasr.12267)
2015
- Lowe, T., Innes, H. and Innes, M. 2015. The work of Welsh Government funded Community Support Officers. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/research-deployment-work-500-welsh-government-funded-community-support-officers/?lang=en
2012
- Lowe, T. and Innes, M. 2012. Can we speak in confidence? Community intelligence and neighbourhood policing v2.0. Policing and Society 22(3), pp. 295-316. (10.1080/10439463.2012.671823)
2011
- Leigh, C.et al. 2011. Social harms of crime: A geographical analysis of South Wales.. Presented at: International Crime and Intelligence Analysis Conference, Manchester, UK, 21 November 2011.
- Innes, M.et al. 2011. Assessing the effects of prevent policing: a report to the Association of Chief Police Officers. Technical Report.
2009
- Lowe, T. 2009. Integrating the independent domestic violence advisor and Flying Start: a process and outcome evaluation. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://static.squarespace.com/static/51b06364e4b02de2f57fd72e/t/525d519be4b00e94d08a065f/1381847451480/IDVA%20Flying%20Start.pdf
- Innes, M.et al. 2009. Seeing like a citizen: field experiments in community intelligence-led policing. In: Grabosky, P. ed. Community Policing and Peacekeeping. Advances in Police Theory and Practice CRC Press, pp. 13-32.
- Innes, M.et al. 2009. Seeing like a citizen: field experiments in 'community intelligence-led policing'. Police Practice and Research 10(2), pp. 99-114. (10.1080/15614260802264545)
2008
- Lowe, T. 2008. From reassurance to co-production – a case study. Presented at: 8th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Edinburgh, UK, 2-5 September 2008.
- Lowe, T. and Innes, M. 2008. Countering terror: Violent radicalisation and situational intelligence. Prison Service Journal(179), pp. 3-10.
My research interests centre on the use of community intelligence to inform policing interventions at a number of levels, from neighbourhood reassurance to the impact of critical incidents. I am currently contributing to projects involving the development of SENSOR, a tablet application of the I-NSI methodology and SENTINEL, for the analysis of social media data. Other recent work includes evaluations of the work of Police Community Support Officers and of the use of restorative interventions for neighbourhood justice.