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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Nick Tilley is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Health, Modeling and Simulation, and General Health Professions.

The core topics of Nick Tilley's research cover areas such as:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Public Health Policies and Education

Tilley has contributed to several recent research papers, including:

  • "Crime and coronavirus: social distancing, lockdown, and the mobility elasticity of crime" (2020) published in Crime Science
  • "Measuring the resilience of criminogenic ecosystems to global disruption: A case-study of COVID-19 in China" (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Are Repeatedly Extorted Businesses Different? A Multilevel Hurdle Model of Extortion Victimization" (2020) published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • "How Strong is the Evidence-Base for Crime Reduction Professionals?" (2020) published in Justice Evaluation Journal
  • "Violence and the crime drop" (2020) published in European Journal of Criminology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nick Tilley include:

  • Aiden Sidebottom
  • Karen Bullock
  • Gloria Laycock
  • Anthony Dixon
  • Graham Farrell

Their research has been featured regularly in several publication venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • CrimRxiv
  • Crime Science
  • Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
  • European Journal of Criminology
  • Policing & Society

Nick Tilley has also contributed to the academic literature through book publications, notably publishing a book titled المرجع في الوقاية من الجريمة وأمن المجتمع in 2024 under Naif University Press eBooks.

Among professional recognitions, Nick Tilley has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The Crime Drop and the Security Hypothesis

    Graham Farrell;Andromachi Tseloni;Jen Mailley;Nick Tilley

  • An introduction to scientific realist evaluation

    R Pawson;N Tilley

  • WHAT WORKS IN EVALUATION RESEARCH

    Ray Pawson;Nick Tilley

  • Why the Crime Drop

    Graham Farrell;Nick Tilley;Andromachi Tseloni

  • Exploring the international decline in crime rates

    Andromachi Tseloni;Jen Mailley;Graham Farrell;Nick Tilley

  • Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety

    Nick Tilley

  • Introducing EMMIE: an evidence rating scale to encourage mixed-method crime prevention synthesis reviews

    Shane D. Johnson;Nick Tilley;Kate J. Bowers

  • Crime and coronavirus: social distancing, lockdown, and the mobility elasticity of crime.

    Eric Halford;Anthony Dixon;Graham Farrell;Nicolas Malleson

  • Understanding Car Parks, Crime and CCTV: Evaluation Lessons from Safer Cities

    NJ Tilley

  • The effectiveness of burglary security devices

    Andromachi Tseloni;Rebecca Thompson;Louise E. Grove;Nick Tilley

  • Offenses around Stadiums: A Natural Experiment on Crime Attraction and Generation

    Justin Kurland;Shane D. Johnson;Nick Tilley

  • Surveillance of Public Space: Cctv, Street Lighting and Crime Prevention

    K Painter;N Tilley

  • Explaining and sustaining the crime drop: Clarifying the role of opportunity-related theories

    Graham Farrell;Nick Tilley;Andromachi Tseloni;Jen Mailley

  • Community policing, problem-oriented policing and intelligence-led policing

    NJ Tilley

  • Situational Prevention of Organised Crimes.

    Karen Bullock;Ronald V. Clarke;Nick Tilley;Nick Tilley

  • The effectiveness of vehicle security devices and their role in the crime drop

    Graham Farrell;Andromachi Tseloni;Nick Tilley

  • Not Rocket Science: Problem-solving and Crime Reduction

    T Read;N Tilley

  • Realistic evaluation bloodlines

    Ray Pawson;Nick Tilley

  • Shootings, Gangs and Violent Incidents in Manchester: Developing A Crime Reduction Strategy

    Karen Bullock;Nick Tilley

  • Crime Science: new approaches to preventing and detecting crime

    Melissa J. Smith;Nick Tilley

  • Policing Problem Places: Crime Hot Spots and Effective Prevention:

    Nick Tilley

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham Farrell
Graham Farrell University of Leeds
Shane D. Johnson
Shane D. Johnson University College London
Ray Pawson
Ray Pawson University of Leeds
Kate J. Bowers
Kate J. Bowers University College London
Richard Wortley
Richard Wortley University College London
Huw Davies
Huw Davies University of St Andrews
Ross Homel
Ross Homel Griffith University
Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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