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Anthony Hegarty MSc DSRM Risk & Crisis Management (Pre-read Note: VAWG = Violence Against Women & Girls) ..................................................... Raw crime statistics are available to anyone. What they rarely come with is a shape; which line? which station? which hour? which category of offence? The London Underground That shape is what turns a dataset into something an organisation can actually act on. This piece applies that approach to London's commute: the Un

Why employee exposure to street-level risk has no owner DSRM Risk & Crisis Management The question nobody has been asking Every organisation with staff in a major city now operates, in effect, two duty-of-care perimeters. One is the building: well-resourced, well-understood, covered by decades of health and safety practice. The other is everything a person walks through to reach it; the platform, the underpass, the last few hundred metres of pavement. Homeless encampments are

Part one of two. This piece is about the data: what it shows, and what it quietly leaves out. Part two is about the commute itself — the human experience the data can't capture. Understanding the Data Landscape By most measures, the City of London is the safest place in England and Wales. Independent analysis of police-recorded crime consistently ranks it at or near the top of every safety index. It boasts the lowest overall crime rate of any police force area in the country,

Subway arson, elderly men, and the emotional embers beneath Korean society Footage from Seoul’s recent Line 5 subway arson attack showed a woman slipping to the floor as the carriage erupted in panic, losing her shoe in the scramble, as others surged past her to safety. No prince to the rescue, and certainly no white horse! But just as Cinderella falls, we see the suspect crouching to ignite the slippery accelerant he had thrown across the carriage floor, with several able-bo

What predators see, and what we fail to understand. If you are like me, the parent of a 14-year-old girl who seems to think she is 25 when heading out to meet friends on weekends, then you will understand the concern over how she dresses. Having a career in the field of sexual violence, certain things stand out to me. But as a father, it is also important for me to balance the concerns I have for my daughter’s wellbeing with understanding the challenges of growing up as an

Understanding Involuntary Responses in Sexual Assault: Breaking the Silence

To suggest the UK's stabbing spree is because of knives, is to suggest that spoons make us fat!! Anthony Hegarty MSc

I wrote this paper in 2012 - today it seems more relevant... Seeking Relevance? Here I look at the stigma of dangerousness attached to those with mental illness. I recognise there are a wide range of mental illnesses, all of which are beyond the parameters of this document which has a slight emphasis on schizophrenia. The discussion will introduce a number of serious crimes and show how those committed by mentally ill offenders’ have been sensationalised and how one mentally

December 27, 2024 In debates surrounding cultural integration and societal threats, a common argument arises: how can a minority group pose a serious risk to the majority? Critics often dismiss concerns by pointing to the small percentage of a population that such groups represent. However, history provides numerous examples where minority groups or leaders from numerical minorities have instigated profound societal changes, often with devastating consequences. The Rise of Is

Have you ever experienced waiting for a friend when they appear to emerge in the distance, although too far away to make out their face? Despite this, you are sure it is them because you know their walk. You know exactly their body shape, motion, swagger, the lot… you do not need to see their face, because you know it is them. Predatory criminals use this acquired, or perhaps natural skill to their advantage. What they see in a walk is someone, who is either strong and

All terrorist attacks in recent times have been committed by persons who were marijuana users. None of them have ever been linked to any known terrorist organisation. If we consider two British born "terrorists", Salmen Abedi (Manchester Arena (Ariana Grande) attack), and Khalid Masood (Westminster Bridge - murder of a police officer); both were popular kids in school, liked football and in the case of Masood, academically gifted. However, they both followed a similar

ADHD – MARIJUANA & VIOLENCE People with ADHD, can be attracted to marijuana, because they believe it helps them better manage symptoms of anxiety, without the prescription medication. ADHD brains have lower levels of dopamine, thus the over-release of dopamine created by marijuana, will appear to compensate the shortfall. A 2018 article in the Guardian Newspaper stated that almost 75,000 children, aged between six and 17, had received ADHD drugs in England, in 2017/18.