Dr David Lydon


NameDr David Lydon
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Policing
Research instituteSchool of Law, Policing and Social Sciences
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-7953

Research outputs

The magic of emotion: Researching and representing protest and activism through creative criminological method and methodology

Lydon, D. 2025. The magic of emotion: Researching and representing protest and activism through creative criminological method and methodology.

Translations of control: Trial by algorithm

Lydon, D. 2025. Translations of control: Trial by algorithm.

Benefits and barriers: An exploratory study of drone use and LiDAR technology application in UK policing

Bramble, J. and Lydon, D. 2025. Benefits and barriers: An exploratory study of drone use and LiDAR technology application in UK policing. International Journal of Police Science & Management. 27 (3), pp. 303-312. https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557251340913

Police and partner preparedness for climate change in England and Wales

Hallenberg, K., Lydon, D. and Kapageorgiadou, V. 2024. Police and partner preparedness for climate change in England and Wales.

Community-centred design and predictive policing applications in England and Wales: socio-legal dimensions, benefits and challenges

Lydon, D. 2025. Community-centred design and predictive policing applications in England and Wales: socio-legal dimensions, benefits and challenges.

A global ethics perspective on AI and digital technology in policing

Lydon, D. 2024. A global ethics perspective on AI and digital technology in policing.

Towards a global ethical perspective on science and technology innovations in policing

Lydon, D. 2024. Towards a global ethical perspective on science and technology innovations in policing.

Local responses to a global problem: How the police can improve planning and preparation for the consequences of climate change

Lydon, D. 2024. Local responses to a global problem: How the police can improve planning and preparation for the consequences of climate change. Applied Police Briefings. 1 (1), pp. 19-21.

Practitioner perspectives on dealing with victimhood and offending in UK ‘County Lines’ drug supply investigations

Lydon, D. and Emanuel, Peter 2024. Practitioner perspectives on dealing with victimhood and offending in UK ‘County Lines’ drug supply investigations. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258x241275858

AI cops, robo-detectives and technosolutionism in policing

Lydon, D. 2024. AI cops, robo-detectives and technosolutionism in policing.

‘This is not a drill’: Police and partnership preparedness for consequences of the climate crisis

Lydon, D., Hallenberg, Katja and Kapageorgiadou, Violeta 2024. ‘This is not a drill’: Police and partnership preparedness for consequences of the climate crisis. International Journal of Police Science & Management. 27 (1), pp. 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557241248295

This is not a drill: scoping police and partnership preparedness for the consequences of climate change

Lydon, D., Hallenberg, K. and Kapageorgiadou, V. 2023. This is not a drill: scoping police and partnership preparedness for the consequences of climate change.

Place, space and community: a study of Extinction Rebellion and climate activism

Lydon, D. 2022. Place, space and community: a study of Extinction Rebellion and climate activism.

Responding to mental health incidents - Is policing about to abandon its social responsibility?

Lydon, D. 2023. Responding to mental health incidents - Is policing about to abandon its social responsibility?

Future worlds: threats and opportunities for policing and security

Lydon, D. 2022. Future worlds: threats and opportunities for policing and security.

This is not a drill: police preparedness for climate emergency

Hallenberg, K., Lydon, D. and Kapageorgiadou, V. 2022. This is not a drill: police preparedness for climate emergency. Policing Insight.

This is not a drill: police preparedness for climate emergency: summary report of a scoping study

Hallenberg, K., Lydon, D. and Kapageorgiadou, V. 2022. This is not a drill: police preparedness for climate emergency: summary report of a scoping study. Canterbury Christ Church University.

Policing futures: transforming the evidence-based policing paradigm through interdisciplinarity and epistemological anarchism

Lydon, D. 2022. Policing futures: transforming the evidence-based policing paradigm through interdisciplinarity and epistemological anarchism. Policing and Society. 33 (3), pp. 264-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2022.2101648

New insights to county lines drug supply networks: a research note on a study of police experiences of the intersectionality of victimhood and offending

Lydon, D. Emmanuel, P. 2022. New insights to county lines drug supply networks: a research note on a study of police experiences of the intersectionality of victimhood and offending. British Society of Criminology Research Bulletin.

The construction and shaping of protesters' perceptions of police legitimacy: a thematic approach to police information and intelligence gathering

Lydon, D. 2020. The construction and shaping of protesters' perceptions of police legitimacy: a thematic approach to police information and intelligence gathering. Police Practice and Research. 22 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2020.1722665.

Police legitimacy and the policing of protest: identifying contextual influences associated with the construction and shaping of protester perceptions of police legitimacy and attitudes to compliance and cooperation beyond the limits of procedural justice and elaborated social identity approaches.

Lydon, D. 2018. Police legitimacy and the policing of protest: identifying contextual influences associated with the construction and shaping of protester perceptions of police legitimacy and attitudes to compliance and cooperation beyond the limits of procedural justice and elaborated social identity approaches. PhD Thesis Canterbury Christ Church University Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences
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