In Sept 2020, Lauren Smith was asked to be a member of the Lincolnshire Reducing Offending Core Priority Group.

The meeting brings together stakeholders from the police, prisons, housing, courts, health and the voluntary sector to develop and implement plans to reduce offending across the county.  Lauren will be working with them to develop opportunities for collaborative research. She will also be presenting current ongoing research into homelessness among people involved in the criminal justice system and the impact of Covid-19 (along with Todd and Amanda) to them on 13th October 2020.