LEPH2019 Edinburgh, Scottland

Overarching theme

Collaborative leadership

The 5th International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH2019) will present a multi-focused Conference Program that will address three main areas:

• Substantive issues – all the particular issues in which the police-public health partnership is important
• Organisational issues – how to best achieve optimal and sustainable partnerships
• Reflection and methodological issues – creating a science of the public health and law enforcement intersection

Major themes:

• Trauma-informed approaches to policing, childhood adversity and early intervention:
  What does trauma-informed awareness mean for practice?
• Public Prosecutors and District Attorneys – their role in public health.Public Law Enforcement and Mental Health
• LE, drugs (incl alcohol) and harm reduction:People who use drugs, policing & legal frameworks, drug related deaths and harm reduction
• Police and other First Responder mental health and wellbeing
• Emergency Preparedness – crises and catastrophes
• Neurocognitive disorders – ‘Hidden in plain sight’ e.g. epilepsy, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury
• Child protection and Sexual abuse, Exploitation
• Violence –Gender-based violence, violence prevention, domestic violence
• Racial/ethnic disparities in access to health and involvement with criminal justice
• LEPH education, incl LEPH PhDs
• LEPH in Low and Middle Income Countries

Examples of Other Topics within a particular theme (by no means exhaustive)

• Infectious disease – epidemics
• Defenders – the role of legal defenders in public health; holistic defence
• LEPH and migration, Roma and travelers
• Epidemiological criminology
• Acid attacks
• Human trafficking
• Female genital mutilation
• Incarceration – prisons as public health institutions
• Road safety and trauma
• Sentinel events analysis
• Sex work
• Suicide prevention
• Hate crime and the new nationalism
• Marginalisation as enemy of security and health: inclusive policing to overcome marginalisation
• Information and data sharing
• Tobacco control