Gloria Laycock OBE was the founding Director of the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London (UCL), and ran UCL's Centre for Security & Crime Science.
She returned to the UK to become the founding director of the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science in 2001.
The institute engages a wide range of sciences and design experts in cross-disciplinary work in collaboration with police and industry to find new ways to reduce crime.
The prevention of repeat victimisation became an important indicator of policing performance and effectiveness in the United Kingdom.
In 2010 she left UCL on special leave and was appointed to improve policing in the United Arab Emirates.