Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103304 total results. Showing results 22521 to 22540 «112311241125112611271128112911301131Next ›Last » The Impact of Race and Skin Color on Police Contact and Arrest: Results From a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study Racial inequality in arrest is a social problem that has challenged the United States for as long as police records have been kept. Prior work documents the extent of the disparity and observational studies have attempted to sort out the mechanisms that explain why the disparity exists. Building on the “constructivist” perspective of race, the current study draws on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to assess the degree to which race and skin color explain the observed racial disparity in criminal justice contact and arrest. Results revealed that controlling for criminal behavior and a host of covariates, neither race nor skin color increased the likelihood of police contact. Race, however, was predictive of an increase in the odds of arrest—with Black respondents being 92% more likely to experience arrest than White respondents—and this relationship remained controlling for the effects of skin color, police contact, and prior criminal behavior. These findings suggest that the “race effect” may be due to unobserved biases not related to skin color. Race and Justice 2/1/2024 Research article Challenges and opportunities for minority students at police academies: A national sample This article examines institutional factors influencing graduation rates for police trainees of different races and ethnic groups. The study is based on the Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies data collected in 2013 and 2018. It uses both analysis of variance and ordinary least squares regressions to analyze the data. Overall, the article reports a statistically significant improvement for Hispanic trainees’ graduation rates when comparing 2013 and 2018. However, the same was not true for Black students at the police academies who continued to trail in 2018 compared with both White and Hispanic students. Our findings show that the length of the program and the location of the academy in the South were negatively influencing the graduation rates for all groups of cadets in both datasets. Other findings show that minority trainees were more likely to succeed where minimum education requirements for the instructors were in place, academies were affiliated with academic institutions, field training was the preferred mode of instruction, and where dormitories were not present. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 2/1/2024 Research article Building “A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth” through problem-oriented community organizing: A quasi-experimental evaluation This paper describes Rainier Beach: A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth (ABSPY), a community-led, place-based, data-driven initiative to improve community safety and reduce crime involving young people at hot spots in Seattle, Washington. The ABSPY model puts crime prevention into the hands of the community, compared to traditional problem-solving approaches that may involve community stakeholders but are led by the police. We evaluated the initiative using a quasi-experimental research design comparing the five hot spots in the Rainier Beach neighborhood, where ABSPY was implemented, to five similarly situated hot spots elsewhere in the city. We used 9 years of police calls for service and offense reports, from 2011 to 2019, to assess ABSPY's effects on crime and a five-wave community survey conducted pre- and 4 years post-implementation to examine community perceptions. Although there were no significant effects on calls for service or crime, ABSPY significantly improved community members’ perceptions of serious crime and the police in the short and medium term. Criminology and Public Policy 2/1/2024 Research article Hertfordshire’s PCC to stand down at next election Hertfordshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) David Lloyd has announced he is to stand down at the next election in May this year. Police Professional 2/1/2024 News Child left distraught after video game character ‘gang raped’ in metaverse as cops probe ‘first virtual sexual offence’ The victim was in an online 'room' with a large number of users when she was 'raped' The Sun 2/1/2024 News DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Should virtual ‘crime’ be a police matter? It sounds like the twisted plot of some grotesque sci-fi movie. A young girl creates an avatar – an online representation of herself – and becomes immersed in a virtual-reality computer game. As her avatar enters a large room in this imaginary universe, it is set upon by a group of strangers and repeatedly raped. No one lifts a finger to help and there is apparently no redress. So the distressed girl reports the virtual attack to police in the real world, who are investigating it as a possible sex crime. Mail Online 2/1/2024 Feature, Opinion ‘Alarming statistics’: $35m in cops missing from NSW streets AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Force saved a staggering $35 million dollars last year on wages because of the growing number of cops quitting the force and not being replaced. The Daily Telegraph (Australia) - Subscription at source 2/1/2024 News WA police chief says cop who punched man during New Year’s Eve arrest did not use excessive force AUSTRALIA: Commissioner Col Blanch says alleged offender appeared to be resisting arrest during incident at Perth pub The Guardian 2/1/2024 News Garda roads policing numbers fall in 2023 as road deaths reach nine-year high REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Forty-seven fewer gardaí policing roads by end of 2023, a year that saw 184 people killed in collisions The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 2/1/2024 News Domestic abuse perpetrator programme aims to deliver a successful prevention-first approach Perpetrator programmes can prove controversial, but the new Chrysalis Centre – a £2m scheme funded by the Home Office – is hoping that a prevention-first approach can protect domestic abuse victims and their families from harm, as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/1/2024 Analysis, Feature Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/1/2024 News Progress update on aspects of Police photographing and fingerprinting practices NEW ZEALAND: This paper reports on progress New Zealand Police (Police) has made in response to the December 2021 Compliance Notice issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) about Police photographing and fingerprinting practices [14 requirements]. New Zealand Police 2/1/2024 Report Sextortion: Victim tells of ordeal as PSNI issues alert following surge in cases Police dealt with 70 reports a month of blackmail concerning intimate images in 2023 Belfast Telegraph - Subscription at source 2/1/2024 News Delivering Frontline Impact: Training and What works in Problem-Oriented Policing In the third video, Professor Spencer Chainey from the Jill Dando Institute at University College London talks about what effective problem solving involves and his experiences from working with police and public safety agencies across the world in adopting and applying POP. Drawing on examples of problem-solving and working with police agencies in the UK and internationally, Dr Chainey provides a range of useful information and insights into the training opportunities available – both online and in-person – to enable those with a keen interest in learning to know more about the real-world application of problem-solving. PolicingTV 2/1/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Black man shot with stun gun by London police allowed to appeal in damages case Court to hear challenge by Edwin Afriyie after high court rejected his claim over 2018 incident The Guardian 1/1/2024 News Police in Northern Ireland being ‘slowly strangled’ by Government – federation Police Federation chief Liam Kelly said ministers are using public services pay as a ‘political bargaining chip’. Shropshire Star 1/1/2024 News ‘The worst kept secret in policing’: The drug that gets officers sacked There have been at least 12 internal investigations since 2018 where officers were found to be taking steroids, with half of them coming to light in the past two years i News 1/1/2024 News British police probe virtual rape in metaverse: Young girl’s digital persona ‘is sexually attacked by gang of adult men in immersive video game’ – sparking first investigation of its kind and questions about extent current laws apply in online world Police are investigating the first case of rape in the metaverse after a child was 'attacked' in a virtual reality video game. Mail Online 1/1/2024 News Bike theft ‘decriminalised’ as nine out of 10 cases unsolved, say Lib Dems Party says strained police resources mean owners have little hope of redress as up to 200 cycles stolen every day The Telegraph - Subscription at source 1/1/2024 News Police say AI will amplify terror threat to UK and is already fuelling tensions There has been a surge in antisemitic AI-generated imagery since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the Community Security Trust said i News 1/1/2024 Feature «112311241125112611271128112911301131Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
