Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103152 total results. Showing results 26941 to 26960 «134413451346134713481349135013511352Next ›Last » Cop killer’s getaway driver caught throwing nearly 1kg meth out window during police raid NEW ZEALAND: The young woman who helped a cop killer escape after he gunned down two police officers now faces another prison sentence after she was seen dropping nearly 1kg of meth out of her bedroom window. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 16/9/2023 News Forced rehab saves lives, U.S. police chief says of N.B. plan CANADA: A U.S. police chief says it saves lives, but 2 Fredericton addicts in recovery aren't convinced. CBC News (Canada) 16/9/2023 News Retailers forced to spend £30MILLION on private ‘police forces’ to arrest and prosecute shoplifters after ‘giving up’ on getting help from the authorities Retailers are spending £30 million a year on security and private 'police forces' to arrest and prosecute shoplifters after 'giving up' on getting help from the authorities, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. The move has seen some of the biggest brands in the UK resorting to a private army of uniformed 'officers' to protect staff from increasingly brazen and violent shoplifters. Mail Online 16/9/2023 News Australia’s chief law officers to meet in WA this week to tackle State’s urgent domestic violence crisis AUSTRALIA: Australia’s chief law officers are meeting in WA this week to discuss a united approach to tackling domestic violence. It comes amid urgent calls for action as the State’s domestic violence crisis continues to dominate the headlines. The West Australian (Australia) - Subscription at source 16/9/2023 News Dorset Police set to share live, real-time updates on hundreds of incidents to highlight demand Dorset Police are to share live, real-time updates on hundreds of incidents today including redacted information of every contact received into the Force via 999 and 101 over a 12 hour period. ITV News 16/9/2023 News Staffing issues limiting expansion of crisis intervention program: Winnipeg police chief CANADA: ARCC program pairs mental health professionals, plainclothes police to respond to non-criminal crisis calls CBC News (Canada) 16/9/2023 News The Politics of Policing Hate: Boundary Work, Social Inequalities, and Legitimacy This article investigates how police officers and prosecutors make sense of and speak about their work with hate crimes. Our analysis rests upon Robert Reiner's widely acknowledged claim that policing is inherently political. We identified three core issues that illustrate the political nature of policing hate crimes. First, the politically contingent boundary work of distinguishing criminal from legal acts. Second, the impact of the enforcement of hate crime laws on the reproduction of social inequalities. Third, the “diversity politics” of gaining legitimacy and trust among minorities, which hate crime legislation is meant to protect. While a strong commitment to policing hate crimes is evident among our interviewees, we ask if the politically invested discourse they present may contribute to an absence of critical reflections regarding the limited effect of law enforcement, as well as a lack of engagement with pressing concerns regarding racialized crime control and racism. Social and Legal Studies 16/9/2023 Research article Labeling Victimization Experiences and Self as Predictors of Service Need Perceptions and Talking to Police Theoretical frameworks suggest that how victims of violence against women (VAW) label their experiences and selves shapes their help-seeking intentions and behaviors. Quantitative studies assessing this relationship have focused on sexual assault and have neglected self-labels, thus this study adds to the research by including multiple forms of VAW and both experience-labels (e.g., “abuse”) and self-labels (e.g., “victim”). Data came from a community-based sample of 1,284 adult, female victims of physical intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking. These women participated in a state-wide phone survey in 2020 to determine victimization prevalence and were selected for the present analyses based on their victimization experiences. Bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine whether experience- and self-labels predicted the likelihood of perceiving the need for legal services, victim services, shelter or safe housing, and/or medical care, as well as talking to police. Both applying a label to one’s experiences with VAW and applying a label to oneself in relation to those experiences approximately doubled the odds of perceiving a need for formal services. The significance of self-labels seemed to be driven by the “survivor” label, as using a “victim” label was not related to need perceptions, but a “survivor” label doubled or tripled the odds of perceiving a need for formal services. Applying a label to one’s experiences with VAW almost doubled the odds of talking to the police, and, again, use of the “survivor” self-label significantly increased the odds of talking to the police. These findings confirm the importance of labeling one’s victimization experiences and self, and indicate that greater attention be paid to the labels that victims use and how the use of labels might be improved so that they are more likely to seek and attain meaningful help and services. Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Subscription at source 16/9/2023 Research article “That is Not Behavior Consistent With a Rape Victim”: The Effects of Officer Displays of Doubt on Sexual Assault Case Processing and Victim Participation Despite the prevalence and severity of sexual violence, case attrition has been identified as a significant issue. Of the cases that are reported to police, only a small portion result in arrest, prosecution, or conviction. Research has revealed that much of this attrition occurs early in the process and that a number of theoretically supported legal (e.g., physical evidence, victim participation) and extralegal (e.g., demographics, victim credibility) factors influence how and whether a case progresses through the criminal justice system. However, few researchers have directly examined the impact of officer doubt on case processing. Whereas legal and extralegal factors represent case characteristics, doubt represents officer cognition about these characteristics. These perceptions can affect how victims are treated, how police investigate the case, and ultimately, the case’s progression through the system. A random sample of sexual assault reports from one police department in a medium-sized jurisdiction in the western U.S. was drawn to examine the expression of officer doubt, as well as its impact on victim participation, arrest, and referral for prosecution while controlling for relevant legal and extralegal factors. The findings suggest that officer doubt is an important consideration in sexual assault case processing, independent of other legal and extralegal factors, and that it significantly impacts the likelihood of arrest and referral for prosecution. Consistent with previous research, police decision-making was also impacted by certain legal factors. Victim participation was not directly affected by officer doubt but it was predicted by extralegal factors. Implications for future sexual assault research and practitioner training are discussed. Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Subscription at source 16/9/2023 Research article Police told to scan every CCTV image of shoplifters with facial recognition technology to crack down on theft epidemic Just one in seven shoplifters were charged in the last year in England and Wales. Among those, 54% were closed after detectives failed to identify a suspect while other difficulties caused a further 20% of cases to collapse. LBC 16/9/2023 News Boy, 14, dies after he was stabbed in Manchester – as teen arrested on suspicion of murder Police have declared a Section 60 authority which began at 8.26pm on Friday and will last for 24 hours, meaning police will be able to stop and search people in the north Manchester area. Sky News 16/9/2023 News Met Police apologise and agree to pay settlement to man injured after being struck by baton at protest The Metropolitan Police has apologised and agreed to pay a settlement to a man who suffered a brain injury after being struck on the head by a police baton during protests 13 years ago. The Independent 16/9/2023 News Scan faces of every shoplifting picture, police told More than two thirds of cases are thrown out due to lack of evidence or criminal identification. olice have been told to scan every shoplifting CCTV image reported to them through facial recognition technology as figures reveal some forces are failing to identify suspects in as many as two thirds of cases. Only one in seven shoplifters were charged over the past year across England and Wales, while 54 per cent of cases were closed with no suspect identified and other evidential difficulties led to a further 20 per cent of cases collapsing. Over the same period, shoplifting offences have soared by a quarter, costing retailers an estimated £1 billion. The Times - Subscription at source 16/9/2023 News Alfie Meadows: Met agrees pay-out for man injured in 2010 protest The Metropolitan Police has apologised and agreed to pay a settlement to a man who suffered a brain injury after being hit on the head by a police baton during a protest 13 years ago. BBC 16/9/2023 News Small shops call for aid to tackle ‘brazen’ shoplifters A convenience store owner says he witnesses up to nine shoplifting incidents a day, with criminals who are "more brazen and aggressive". Benedict Selvaratnam says it is because shoplifters know they are not a police priority. His situation is being echoed in small shops across the UK, according to the Federation of Independent Retailers. BBC 16/9/2023 News Eight men sentenced over 2016 Brussels bombings, ending Belgium’s largest-ever criminal trial BELGIUM: A Belgian court has handed out sentences of up to life in jail to eight men for the 2016 jihadist bombing attacks in Brussels, bringing to an end the country’s largest-ever criminal trial. The suicide bombings on 22 March 2016 at Brussels’ main airport and on the metro system killed 32 people and were claimed by the Islamic State group. The Guardian 16/9/2023 News Hi-tech police are on the trail of burglars’ ‘digital footprint’ that they leave behind at the scene Police are to hunt down burglars by following the 'digital footprints' they leave behind at the scene for the first time. Officers will be told to track offenders by tracing the property they steal, such as mobile phones and cars. They will also attempt to locate criminals who may have unwittingly left a vital clue to their identity if their phone automatically exchanges a 'digital handshake' with the wifi router of the home they raided. Mail Online 16/9/2023 News Gold-plated pensions drive early retirement among police officers Gold-plated public sector pensions are driving early retirement among senior police officers, official data shows. A fifth of all senior police officers aged 50-54 retired in 2021, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which was the largest share of any profession in the country. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 16/9/2023 News Migration Act prevents UK cop with autistic son from joining shrinking WA Police service AUSTRALIA: An experienced United Kingdom police officer has withdrawn his application to join Western Australia's police service because his family is almost certain to be declined permanent residency. Jonathon Wales spent nearly a decade on the beat for Police Scotland and was one of many UK-based officers provisionally accepted to join WA Police. The service is trying to recruit experienced United Kingdom and Irish police amid a record exodus of officers. ABC News (Australia) 16/9/2023 News Harris’ authority damaged but can he survive no-confidence vote? REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Drew Harris was uncharacteristically shaken when he arrived to address garda superintendents at their annual conference in Kildare last Wednesday. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 16/9/2023 Feature, Opinion «134413451346134713481349135013511352Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
