Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115603 total results. Showing results 26941 to 26960 «134413451346134713481349135013511352Next ›Last » Examining the effects of evidence disclosure timing and strength on information inconsistencies and provision within investigative interviews Late disclosure of evidence within investigative interviews with guilty suspects has been shown to increase statement-evidence and within-statement inconsistencies, which are indicators of deception. We experimentally tested whether such inconsistencies were influenced by the timing of evidence disclosure and strength of the evidence. We also tested whether evidence disclosure timing or strength had any effect on the provision of novel investigative information, or the rapport and trust between interviewer and interviewee. We employed a 2(Evidence disclosure timing: Early vs Late) x 2(Evidence strength: Weak vs Strong) between-participants design. Participants (N = 101) role-played a suspect guilty of theft and were interviewed via videoconference. Participants were instructed to convince the interviewer that they were innocent. Late disclosure of evidence led to more statement-evidence inconsistencies and within-statement inconsistencies than early evidence disclosure. Evidence disclosure timing did not affect rapport or the provision of novel investigative information. There were no clear indications of the impact of evidence strength, however, we observed that the manipulations of evidence proximity and reliability did not consistently impact perceptions of the evidence’s strength. Psychology Crime and Law 18/7/2024 Research article Stronger focus on crime and criminal justice welcomed by APCC The chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has welcomed the focus on crime and the criminal justice system outlined in the King’s Speech. Police Professional 18/7/2024 News Synthetic police data – not the whole truth! Given the complex nature of policing, the diversity communities policed, the range of partner agencies and the multiple sources of records and information, creating accurate data for modelling new systems and scenarios without using real-world cases can present a major challenge; data and geospatial intelligence specialist Ian Oldfield, who spent more than 28 years as a police officer, explains the importance and benefits of synthetic police data. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 18/7/2024 Feature, Innovation Re-defining the Field of Police and Public Safety Psychology Police and public safety psychology (hereafter PPSP) is recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA) as a specialty in professional psychology (American Psychological Association in Recognized specialties, subspecialties, and proficiencies in professional psychology, 2024). PPSP is concerned with assisting law enforcement and other public safety personnel and agencies in carrying out their missions and societal functions with effectiveness, safety, health, and conformity to laws and ethics. It consists of the application of the science and profession of psychology to the primary domains of practice of PPSP (Council of Organizations in Police Psychology in Petition for renewal of recognition of police and public safety psychology as a specialty in professional psychology, 2019). This paper describes the results of efforts to organize and define the specialty and its scope of practice. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 18/7/2024 Research article Self-generated cues: the role of cue quality in facilitating eyewitness recall Purpose: Witness-led techniques, informed by theory, have been recognized as best practice for eliciting information from cooperative eyewitnesses. This study aims to test a self-generated cue (SGC) mnemonic grounded in memory theory and explore the impact of three SGC mnemonics on subsequent recall performance. Design/methodology/approach: Participants (N = 170) witnessed a live staged event and reported their recall using an SGC mnemonic (keywords only, event line or concept map) or control technique (other-generated cues or free recall only). These mock witness accounts were compared in terms of correct and incorrect details reported. Findings: Fewer correct details were reported in the other-generated cue condition compared to the SGC event line (p = 0.018) and SGC concept map (p = 0.010). There were no significant differences between free recall alone and any other condition. The number of inaccurate details reported did not differ between conditions (p = 0.153). The findings suggest that high-quality free recall instructions can benefit recall performance above generic cues (e.g. other-generated cues) but using SGCs to support a structured recall (e.g. concept map or event line) may offer an additional recall benefit. Originality/value: The findings support previous research that SGCs benefit recall beyond other-generated cues. However, by comparing different cue generation techniques grounded in the literature, we extend such findings to show that SGC generation techniques are not equally effective and that combining SGCs with structured recall is likely to carry the greatest benefit to recall. Journal of Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 18/7/2024 Research article Disrupting County Lines: Policing Strategy 2024–2027 This new 3-year strategy sets out the national plan for police forces to continue disrupting and dismantling County Lines from 2024 to 2027. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 18/7/2024 Report More West Midlands Police officers trained to use life-saving drug antidote The Police and Crime Commissioner says he’s ‘delighted’ more frontline police officers will soon be carrying an antidote used to reverse the effects of a drug overdose. Emergency Services Times 18/7/2024 News Force upgrades surveillance capabilities with new camera technology on mobile CCTV units South Wales Police has enhanced its surveillance capabilities with the upgrade of its five mobile CCTV vans, equipping them with Predator Ultra Cameras, provided by Excelerate. Emergency Services Times 18/7/2024 News Speed cameras dinging far more Ottawa police officers this year CANADA: Ottawa police have been running afoul of the city's automated speed cameras far more often this year, but officers rarely face any consequences when they exceed posted limits, and their union insists all the speeding is justified. CBC News (Canada) 18/7/2024 News Portal needed for victims to report AI deepfakes, federal police union says AUSTRALIA: Parliamentary inquiry told police forced to ‘cobble together’ laws to prosecute man who allegedly spread deepfake images of women The Guardian 18/7/2024 News Taskforce Guardian triples-down on deployments in co-ordinated operations across Townsville, Mt Isa and South Brisbane AUSTRALIA: Taskforce Guardian alongside local police have charged 78 people on 177 offences and diverted 32 young people from the youth justice system, during three simultaneous deployments across Queensland. A joint initiative by Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Department of Youth Justice, Taskforce Guardian brings together specialist police officers with expert youth justice officers. myPolice - Queensland Police News 18/7/2024 News Queensland government perpetrating “industrial scale child abuse” by housing children in adult watchhouses AUSTRALIA: The horrific footage of a 14-year-old First Nations girl with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder being kept in an adult watchhouse in Cairns has seen rising criticism of the Queensland government's decision to keep children in places designed to house adult offenders. National Indigenous Times (NIT) (Australia) 18/7/2024 News Justice committee demands answers after 17-year-old boy dies in Polmont The convener of parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee has asked community safety minister Siobhian Brown to explain how a 17-year-old boy came to take his own life in Polmont three months after legislation that was supposed to prevent under-18s being sent to the Young Offenders’ Institution (YOI) was passed. Holyrood Magazine 18/7/2024 News UK ‘turning a blind eye’ to threats to kill Saudi activists living in exile Saudis living in the UK claim Riyadh is targeting them for speaking out on human rights and jailing of female activists The Guardian 18/7/2024 News Operation Harrisdale AUSTRALIA: A report under section 132 of Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 A car crash in the North Connex and allegations of a cover-up by senior police. NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) (Australia) 18/7/2024 Report Met Police officer numbers drop as force calls for ‘thousands of applicants’ in new recruitment drive The head of the Metropolitan Police has told LBC that the number of officers in the police has dropped, as he launched a major recruitment drive. LBC 18/7/2024 News NSW law enforcement watchdog finds senior officer engaged in serious misconduct after crashing police car AUSTRALIA: The NSW law enforcement watchdog has found a senior police officer engaged in "serious misconduct" and was treated "more leniently" by his superior after crashing an unmarked police car in Sydney. ABC News (Australia) 18/7/2024 News UNODC drug report highlights surging cannabis and cocaine use and ‘agility’ of traffickers The latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report highlights record levels of cannabis and cocaine use – with an accompanying rise in violence – and the increased agility of traffickers who are expanding their criminal activities into areas such as wildlife trafficking, illegal resource extraction and money laundering, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 18/7/2024 Analysis, Feature Met Police commissioner seeks new recruits to ‘change the force’ The head of the Met Police is to call on potential new officers to join up and "be the change" he has said is needed to reform the force. BBC 18/7/2024 News Extra police hit the beat in Christchurch NEW ZEALAND: New police teams are patrolling central Christchurch, shopping malls and transport hubs to improve safety and prevent retail crime. 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