Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103232 total results. Showing results 30741 to 30760 «153415351536153715381539154015411542Next ›Last » Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers: Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons? Few victims of sexual assault (SA) report to the police. Research on the role of support persons in victims’ reporting is sparse. We address this gap by examining the association of victim, assailant, victimization incident, and support characteristics with reporting rates among victims attending sexual assault care centers (SACCs). Logistic regression results show that type of SA, delay between SA and presentation at SACC, and presence of an informal support person at SACC and SACC site are significantly associated with police reporting. These findings reveal the importance of targeting victims’ support persons to alter reporting behavior among SA victims. Violence Against Women - Subscription at source 26/6/2023 Research article Understanding vehicle consent search requests through the use of the social conditioning model and illusory correlation Previous studies show racial or ethnic bias in police decision-making for consent search requests. Yet, few studies apply the social conditioning model and illusory correlation to explain an officer's decision-making for requesting consent to search the driver's vehicle. Furthermore, a potential consideration when using this theory has not considered the possible explanation that the officer may also conduct such a request because the officer views the citizen as “out-of-place”. This study uses Illinois traffic stop data from 2016 to 2018 for municipal agencies with a minority representation of less than one (i.e., less-diverse police department and a greater chance that the officer involved in the stop is White) and includes one measure from the 2016 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics. Utilizing propensity score matching to match the drivers based on race/ethnicity and gender, the current findings show that non-White drivers and non-White male drivers, who are stopped by police serving predominately White areas and who serve in a less-diverse police department, are more likely to have an officer request consent to search their vehicle. These findings are consistent with racial profiling and support the social conditioning model and illusory correlation as an appropriate theoretical explanation for police officers. Moreover, the officer's decision-making could be based on an individual driver stopped by an officer serving a predominately White community and interacting with a less-diverse police department. The officer may view the minority driver as being “out-of-place”, which is an additional reason for the officer to request consent to search the minority driver's vehicle. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 26/6/2023 Research article Cause of death in fatal missing person cases in England and Wales Typically, fewer than 0.5% of missing incidents result in an individual being found deceased. Whereas previous research has examined the features of missing–homicide, missing–suicide and some aspects of missing–accident cases, this study sought to provide the first reliable estimates of the number and proportion of fatalities by all causes of death, specifically: suicide, accident, homicide and natural causes. Using data obtained on 615 fatal disappearances via Freedom of Information returns from 22 English and Welsh police forces covering a two-year period, this article presents data on the relative probability of fatality by cause of death for adults and children and for males and females. Overall, fatal outcomes are, thankfully, rare, occurring once in every 358 missing incidents. Some 98% of fatalities involved adults; just over 80% involved males. The findings affirm suicide as the largest single cause of death accounting for three-quarters of female fatalities and four in every five male fatalities. Although homicide was the least probable cause of death among male missing persons, females faced a roughly similar chance of dying as a result of an accident or homicide. The research indicates that estimates of probability can be used to inform investigative decision-making and scenario development, offering important context to the overall likelihood of an individual facing a fatal outcome. Further research is needed to replicate these findings. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 26/6/2023 Research article Police recruit narratives and publicly oriented vocabularies of motive Although who chooses to become a police officer and why they do so is pivotal for understanding policing, few studies explore recruit motivations. We help to fill this research void through analysis of open-ended narratives penned by police recruits during the academy in a large rust belt city explaining why they want to become police officers, supplemented with qualitative follow-up interviews conducted with randomly selected participants. Of the existing studies on police recruit motivation, nearly all use fixed-response surveys of researcher-selected answers. Despite our respondents being completely free to use their own words, their motivations demonstrate a striking similarity to the findings of previous literature. These stated motivations of altruism and community concern also stand in stark contrast to the public behaviors of police. We suggest this consistency in stated motivations and disconnect with public behavior evinces a publicly oriented vocabulary of motive in which police recruits are attempting to voice the “appropriate” reasons for joining the force. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 26/6/2023 Research article How the UK is getting AI regulation right With society recognising that artificial intelligence is likely to revolutionise the way we live our lives, there is also a growing consensus over the need for regulation; but Dr Asress Gikay, Senior Lecturer in AI at Brunel University, believes the UK’s pro-innovation attitude to regulation will be much more beneficial for business, the public and law enforcement than Europe’s approach based on potential problems. Policing Insight 26/6/2023 Feature, Opinion More fears over Norfolk police mental health proposals Vulnerable people in crisis may "fall through the cracks" if police go ahead with plans to stop responding to mental health calls, a watchdog has warned. Later this year, Norfolk Constabulary is planning to phase in a scheme called Right Care Right Person - which will see it only respond to mental health calls if a crime has been committed or a life is at risk. Eastern Daily Press 26/6/2023 News Met police name new suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder The Metropolitan police have named a major new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder, admitting too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation. Matthew White, who died in 2021 aged 50, was named after a BBC investigation into the killing of the black teenager, who was murdered in a racist attack in south-east London in April 1993. The Guardian 26/6/2023 News NSW Police say Alameddine organised crime network under ‘immense pressure’ after brawl arrests AUSTRALIA: Sydney's Alameddine organised crime network is under "immense pressure" after the arrest of an alleged key figure, and the departure of others overseas, according to NSW police. Raptor Squad officers arrested six people over an alleged brawl which erupted at a shopping centre in the city's CBD last week. Among those was Ali Elmoubayed, 30, who organised crime detectives believe holds a senior role within the Alameddine crew. Police have been targeting the clan, and other criminal networks in the state, since the early stages of a so-called gangland war, which began in mid-2020. ABC News (Australia) 26/6/2023 News Inside State’s eye-watering garda overtime bill as ‘spiralling’ payments set to reach all-time high REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The State has spent more than €600million on “spiralling” garda overtime since 2018, we can reveal. New figures released by Justice Minister Helen McEntee reveal bosses have shelled out €639.8million in extra payments over the past five-and-half years. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 26/6/2023 News Hands off! Non-fatal strangulation could land you 14 years in prison under new legislation Today, Monday 26th June, non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation (under The Justice Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims Act NI 2022) has been made a specific criminal offence in Northern Ireland, punishable by up to 14 years’ imprisonment. Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) 26/6/2023 News Sixth suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder is named and pictured for the first time as Met Police admits it failed to follow up A sixth suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder was named today as Matthew White - who died of a drug overdose aged 50 in 2021. Mail Online 26/6/2023 News Police Scotland shares pro-Scexit message on official Twitter account amid ‘bias’ claims The national force, set up by the SNP in 2013 to cut costs, has been urged to investigate the share which happened on Sunday after Humza Yousaf's Sunday Show appearance Scottish Daily Express 26/6/2023 News New Stephen Lawrence murder suspect named for first time Matthew White, 50, who died in 2021, allegedly told police he had been at scene of murder but officers failed to properly investigate The Independent 26/6/2023 News Met piloting ‘precision’ stop and search for weapon-enabled crime This data-led pilot began in parts of Barking and Dagenham and Lambeth on June 21. Police Oracle 26/6/2023 News SPF frustrated as talks over pay rise reach impasse General Secretary David Kennedy has told members that officials neither accepted or rejected the 8.5% pay claim, or made an alternative offer. Police Oracle 26/6/2023 News Martin Gallagher: ‘The illicit funds being gathered through drugs at present are fuelling corruption’ In the latest in a series of interviews with leading figures involved in the research and investigation of organised crime, Policing Insight’s Chris Allen spoke to former Police Scotland Superintendent Martin Gallagher, now a policing consultant and Associate of the London Policing College, about Baroness Casey’s review, taking drug profits away from organised crime, and the importance of eradicating corruption. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 26/6/2023 Feature, Interview Armed police arrest man, seize firearms, following 12-hour standoff in South West WA AUSTRALIA: Police say the threat posed by firearms and potential explosives saw them take a cautious approach during a 12-hour stand-off with a man in WA's South West. ABC News (Australia) 26/6/2023 News, Video Queensland police Tasered Aboriginal man six times before he died, coroner hears AUSTRALIA: An Indigenous man was Tasered six times by Queensland police and sedated by ambulance officers before he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest, a coroner has heard. The Guardian 26/6/2023 News Police take firearm reporting ‘extremely seriously’ amid frequent incidents NEW ZEALAND: Police are reassuring the people of Manawatū their communities are safe despite frequent firearm incidents in the region. Stuff (New Zealand) 26/6/2023 News, Video Lack of garda resources in Mayo highlighted REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The lack of garda resources in Mayo under the new policing model has been highlighted again by a local councillor. The Connaught Telegraph (Ireland) 26/6/2023 News «153415351536153715381539154015411542Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
