Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 32241 to 32260 «160916101611161216131614161516161617Next ›Last » It’s time to fix NZ’s Sentencing Act, which lets too many young sex offenders avoid jail A series of recent cases in New Zealand has seen offenders under the age of 25 given home detention despite being found guilty of sexual assault, on the basis that were too young to fully understand the consequences of what they were doing; University of Canterbury Associate Professor Debra Wilson believes these and other cases underline the need for the country’s Sentencing Act to be reformed. Policing Insight 23/5/2023 Feature, Opinion Devon and Cornwall Police arrest 13 people in road safety operation Police say 13 people have have been arrested as part of an operation targeting dangerous driving. BBC 23/5/2023 News Police academy: ‘You can’t solve the issue of racism from the outside’ For trainee detective Saiyra Khan, the decision to become a police officer was a hard, but a vital one. BBC 23/5/2023 News Going equipped issue six Welcome to issue six of Going equipped. As always, this issue is full of informative articles by colleagues across the country. You’ll find a wide variety of topics inside, from drones through to projects about protecting sex workers and using defensive planting to deter residential burglary. College of Policing 23/5/2023 Report Almost 40 PCSO posts saved in Northumbria after funding secured PCC Kim McGuinness said in March only 60 PCSOs could be retained alongside employing an additional 134 officers. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 23/5/2023 News Mutual aid called in to manage riots following fatal collision Two teenage boys have died after a collision in Ely shortly after 6pm yesterday Police Oracle - Subscription at source 23/5/2023 News Police launch youth crime documentary to take community ‘behind the scenes’ of the issue AUSTRALIA: A new documentary revealing how police are partnering with experts to divert youth away from a life of crime has been released in Queensland. Policing Youth Offenders provides a real and raw account of the current state of play with youth crime in Queensland while taking audiences behind the scenes of strategies making a difference in our communities. Produced by the Queensland Police Service, the 30-minute film documents the realities of policing young offenders over a 10-month period including a first-hand account from a former youth offender. myPolice - Queensland Police News 23/5/2023 News Police officers accused of excessive force in arrest of deaf, autistic man AUSTRALIA: Two highway patrol officers are fighting allegations they used excessive force when capsicum spray and a police baton were used during the arrest of a deaf and autistic man outside his home. Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard police officers Trevor Harty and Steven Sota were patrolling Melbourne streets when Peter Alamaras – who also lives with a cognitive impairment – allegedly sped past them on February 4 last year. The Age (Australia) 23/5/2023 News NSW police officer who Tasered 95-year-old dementia patient suspended from duty with pay AUSTRALIA: The police officer who Tasered 95-year-old Claire Nowland at an aged care facility in Cooma last week has been suspended from duty with pay as pressure mounts for the bodycam footage of the incident to be publicly released. Nowland, who has dementia, is in end-of-life care at Cooma district hospital after the incident caused her to fall and sustain life-threatening head injuries. The Guardian 23/5/2023 News Garda chief admits high-speed car pursuit policy ‘has to be updated’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Commissioner Drew Harris admits the rules on high-speed chases of criminals have to be updated. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 23/5/2023 News Harris to ask Govt to increase garda assault sentences REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Minister for Justice Simon Harris will today seek Cabinet approval to increase sentences for assaults on gardaí and other emergency service workers. Mr Harris wants these legal changes to also apply to the ramming of both garda and emergency service vehicles. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 23/5/2023 News Far right ‘not growing’, says Garda Commissioner, as number of protests halves REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The far right has failed to grow in Ireland, bucking trends seen in other European countries, and gardaí will not “fall into the trap” of its “playbook”, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said. He added robust policing tactics – such as those called for from some quarters to clear anti-immigration roadblocks – had been used by European police forces and had “not been successful”. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 23/5/2023 News The role of depression in intimate partner homicide perpetrated by men against women: An analysis of sentencing remarks Previous research has shown that persons with depression are over-represented among perpetrators of intimate partner homicide (IPH). However, the relationship between IPH and depression is not well understood. This study explores the role of offender depression within a sample of 199 cases of male-perpetrated IPH in Australia, as described by judges in sentencing remarks. Over one-third of the IPH offenders had experienced depression at some point in their lifetime. Qualitative information about the onset and cause of depression, co-occurring risk factors and the relationship between depression and culpability is presented. Findings show that depression alone holds limited explanatory value for understanding IPH, and must be considered in the context of other co-occurring risk factors. Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 23/5/2023 Research article Law Commission calls for tighter rules on use of personal records in rape trials Review recommends legislative changes in England and Wales to counteract ‘pernicious’ myths contaminating court cases The Guardian 23/5/2023 News Approach to tackling violence raises concern among NHS England staff The Guardian understands that senior managers have been instructing that prosecutions for assaults should be a last resort The Guardian 23/5/2023 Analysis, Feature Social media rumours about car crash triggered Cardiff riots, says police chief South Wales PCC says false reports police pursuit led to crash that killed two teenagers fuelled ‘large-scale disorder’ The Guardian 23/5/2023 News Empathy and training key to policing care-experienced and LGBTQI+ young people in Scotland A report into the policing of care-experienced and LGBTQI+ young people in Scotland – part of a series of studies on policing ‘seldom-heard groups’ published by Police Scotland, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the Scottish Police Authority – has recommended changes to police training, declaring being care experienced as a ‘protected characteristic’, and adopting a ‘policing with empathy’ approach, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 23/5/2023 Analysis, Feature Met police board introduced after force’s culture investigated A new London Policing Board (LPB) will be introduced to oversee and scrutinise the reform of the Metropolitan Police. BBC 23/5/2023 News Cardiff: Teen deaths may have sparked Ely riot – police boss Two teenagers are understood to have died in a crash before a riot broke out in Cardiff, according to a police boss. BBC 23/5/2023 News 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 23/5/2023 News «160916101611161216131614161516161617Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
