Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 37841 to 37860 «188918901891189218931894189518961897Next ›Last » The Psychometric Adequacy of Adult Forensic Interview Protocols for Sexual Assault: a Literature Review The forensic complainant interview is a unique opportunity to gather essential forensic information and is a central component of most sexual assault investigations. Past criticisms of these interviews have focused on inappropriate and harmful questioning, but there has been little attention to questions regarding the reliability, validity, cultural tailoring, and stakeholder acceptability of these. We conducted a literature review regarding all studies psychometrically investigating interview protocols used for sexual assault complainant interviews. Inclusion criteria required articles to include the investigation of an interview protocol used with adult sexual assault complainants or analog complainants. The literature search revealed six semi-structured protocols used for sexual assault interviews, all with very limited psychometric data, an inability to address some important forensic interview goals, and possible confirmation biases. This review also uncovered a trend to insert neuroscience into interview protocols despite problematic interpretations of this research and a lack of evidence of the usefulness of its inclusion. Unfortunately, these limitations indicate that currently there is no best-practice evidence-based sexual assault interview protocol. The importance of the problem of sexual assault necessitates a need to serve all those affected by recognizing the need for more rigorous development and testing of forensic interview protocols. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 29/12/2022 Research article Exploring and developing crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) audits: an iterative process This paper utilizes an ecological perspective to explore the development of a crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) audit tool through an ongoing iterative process. We draw upon existing examples from criminology and research into auditing the built environment for physical activity and active travel. The purpose of the paper is to present a revised CPTED audit tool and process to assist those managing crime and anti-social behaviour in their streets, neighbourhoods and communities. It may also assist those seeking to use audits as part of the CPTED process set out in the recent International Standards on CPTED: ISO22341 (British Standards 2021). Following Ceccato (Crim Justice Stud 32:165–188, 2019), we briefly reflect on the validity, reliability and generalizability of the CPTED audit tool and consider further possible refinements for future iterations. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 29/12/2022 Research article Covid-19 and future threats: A law enforcement Delphi study The pandemic presented new challenges for policing across the world, along with valuable lessons around the response; latest research by Dr Manja Nikolovska and Professor Shane D Johnson of the Dawes Centre for Future Crime at UCL reveals what law enforcement stakeholders thought worked well in relation to Covid-19 (and what didn’t), and how these might shape the response to future threats such as climate change and the technological advances of crime. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/12/2022 Analysis, Feature Number of police officers killed while on duty ‘unprecedented,’ says Ontario police association president CANADA: The shooting death of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala mere hours after he had passed his 10-month probation period and was granted the ability to patrol independently, has left many in the ranks devastated. OPP say Pierzchala, 28, was shot just after 2:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday while responding to a vehicle in a ditch just west of Hagersville, about 45 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. He is the fourth officer to be killed while on duty in Ontario this fall and the fifth killed in Canada while on the job since mid-September. Another officer was killed in a car collision while off duty, allegedly by an impaired driver. "This is unprecedented in Canada," said Mark Baxter, president of the Police Association of Ontario, which represents 28,000 sworn members from 45 police associations across the province. CBC News (Canada) 29/12/2022 News Queensland accused of ‘kneejerk’ response in announcing new penalties for young offenders AUSTRALIA: Youth crime experts have criticised the Queensland government for announcing a suite of “tough” penalties for young offenders in response to the alleged killing of a woman in her home north of Brisbane on Boxing Day, describing it as a “kneejerk reaction” that will not reduce crime. Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement on Thursday, amid media calls for action in response to the death of 41-year-old Emma Lovell. The premier said “a lot of people aren’t going to like” the new measures, which include the construction of two new youth detention centres, one of which had previously been announced, increased penalties for those who boast about crimes on social media, and a maximum prison term of up to 14 years for car theft. The Guardian 29/12/2022 News Former Queensland police officer pushes for new bail laws after violent home invasion AUSTRALIA: "We have to get a lot tougher and we have got to look at the bail system as it exists now." That's the call from the former Queensland superintendent behind the push to reform the state's bail laws in the wake of a fatal home invasion. Jim Keogh said bail laws for repeat offenders, regardless of age, were "watered down" seven years ago and now the crime rate has worsened. 9 Now (Australia) 29/12/2022 News How Melbourne’s underworld changed forever in 2022 AUSTRALIA: A seismic shift in Victoria’s organised crime landscape will reverberate for some time after alliances were shattered and drug empires exposed. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 29/12/2022 News Police side hustles: What cops can and can’t do to make extra dough AUSTRALIA: More than 400 SA police officers are working second jobs, but some cops’ side hustle applications have been rejected. See the full list of brass approved and refused gigs. The Advertiser (Australia) - Subscription at source 29/12/2022 News Watch: Auckland armed police arrest ‘something like in America’ NEW ZEALAND: Armed police have made an arrest at a South Auckland petrol station in connection to an Avondale firearms incident on Wednesday. A witness, who filmed the arrest, said the police response was “something like in America”. Stuff (New Zealand) 29/12/2022 News, Video Flying with New Zealand Police’s Air Support Unit, call sign ‘Eagle’ As part of his Policing Friendship Tour, PolicingTV and Policing Insight Publisher Bernard Rix visits New Zealand Police's Air Support Unit, call sign "Eagle", in Auckland. There, he is introduced to the Unit by Sergeant Colin Ware, who also provides a guided tour of, and short flight on, one of the three helicopters available to the Unit. PolicingTV - Registration at source 29/12/2022 Feature, Video Flying with New Zealand Police’s Air Support Unit, call sign ‘Eagle’ As part of his Policing Friendship Tour, PolicingTV and Policing Insight Publisher Bernard Rix visits New Zealand Police's Air Support Unit, call sign "Eagle", in Auckland. There, he is introduced to the Unit by Sergeant Colin Ware, who also provides a guided tour of, and short flight on, one of the three helicopters available to the Unit. PolicingTV 29/12/2022 Feature, Video Potential victims of spiking urged to report to police and get tested quickly as nearly 5,000 reports of spiking are made within a year Ahead of New Year’s Eve parties, police are reiterating advice on what to do if you or someone you know may have been spiked – report to the police and get tested by them quickly. Police forces in England and Wales shared spiking reports with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) between September 2021 and September 2022. Nearly 5,000 cases of needle and drink spiking incidents were reported as forces across the country stepped up their focus on tackling the issue. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 29/12/2022 News Almost 5,000 needle and drink spiking incidents reported to police in one year Almost 5,000 cases of needle and drink spiking incidents were reported to police over the course of a year, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) has said. Some 4,924 reports were made to UK police forces in the 12 months to September, and, among the 800 tests carried out so far, the most common drugs detected were cocaine, ketamine and MDMA. The Independent 29/12/2022 News Police in China can track protests by enabling ‘alarms’ on Hikvision software CHINA: Chinese surveillance manufacturer Hikvision has put in place tools to help police track protest activities. Chinese police can set up “alarms” for various protest activities using a software platform provided by Hikvision, a major Chinese camera and surveillance manufacturer, the Guardian has learned. Descriptions of protest activity listed among the “alarms” include “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places”, “unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration” and threats to “petition”. The Guardian 29/12/2022 News Police Scotland recruits thrown out in purge of racism and misogyny Prospective police recruits in Scotland have been removed from the national force after checks to weed out racists and misogynists were beefed up in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard, it has emerged. Police Scotland has strengthened its vetting procedures after Everard, 33, was kidnapped, raped and killed by Wayne Couzens, a serving Metropolitan Police officer. The Times - Subscription at source 29/12/2022 News Police pledge to attend every burglary ‘could become box-ticking exercise’ Pledge for officers to visit all victims and crime scenes ‘won’t make a blind bit of difference’ if there is no effort to catch culprits The Telegraph - Subscription at source 28/12/2022 News Government refuses to disclose whether Prevent strategy will be redacted No 10 has refused to say if its review of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy will be redacted, amid reports it has been delayed by a row between Michael Gove and the Home Office over whether to reveal the names of suspected Islamist extremists. The Prevent review was handed over to the Home Office by William Shawcross, a former head of the Charity Commission, in the summer. The Guardian 28/12/2022 News Saskatoon police chief sees potential in new Sask. Marshals Service, but unclear on its jurisdiction CANADA: It's tough for the top cop in Saskatchewan's biggest city to offer an informed opinion on a new provincial policing agency that won't be operational until 2026. The government didn't ask Chief Troy Cooper of the Saskatoon Police Service for his thoughts on what might go into Saskatchewan Marshals Service, and he still has no clear idea on how it will operate provincially or mesh with his officers when it becomes operational in 2026. "I guess. personally. my response to it will really depend on what it turns out to look like," he said in an interview. If "it's a provincial support that I can access, that's great news. If it's something that will be integrated within our services here, great news. If it's instead of some other things that I need, maybe not such great news." CBC News (Canada) 28/12/2022 News Labour vow to combat antisocial behaviour Labour today declares itself the party of law and order as it pledges to give the victims of antisocial behaviour power to decide how perpetrators are punished. The party will update Tony Blair’s “tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” mantra with a series of policies aimed at seizing the initiative from the Conservatives. Steve Reed, the shadow justice secretary, told The Times how the party would crack down on antisocial behaviour, which polls consistently show is one of the public’s top concerns. Figures released under freedom of information requests found that nearly two million reports of antisocial behaviour over the past three years had gone unattended. Parliament’s justice committee criticised the government this year for failing to recognise victims of antisocial behaviour The Times - Subscription at source 28/12/2022 News Kingston Police appoint interim chief as former chief set to retire CANADA: Kingston will start the new year with a new interim police chief, as former Chief Antje McNeely steps down from the role before easing into retirement. Kingston Police announced the appointment of Scott Fraser as acting police chief in a news release Wednesday. "In order to facilitate a smooth transition for succession planning for the next chief for the Kingston Police and to provide the opportunity for Deputy Chief Scott Fraser to step in as acting chief, I will be stepping away from my role as chief of police as of Jan.1, 2023," McNeely wrote. CBC News (Canada) 28/12/2022 News «188918901891189218931894189518961897Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
