Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 93469 total results. Showing results 40061 to 40080 «200020012002200320042005200620072008Next ›Last » Children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK ROMANIA: The BBC has found that children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK. BBC 24/1/2022 Feature Online safety bill ‘a missed opportunity’ to prevent child abuse, MPs warn Committee report says draft bill is neither clear nor robust enough to tackle some harmful content The Guardian 24/1/2022 News Home Office ‘will not back down’ in Prince Harry legal battle over police row The Home Office will not back down in the legal battle with Prince Harry over police protection, it has been claimed. Express 24/1/2022 News Metropolitan Police confirm they are looking into ‘Dronegate’ after Premier League clash between Brentford and Wolves Brentford's Premier League match with Wolves was dubbed 'Dronegate' after an 'unauthorised drone' brought play to a halt on Saturday. Mail Online 24/1/2022 News Is anti-social behaviour still seen ‘as a bit of bother’? Anti-social behaviour can devastate lives. Yet BBC Panorama has found an important tool to help repeat victims is rarely being used. BBC 24/1/2022 News UK may continue training Sri Lankan police even after Scotland ends contract SRI LANKA: The British government may continue to train Sri Lankan police, even after Police Scotland announced it would not extend its contract after March 2022 due to ongoing human rights concerns on the island. Tamil Guardian 24/1/2022 News Downing Street police ‘gave extremely damning evidence to partygate inquiry’ Downing Street police officers have reportedly been spoken to ahead of the publication of the ‘partygate’ report. Metro 24/1/2022 News Online Safety Act to tackle cyber bullying and child sex abuse AUSTRALIA: Social media giants, sexual predators and online bullies have been put on notice, with Australia’s eSafety commissioner granted greater powers to police the internet. The Australian 23/1/2022 News Child Matters warns of little action on dealing with high rates of child abuse NEW ZEALAND: There has been no progress in dealing with New Zealand's high rate of child abuse despite strategy talks in recent years, according to an independent child abuse advocacy and training provider. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 23/1/2022 News Provincial RCMP look to solve rural cold cases CANADA: In Alberta, murder cases in rural communities that have gone unsolved for years still have a chance of being solved, due to the work of the RCMP historical homicide unit. Blue Line (Canada) 23/1/2022 News False Confessions Predict A Delay Between Release From Incarceration and Official Exoneration. Objectives: Little empirical research has examined postconviction processes associated with the unique legal events of release from incarceration and official exoneration. Across various models, we tested the influence of risk factors associated with wrongful convictions (false confessions, faulty or misleading forensic evidence, inadequate legal defense, mistaken eyewitness identifications, official misconduct, and perjury) and relevant alternative factors (e.g., presence of DNA, false guilty pleas, and race) on the exoneration process, with a particular focus on the role of false confessions. Hypotheses: We expected that all risk factors would be meaningfully associated with the duration between wrongful conviction and release but that false confessions would be associated with longer delays between release and exoneration and would remain a meaningful predictor of the delay even when accounting for alternative factors. Method: Using data from documented exonerations of murder, attempted murder, and accessory to murder in the National Registry of Exonerations (N = 1,074), we examined the association of risk factors and alternative predictors with the time between exonerees’ wrongful conviction and release from incarceration and the time between release from incarceration and official exoneration. Law and Human Behavior - Registration at source 23/1/2022 Research article Evidence Strength (insufficiently) Affects Police Officers’ Decisions to Place A Suspect in A Lineup. Objective: We examined whether variations in the strength of the evidentiary connection between a suspect and the crime under investigation affected officers’ decisions to place suspects into an identification procedure and whether education about the problems associated with base-rate neglect sensitized officers to variations in evidentiary connection. Method: Police officers (N = 279; age range = 24–70; 86% male) read a hypothetical crime scenario, adopting the role of the lead investigator. The scenarios varied in how closely the suspect was connected to the crime (evidentiary connection: weak vs. strong). Before reading the crime scenarios, half of the participants received education about the relationship between the base rate of guilt among suspects placed in lineups and the prevalence of mistaken identifications (education: present vs. absent). Officers indicated whether they would conduct an identification procedure with a witness based on the evidence they currently had against the suspect. Law and Human Behavior - Registration at source 23/1/2022 Research article Mayor appeals to police for help protecting ‘vulnerable’ people who are homeless in downtown Oshawa CANADA: Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter has issued an appeal to Durham police for more help in policing the city’s downtown core, claiming in a deputation to the police services board that vulnerable people experiencing homelessness are being preyed upon by drug dealers peddling “poison.” DurhamRegion.com (Canada) 23/1/2022 News Wicklow and Wexford Garda Divisions seize drugs worth €1.4million REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: On Saturday the 22nd of January 2022 as part of ongoing investigations targeting persons suspected of involvement in transnational organised crime, a joint intelligence led operation was conducted involving personnel from the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and the Wicklow/Wexford Garda Divisions. Wicklow News (Republic of Ireland) 23/1/2022 News Relational and Instrumental Perspectives on Compliance With the Law Among People Experiencing Homelessness. We conducted an exploratory study testing procedural justice theory with a novel population. We assessed the extent to which police procedural justice, effectiveness, legitimacy, and perceived risk of sanction predict compliance with the law among people experiencing homelessness. Hypotheses: We did not develop formal a priori hypotheses but examined five general research questions. First, are there positive associations between police procedural justice, police legitimacy, and compliance? Second, do procedural justice and legitimacy differentially predict compliance, depending on the particular type of offending? Third, are there positive associations between police effectiveness, perceived risk of sanction, and compliance? Fourth, does the perceived risk of sanction differentially predict compliance, depending on the particular type of offending? And fifth, are there positive associations between moral judgments about different offending behaviors and compliance? Method: Two hundred people (87% male, 49% aged 45–64, 37% White British) experiencing homelessness on the streets of an inner London borough completed a survey that included measures of procedural justice, police legitimacy, perceived risk of sanction, morality, and compliance with the law. Law and Human Behavior 23/1/2022 Research article Investigator will listen to 999 calls at centre of garda controversy REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An independent investigator into the Garda 999 cancelled calls controversy is expected to be allowed listen to a sample of the emergency calls following legal advice. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 23/1/2022 News Policing Protests: An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Protester Race on Support For Police Reform To assess how media images of protests calling for police reform affect public support for police reform policies. Participants were randomly assigned to view a picture of a protest, which depicted predominately White protesters or predominately Black protesters. Participants then indicated their support for eight police reform policies. As a follow-up to the primary analyses, we conducted regression analyses to determine how assumptions of protest demographics influence support for reform. Exposure to images highlighting the racial demographics of a protest does not affect support for reform. However, support for police reform is influenced by preexisting opinions about protests calling for police reform, including the perceived racial composition of a protest. Although the public is generally supportive of police reforms, support can be affected by situational factors; beliefs about the race of who is attending protests inform support for police reform. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Registration at source 23/1/2022 Research article Police praised for neighbourhood work The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, has praised Gwent’s local policing teams and the work they do to keep communities safe. Chepstow Beacon 23/1/2022 News Policing Suspicion: Qualified Immunity and “Clearly Established” Standards of Proof This Article explores the intersection of Fourth Amendment standards of proof and the “clearly established” prong of qualified immunity. It illustrates how the juxtaposition of the Court’s insistence on a low level of specificity for the development of suspicion and a high degree of specificity for the imposition of liability makes it exceedingly difficult to hold officers accountable for violating constitutional rights. And it offers both a path for future research into the development of suspicion and suggestions for methods that police agencies can use to improve the development and articulation of suspicion. Ultimately, it contends that policing in the 21st century must take seriously the idea that the Constitution is a floor, not a ceiling, and it calls for the development of more rigorous standards for police actions. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology - Registration at source 23/1/2022 Research article PSNI’s pause to recruit 85 officers due to financial pressures dubbed ‘extremely concerning’ SDLP Policing Board member Dolores Kelly has said the postponement of 85 new PSNI officers is “extremely concerning” and believes it will hurt local communities. Belfast Telegraph 23/1/2022 News «200020012002200320042005200620072008Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
