Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98685 total results. Showing results 40881 to 40900 «204120422043204420452046204720482049Next ›Last » Specialist rape courts to be piloted Three crown courts will now have dedicated court rooms to support rape victims as part of a pilot scheme. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/6/2022 News Judge grants stay on effects of Garda prosecution ruling REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger said she was acutely aware her orders would have ‘very significant consequences for operation of lower courts if they were activated. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 16/6/2022 News New government pilot aims to boost support for victims of rape in court The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has today launched a new pilot project that aims to boost support for victims of rape in court. The Independent 16/6/2022 Feature Met PCSO fined over video of public sex act on London park bench A former Met Police Community Support Officer has been fined after he was filmed performing a sex act on a London park bench while in uniform. LBC 16/6/2022 News EUCPN focus day to prevent burglaries 15/6/22 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána, as a member of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) and 16 European countries aim to step up the fight against domestic burglary by informing citizens on how they can better protect their homes against this crime. An Garda Síochána 16/6/2022 News Segregation, Securitization, and Bullying: Investigating the Connections Between Policing, Surveillance, Punishment, and Violence Over the past twenty years, scholarly research on the disproportionate control, surveillance, and punishment of racial/ethnic minority students within U.S. public schools have indicated that these youth are subject to greater levels of violence and bullying. Many scholars have conceptualized the term “youth control complex.” This term references the hyper-criminalization of racial and ethnic minority youth across the U.S., which leads to greater levels of over-policing, surveillance, and punishment in U.S. public schools with large populations of racial and ethnic minority students. Using the 2015–2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) data, this study addresses two major research questions. First, do racially/ethnically segregated schools have higher rates of policing, surveillance, and punishment? Second, do policing, surveillance, and punishment within segregated schools moderate the rate of bullying? Race and Justice - Registration at source 16/6/2022 Research article Special Beginnings: An Explorative Study of the Early Career Experiences of Volunteer Special Constables The paper reports on a study of the early career experiences of voluntary Special Constables. The research identified the importance of practising, becoming and belonging for volunteers during initial training. Significant challenges in their early front-line practice were experienced alongside problems of processes, management, and organisation, and cultural challenges in terms of ‘fitting in’ and building relationships. The paper argues for the need to further professionalise police force approaches to new Special Constables and the need to shift away from a ‘finding their own way’ paradigm for new volunteer officers towards a structured, unified pathway of development. Police Journal 16/6/2022 Research article Understanding Cybercrime in ‘Real World’ Policing and Law Enforcement Cybercrime is a growing issue, still not fully understood by researchers or policing/law enforcement communities. UK Government reports assert that victims of cybercrime were unlikely to report crimes immediately due to the perception that police were ill-equipped to deal with these offences. Additionally, these reports identify policing issues including a lack of cybercrime knowledge. This paper reviews current research, providing a comprehensive account of cybercrime and addressing issues in policing such offences. We achieve this by describing the technological, individual, social and situational landscapes conducive to cybercrime, and how this knowledge may inform strategies to overcome current issues in investigations. Police Journal 16/6/2022 Research article Cleveland Police had 83% increase in recorded drug crimes between 2018 and 2021 Cleveland Police had the second-highest increase in England and Wales of recorded drug-related crime between 2018 and 2021. Teesside Live 16/6/2022 News Rape courts pilot in England dismissed as ‘gimmick’ amid low conviction rates Secret Barrister says lack of funding to blame for long delays, after government announces pilot scheme The Guardian 16/6/2022 News Cheshire Police to roll out facial recognition technology Police in Cheshire will start using facial recognition technology in a bid to help identify offenders. BBC 16/6/2022 News How Often and Why Do Guilty and Innocent Suspects Confess, Deny, Or Remain Silent in Police Interviews? This study examines how often and why suspects who have reported being either guilty or innocent remain silent, confess, or deny accusations in police interview situations. Convicted offenders under current probation or parole in Germany (N = 280) completed a questionnaire about their perceptions of up to six specific police interview situations they had experienced in their lifetime. As predicted, more suspects reported having confessed truthfully (64.3%) compared to falsely (4.1%) at least once in their lifetime; and more suspects reported having remained silent in guilty interview situations (58.4%) compared to innocent interview situations (18.4%). Unexpectedly, approximately an equal number of suspects reported having denied truthfully (39.8%) and falsely (40.2%) at least once in their lifetime. The main reasons reported for these statement types were that evidence seemed to indicate guilt (true confessions), suspects desired to end the uncomfortable interview situation or protect the real perpetrator/another person (false confessions), evidence seemed weak (false denials), suspects felt innocent (true denials), they desired to protect themselves (silence while being interviewed when guilty), and they followed their attorneys’ advice (silence while being interviewed when innocent). Findings are discussed in the context of the police and psychological research and practice. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 16/6/2022 Research article Public-Private Partnerships: Exploring Perceptions and Efficacy of Community Security Patrols This paper explores how one large police agency entered into a public-private partnership with a private security firm to supplement police power and presence in two diverse, high-crime neighborhoods. Using a quasi-experimental design, the researchers found road patrol in marked security vehicles produced significant decreases in Part I and II crimes in the pre-and post-implementation periods. Further, surveys of residents revealed that after the completion of the project, citizens had more positive perceptions of the police, believed that crime had declined, and reported lower fear of crime. Journal of Applied Security Research - Registration at source 16/6/2022 Research article From the Aspirational to the Tangible: Mapping Key Performance Indicators in Australian Policing Police performance is particularly difficult to measure. Most police agencies tend to rely on traditional metrics of effectiveness (such as crime statistics and public surveys) which are recognised as being problematic by researchers and policing authorities. Policing too has shifted in recent times with a move away from reactive policing approaches towards more desirable proactive and community-orientated styles of policing. Subsequently, there is a growing body of research which proposes new and alternative methods of measuring police performance that addresses some of the problematic validity and reliability issues of the traditional metrics and incorporates these new policing styles. This study maps the key performance indicators reported by Australian policing agencies. It aims to identify what is being measured and how it is being measured. To do this, Australian policing agency annual reports were analysed both quantitatively with descriptive analysis and qualitatively using thematic analysis. Overall, the study found that although there are some attempts at incorporating new alternative metrics, policing agencies in Australia mostly rely on traditional metrics for reporting effectiveness. These findings are discussed in terms of opportunities to enhance or expand current reporting practices. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 16/6/2022 Research article Evidence-based ‘light footprint’ crime mapping plan delivers violent crime reduction for Dallas As a number of cities across the US attempt to deal with an apparent rise in violent crime, Policing Insight’s Christine Townsend spoke to Prof Michael Smith of the University of Texas at San Antonio who, with colleagues from UTSA and in collaboration with the leadership and officers of Dallas PD, has developed an evidence-based plan to target violent crime that is already delivering results for the city. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 16/6/2022 Feature, Interview, Opinion Affluent drug users could treat diversion schemes ‘like speeding courses’ Home Affairs Committee told by chief constables that option of tougher sanctions should be retained. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/6/2022 News Specialist rape courts to boost support for victims Three specialist rape courts are to be set up in England as part of a pilot scheme designed to improve dismal conviction rates for serious sexual offences. Police Professional 16/6/2022 News Regulatory approaches to preventing organised crime among outlaw motorcycle gangs AUSTRALIA: Regulatory approaches to organised crime aim to minimise exploitation of the legitimate economy by offenders. [pdf] Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 16/6/2022 Research article Muslim Londoner sues police for discrimination after car boot blown up Officers accused of ‘grossly absurd racial stereotyping’ after carrying out controlled explosion on vehicle parked in City The Independent 16/6/2022 News How to become a good response officer Sergeant Richard Horton talks about what it takes to become a good response officer on our Inside policing podcast College of Policing 16/6/2022 Feature, Interview «204120422043204420452046204720482049Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
