Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100394 total results. Showing results 44341 to 44360 «221422152216221722182219222022212222Next ›Last » GMP’s past response to grooming gangs was ‘borderline incompetent’ The chief constable of Great Manchester Police (GMP) has said the force was “borderline incompetent” in the way it dealt with grooming gangs in the past. Police Professional 19/4/2022 News Online Safety Bill must ‘go further’ to stop child sexual abuse, says NSPCC Ahead of today’s second reading of the ‘historic’ Online Safety Bill, the NSPCC is urging the Government to “go further” to better tackle grooming and child abuse. Police Professional 19/4/2022 News Greater Manchester Police chief admits force ‘were borderline incompetent over Rochdale grooming gangs’ Stephen Watson acknowledged that his predecessors had "failed" children in the past Manchester Evening News 19/4/2022 News The Protective Role of Self-Esteem on Burnout and Depression Symptoms Among Police Officers: A Path Analysis Approach The aim of this cross-sectional study is to investigate the effect of self-esteem on burnout symptoms and depression, using a path analysis approach. A total of 396 Greek police officers, 145 female and 251 male, with a mean age of 37.7 years, participated in the study. The questionnaire included: (a) social–demographic characteristics, (b) Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale, (c) Zung’s depression scale, and (d) Maslach’s burnout scale. Analysis of variance was applied to find whether the demographic variables of gender, age and urban/rural location had a significant effect on the examined psychometric scales. A path model was then tested, aiming to quantify the direct and indirect effects of age, working location and self-esteem on depression and burnout symptoms. Emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment scores were found to have a direct effect on depression and completely explained the effect of urban area on depression. Self-esteem was found to be a significant regressor on depression and the three burnout subscales, while older and more experienced officers had significantly lower burnout symptoms. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 19/4/2022 Research article Chief Maris Herold: ‘We need to think about policing differently, focusing on prevention and not reaction’ Boulder PD Chief Maris Herold has a wealth of policing experience, including at the forefront of significant reform; she spoke to Policing Insight’s Christine Townsend about the holistic governance approach, the importance of involving communities and other agencies in tackling gun crime, and why police departments need to focus more strongly on prevention rather than reaction. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 19/4/2022 Feature, Interview Impact of Extralegal and Community Factors on Police Officers’ Decision to Book Arrests For Minor Offenses Booked arrests carry greater harms than non-booked arrests. When booked following an arrest, individuals are confined without guilt and an official criminal record forms that carries several negative consequences. Even with these greater harms, police decision to book arrests is understudied with little research on what factors influence this decision. This study utilizes official booking data to determine if suspect extralegal and community factors affect officers’ decisions to book arrests across minor offenses. The study uses data from the Chandler Police Department in Arizona and the American Community Survey from 2013 to 2019. These data include suspect legal/extralegal, officer, time, and block-group level factors. Using a cross-classified modeling approach, we examine factors associated with booking arrests across five offenses (cannabis possession, drug paraphernalia, shoplifting, criminal damage, and non-DUI-traffic). Results suggest that legal factors, particularly felony charges, are associated with higher odds of booking after arrest. However, we also demonstrate how extralegal factors significantly impact police decision to book arrests. Native Americans, Blacks, older individuals, and those with prior records had higher odds of booked arrests. While the odds of booked arrest varied across officers and communities, few officer or community factors were related to the decision to book arrests. Results suggest extralegal factors remain significant across minor offenses. These findings highlight the need to examine disparities on police post-arrest outcomes, expand racial categories studied, and incorporate less utilized variables like prior record. American Journal of Criminal Justice 19/4/2022 Research article Tsuut’ina police adopt locally-designed beaded vests for community events CANADA: Male members of the Tosguna Tsuut'ina Nation Police Service will wear a locally-designed ceremonial vest at all upcoming community events on the Nation including funerals. CTV News (Canada) 19/4/2022 News First Nations police chiefs in Alberta say no to a provincial police force CANADA: Police chiefs Keith Blake and Dale Cox both say the First Nations they serve are not interested in a provincial police service in Alberta. APTN News (Canada) 19/4/2022 News, Video Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners to discuss drug decriminalization CANADA: The Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners is scheduled to discuss drug decriminalization in the city. Global News (Canada) 19/4/2022 News Child sexual abuse in 2020/21: Trends in official data This review focuses on the recorded cases of child sexual abuse by professionals in 2020/21, drawing on the latest available evidence from the official data released by child protection, criminal justice and health agencies in England and Wales. It paints a worrying picture of the gap between what is estimated to be the prevalence of child sexual abuse in England and Wales and what is recorded in official data. Right now, agencies are only identifying and responding to a small minority of child sexual abuse that occurs in society and the latest data from services shows significant variations in the levels of child sexual abuse identified and responded to across local areas in England and Wales. Nearly two thirds of local authorities in England – including the majority of those in Inner London – placed five children or fewer on a child protection plan under the category of sexual abuse. Half of all local authorities in Wales also placed no or very few children. In policing, forces differed threefold in the rate of recorded child sexual abuse offences relative to the size of their child population. Data from Sexual Assault Referral Centre’s (SARC’s) also varied widely across the seven health regions, with London having the lowest and South West the highest reach among under-18s. Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) 19/4/2022 Report Report calls for changes to handling of abuse cases REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A woman who reported being sexually abused has said that she was told not to get pregnant before the trial or her "sexual activities would be put into question". RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 19/4/2022 News Government urged to clarify if Garda recording law covers facial recognition REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The government has been urged to clarify whether proposed legislation on digital recording by gardaí explicitly covers facial recognition and other emerging technologies. Irish Legal News (Republic of Ireland) 19/4/2022 News Survivor tells researchers garda flirted as she reported rape REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A woman who was reporting being raped to An Garda Síochána said a member of the force flirted with her during the interview, according to research into abuse survivors’ experiences of the criminal justice system. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 19/4/2022 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 19/4/2022 News Students and staff at South Wales University join thousands who have FREE access to Policing Insight – Find out how Policing Insight welcomes staff, students and researchers from the University of South Wales who now have FREE access with the start of a new organisation wide subscription. They join a community from many other UK and international institutions, police forces and other criminal justice organisations with an interest in progressive policing. Read on to find out how to use your FREE subscriber access. Policing Insight 19/4/2022 Feature Trends and drivers of homicide A summary of Nick Morgan's presentation looking at findings from research carried out on what is behind the trends, peaks and troughs of homicide, both in the UK and around the world. Who is responsible for homicides, who are the victims and why has this changed so much over the decades? PolicingTV 19/4/2022 Analysis, Feature, Video Police super-complaints: A new spotlight on old problems Established in 2017, the police super-complaint process allows designated bodies to raise concerns about policing practices which harm the public; policing expert Ben Twomey takes an in-depth look at the impact the new process could have, and also explores how the Criminal Justice Alliance super-complaint against s60 stop and searches has developed. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 19/4/2022 Analysis, Feature Using the National Injuries Database (NID) to record corrosive substance injuries The National Injuries Database (NID) is a unique national dataset and holds information from over 5,000 cases, including: images (injuries, scene and weapons), together with medical, forensic and police reports. Forensic Capability Network 19/4/2022 Feature, Opinion Law enforcement organisations deliver new digital service to support international fight against crime Five law enforcement organisations have partnered to deliver a ground-breaking new digital service that will help to identify foreign criminals, solve serious crimes and protect the public across the UK and European Union. Forensic Capability Network 19/4/2022 News Justice for All: Do community alternatives to prison actually work? James Wright had been “unlawfully at large” for five months when he murdered Craig McClelland in Paisley in 2017. McClelland, 31, a father of three, was simply walking along the street when he encountered the man who was to end his life, someone with a string of convictions who had removed an electronic tag within days of being released from prison earlier that year. Holyrood Magazine 19/4/2022 Feature «221422152216221722182219222022212222Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
