Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115898 total results. Showing results 44881 to 44900 «224122422243224422452246224722482249Next ›Last » 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 Violence perpetrators are basically con artists NEW ZEALAND: Police, prosecutors, and judges are too often conned into thinking victims are the 'real' perpetrators, that they are overreacting, or brought the abuse on themselves. newsroom (New Zealand) 23/5/2023 Feature, Opinion Second Webinar for Special Constables On the 27 of April the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) held its second Special Constabulary webinar. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 22/5/2023 News UK’s new strategy to fight fraud grabs headlines but leaves police outgunned The levels of fraud highlighted in the UK’s new Fraud Strategy, which was announced in early May, make for uncomfortable reading and should also serve as a warning to the rest of the world. Fraud continues to be felt far and wide, with no corner of the globe escaping its impact. The FCPA Blog 22/5/2023 Feature, Opinion Report shows good progress for the Police Covenant The Police Covenant Oversight Board has published its first annual report. Out of its initial 11 objectives, three have been completed and the report provides a further three priorities for the coming year. Emergency Services Times 22/5/2023 News Blind justice: Are juryless trials the way to deliver better outcomes for rape complainers? The most surprising thing about the row over juryless rape trials is that the Scottish Government apparently didn’t see it coming. It is, after all, just three years since a similar plan was shelved almost as soon as it was floated. Covid had shut the courts and, with cases starting to pile up, then justice secretary Humza Yousaf suggested that bench trials could be used to clear the backlog. Holyrood Magazine 22/5/2023 Feature Man arrested after NCA raids suspected ‘gun factory’ in South London National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have uncovered what they described as “a specialist factory” in South London suspected of converting blank-firing guns into “lethal” weapons using 3D printed parts. Police Professional 22/5/2023 News Police Covenant GUIDANCE: Supporting the wider policing community and their families. Home Office 22/5/2023 Report Responses to reports compiled by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse COLLECTION: This collection page brings together government responses to investigation reports published by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Home Office 22/5/2023 Report Detective’s casebook: handling cloud data as evidence Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for child sex offences after an investigation "pushed boundaries" during early conversations around the Cloud Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/5/2023 Feature Gardaí working on plan to share child abuse information REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda HQ says it is developing a data-sharing agreement with Tusla to clear a long-running blockage preventing the transmission of important information in child sex abuse cases between the agencies at specialist facilities. The confirmation follows a heavily-critical report from the European Union and the Council of Europe into conflicting approaches by the agencies operating in a new dedicated unit for child victims of abuse. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2023 News An Garda Síochána currently has more diversity officers than divisional drug unit officers REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána currently has more diversity officers (GDO) than divisional drug unit officers according to figures seen by Gript. A breakdown of national figures for the number of divisional drug officers according to Independent TD Carol Nolan shows that there were a total of 332 as of April 2023 while the number of diversity officers, according to figures from February this year, was 481. Gript (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2023 News «224122422243224422452246224722482249Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
