Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103123 total results. Showing results 45721 to 45740 «228322842285228622872288228922902291Next ›Last » Messy Victims and Sympathetic Offenders: the Role of Moral Judgments in Police Referrals to Restorative Justice While restorative justice enjoys increasing popularity in a variety of national contexts, it is not yet a structural part of police work. Implementation is often piecemeal, with only a small minority of cases deemed suitable for a restorative approach. This paper draws on literature on the moral dimensions of street-level bureaucrats’ everyday work to analyse how police officers in the Netherlands decide to (not) refer victims and offenders to restorative interventions. In-depth interviews with police officers who are involved in these interventions show that what they present as pragmatic considerations also involve judgments of the deservingness of victims and offenders. Contrary to the literature on ‘ideal’ victims and offenders of restorative justice, police officers in this study are more likely to offer restorative interventions to ‘messy’ victims – who are seen as partly responsible for the crime due to their behaviour and/or relationship to the offender – and to offenders who are considered pitiable or sympathetic. These judgments partly map unto existing cultural norms and biases, and the resulting selective deployment of restorative interventions may therefore conserve and reproduce inequities in the criminal justice system. Contemporary Justice Review - Registration at source 3/6/2022 Research article Management Information Division Area Reports: Quarter 4 2021/22 – April to March This Quarter 3 report contains Police Scotland Management Information for 2021/22 which covers the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (unless otherwise stated). Data tables at Police Scotland Division and Local Authority levels are also available online. These data are not official statistics. Official Statistics for recorded crime are published by the Scottish Government and Official Statistics on Reported Road Casualties are published by Transport Scotland. [pdf] Police Scotland 3/6/2022 Report Detections up for serious assault as fraud rises in Highland and Islands Serious assault and sexual crime detection figures are up while the number of fraud related incidents in the Highland and Islands are rising, according to the latest report. 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CBC News (Canada) 2/6/2022 News N.S. mass shooting probe hears of higher police education standards in other systems CANADA: The public inquiry into Nova Scotia’s mass shooting heard Wednesday how police education in Finland far exceeds RCMP levels – as experts call for major reforms to RCMP training. Blue Line (Canada) 2/6/2022 News Funding call for life-saving PTSD assistance dog charity supporting police officers and staff Service Dogs UK provides assistance dogs to members of the police and military suffering from PTSD, and has been described as ‘a life saver’ by those it supports; but the charity believes police agencies are holding back on funding amid fears that it could “open the floodgates” to traumatised applicants, as Policing Insight Deputy Editor Sarah Gibbons discovered when she spoke to charity founder Sgt Garry Botterill. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/6/2022 Feature, Interview Garda checkpoints mounted across Ireland as 24 hour ‘Slow Down Day’ begins REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda checkpoints will be mounted throughout the country on Thursday as Gardai, and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) launch their June Bank Holiday ‘Slow Down Day’ targeting speeding drivers. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 2/6/2022 News Report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: In June 2021, the Minister for Justice forwarded the General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill to the Joint Committee on Justice in accordance with Standing Orders for the purpose of pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme. [pdf] Oierachtas Justice Committee 2/6/2022 Report Call for review into why Gsoc investigations into gardaí take so long REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A "comprehensive review” of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) needs to be undertaken to establish why some of its investigations into gardaí take many years to complete, according to an Oireachtas report. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 2/6/2022 News PIER22: Child Sexual Abuse – Instigating change in practice, partnership and protection PIER22 is a FREE major policing conference focusing on child protection. It is the first time that speakers involved in leading and overseeing national child protection reviews will be seen and heard together in one session, discussing violence against women and girls, the voice of the victim and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. 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