Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98144 total results. Showing results 51181 to 51200 «255625572558255925602561256225632564Next ›Last » Missing and Missed: Review of missing person investigations in Canada leads to new model and international database A judge-led review of missing persons investigations in Canada – prompted by the murders of eight gay or bisexual men in the Toronto area by serial killer Bruce McArthur – has recommended a new approach to cases that draws on models from other countries including the UK; Policing Insight Deputy Editor Sarah Gibbons reports on the review, and the launch of an international database to share good practice. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 Analysis, Feature Perspectives on Police Specialization in Art Theft Investigations The concept of specialization is accepted in many fields of policing, yet most national law enforcement authorities do not regard art and cultural heritage crime as one deserving of specialist attention. Drawing on interviews with Norwegian and international stakeholders, the analysis identifies what separates art theft investigations from other investigations and when specialist knowledge becomes necessary. Findings reveal compelling arguments for specialization and establishing dedicated art crime units. Respondents voiced clear concerns regarding the level of prioritization and knowledge of art theft in the police; yet, the analysis cannot conclude that art theft investigations in Norway have necessarily suffered from an absence of specialization. To justify the establishment of a dedicated unit, first there is a need to develop consistent crime recording practices, create a national database for stolen or missing art and conduct comprehensive and systematic research to determine what characterizes the crimes and the current criminal justice response. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 7/6/2021 Research article An Examination of Officer Job Satisfaction and Workgroup Cultural FitResearch has found officer job satisfaction to be correlated with aspects of their work environment. Police culture serves as a coping mechanism for work environment stressors. Despite the connections, research has yet to investigate the impact of a broad range of cultural norms as well as the influence of cultural fit and strength on job satisfaction. The current study examines how officers alignments with traditional police culture norms, relative to their workgroup peers (i.e. cultural fit), relate to job satisfaction. Results indicated that officers who adhered to traditional norms, in general, were more satisfied; however, officers who subscribed substantially less to traditional cultural norms relative to their workgroup peers (i.e. con-culture misfits) were significantly less satisfied. Being a con-culture misfit was associated with perceptions of danger and role clarity. Collectively, the findings provide practical insights for departments concerned with their officers satisfaction by addressing cultural features of their work environments. Research has found officer job satisfaction to be correlated with aspects of their work environment. Police culture serves as a coping mechanism for work environment stressors. Despite the connections, research has yet to investigate the impact of a broad range of cultural norms as well as the influence of cultural fit and strength on job satisfaction. The current study examines how officers alignments with traditional police culture norms, relative to their workgroup peers (i.e. cultural fit), relate to job satisfaction. Results indicated that officers who adhered to traditional norms, in general, were more satisfied; however, officers who subscribed substantially less to traditional cultural norms relative to their workgroup peers (i.e. con-culture misfits) were significantly less satisfied. Being a con-culture misfit was associated with perceptions of danger and role clarity. Collectively, the findings provide practical insights for departments concerned with their officers satisfaction by addressing cultural features of their work environments. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 7/6/2021 Research article Thinking About Police Data: Analysts’ Perceptions of Data Quality in Canadian Policing Policing is increasingly being shaped by data collection and analysis. However, we still know little about the quality of the data police services acquire and utilize. Drawing on a survey of analysts from across Canada, this article examines several data collection, analysis, and quality issues. We argue that as we move towards an era of big data policing it is imperative that police services pay more attention to the quality of the data they collect. We conclude by discussing the implications of ignoring data quality issues and the need to develop a more robust research culture in policing. Police Journal 7/6/2021 Research article Checkpoint: An Innovative Programme to Navigate People Away From the Cycle of Reoffending – A Randomised Control Trial Evaluation This study contributes to the evidence base of police deferred prosecution schemes aimed at reducing reoffending. Durham Constabulary, UK, introduced Checkpoint, an adult deferred prosecution scheme which targets offenders entering the Criminal Justice System by providing an alternative to a criminal prosecution. Applying theories of deterrence and desistance, this paper describes the randomised control trial findings of 521 offenders randomised between 1 August 2016 and 31 March 2018. The results indicate that the Checkpoint treatment cohort achieved a lower reoffending rate in comparison to the control cohort, on the basis of prevalence (10.3% reduction) and risk of reoffending (30% reduction). Police Journal - Registration at source 7/6/2021 Research article Police Are Influenced By Anchoring and Risk When Allocating Resources For Scenario-Based Intimate Partner Violence Cases Sixty-six police officers were given four intimate partner violence (IPV) scenarios to rate for risk of future violence. At the start of the experiment, participants were provided with either a low-risk or high-risk “anchor” scenario of police attending an IPV incident. Next, participants were given three counterbalanced scenarios: high, medium, and low risk. Half the participants were given a structured professional judgment tool to guide their decisions. Participants given the low-risk anchor rated the following scenarios as being of greater risk than those given the high-risk anchor. Participants were consistent in identifying high-, medium-, and low-risk scenarios and the tool made no difference to these ratings. Participants were more confident in their higher risk judgments than their lower risk judgments. Officers distributed a disproportionately high amount of resources to the high-risk offenders and the results suggest that police officers can make decisions consistent with Risk-Need-Responsivity principles. However, anchoring effects and working in a context where violence is more severe and frequent has the potential to bias perceptions and make officers less sensitive to risk. Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Registration at source 7/6/2021 Research article High-risk stakes for AI ‘High-risk’ artificial intelligence applications, including ‘live use’ of biometric identification systems such as facial recognition, face stricter rules under new EU proposals – which could have far-reaching implications for the UK. Police Professional - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 Feature Let us take on bitcoin gangs, urge police Scotland Yard detectives want new laws to let them freeze the cryptocurrency assets of criminals in the same way they can stop them transferring funds. The Times - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 News Key issues in contemporary policing: British policing in its historical and social context Continuing a new series of The Police Student, Policing Insight Academic Editor Dr Carina O’Reilly explores the social and historical context of the British police. She shows how tensions that have been present from the foundation of the police are still relevant to policing in the 21st century – and draws lessons from policing history that can be applied to the present day. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 Feature Selecting for strengths Sally Bibb and Richard Davis examine how ‘trust based’ professions have strengthened their legitimacy and the lessons that policing can apply to recruitment. Police Professional - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 Feature One thousand new probation officers recruited to help prevent reoffending More than 1,000 new trainee probation officers have been recruited who will work closely with the police to help prevent reoffending and cut crime. Police Professional 7/6/2021 News How technology is helping police G7 The arrival of world leaders is bringing Devon and Cornwall bang up to date with new technology. The force reveals whats new. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 Feature G7 in a Cornish resort is ‘bonkers’: Leading police chief warns that holding this week’s summit in seaside village is a security nightmare The G7 summit is a security nightmare because of its ‘bonkers’ location at a seaside resort, a policing leader warned yesterday. Mail Online 7/6/2021 News Let us take on bitcoin gangs, urge police Scotland Yard detectives want new laws to let them freeze the cryptocurrency assets of criminals in the same way they can stop them transferring funds. The Times - Subscription at source 7/6/2021 News The brief: challenging Police Appeals Tribunals rulings A chief constable sought to overturn a Police Appeals Tribunal ruling which reduced the dismissal of an officer to a final written warning. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/6/2021 Feature 67,000 DNA samples added to anti-crime database REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Almost 70,000 DNA samples have been uploaded to a national DNA database established five-and-a-half years ago to help solve crimes and identify culprits, new figures reveal. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 6/6/2021 News SA Police takes aim at mobility, safety in agency-wide smartphone rollout AUSTRALIA: South Australia Police is preparing to embark on its most ambitious mobility program to date, with plans to equip all 6500 front and back office staff with a smartphone for the first time. IT News (Australia) 6/6/2021 News Police Scotland sends 400 officers to G7 summit in Cornwall More than 400 officers and staff from Police Scotland are being deployed to help with security at this week's G7 summit in Cornwall. BBC 6/6/2021 News What lessons do police in Europe have for American cops? USA: The examples are devastating, sometimes deadly, and certainly familiar. Patrick Warren Sr. was killed by a police officer in Texas earlier this year, after his family phoned for psychiatric help. In Salt Lake City last fall, Linden Cameron, a teenager with autism, was shot multiple times by police responding to a 911 call from the boy's mom. The teen survived. CBS News 6/6/2021 News Perceptions of Custody: Similarities and Disparities Among Police, Judges, Social Psychologists, and Laypeople Objective: Custody is a legal state that requires police to Mirandize suspects and, in some jurisdictions, to record their interrogation. The present study compared the custody perceptions of police, judges, social psychologists, and laypeople. Hypotheses: We predicted that (a) high-custody vignettes would elicit less perceived freedom than low-custody vignettes; (b) police and judges would see these situations as less custodial relative to social psychologists and laypeople; (c) these differences would arise mostly in ambiguous vignettes; and (d) participants in general would perceive suspects as objectively having more freedom to leave than they subjectively feel they have. Method: Police officers (n = 223), trial judges (n = 219), social psychologists (n = 228), and laypeople (n = 205) read a vignette of a police-suspect encounter that presented high-, ambiguous, or low-levels of custody and indicated their perceptions of the suspect’s freedom to leave. Results: Participants perceived the most freedom in the low-custody vignettes, followed by ambiguous and high-custody vignettes, and all groups differed significantly from each other (ηp2 = .39). Police and judges overestimated how free they thought the suspect would feel compared to social psychologists and laypeople, who did not differ from each other (ηp2 = .085). Participants in general saw the suspect as objectively freer than they thought he felt, and themselves as feeling freer than they believed the suspect did (ηp2 = .35). Law and Human Behavior - Registration at source 6/6/2021 Research article «255625572558255925602561256225632564Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
