Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96999 total results. Showing results 51961 to 51980 «259525962597259825992600260126022603Next ›Last » The last thing women need is for misogyny to be made a crime As the mother of girls I have been weighing into the current arguments over public safety, sexism and harassment. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 18/3/2021 Feature, Opinion Examining the Impact of Uniform Manipulations on Perceptions of Police Officers Among Canadian University Students It is important to understand how uniforms influence public perceptions of the police. The current study utilized a randomized design in which undergraduate students at a Canadian university were exposed to a series of photographs of officers wearing different uniform configurations (i.e., special duty vs. traditional uniform, dark vs. light shirt, dishevelled vs. tidy uniform, and uniform trousers with and without a stripe). Participants rated each officer on numerous scales including: (1) the officer’s personal qualities (e.g., helpfulness), (2) abilities or behaviors that the officer is likely to display (e.g., excessive force), and (3) the behavioral intentions of the participant toward the observed officer (e.g., willing to confide sensitive information to them). When controlling for general perceptions of police legitimacy, results suggest that, compared to the control conditions (i.e., normal operational uniform), introducing the uniform manipulations significantly influenced ratings on items related to community relations, professionalism, and officer safety. The current study speaks to the complicated relationship between the police appearing approachable and professional to the public, while also considering possible officer safety concerns associated with their uniform. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 18/3/2021 Research article The Effect of A Death-in-Police-Custody Incident on Community Reliance on the Police Examine whether a death-in-police-custody incident affected community reliance on the police, as measured through citizen calls requesting police assistance for non-criminal caretaking matters. This study used Baltimore Police Department (BPD) incident-level call data (2014–2017) concerning non-criminal caretaking matters (N = 234,781). Counts of non-criminal caretaking calls were aggregated by week for each of 279 unique sections derived from census-tract and police district boundaries. This study devised a Negative Community–Police Relationship Index Score that operationalized the expected risk of a negative community–police relationship for each of the sections. In April 2015, a Baltimore resident, Freddie Gray, died while in BPD custody. A Poisson regression model assessed whether this high-profile death-in-police-custody incident adversely affected the volume of non-criminal caretaking calls to the police and whether that effect was strongest in sections at a high risk of a negative community–police relationship. A falsification test used pocket-dialed emergency calls to verify that any observed trends were not the result of overall telephone usage. Journal of Quantitative Criminology - Registration at source 18/3/2021 Research article Chief constable of West Mercia Police announces retirement The chief constable of West Mercia Police, Anthony Bangham, is to retire in September after a 30-year career in policing. Police Professional 18/3/2021 News Force criticised for buying gadgets instead of basic support ICT Purchases under £500,000 should be subject to greater scrutiny says oversight body. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/3/2021 News Officers ‘pleaded’ with vigil crowd to disperse says Met deputy Officers only moved in to issue FPN's after attempts to disperse crown at bandstand failed says Sir Stephen House. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/3/2021 News Policing Persons in Behavioral Crises: An Experimental Test of Bystander Perceptions of Procedural Justice Policing is in the midst of a legitimacy crisis. Procedural justice is a primary avenue for police reform, including when police officers interact with vulnerable populations. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the nuanced circumstances in which the public may endorse police interactions with persons in crisis as more or less procedurally just. We recruited a nationally representative sample of 569 Americans and a diverse sample of 809 undergraduates. Using factorial survey vignettes, we assessed bystander perceptions of procedural justice to encounters between officers and a person suffering a behavioral crisis, which varied in officer tactics, use of force, and the cause of crisis. Officers were perceived as more procedurally just when they employed tactics consistent with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training. Use of force reduced perceptions of procedural justice, but use of force by CIT officers was perceived as more procedurally just than conventional officers’ actions, regardless of use of force. Conventional treatment and use of force were considered less procedurally just when the person’s crisis was due to mental illness compared with substance use. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Registration at source 18/3/2021 Research article An Audit Experiment to Investigate the “War on Cops”: A Research Note This study examines whether former police officers are stigmatized in the labor market, particularly following social unrest from lethal police violence. We conduct an experimental audit study, both before and after heightened unrest from police violence. For service-related job openings, we compare the likelihood of getting an affirmative response from a prospective employer to a job application from a fictitious former police officer (the treatment condition) to the response to one of two control conditions: a former firefighter or a former code enforcement officer. We do not find evidence that former police officers are discriminated against in the labor market. This finding holds in periods characterized by relatively little social unrest due to police violence as well as periods of heightened protest activity. At least with respect to the labor market for certain service-related professions, former police officers do not appear tainted by any stigma associated with their prior profession. Journal of Experimental Criminology 18/3/2021 Research article Building Bridges Between Researchers and Police Practitioners in Small and Midsize Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States Although partnerships between researchers and police practitioners have increased over the last few decades in some of the largest police agencies in the United States, very few small agencies have engaged in a partnership with a researcher. Of the 18,000 local police agencies in the United States, small agencies with less than 25 sworn officers make up about three quarters of all police agencies. To support future collaborations between researchers and smaller police agencies, like those in Douglas County, Kansas, this article identifies challenges that researchers can address and explores how these relationships can benefit small police agencies across the United States. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice - Registration at source 18/3/2021 Research article Prison Reform Trust: efforts to tackle racism in prisons have ‘regressed’ Warning comes from leading expert on equality and diversity in the criminal justice system College of Policing 18/3/2021 Feature COVID-19 reinforces need for national reform of fire service The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the practical implications of outdated and inflexible working arrangements in the fire service, reinforcing the need for national reform, a new report has said. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 18/3/2021 News HMICFRS publishes annual assessment of England’s fire and rescue services Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services Sir Thomas Winsor has published his annual assessment of England’s fire and rescue services. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 18/3/2021 Report Recorded Crime in Scotland: February 2021 Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for February 2021. Scottish Government 18/3/2021 Report Unlimited fines for those who breach fire safety regulations Unlimited fines for those who breach fire safety regulations Home Office 18/3/2021 News Anthony Grainger death: Police forces ‘must learn from shooting’ Police forces must learn from the death of a man who was shot by an officer who was given out of date intelligence, the police watchdog has said. BBC 18/3/2021 News Police to record crimes motivated by sex or gender on ‘experimental basis’ The government has said it will "on an experimental basis" ask the police to record crimes of violence motivated by a person's sex or gender. BBC 18/3/2021 News Sarah Everard vigil: Met ‘cannot apologise’ for actions of officers A senior Met Police officer has said he cannot apologise for the force's actions at a vigil for Sarah Everard. BBC 18/3/2021 News 73% Of Women Support Controversial Plans To Put Plain Clothes Police In Bars And Pubs More than 70% of women back a new government plan to put undercover police in bars and pubs across the UK. Unilad 18/3/2021 News The organisational structure, social networks and criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs: Literature review AUSTRALIA: Outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) are often reported to be disproportionately involved in crime. [pdf] Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 18/3/2021 Research article Key skills in managing conflict and engaging in challenging conversations Managing conflict and challenging conversations is a key skill for all front-line officers, but police leaders also have to navigate difficult conversations with colleagues, commissioners and partners; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth talks to communication and conflict expert Nicole Posner about the challenges of managing conflict, and how to conduct challenging conversations with confidence. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 18/3/2021 Feature, Interview «259525962597259825992600260126022603Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
