Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98504 total results. Showing results 53861 to 53880 «269026912692269326942695269626972698Next ›Last » Police urge schoolgirls to report assaults, even if they decide against charges AUSTRALIA: Police want schools to encourage student sexual assault victims to come forward, even if they decide against pursuing criminal charges, saying details about their experience could provide valuable intelligence. Brisbane Times (Australia) 5/3/2021 News Morale among Winnipeg police plummets in wake of constable’s death, officers say CANADA: The recent death of a police officer has pushed morale in the Winnipeg Police Service to what some officers describe as the worst they've ever seen, and they blame the service's chief for allowing it to happen. Numerous members of the service who spoke to CBC say the officer took his own life, in part, because he was profoundly shaken by the pressure and criticism brought on by the social movements to reform and defund police services. CBC News (Canada) 5/3/2021 News New York police watchdog official defends officers’ right to flirt with members of public USA: An official of a New York police watchdog defended the right of officers to flirt with members of the public while on duty, explaining that many of the policemen would lose the opportunity to have a romantic partner. The Independent 5/3/2021 News Pandemic sees public nuisance complaints double in Scotland Police Scotland recorded large increases in incidents of public nuisance, neighbour disputes and noise complaints during the coronavirus pandemic, newly-published figures have revealed. Police Professional 5/3/2021 News Fear of multiple casualties as South Wales Police deals with ‘serious’ incident South Wales Police is dealing with a serious incident involving a number of casualties in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Police Professional 5/3/2021 News New DCC for South Wales makes move from Northumbria A Northumbria ACC is moving to South Wales to become the forces new Deputy Chief Constable. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/3/2021 News NI chief warns job cuts and mutual aid coming without more funding Northern Ireland's police service has no more options for saving money and jobs will be cut next Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/3/2021 News IOPC passes file to CPS over Met taser incident A file of evidence has been passed to the Crown Prosection Service (CPS) to consider charges of Grevious Bodily Harm against a Metropolitan Police officer after a man was tasered in North London. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/3/2021 News Police investigate major incident in Wales with ‘number of casualties’ Officers and paramedics attend scene in village of Ynyswen, Rhondda Cynon Taf The Guardian 5/3/2021 News Combating community disorder: The inseparability of the police and the public Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Dr Michael Jenkins, Associate Professor at the University of Scranton, argues that a return to policing’s traditional roots will curb disorder and, in turn, build stronger, healthier police-public relations with a shared vision for communities. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 5/3/2021 Feature, Opinion Investigating Crime Pattern Stability At Micro-Temporal Intervals: Implications For Crime Analysis and Hotspot Policing Strategies Studies of crime hotspot forecasts use various metrics to describe different characteristics of prediction patterns. However, few investigations consider how the stability of crime hotspot, estimated at relatively short temporal intervals, can impact hotspot policing efforts. In response, using address-level incident location data that were collected from six law enforcement agencies in the United States, the current study examines the daily stability of crime hotspots that were estimated over a 1-year period. Results suggest that micro-temporal stability patterns in crime hotspot forecasts are dependent on crime type, jurisdiction, and the interaction between these two factors. Implications for crime analysis and future research are discussed. Criminal Justice Review - Registration at source 5/3/2021 Research article Predicting Police Officer Reported Compliance and Willingness to Cooperate With Internal Affairs Units: Application of the Relational Model of Authority Internal accountability mechanisms, such as internal affair units, are an important aspect of misconduct and corruption prevention. Key to internal mechanisms is the fostering of compliant behaviour. Drawing on the Relational Model of Authority, this research investigated whether police officer perceptions of procedural justice and legitimacy, relevant to an internal affairs unit, influenced reported compliance and willingness to cooperate with the unit. An online survey was completed by 1195 police officers. Structural equation modelling revealed an indirect effect of perceived procedural justice on reported willingness to cooperate with the internal affairs unit via the subscales of legitimacy; perceived obligation to obey and perceived trust. The findings of this research provide important insight into theoretical understandings of compliance with authority in a policing context and will be of value to agencies seeking to improve compliance and cooperation with internal affair units. Policing and Society - Registration at source 5/3/2021 Research article Changes and Continuities in Police Responses to Domestic Abuse in England and Wales During the Covid-19 ‘lockdown’ Covid-19 and the associated public health response directing people to stay at home and/or shelter in place generated acute awareness of, and concerns about, the likely impact on violence(s) against women across the globe. Initial reports from support services suggested that such violence increased, and that its impact was more complex. Early evidence of increased demands in relation to domestic abuse on policing was however less clear. This paper, based on findings from a larger project, offers an analysis of the initial responses to domestic abuse by the police and the courts in England and Wales during the initial pandemic lockdown of 2020. These findings are situated within wider debates concerned with the nature and impact of the current organisational structure of policing and suggests that whilst police forces responded both quickly and innovatively in order to maintain a focus on domestic abuse, their capacity to continue in this vein will be limited in the absence of wider structural and organisational change. Policing and Society 5/3/2021 Research article Lying About Sexual Assault: A Qualitative Study of Detective Perspectives on False Reporting Sexual assault is a highly underreported crime, with only about one-third of victims reporting to the police. There are several reasons why victims are reluctant to report to the police, including fear of not being believed. While research estimates that only 2–8% of sexual assault reports/allegations are false, police officers have been shown to believe that false reporting occurs more frequently than it actually does, which can influence how the case progresses through the legal system. However, little research has explored how detectives come to determine that a report is ‘false’ through individual and structural influences, and how they respond to the constructed lying victim following this determination. The present study uses participant observation and qualitative interviews with detectives in a U.S. suburban police department to examine the institutional frames used when detectives construct sexual assault victims and determine if a case is false. The data indicate that determining if a victim is giving a false report is a complicated process that appears to be influenced by the institutional frames of the department and the individual-level attitudes of the detective including adherence to rape myths. We make recommendations for policing practices to increase the strength of investigations via victim cooperation and provide ideas for further research to build on this study. Policing and Society 5/3/2021 Research article “Badge of Honor”: Honor Ideology, Police Legitimacy, and Perceptions of Police Violence Research indicates that police legitimacy is a function of how well police officers subscribe to community values, norms, and beliefs. Because such perceptions are likely to be culturally derived, the influence of culture on shaping community expectations for and responses to police brutality and violence should be examined. One specific cultural framework worthy of examination is honor ideology, as it values instrumental violence and aggression in defense of reputation, as well as the perceptions of the same, in a way that is relevant to the study of police violence. Study 1 utilizes publicly available data to examine if there is a relationship between the presence of a culture of honor and rates of police shooting within the USA. Results indicate that, as with other forms of aggression, honor does predict and uniquely explain police violence. Having established a relationship to exist between honor and police use of violence in Study 1, Study 2 experimentally examined this relationship as a function of individual perceptions of the legitimacy of police violence. Through a moderated-mediation approach, Study 2’s results indicate that honor endorsers perceive police officers as reflecting their personal values, believe it is their duty to reflect such values, and approve of police violence as a means of reputation management. The implications of these findings for the fields of both honor and police research are discussed. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 5/3/2021 Research article Funding gap could result in 300 fewer officers, PSNI chief warns Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Simon Byrne has expressed concern about a £23 million funding gap and “real financial pressures” on the force, which could result in 300 fewer police officers. Police Professional 5/3/2021 News £3m pilot to reduce reoffending by young adults Young adults supervised by the probation service will receive specialist drug and mental health support at a new £3 million centre to reduce reoffending. Police Professional 5/3/2021 News CPS to consider charges against MPS officer after Tasered man left paralysed The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been asked to consider charges against a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer relating to the use of a Taser during an incident in North London last year. Police Professional 5/3/2021 News International Approaches to Drug Law Reform This paper reviews the international evidence on approaches to drug law reform, focussing on 7 case studies from 5 jurisdictions Scottish Government 5/3/2021 Report Preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation Drive to raise awareness of online dangers. Scottish Government 5/3/2021 News «269026912692269326942695269626972698Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
