Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104274 total results. Showing results 59001 to 59020 «294729482949295029512952295329542955Next ›Last » The Accuracy of Crime Statistics: Assessing the Impact of Police Data Bias on Geographic Crime Analysis Police-recorded crimes are used by police forces to document community differences in crime and design spatially targeted strategies. Nevertheless, crimes known to police are affected by selection biases driven by underreporting. This paper presents a simulation study to analyze if crime statistics aggregated at small spatial scales are affected by larger bias than maps produced for larger geographies. Based on parameters obtained from the UK Census, we simulate a synthetic population consistent with the characteristics of Manchester. Then, based on parameters derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, we simulate crimes suffered by individuals, and their likelihood to be known to police. This allows comparing the difference between all crimes and police-recorded incidents at different scales. Measures of dispersion of the relative difference between all crimes and police-recorded crimes are larger when incidents are aggregated to small geographies. The percentage of crimes unknown to police varies widely across small areas, underestimating crime in certain places while overestimating it in others. Micro-level crime analysis is affected by a larger risk of bias than crimes aggregated at larger scales. These results raise awareness about an important shortcoming of micro-level mapping, and further efforts are needed to improve crime estimates. Journal of Experimental Criminology 26/3/2021 Research article Policing Health Regulations in Democratic Societies: A Focus on Covid-19 Challenges and Opportunities in Australia Bayley stated just four short years ago that “… policing has become dramatically more complex in six ways: its tasks, public demands, strategies, technology, accountability and resources” (p. 164). The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly escalated these policing complexities creating a range of new responsibilities, tasks and strategies for police as well as raising new accountability questions. In this paper, we examine a number of new health regulations that are now commonplace for police to enforce including: restrictions on the number of people visiting private homes, maintaining physical distancing between people in public space, and mandated wearing of masks. We explore what these new tasks, public demands, and strategies mean for the future of policing in democratic societies. We conclude that the pandemic has created unprecedented access for police into the private lives of citizens creating what David H. Bayley would have seen as both as an opportunity and threat to civil society. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice - Registration at source 26/3/2021 Research article Are Women Opting Out? A Mixed Methods Study of Women Patrol Officers’ Promotional Aspirations Using national survey and interview data from women patrol officers in the United States, we assess whether women are underrepresented in the upper ranks of policing because they are self-selecting out of promotions. With only 42% of the survey sample reporting a desire to promote, we indeed find evidence that many policewomen are either delaying or forgoing promotions. The most common reason given for waiting to promote was the desire to gain more experience. Based on our findings, we offer recommendations for reducing gendered barriers to promotion and increasing gender diversity in the upper ranks of law enforcement. Feminist Criminology - Registration at source 26/3/2021 Research article An Assessment of How Rights Are Read and Exercised At A Police Station in Spain The European Union (EU) has recently reinforced its directives on the legal safeguards that should be guaranteed for individuals in police custody. This reform process has underlined the importance of detainees being informed of the exact reason for their detention and their procedural rights. This study explores the process by which police inform individuals of their rights in Spain now that implementation of the new European rules is mandatory. Our findings suggest that the police meet their obligation to read the detainee’s rights but fail to ensure that these rights are understood. In addition, it has been found that the different individuals involved, that is, detainees, police officers and lawyers, have different expectations about the process of detention, which, on occasions, severely complicates the observation of some procedural safeguards. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research - Registration at source 26/3/2021 Research article Going Beyond the Blue: the Utility of Emergency Medical Services Data in Understanding Violent Crime National victimization data suggest less than 50% of violent crime incidents are reported to the police. Official reports of crime to police, however, are often the only type of data used for the analysis of violence problems, the identification of geographic concentrations of violent crime, and the selection of targets for police and prevention resources. Yet, the question remains, are estimates of violent crime prevalence and location distorted from a unilateral reliance on police data? Here, we examine whether emergency medical service (EMS) data collected by the fire department are spatially concentrated in the same way as police data and whether these data can help identify instances of violence unreported to police in the city of Seattle between 2009 and 2011. We find high levels of concentration in both police and EMS data and evidence that new information is learned about the location of violence problems from utilizing multiple data sources. Overall, these findings contribute to a small but growing body of work that demonstrates the utility of nonconventional data in the identification of crime and harm concentrations of interest. Criminal Justice Review - Registration at source 26/3/2021 Research article Elections for Members of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) Seven CCF members will be elected by INTERPOL’s General Assembly during its 89th session (Istanbul, Turkey, 23-25 November 2021), and will take office on 11 March 2022. The present letter constitutes a call for candidates for election to these senior positions. INTERPOL 26/3/2021 News Loss of access to EU crime database concerning, say peers The loss of access to EU policing data has been branded concerning by peers, who fear new law enforcement arrangements put in place after Brexit are “complex” and “untested”. Police Professional 26/3/2021 News Reflecting on a year of challenge and change Twelve months, three lockdowns and over 131,000 police officers and staff now working with Microsoft Teams – courtesy of the National Enabling Programmes. National Enabling Programmes 26/3/2021 News Violence will not be tolerated as police chiefs prepare for any further protests All forces are reviewing their preparedness for protests and their readiness to provide mutual aid where required. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 26/3/2021 News Six new members to strengthen SPA Board The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) will be strengthened by the appointment of six new Board members who will take up their new roles on 1 April. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 26/3/2021 News £1.3 billion budget set for policing The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has today (24 March 2021) approved a 2021/2022 budget for policing in Scotland. Police Scotland 26/3/2021 News The Killing of Sarah Everard: Catalyst for Police Reform in the UK? The kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, as she walked home alone in her London neighborhood of Clapham Common on the evening of March 3, has aroused outrage in all quarters of the United Kingdom. The Crime Report 26/3/2021 News Cressida Dick: Trust in the Met Police ‘still too low’ The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, has admitted "there is much more to be done" to improve public trust in the force. BBC 26/3/2021 News Police retract claims that officers suffered broken bones at Bristol protest Avon and Somerset force said in press release officers had broken bones and one had a punctured lung. The Guardian 26/3/2021 News Schools ‘must involve police’ in rape claims Serious claims of sexual violence and harassment in schools must be reported to the police, England's children's commissioner Rachel de Souza has said. BBC 26/3/2021 News The police need to be legally stopping people; that’s not happening anymore Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Chicago PD officer L Garcia urges politicians, management and the media to support police in doing what they need to do – target the criminals, keep communities safe, be accountable for their mistakes, and reduce violence across the city. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 26/3/2021 Feature, Opinion Brexit: UK lost ‘significant’ access to EU policing data under deal, report warns Britain has lost "significant" access to EU policing data under the Brexit deal negotiated at the end of last year, a House of Lords report has said. BBC 26/3/2021 News Schools ‘must involve police’ in rape claims Serious claims of sexual violence and harassment in schools must be reported to the police, England's children's commissioner Rachel de Souza has said. BBC 26/3/2021 News Caught by the buzz: Scottish police to keep beehives Bird boxes and beehives are to be installed outside police stations as part of a £250 million drive to make the force more environmentally friendly. The Times - Subscription at source 26/3/2021 News Catherine Murphy: Stephen Martin’s role in Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey’s arrests should be ‘red flag’ for Policing Authority job The role that Stephen Martin played in the decision to investigate two journalists for reporting on confidential information should have been a “red flag” when he was considered for a role on the Policing Authority, the co-leader of the Social Democrats has said. The Times - Subscription at source 26/3/2021 News «294729482949295029512952295329542955Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
