Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 61381 to 61400 «306630673068306930703071307230733074Next ›Last » Former GMP PCSO to appear in court over alleged computer misuse A former Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Community Support Officer (PCSO) will appear in court charged with data protection and computer misuse offences following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 25/11/2020 News The UK is leaving the European Arrest Warrant – and extraditing criminals could be more difficult as a result When the UK leaves the EU at the end of this year – with or without a deal – it will also withdraw from the European Arrest Warrant; Dr Amanda Kramer of Queen’s University Belfast, and Dr Rachael Dickson of the University of Birmingham, argue that whatever takes its place is likely to be less effective or efficient. Policing Insight 25/11/2020 Feature, Opinion Pay freeze is ‘nothing short of a disgrace’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s expected implementation of a pay freeze for all but the lowest paid public sectors has been described by PFEW’s National Chair as a ‘kick in the teeth for police officers.’ Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 25/11/2020 News Concern from North Wales Police Federation over public sector pay announcement Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review has been met with concern from the North Wales Police Federation after it was confirmed pay rises are to be "paused." The Leader 25/11/2020 News Dominance Analysis of Police Legitimacy’s Regressors: Disentangling the Effects of Procedural Justice, Effectiveness, and Corruption This article examines the relative influence of procedural justice, effectiveness, and corruption in shaping police legitimacy across 26 European countries. The emerging statistical technique of dominance analysis overcomes multicollinearity issues, common in legitimacy models, and ranks by salience a dozen individual-level and country-level antecedents of police legitimacy. Most notably, the two indicators of corruption and a classic measure of procedural justice explained nearly equal portions of the variance of legitimacy across a sub-set of Europe’s most stable and prosperous democracies. A greater role for effectiveness among the transitioning states in Europe offers support for similar findings in the Global South. Europe-wide, procedural justice, police effectiveness, and corruption were three pillars contributing most of legitimacy’s explained variance. The findings suggest police chiefs in developed and transitioning countries must find paths that promote procedural justice while also pursuing innovation to address the public’s strong concerns for police effectiveness and police corruption. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article The Impact of Context on Real-Life Serious Crime Interviews This study examined real-life audio-taped police interviews with 56 serious crime suspects in English and Wales. It provides an analysis of how suspects responded and behaved during the interviews and considers how suspects’ responses may be affected by contextual characteristics including the presence of legal advisors. It was found that fewer suspects admitted these serious offences in comparison to previous studies, with most suspects who did admit doing so early on in the interview. The majority of suspects’ responses were identified as ‘relevant’, only a very small proportion of interviews were assessed as ‘challenging’. Significant associations between suspects’ responses and context were found. Specifically, if the (alleged) victim was female, the location of the offence was in-doors, and there was no clear motive; then, suspects were more likely to say ‘no comment’ than to respond relevantly. Suspects who were 32 years of age or over, and had previous criminal convictions, were more likely to respond ‘relevantly’ than say ‘no comment’. The study also found that whilst present in the majority of interviews, the contributions of legal advisors were minimal (though more frequent legal advisor contributions were associated with the increased use of police strategies). Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Post-Traumatic Effects in Policing: Exploring Disclosure, Coping and Social Support This study explored the relationships between traumatic events experienced at work and police officer distress disclosure, enacted coping, including social support seeking, and impairment. A total of 266 web surveys were completed by sworn officers from a large municipal police force in Canada with 76 reporting having experienced at least one traumatic event at work in the year prior to the survey. The most significant finding was the relationship between officers feeling comfortable disclosing distressing personal information and seeking social support from others, although social support did not relate to their impairment. Reported attempts to cope on their own (self-coping) and to avoid the issue (avoidant coping) were positively related to impairment suggesting that these forms of coping are less effective for police officer work-related trauma. Implications for future research and practice for coping and social support in police occupations are discussed. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Coronavirus: Domestic abuse offences increased during pandemic The number of domestic abuse offences recorded by police in England and Wales has increased during the pandemic. BBC 25/11/2020 News Effects of Officer Perception of Race and Racial Tensions on Support For Body-Worn-Cameras While the U.S. criminal justice system has a long history of racial injustice, the use of body-worn-cameras (BWCs) has changed the discourse on racial bias and police accountability. To date, the growing research on BWCs has yet to address the racial tensions that underly contentious interactions between police and citizenry. Using survey and interview data this research evaluates: (1) whether officer race influences perceptions of race/racism and support for BWCs; (2) whether officer perceptions of race/racism influence support for BWCs; (3) how officers perceive racial conflict within their communities; and (4) how these perceptions shape their views of the efficacy of BWCs as a means to reduce racial conflict. By tackling these important questions, this research provides the necessary context to enrich our exploration of the implications of BWCs within the broader discourse and research on race relations in policing. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Police Implementation of the Partial Sex Purchase Ban in England and Wales A main point of contention in the policy areas of prostitution and sex trafficking is whether the purchase of sex should be criminalised, whether fully (in all circumstances) or partly (only under specific circumstances). Particularly, Europe has seen several countries either fully criminalise buying sex or insofar as the person in prostitution is subject to exploitation or coercion. An example of the latter, since 2010, it is an offence in England and Wales (UK) to buy sex with a person in prostitution who has been coerced or exploited by a third party. While the offence was heavily debated before it was adopted, there has been little empirical research on its implementation, particularly by police who are on the front line of implementation. While police statistics on the offence are of questionable reliability, indications are that there has been little application of the offence. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 25/11/2020 Research article Memory of People From Missing Person Posters: the Number of Posters Seen, the Number of Times They Are Seen, and the Passage of Time Matter Missing person posters ask the public to monitor their environment for missing people and alert the authorities if they are encountered. Here, a single laboratory-based study examined whether the number of missing person posters someone sees, the number of times the posters are seen, and the time delay between seeing the posters and later encountering the missing people from them all influence the likelihood of the missing people being recognised and authorities alerted. To examine this, participants saw four or 12 missing person posters once, three, or five times and were asked to alert the researchers if any missing people later appeared in the study. Shortly after, or after a minimum of a 24-hr delay, the participants had to sort pictures of 40 people by gender. Four of these 40 people had appeared on the missing person posters. Participants were more likely to recognise the missing people and alert the researchers of this when they had seen four posters three or five times and when the missing people were encountered shortly after seeing the posters. When the posters were seen once, however, the number of posters seen did not impact performance. The applied implications of these findings are discussed. Psychology Crime and Law - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Single Online Home could accept video evidence by next year Hampshire Chief says that footage to back up digital crime reports is part of next phase of national platform Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 News Officer suicides exceed deaths on duty according to latest ONS figures 169 officers in England and Wales have comitted sucide between 2011 and 2019, according to ONS figures The Federation says mental wellbeing should now be taken as seriously as physical safety. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 News ‘Multiple arrests’ following surge in suspected arson attacks Durham Constabulary has launched a public appeal following a surge in arson attacks across the east coast of the county. Police Professional 25/11/2020 News APCC chair committed to ‘getting a good deal for policing’ from Spending Review The chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) has reaffirmed his commitment to “getting a good deal for policing” ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review, due to be revealed later today (November 25). Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 25/11/2020 News Huge rise in Islamist and far-right propaganda during lockdown Experts have seen a huge increase in Islamist and far-right propaganda on social media as extremists try to exploit a captive audience during lockdown. Police Professional 25/11/2020 News Supporting effective investigations: Help shape our new guidelines Drawing on the knowledge and experience of police officers and staff from the front line College of Policing 25/11/2020 Feature APCC Chair, Paddy Tipping. Spending Review APCC Chair, Paddy Tipping, discusses the forthcoming Spending Review and what it means for policing. "This will chart out the money that's going to be available to the police going forward, even if just for twelve months. We've got to make the case for sufficient police officers, that numbers continue to grow, because we want to bring crime down. Because in these exceptional times we need to keep our people safe in their communities. Which needs the right finance to make that happen" [video]. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 25/11/2020 News Tackling terror: FKD, white supremacism and the rise of the far-right Far-right terrorism is presenting a clear and present danger to UK neighbourhood safety and national security, warns Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth – a danger which for too long has been regarded as a lesser priority than other terrorist threats. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 Feature, Opinion Police and CPS investigating webinars held by hunting’s governing body Fox hunting is in the spotlight as the organisation that runs hunting in this country faces a police investigation. ITV News 25/11/2020 News «306630673068306930703071307230733074Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
