Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97986 total results. Showing results 61381 to 61400 «306630673068306930703071307230733074Next ›Last » Court throws out law barring self induced intoxication as defence to violence CANADA: TORONTO — A law that bans an accused from using intoxication as a defence in cases of sexual assault and other violent crimes tramples charter rights and is unconstitutional, Ontario’s top court ruled Wednesday. Blue Line (Canada) 4/6/2020 News Use of force: Why scrutiny matters following the death of George Floyd The death of George Floyd in the United States, following restraint by police officers, has cast a global spotlight on police use of force. Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson sets out how he and his OPCC team oversee and scrutinise the work of West Midlands Police, thus seeking to retain confidence in policing amongst all local communities. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 4/6/2020 Feature, Opinion New York police take seconds to restore reputation for brutality Driving vehicles into protesters demanding justice for George Floyd earned the backing of the mayor, but of few others. The Guardian 4/6/2020 News Calls for roads policing to be made a national priority Boosting the number of roads policing officers must become a priority of the uplift as successive years of cutbacks have stalled the long-term decline in road deaths, a new report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) has warned. Police Professional 4/6/2020 News Hunting a fugitive in a pandemic In January 2020, Brazilian Federal Police officers arrived at the home of Gonzalo Sanchez in the coastal municipality of Angra dos Reis to find the former Argentine Navy officer had once again disappeared. INTERPOL 4/6/2020 News Deputy named as preferred choice to be new Sussex Police Chief Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, has chosen Jo Shiner as her preferred candidate to be the new Sussex Chief Constable. Emergency Services Times 4/6/2020 News Recorded Crime in Scotland: April 2020 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today released Recorded Crime in Scotland: April 2020. This bulletin is the first edition of a new monthly release of Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland. It provides information on the number of crimes and offences recorded during April 2020, and includes a comparison with the equivalent month of the previous year. Scottish Government 4/6/2020 News Recorded Crime in Scotland: April 2020 This bulletin is the first edition of a new monthly release of Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland. It provides information on the number of crimes and offences recorded during April 2020 Scottish Government 4/6/2020 Report Madeleine McCann: Police plea for help as German suspect revealed Police are appealing for the public's help in solving the Madeleine McCann case, after they announced a child sex offender was the new suspect. BBC 4/6/2020 News Police fear surge of ‘paedophile hunter’ stings as coronavirus lockdown lifts Police believe “paedophile hunters” are sitting on evidence of child sexual abuse during the Covid-19 lockdown and fear a surge in vigilante action as measures are lifted. The Courier (Scotland) 4/6/2020 News Tragic Sheku Bayoh’s partner draws harrowing parallels with police killing of George Floyd The partner of Sheku Bayoh insists his death in police custody in Scotland draws harrowing parallels with the killing of George Floyd. Daily Record 4/6/2020 News How to fix American policing The country’s forces kill too many of those they serve. Here is how to change that The Economist 4/6/2020 Analysis, Feature How US police used military tactics to turn peaceful protests violent What would have happened had police taken a calmer approach at the beginning of the protests? Well, look at what happened in Baltimore Wired 4/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Tick-box exercise: Is police custody overused? Transform Justice's latest report reveals 99% of detentions are authorised by the custody sergeant. Director of Transform Justice Penelope Gibbs says the statistics suggest too many detentions are the result of a 'tick-box exercise' and it is time for a conversation about how custody decisions are made and scrutinised. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 4/6/2020 Analysis, Feature UK Police to decide on neutral venues Police will look at the final proposed Premier League fixture list before recommending whether any games in London should be moved to neutral venues. Sport 24 4/6/2020 News Professionals’ Views on How to Conduct Investigative Interviews With Adults With Limited Expressive Language Adults with communication impairment are vulnerable to abuse and are over-represented as victims in the criminal justice system. Investigative interviewers rely largely on verbal accounts to establish whether a criminal offence occurred, and therefore the way these accounts are elicited is paramount. To date, little research has evaluated whether current interviewing protocols are appropriate for eliciting accurate and detailed information from adults with communication impairment. The present study explored this issue through qualitative interviews with professionals from various disciplines. Specifically, professionals (N = 22) who had extensive experience in interviewing, disability advocacy, and cognitive and communication impairment reflected on current recommended practice and how it could potentially improve. The results indicated widespread support for the current (open questioning) approach, although the professionals perceived that additional verbal and visual scaffolding could potentially enhance the amount of detail obtained without compromising accuracy. Suggestions for interview protocol modifications and future research are discussed. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 4/6/2020 Research article The Scottish Police Caution: Do Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities Understand A Verbally Presented Police Caution, and Can Comprehension Be Improved? This study considers comprehension of the Scottish police caution amongst people with an intellectual disability (n = 30). It applies techniques to the caution that are suggested to increase its ‘listenability’, to examine whether this could be a successful method of improving understanding. These techniques include providing instructions, further explanations and listing information. Half of the participants were assessed using the original version and half the modified version. Participants were assessed using an abbreviated IQ assessment, a measure of working memory and measure of state anxiety to consider potential predictors of performance. The modified version did not improve performance, with no participants judged to have adequate understanding in either version. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 4/6/2020 Research article High street banks guilty of ‘serious organised crime’ against customers, says police commissioner 'Banks and others have systematically forged signatures, fabricated evidence and made false statements in court cases against customers,' says commissioner; it is a 'national scandal and embarrassment' that criminal investigation has not been opened The Independent 4/6/2020 News How Do Close-Circuit Television Cameras Impact Crimes and Clearances? An Evaluation of the Milwaukee Police Department’s Public Surveillance System This study uses quasi-experimental analyses to estimate the effectiveness of police-operated CCTV cameras in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most studies have focused on how cameras can deter crime. But, like many other agencies, the Milwaukee Police Department strategically deployed their cameras in high-crime, high-traffic intersections to aid criminal investigations. Thus, this study examines the impact of CCTV cameras on crimes and crime clearances. We also examine the differential impacts of CCTV in three treatment groups: all intersections that received a new camera, intersections where new cameras were installed alongside existing cameras, and intersections where only new cameras were installed. We used propensity score matching to create comparison groups of camera-free intersections, then employed difference-in-differences estimation with negative binomial and Poisson panel regression models to determine whether CCTV cameras have an impact on various categories of crimes and clearances. Despite overall crime declines in Milwaukee during the study period, we found that treatment intersections experienced more crimes post-intervention than comparison areas, likely because camera operators were using them to detect incidents that would have otherwise gone unreported. We also found limited evidence that CCTV cameras improve clearances. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 4/6/2020 Research article A Critical Reflection on the Use and Effectiveness of DVPNs and DVPOs Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs) and Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) are short-term police-initiated protection mechanisms, aimed at providing victims with time to plan longer-term strategies to escape abusive relationships. Despite being available in England and Wales since 2014, there is relatively little research regarding their use and effectiveness. This article fills this knowledge gap by providing an empirically based ‘snapshot’ of their use by London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and considers whether they can be deemed successful in their intended outcomes. It does so against the national and international legal context in which the orders were created and the practices and policies used to deploy them (including: management of risk, protection of human rights and combating violence and abuse against women). It also considers the implications of their replacement with Domestic Abuse Protection Notices (DAPNs) and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs), as foreseen by the new Domestic Abuse Bill. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 4/6/2020 Research article «306630673068306930703071307230733074Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
