Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103185 total results. Showing results 66261 to 66280 «331033113312331333143315331633173318Next ›Last » French police dump handcuffs in protest to rebuff critics Angry police across France have thrown their handcuffs on the ground as they feel "insulted" by claims that they tolerate brutality and racism. BBC 12/6/2020 News Knee Deep – Chicago police union boss warns cops will be kicked out for kneeling with George Floyd protesters THE union boss of Chicago’s police officers has warned any cops who kneel alongside protesters will be kicked out. The Sun 12/6/2020 News Family of black man who died in police custody in Devon call for answers Simeon Francis was found unresponsive in custody suite of Torquay police station The Guardian 12/6/2020 News Women Police Leaders in Europe: A Tale of Prejudice and Patronage This article provides rich and unique insights into the experiences of women police leaders across seven European regions. Drawing on interview data, it presents accounts of women’s experiences in policing and identifies informal and formal barriers to their advancement in European police organizations. Women police leaders report high levels of gender discrimination, obstruction and prejudice over the course of their careers. We argue that there are a number of subjective and informal criteria of ‘acceptability’ that shape women’s experiences of promotion and that informal patronage is a strong basis from which strategic appointments are made within European police systems. The article makes sense of the ways in which informal aspects of career progression function alongside formal promotion criteria to preserve men as the ‘ideal’ candidates for police leadership positions, resulting in a preference for other men and the exclusion of women. The relevance of these findings is key to informing the future selection and development of police leaders in an increasingly complex police landscape. European Journal of Criminology - Registration at source 12/6/2020 Research article The Homicide Drop in England and Wales 2004–2014 After decades of rising homicide rates in the late 20th century, much of the Western world witnessed a decline in homicide from the early-mid-1990s. In England and Wales, homicide rates defied this trend and continued to rise for a further decade, peaking in 2004 before declining year on year until 2014. The late onset of the decline in England and Wales presents a quandary for dominant explanations of the broader decline, and has yet to be theorised. This article presents a disaggregated analysis of the homicide drop in England and Wales, identifying subtypes of homicide that appear to have driven the decline. The findings indicate changes in lifestyle, routine activities and social/criminal justice policy as the main drivers of the homicide drop, and contribute to international theory on homicide trends. Criminology and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 12/6/2020 Research article Assessing the Capability of A Co-Responding Police-Mental Health Program to Connect Emotionally Disturbed People With Community Resources and Decrease Police Use-of-Force The objective of the study is to assess the capability of a mobile crisis intervention team (MCIT) to connect emotionally disturbed people (EDP) with community resources and decrease police use-of-force. In order to have equivalent groups, interventions managed by the MCIT were matched to incidents handled by traditional police officers with similar propensity scores. Average treatment effects (ATEs) were computed to assess the impact of the MCIT. The MCIT was associated with decreases in police use-of-force (ATE = − 0.08; p ≤ 0.01), EDP transported to the hospital against their will (ATE = − 0.06; p ≤ 0.10), and EDP transported to the hospital in general (ATE = − 0.42; p ≤ 0.01). EDP were more likely to be referred to community resources (ATE = 0.19; p ≤ 0.01) or managed by their social network (ATE = 0.22; p ≤ 0.01) when the MCIT was involved in the intervention. The MCIT was effective in connecting EDP with community resources, avoiding unnecessary transports to the hospital, and reducing police use-of-force. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Registration at source 12/6/2020 Research article Race and Police Killings: Examining the Links Between Racial Threat and Police Shootings of Black Americans This study empirically examines recent race-specific police shootings and offers a theoretical test of racial threat arguments. Our analysis includes all aspects of threat – economic, political, and racial composition – when examining state-level counts of police shootings of Black citizens spanning 2014–2016. For comparison, police shootings of Whites were also analyzed. Significant findings for racial composition are reported across both races, while political predictors are significant in the Black-specific model when controlling for other structural features. Our results also highlight the need to disaggregate police shootings by race. With partial support for racial threat arguments, we offer directions for future research. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 12/6/2020 Research article Cooperative Actors in Domestic Abuse and Their Association With Prosecution: Implications For the Criminal Justice System Suggestions to increase prosecution rates in domestic abuse cases often focus on improving victim cooperation and evidence gathering. This study explores the impact of persons involved in abuse investigations by modelling five variables (victim cooperation; witness cooperation; presence of children; suspect admission; and presence of physical evidence) across 540 cases of domestic abuse. The presence of physical evidence, as well as victim and witness cooperation, all increased the likelihood of a charge against the suspect. However, suspect confession often resulted in a police caution, meaning no successful charge. The implications of these findings to improve investigation and prosecution are discussed. Police Journal - Registration at source 12/6/2020 Research article Nine years behind bars for woman who sent abuse pictures to her lover A married woman who sexually abused a child and sent the images of it to her lover has been jailed for nine years, after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. National Crime Agency (NCA) 12/6/2020 News Low Self-Control and Legal Cynicism Among At-Risk Youth: An Investigation Into Direct and Vicarious Police Contact This study explores the nexus between low self-control and legal cynicism among a recent sample of at-risk youth while accounting for various features of direct and vicarious police stops. Analyses are based on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which employs a national sample of urban-born, at-risk youth. A uniquely potent association between low self-control and legal cynicism emerged across samples with and without exposure to vicarious or direct police stops. Furthermore, among youth exposed to police stops, the link between low self-control and legal cynicism was largely robust to perceptions/features of these stops, including the degree of officer intrusiveness, arrest, perceptions of procedural justice, and youth feelings of social stigma following the stop. Programmatic efforts that both enhance the early development of self-control through mindfulness and curriculum-based interventions (e.g., Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies) and facilitate trauma-informed policing may be beneficial in curtailing the development of legal cynicism. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency - Registration at source 12/6/2020 Research article Violent protesters could fast-tracked to jail within 24 hours Violent protesters could be jailed within 24 hours under new fast-track court plans in response to Black Lives Matter (BLM) and far-right demonstrations expected this weekend. Police Professional 12/6/2020 News Oppression, repression, violence: How protests become riots Why do some peaceful protests stay peaceful while others devolve into violence, rioting and/or looting? Some experts say it's a toxic cocktail of historic oppression turbocharged by acute police repression. The uncomfortable truth is that riots aren't random outliers of human behavior; they're a direct result of historical injustice —and sometimes, they're the only things that truly change history. NBC 12/6/2020 Analysis, Feature OPC monitoring use of force and disproportionality issues across London Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) Regional Director Sal Naseem today confirmed the IOPC was looking at several incidents around police use of force and disproportionality across London following increasing community concerns. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 12/6/2020 News Boy, 13, among four charged with assaulting two MPS officers Four people, including a 13-year-old boy, have been charged with the assault of two officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in Hackney, East London on Wednesday Police Professional 12/6/2020 News Surrender scheme for illegal weapons to be launched The government will launch a surrender scheme for certain firearms and weapons after legislation has been put to parliament making them unlawful to own. Home Office 12/6/2020 News UK courts prepare fast-track prosecutions for Black Lives Matter protests British courts are preparing to fast-track prosecutions for the Black Lives Matter protests, as justice secretary Robert Buckland has told magistrates to model the process along the lines of the response to rioting in London in 2011, The Times newspaper reported. Reuters 12/6/2020 News Work to start on new UK Police Memorial at National Memorial Arboretum Construction work has started on the new £4.5 million UK Police Memorial to be built at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Express & Star 12/6/2020 News Police Scotland to stop recording people’s HIV status in intelligence database Police Scotland will no longer record people with HIV as “contagious” in its intelligence database after a charity raised concerns. Evening Express (Aberdeen) 12/6/2020 News Trump vows executive order on police use-of-force standards US president Donald Trump has said he would pursue an executive order to encourage police departments to meet “current professional standards for the use of force”, in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Evening Express (Aberdeen) 12/6/2020 News UK police officers’ memorial construction gets under way Work has started on a memorial to thousands of UK police officers and staff who lost their lives on duty. BBC 12/6/2020 News «331033113312331333143315331633173318Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
