Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 71681 to 71700 «358135823583358435853586358735883589Next ›Last » Forensic Science and the Myth of Adversarial Testing This article explains why the adversarial trial has not been an effective mechanism for regulating the admission and use of many forms of forensic science evidence. Drawing upon mainstream scientific perspectives, and using an historical study of reported decisions involving latent fingerprint evidence, it documents how lawyers and judges never required forensic scientists to formally evaluate their procedures or express opinions in ways that are scientifically defensible. For more than a century, every challenge to latent fingerprint evidence focused on legal and procedural issues, or the significance of fingerprints for the case. Questions about validity and scientific reliability (eg, Can you do it? How accurate are you?) were not asked until 2015. The study shows that legal approaches and practices were, and are, insensitive to mainstream scientific perspectives on latent fingerprint evidence. It demonstrates that our practices around the admission and presentation of fingerprint evidence (and implicitly many other types of forensic science and medicine) are fundamentally misconceived, that our lawyers and judges genuinely struggle with technical evidence and that our legal institutions have developed rules and commitments that prevent them from receiving the benefits of mainstream scientific research and advice. Current Issues in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 1/12/2019 Research article Neither Dupes, Nor Pipers: Violent Crime, Public Sentiment and the Political Origins of Mass Incarceration in the United States One of the most contentious questions in contemporary penology is why the use of imprisonment started rising rapidly in the United States in the early 1970s. The two dominant perspectives on the subject focus on crime’s public salience and how it relates to violent crime and political elites, respectively. The first perspective holds that incumbent political elites promoted tougher criminal justice policies in the name of a public concern about violent crime that they previously aroused themselves, in order ultimately to serve narrow interests. The second perspective argues instead that politicians in office toughened criminal justice policies in response to a legitimate public disquiet about violent crime. Based on an unprecedented comparison of trends in violent crime and public opinion over the period 1960–1980, this article suggests that both perspectives misread how the politics of crime and criminal justice unfolded around the time mass incarceration was taking off. Research on the subject should henceforth shift its focus onto perspectives that do not treat majority public opinion as a key element in criminal justice policy-making. Current Issues in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 1/12/2019 Research article More than 500 terrorists have been set free in the UK since September 11 attacks Counter terror police have complained about a lack of support from the justice system after it emerged that the Fishmongers’ Hall attacker was a convicted extremist who had been let out of prison early. The Sunday Telegraph - Subscription at source 1/12/2019 Analysis, Feature Police chief constable to demand new government tackles car crime West Midlands Police's top officer aims to put pressure on new government to force car security improvements Halesowen News 1/12/2019 News London Bridge attack sparks terrorists’ jail release review An urgent review of the licence conditions of terrorists freed from prison has been launched by the Ministry of Justice following Friday's London Bridge attack. BBC 1/12/2019 News London Bridge attack: academics and criminals sat calmly, then the terror began In the ornate surroundings of Fishmongers’ Hall in the heart of the City, a conference on rehabilitation was in full swing when the screams of the first victims rang out. Tony Allen-Mills and Sian Griffiths report The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 1/12/2019 Analysis, Feature London Bridge attack: I told ministers we were treating terrorist prisoners with jaw-dropping naivety. Did they listen? Iknow a bit about the threat management of violent extremists. In 2015 Michael Gove, who was then justice secretary, asked me to conduct an independent review of Islamist extremism in the prisons and probation system in England and Wales. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 1/12/2019 Analysis, Feature London Bridge attack: Boris Johnson vows to lock terrorists up and throw away the key Corbyn accuses Tories over killer’s release The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 1/12/2019 News Editorial: learning the right lessons to combat terrorism Time seemed to turn back in a loop on Friday afternoon as another terrorist attack unfolded near this newspaper’s offices and in full view. The parallels with the London Bridge and the Borough Market attacks of June 2017 were eerie. As in the general election campaign of 2017 and the referendum of 2016, the political process has been interrupted by an act of terrorism and murder. As in many previous attacks, our vulnerability to the lone wolf, who has to get lucky only once, has been exposed. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 1/12/2019 Feature, Opinion The London Bridge attack brought sorrow, bravery – and grave questions Sadiq Khan is mayor of London The Guardian 30/11/2019 Feature, Opinion Justice system playing ‘Russian roulette’ with public, says terror expert Remark comes after security minister, Brandon Lewis, pledges swift review of violent crime sentences The Guardian 30/11/2019 News London Bridge: Attacker had been convicted of terror offence The man who carried out the stab attack at London Bridge on Friday, named by police as Usman Khan , had previously been jailed for terrorism offences. BBC 30/11/2019 Sex assaults on cruises up a whopping 67 percent this summer USA: Cruise liners experienced an unprecedented crime wave this summer, with 35 sex assaults, two disappearances and five thefts of $10,000-plus reported to the FBI during the third quarter of this year. New York Post 30/11/2019 News Britain’s absurd sentencing system needs a radical overhaul The fact that Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist and a dangerous Islamist extremist, was free to murder two people and injure others reflects a catastrophic institutional failure. The Prime Minister, who has pledged to end the automatic early release system, is absolutely right to be “angry”. Boris Johnson’s instincts are the most radically pro‑law and order that we’ve heard from a PM in years, and they are very welcome indeed. Britain needs to dramatically rethink and overhaul its broken sentencing regime. The Sunday Telegraph - Subscription at source 30/11/2019 Feature, Opinion Police officers’ union calls for time limit on investigating officers suspected of misconduct Some police officers are left waiting for years to find out whether they've been sacked or cleared. Examiner Live 30/11/2019 News Shadow Policing Minister on fighting county lines drug dealing, police cuts and keeping up morale The Shadow Policing Minister has spoken about how the Labour Party would tackle crime issues in northern Lincolnshire if it comes to power after the forthcoming General Election Grimsby Live 30/11/2019 News Tougher sentences won’t stop another London Bridge attack, but probation reforms and more police might Now is not the time for electioneering – it doesn’t answer the much more serious questions underlying the problems faced by the security services The Independent 30/11/2019 Feature, Opinion Police spending ‘cut’ blamed for crime surge leaving communities living in fear New figures claim Cleveland Police is facing a 'real time' cut of more than a fifth since the Tories came to power Gazette Live 30/11/2019 News Delhi Police accused of imposing ‘girly’ stereotypes with pink scooters and helmets ‘Just because they are women officers, one should not give them vehicles that are girly in colour. This is contrary to the spirit of the uniform,’ says retired officer The Independent 30/11/2019 News Integrating the Literature on Police Use of Deadly Force and Police Lethal Victimization: How Does Place Impact Fatal Police–citizen Encounters? Use of lethal force by police officers has incited riots, inspired social movements, and engendered socio-political debate. Police officers also assume a high level of risk during police–citizen encounters. Yet, existing studies tend to center on these two phenomena independently. Additionally, the under-utilization of multilevel research in these areas of inquiry has hampered attempts to empirically disentangle the individual, agency, and contextual correlates of fatal police–citizen encounters. This study integrates the predominantly distinct research bases on these phenomena to examine the contexts in which police use lethal force, relative to the contexts in which officers are killed in the line of duty. 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