Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97014 total results. Showing results 71741 to 71760 «358435853586358735883589359035913592Next ›Last » “Trust Your Instincts – Act!” Prevent Police Officers’ Perspectives of Counter-Radicalisation Reporting Thresholds The UK PREVENT programme aims to address radicalisation by identifying and supporting “at risk” individuals that are deemed vulnerable to extremism. Central to this process is the willingness of professional practitioners to report information to authorities, a duty consolidated through the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015. Despite this, little is known about the thresholds to report from a policing perspective. How risk performs beyond fixed indicators which pre-figure terrorism is also underexplored. This qualitative study provides insight into PREVENT police officers’ accounts of the reporting stage of PREVENT. A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews identified the mobilisation of intelligence on the basis of “gut feelings” and “instinct”. Professional partners were encouraged to trust their own subjective judgements in the absence of observable risk indicators and tangible evidence. A simplified risk logic was said to provide several operational benefits, for example, aligning the PREVENT team with non-specialist actors. Critical Studies on Terrorism - Registration at source 3/4/2019 Research article Need to know: Information-sharing scheme supports children caught up in domestic abuse Children who witness domestic abuse often keep their suffering to themselves or display their feelings through 'acting out' at school. Operation Encompass is a confidential information-sharing scheme between police and schools that aims to identify children early, offering them better support and safeguarding, Syreeta Lund reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 3/4/2019 Innovation New technology helps police identify precise location of people across Hertfordshire, Cambridge and Bedfordshire The location technology, called What3Words, has divided the world into 3m x 3m squares, with each square allocated a unique three-word address. Welwyn Hatfield Times 3/4/2019 News 40 ‘at risk’ people advised about partner’s abusive past Over 326 applications have been made to the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme (DVADS) in Northern Ireland, since its introduction one year ago. Newry Times 3/4/2019 News Arrest of Northern Ireland reporters ‘sends chilling message to investigative journalists’ Two journalists from Northern Ireland, who have been arrested in connection with a documentary film exposing police collusion in a 1994 massacre, will issue a warning that press freedom in the UK is at risk in a speech this evening (3 April). Amnesty International 3/4/2019 News Scots law lets sex abusers walk free, says campaign A group set up to support survivors of sexual abuse has launched a campaign to reform the need for corroboration in Scots law. The Times 3/4/2019 News Time for jail terms up to a year to be scrapped, say MPs Up to 50,000 offenders 'spared prison' as Commons report warns of enduring crisis in penal system. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 3/4/2019 News Risk, Discretion, Accountability and Control: Police Perceptions of Sex Offender Risk Management Policy in England and Wales This article argues that understanding current approaches to sex offender risk management and its operationalization must account for front line situational decision-making practices and the culture from which they develop and operate. The research utilizes a mixed-methods approach, combining an online questionnaire survey (N = 227) with a series of semi-structured interviews (N = 27) with members of the police service of England and Wales. Analysis identifies ambivalence about the effectiveness of the current system of categorizing sex offenders and suggests concerns about accountability and a lack of resources results in discretion being used to engage with but also negotiate policy in practice. The article suggests that the task for sex offender risk management is to create classification tools that work with this discretion rather than against it. Criminology and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 3/4/2019 Research article A Successive Threat Theory of Police Expenditures Ethnic succession theory is concerned with the process and consequences of racial and ethnic migration into and out of cities. Minority threat theory is a branch of conflict theory that is concerned with the extent to which racial and ethnic minorities are perceived as threatening to the powerful. In this article, we propose a blend of these theories called successive threat theory which posits that racial and ethnic groups are perceived as threatening when they first move into a city, but as they assimilate, the perceived threat dissipates. The primary contribution of this theory is the previously undeveloped and untested notion that different minority groups may serve as threats in different time periods. Using time series analysis of annual data on Chicago from 1893 to 1965, we find support for the theory. Crime and Delinquency - Registration at source 3/4/2019 Research article UK “knife crime” hysteria used to push repressive police measures Conservative Home Secretary Sajid Javid has handed UK police increased stop and search powers on the pretext of fighting the rise in knife crime. World Socialist Web Site 3/4/2019 Feature, Opinion We need ‘hidden abuse’ law says senior PSNI officer A senior PSNI officer has said legislation to tackle psychological and emotional abuse is needed to help police deal with increasing levels of domestic violence. BBC 3/4/2019 News ‘Same roof’ crime payouts could total £126m Up to £126m may be paid out to victims of violent crime who were assaulted by people they lived with before 1979, a government assessment says. BBC 3/4/2019 News Kent Police defends record catching speeding drivers after RAC Foundation figures Kent Police has defended its record on speeding motorists after figures suggested its detection rates were among the lowest in the country. Kent Online 3/4/2019 News A Prevent-style plan for knife crime is not just misguided, it’s dangerous Expecting teachers, doctors and nurses to report young people ‘at risk of violence’ just creates alienation, stigma and fear The Guardian 3/4/2019 Feature, Opinion To beat knife crime, listen to the children Rather than rely on deterrence to halt the stabbings epidemic we need to give opportunities to the vulnerable young The Times 3/4/2019 Feature, Opinion Prison Population 2022: Planning for the future Over the past 25 years, the prison population has grown significantly from 44,246 in 1993 to 82,384 as at December 2018. Capacity has not kept pace with demand and many prisons are now deemed to be overcrowded. Whilst the number of people in prison has remained roughly stable since 2012, the amount spent on prisons has fallen in recent years. The Ministry of Justice currently has a gap in its finances across 2018–19 and 2019–20 which equates to £1.2 billion. We heard that this equates to a reduction in the prison population of roughly 20,000 prisoners. We conclude that ploughing funding into building prisons to accommodate prison projections is not a sustainable approach in the medium or long-term.T here must be a focus on investing in services to reduce the £15 billion annual cost of reoffending and prevent offenders from continually returning to prison, thereby reducing the size of the prison population. Parliament.uk 3/4/2019 Report Prisons crisis: Government’s current approach inefficient, ineffective and unsustainable The Government’s current approach to prison funding to accommodate growing population forecasts is inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable in the medium or long-term, says the Justice Committee in a major new report published today. Parliament.uk 3/4/2019 News Time for rethink on a prisons policy that amounts to crisis management Bob Neill is a Conservative MP and chairman of the justice select committee The Times - Subscription at source 3/4/2019 Feature, Opinion Fraud cases ‘not a priority’ for our struggling police People are more likely to fall prey to fraudsters than any other type of criminal but the police response is ineffective, it is claimed. Express 2/4/2019 News Policing tells battered PM: Your failed policies are unforgivable Rank-and-file and chiefs give Theresa May both barrels over a service 'stripped to the bone'. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/4/2019 News «358435853586358735883589359035913592Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
