Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96935 total results. Showing results 73601 to 73620 «367736783679368036813682368336843685Next ›Last » Perceptions of Incarcerated Youth About Police Violence and Legitimacy in Trinidad and Tobago This study was focused on the youth’s perceptions in Trinidad and Tobago, a developing Caribbean nation. It describes their personal experiences with and perceptions of police misbehavior or excessive use of force on juveniles and young adults held in the two reformatory institutions, as well as in the country’s only juvenile facility. The main objective of the present empirical research was to explore the diachronic conceptual relationship between violence and the levels of police legitimacy as perceived or experienced by the youth from 13 to 23 years old. Short questionnaires were used to capture the youth’s opinions on institutional violence, a distinct and long-lasting phenomenon in the region. Multivariate analyses of the quantitative data also examined the role of trust as an influencing factor for police legitimacy (and legitimation), being previously evaluated in terms of efficiency and equality. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 13/1/2019 Research article Public ‘turning blind eye’ to street drug dealing People are "turning a blind eye" to drug use and dealing on the streets because it is becoming normalised, a senior police officer has warned. BBC 13/1/2019 News Ofsted warns: Exclude pupils and you push up crime An epidemic of stabbings, drug crime and murders linked to children who have been excluded from school will be tackled this week in a crackdown on head teachers who expel struggling pupils. The Sunday Times 13/1/2019 News Smart gadgets open door to stalking and abuse, say police Doorbells, fridges and even toys that can be operated remotely are being used by people to spy on their partners The Sunday Times 13/1/2019 News Police swoop on Uber Eats and Deliveroo delivery riders The Home Office has acted to curb a black market in jobs for alleged illegal immigrants that was exposed by The Sunday Times. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 13/1/2019 News The Met’s Gangs Matrix is racist policing in its purest form The database fuels the violence it purports to be trying to stop. It needs a complete overhaul The Guardian 13/1/2019 Feature, Opinion Britain’s WORST drink-drive towns revealed Cities in North West and Wales have most drunk drivers while Londoners are better behaved Mail Online 12/1/2019 Analysis, Feature World-first mobile phone detection cameras rolled out in Australia AUSTRALIA: New South Wales hopes to cut fatalities on the state’s roads by a third with devices that operate day and night in all weather The Guardian 12/1/2019 News Police given metal-detecting ‘wands’ to tackle knife crime Metal-detecting 'wands' are to be handed to frontline police officers in the latest move to tackle the huge increase in knife crime. Express & Star 12/1/2019 News Police in Cumbria will have added protection from ‘vile’ offenders Cumbria Constabulary has become the latest police force in England and Wales to adopt the use of spit guards - after officers were spat at, on average, every three days last year. News & Star 12/1/2019 News West Midlands Police use ‘wands’ to fight knife crime Police officers in the West Midlands have been given metal-detecting "knife wands" in an attempt to tackle knife crime. BBC 12/1/2019 News South Wales Police chief Matt Jukes: ‘Too many delays in abuse cases’ Domestic abuse cases are taking too long to get to court because investigations are hampered by cuts in resources, South Wales's chief constable says. BBC 12/1/2019 News Crime in Prisons This report specifically considers the issue of ongoing criminality in prison custody. This research project was funded by the four PCCs in the Midlands’ region: Staffordshire, West Midlands, West Mercia and Warwickshire. However, the research has extended to consider the national context and policy agenda. The Government, and specifically Rory Stewart as Prisons Minister, has recognised that crime in prisons presents a pressing, significant, and contemporary challenge, and that is a point on which we concur. Staffordshire OPCC 12/1/2019 Report The plan to fix our prisons: Six-month minimum jail terms, refurbished cells and full-body scanners The dog handlers at Wormwood Scrubs prison are feeling good. They and their canine partners have just found two packages of contraband, which were hurled over the north wall during the night, but failed to make it across the high inner fence. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 12/1/2019 Analysis, Feature Ministers consider ending jail terms of six months or less The Ministry of Justice is considering banning prison sentences of less than six months in England and Wales. BBC 12/1/2019 News Chief Constable Mike Barton burps, swears and runs England’s best police force. What sets him apart? The bulky, bald Lancastrian whom one admirer likens to Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, rules Durham Constabulary in idiosyncratic style i News 12/1/2019 News Police chiefs warn murder rates will rise unless more officers are put on streets EXCLUSIVE: Their warning comes as new research finds one in three Brits has not seen a policeman walking their beat in the past year Mirror 12/1/2019 News MORE than 6,000 cases of stalking and harassment recorded by West Mercia Police in one year Crime statistics published by the Office of National Statistics show the number of cases recorded by West Mercia Police for the 12 months leading up to June 30 last year was triple the figure recorded for the same period three years earlier. Worcester News 12/1/2019 News It’s all a bit sci fi, but how about putting bobbies on the beat? CAN you believe a British police force is dropping tricky cases on the advice of computer programmers? Having worked with the police, been best man to a murder detective at his first wedding and had some contention with them in my lifetime, I can believe this. But don’t take my word. New Scientist reports that in one force some Desktop Plod now consults an algorithm to help decide which crimes are solvable and should be investigated by officers. Conservative Woman 12/1/2019 Feature, Opinion ‘I was raped and chose not to go to police’ Katt Walton was raped at a house party by a stranger. She works with victims of sexual violence and knew from experience there was no chance of conviction. So she took the decision not to go to police. Now she has waived her right to anonymity to highlight why so few perpetrators are brought to justice. BBC 12/1/2019 Feature, Opinion «367736783679368036813682368336843685Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
