Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103184 total results. Showing results 74621 to 74640 «372837293730373137323733373437353736Next ›Last » Understanding Corruption in the Lower Levels of the Afghan Police Force Definitions of police corruption are usually associated with bribery and extortion. Police culture entails internalised and uncodified norms, rules and values that may enhance susceptibility of corruption within a police force. This article provides an empirical study on police corruption within the lower levels of the Afghan police due to the lack of studies conducted with them. Undertaking a social constructivist approach, the aim of the study is to provide the perceptions from Afghan police officers on the causes and practices of police corruption. The findings reveal that the main causes are heavily linked to unprofessionalism, low pay and the lack of controls. Police accountability is low and solidarity appears high. Moreover, patronage and the acceptance of corruption as a means to getting things done are part of social practices engrained in Afghan culture which leads to the practices of biased recruitment, bribery and extortion. In relation to noble cause corruption, there is no sense of mission and the idea of policing, as part of a mandate, has been lost in the Afghan police force. An understanding of police corruption and police culture from the perspective of street-level police officers is relevant to understand the main causes and practices of corruption and mitigate them to restore public faith in the police as a main port of security. This can prevent potential Taliban resurgence by deterring alternative security promoted by the insurgency. Police Journal - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article BASC say TVP new rules for gun applications are unfair A shooting group has hit-out at new rules for firearm applicants. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) say the rules enforced by Thames Valley Police will lead to a postcode lottery. Oxford Mail 13/8/2019 News UK crime SHAME: Shock figures reveal ‘appalling’ attacks on police officers each day Violent assaults on police have risen by a third in just four years, new figures reveal. Officers are being injured on duty at a rate of 28 a day as the crime epidemic sweeping the UK shows no sign of ending. Bobbies were victims of 10,399 assaults that caused injuries last year – up 32 per cent from 7,903 recorded in 2015/16. Express 13/8/2019 News Service should ‘rise to challenge of restoring entire police workforce to 2010 level’ Government needs to match Boris Johnson officer pledge with equal numbers of police staff and PCSOs, union claims. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/8/2019 News Crime Commissioner calls on Shropshire fire service to reveal spending on legal battle West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner is calling on Shropshire's fire service to reveal how much public money it intends to spend on a legal battle. Shropshire Star 13/8/2019 News Public Servants Or Soldiers? A Test of the Police-Military Equivalency Hypothesis During these times of escalating tensions between the police and the communities they serve, the news and social media have been full of images of police officers wearing military gear, armed with military weapons, and driving military vehicles. This study surveyed a sample of undergraduate college students taking criminal justice classes at a Midwestern university and examined whether the blurred lines between police officers and soldiers have caused the public to perceive police officers who work in urban areas as being equivalent to soldiers in war zones. The findings indicate that holding a conservative crime ideology and having negative attitudes towards people who live in poor, high crime neighborhoods (‘the policed’) are strong predictors of a belief in police-military equivalency. Discussions for future research and tests of this theory are discussed. Journal of Crime and Justice - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article The Baltimore Moment: Race, Place, and Public Disorder The death of Freddie Gray in April 2015 sparked numerous protests and looting in Baltimore, Maryland. But why did massive uprising take place in Baltimore? What was so special about Baltimore that erupted into weeks of explosive incidents of race-based unrest, which garnered national attention? Using the Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder, this study examines the nature, causes, and dynamics of uprisings in the city of Baltimore, which lays the groundwork for understanding the conditions that can lead to future uprisings in other places. Systematic application of the Flashpoints Model shows that unrest in Baltimore was the result of a complex set of causal factors that ignited years of pent-up tension and highlights the significance of race as an organizing feature. Journal of Crime and Justice - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article Government launches £2m fund for driverless cybersecurity testing The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles is inviting proposals for developments that would offer ways to “measure cyber-physical resilience and maintain cybersecurity for vehicles, roadside infrastructure, [and] supporting services”. PublicTechnology.net 13/8/2019 News Officers’ Memory and Stress in Virtual Lethal Force Scenarios: Implications For Policy and Training Sworn law enforcement officers (N = 151) were exposed to two different simulated lethal force encounters, a motorcycle-traffic-stop (MTS) and a workplace violence incident. Workplace violence incidents (WPV) consisted of two versions: an original version (WVO) and an enhanced version (WVE) with additional tactile and auditory stimuli within the simulation environment. Officers’ recognition memory (immediate and 48 h later), perceived stress, and physiological stress responses were examined. Delayed reporting led to impaired memory for event information in the MTS and perpetrator information in the WVE simulation. Moreover, perpetrator information was remembered more accurately than event information. Two physiological stress markers – alpha amylase and immunoglobulin-a – were correlated with memory for the simulated experiences; however, cortisol and interleukin-6 were not. These findings support current theory related to arousal and memory suggesting that officers should be interviewed as soon as reasonably possible after a lethal force incident. Implications for legal parameters in defining a ‘reasonable officer’ exerting lethal force are considered. Psychology Crime and Law - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article Police Accuracy in Truth/lie Detection When Judging Baseline Interviews Research has shown that a comparable truth baseline (CTB) approach elicits more cues to deception and results in higher accuracy rates than a small talk baseline. Past research focused on laypeople’s accuracy rates. We examined whether the CTB also has a positive effect on law enforcement personnel accuracy. In this study, 95 police officers judged 10 interviews, whereby half of the senders told the truth, and the other half lied about a mock undercover mission. Half of the interviews included only questioning about the event under investigation, whereas the other half also included questioning aimed at creating a CTB. Total and truth accuracy did not differ, but Observers who watched interviews with a CTB obtained higher lie detection accuracy rates than those who watched interviews without the baseline questioning. Signal detection analyses showed that this effect could be attributed to a decreased response bias in the CTB condition. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article Science Or Pseudoscience? A Distinction That Matters For Police Officers, Lawyers and Judges Scientific knowledge has been a significant contributor to the development of better practices within law enforcement agencies. However, some alleged ‘experts’ have been shown to have disseminated information to police officers, lawyers and judges that is neither empirically tested nor supported by scientific theory. The aim of this article is to provide organisations within the justice system with an overview of a) what science is and is not; b) what constitutes an empirically driven, theoretically founded, peer-reviewed approach; and c) how to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Using examples in relation to non-verbal communication, this article aims to demonstrate that not all information which is presented as comprehensively evaluated is methodologically reliable for use in the justice system. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article Londonderry: Petrol bombs thrown in third night of violence More than 20 petrol bombs have been thrown during a third consecutive night of violence in Londonderry. BBC 13/8/2019 News “The Talk” Regarding Minority Youth Interactions With Police This mixed methods descriptive study is an effort to describe whether “The Talk” (regarding behavior during interactions with police) occurs equally in African American, Latino, and White families and to determine the content of these conversations. A sample of 307 university students, in three areas of Texas, were surveyed with closed and open-ended items. Data were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics and t-test difference between proportion analyses and qualitatively through a process of coding to identify patterns and themes in the open-ended responses. The findings reveal that a majority (74%) of the youth surveyed have had “The Talk” with their parents/guardians, and this influences their perceptions of the police. Unsurprisingly, African Americans were found to be more fearful and distrustful of law enforcement than Whites and Latinos. Latinos shared many similar, more positive, perceptions of law enforcement with Whites in contrast to African Americans. Whites, however, evidenced the most faith in law enforcement and in the idea that their complaints about police misconduct would attain results. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 13/8/2019 Research article 26 Avon and Somerset Police employees arrested since 2015 Fifteen officers and 11 police staff have been arrested in the last four years, which totals 0.6 per cent of their workforce. Gazette (Gloucestershire) 13/8/2019 News UK and Norway experts consulted in Royal Commission Members of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque Attacks have travelled to Norway and the United Kingdom to speak with high-level counter terrorism experts and senior police and intelligence officials. msn.com 13/8/2019 News Ban on drivers using hand-free ‘should be considered’ 'If mobile phone use while driving is to be as socially unacceptable as drink-driving, much more effort must go into educating drivers about the risks'. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/8/2019 News France chases down British drivers: 76% of foreign police requests for UK drivers’ details for motoring offences come from the French Foreign police requested the details of 325,000 UK drivers over five months This is Money 13/8/2019 News Labour: £100m investment promise for prison security not a ‘get out of jail card’ for government Boris Johnson announcement to reverse 'crime factories is just timidly tinkering at the edges'. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/8/2019 News Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library. You do not need to be a member of the College to access its library. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 13/8/2019 News Long-term commitment to fund tackling violent crime a ‘priority’, claim PCCs £35m handout from government a starter as spending review needs three-to-five year window of consistency Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/8/2019 News «372837293730373137323733373437353736Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
