Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 75041 to 75060 «374937503751375237533754375537563757Next ›Last » Why Do Gun Murders Have A Higher Clearance Rate Than Gunshot Assaults? The prevailing view is that follow‐up investigations are of limited value as crimes are primarily cleared by patrol officers making on‐scene arrests and through the presence of eyewitnesses and forensic evidence at the initial crime scene. We use a quasi‐experimental design to compare investigative resources invested in clearing gun homicide cases relative to nonfatal gun assaults in Boston. We find the large gap in clearances (43% for gun murders vs. 19% for nonfatal gun assaults) is primarily a result of sustained investigative effort in homicide cases made after the first 2 days. Police departments should invest additional resources in the investigation of nonfatal gun assaults. When additional investigative effort is expended, law enforcement improves its success in gaining the cooperation of key witnesses and increases the amount of forensic evidence collected and analyzed. In turn, the capacity of the police to hold violent gun offenders accountable, deliver justice to victims, and prevent future gun attacks is enhanced. Criminology and Public Policy 31/7/2019 Research article Applying Sentinel Event Reviews to Policing A sentinel event review (SER) is a system‐based, multistakeholder review of an organizational error. The goal of an SER is to prevent similar errors from recurring in the future rather than identifying and punishing the responsible parties. In this article, we provide a detailed description of one of the first SERs conducted in an American police department—the review of the Lex Street Massacre investigation and prosecution, which resulted in the wrongful incarceration of four innocent men for 18 months. The results of the review suggest that SERs may help identify new systemic reforms for participating police departments and other criminal justice agencies. Police departments and other criminal justice agencies should begin implementing SERs to review a wide range of organizational errors and “near misses.” We offer guiding principles about the kinds of errors that may be more or less susceptible to fruitful review. Congress, state legislatures, and municipalities should also enact policies—such as safe harbor provisions—to encourage agencies to conduct SERs. Criminology and Public Policy 31/7/2019 Research article Policing Plan 2019 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: I am delighted to publish my first Policing Plan as Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, the first of three plans developed in support of the Strategy Statement 2019-2021. Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 31/7/2019 Report Examining the Causes and Consequences of Confession-Eliciting Tactics During Interrogation Research suggests interrogation techniques used by U.S. law enforcement can yield false confessions. To investigate, participants (n = 151) were randomly assigned to complete one of two simulated interrogation exercises designed to model different interrogation tactics: (a) the accusatorial Reid Technique, one of the most widely-used interrogation approaches by U.S. law enforcement; or (b) the information-gathering “Compliance” model. False confession rates were examined. The underlying emotional and cognitive themes in participants’ written confessions and open-ended responses were also examined using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) and Automated Integrative Complexity systems. Results revealed no differences in false confession rates between conditions. However, participants exposed to Reid-based questioning used comparatively more negative, angry, and close-minded (cognitively simple) language when describing their interrogator and less certainty in confessions. The emergent differences in emotional and cognitive reactions inform our understanding of the effects of interrogation approaches used by law enforcement in the United States. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 31/7/2019 Research article ‘You Feel Dirty A Lot of the Time’: Policing ‘Dirty Work’, Contamination and Purification Rituals Following the controversial adoption of spit-hoods by some UK police forces, most recently by the London Metropolitan Police in February 2019, this article contributes to and extends debates on physical and symbolic contamination by drawing on established considerations of ‘dirty work’. The article argues that, for police officers, cleansing rituals are personal and subjective. As a relatively high-prestige occupation, police officers occupy a unique position in that they are protected by a status shield. Reflections from this ethnographic study suggest that the police uniform can be used as a vehicle for contamination and staff employ purification rituals and methods of taint management. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 31/7/2019 Research article APCC response to Home Affairs Select Committee report on serious youth violence Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Serious Violence Lead, Mark Burns-Williamson : “We welcome the focus this report gives to the importance of highlighting and tackling violence in our communities." Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 31/7/2019 News MPs: Rise in youth violence is ‘a social emergency’ An influential Parliamentary committee has called on the Government to introduce a Youth Service Guarantee and fund dedicated safer schools officers in areas with above average risk of youth violence. Police Professional 31/7/2019 News MPs demand school officers for areas with above-average risk of youth violence Prime Minister should make tackling 'national emergency' a priority to save lives. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/7/2019 News Met to review ‘where we go from here’ on fallout report from Operation Midland Home Secretary to meet police watchdog after collapsed VIP abuse probe. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/7/2019 News Shana Grice: Force apologies for ‘what has gone on’ and failures highlighted in misconduct hearings Ex-PC who accused teenager of wasting police time is guilty of misconduct. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/7/2019 News The brave boys in blue are let down by their PC bosses, says Ann Widdecombe What is the matter with our police? It hurts to ask that question because my age group was brought up to respect the boys in blue and indeed we know that many of them are still brave in the face of danger, as was Keith Palmer who died trying to protect MPs from a terrorist attack. Express 31/7/2019 Feature, Opinion ‘National emergency’: young people killed by knives in 2019 More than 100 people in Britain have been killed by knives this year, many of them children. The Guardian 31/7/2019 News Rape support ‘needs drastic improvement’ Poor access to counselling and support is one of the reasons most of those who report rape later withdraw their allegations, London's victims' commissioner has said. BBC 31/7/2019 News What Democratic Policing Is … and Is Not Democratic policing is a multidimensional, multilevel, and contested concept rooted in political ideology. It is not singular or politically neutral. I argue there are four typologies of democratic policing: right, centre-right, centre-left, and left. In Latin America, in the 1980s and 1990s, countries went through the dual processes of democratisation and the implementation of neoliberal economic policies. The latter increased inequality in wealth and led to deeply divisive debates regarding the place of equality and violence in the definition of democracy. Putting aside these debates on the meaning of democracy, police reform projects in Latin America have embraced community-oriented policing as synonymous with democratic policing. Yet, democratic policing is not a singular concept and political debates matter to its various meanings. The article uses Goertz’s (2006. Social science concepts: a user’s guide. Princeton University Press) three-level concept analysis to assess the theoretical similarities and differences between the four types of democratic policing. It then tests the theory with empirical data from the cases studies of Argentina (Menem and Kirchners) and Chile (Bachelet and Piñera). The case studies are informed by field research in both countries (2006–2015), and draw on media and human rights reports as well as secondary data. The study finds a gap between theory and practice that calls for more research on policy convergence. More importantly, it reveals the need to situate ideal definitions of democratic policing within political debates on democracy, paying close attention to the role of political ideology. Violence Against Women 31/7/2019 Research article Police to use drones with high definition cameras and thermal imaging to fight crime in Hampshire Hampshire Constabulary says it will begin a pilot scheme to test the use of drones in the county in "reactive and pre-planned situations". Daily Echo (Southern) 31/7/2019 News ‘National emergency’ of youth violence exacerbated by Tory budget cuts, MPs find Boris Johnson told to ‘get a grip’ as report suggests increasing police numbers will not address causes of violence. The Independent 31/7/2019 News Tens of thousands of rape cases dropped because ‘police traumatising victims’, report suggests Findings come as new figures show only 1.5% of reported rapes are prosecuted in England and Wales. The Independent 31/7/2019 News ‘I do sex work to feed my son. Why should I be punished?’ “Hello, my name is Maria and I am from the English Collective of Prostitutes”. That certainly stops police in their tracks. It’s a line I use a lot nowadays. Rights Info 31/7/2019 Feature, Opinion Home Secretary to meet police watchdog after collapsed VIP abuse probe Carl Beech was jailed last week for 18 years after falsely claiming he was abused by high-profile figures. Express & Star 31/7/2019 News Annual Plan 2019–2020 AUSTRALIA: I am pleased to introduce the Victoria Police Annual Plan 2019–2020 (Annual Plan), the fourth year of the Victoria Police Capability Plan 2016–2025: Capability Framework (Capability Plan). Victoria Police (Australia) 31/7/2019 Report «374937503751375237533754375537563757Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
