Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103166 total results. Showing results 79901 to 79920 «399239933994399539963997399839994000Next ›Last » Police Culture: An Empirical Appraisal of the Phenomenon Although police culture is a widely researched topic, not much is known about the nature of the relationships among the various components and the degree to which they are critical in the make-up of police culture. In this study, we revisit the concept of police culture and explore the nature and directions of the relationships among the various elements that constitute police culture. Drawing data from a survey of 1970 Turkish National police officers we identify six commonly recognized dimensions of police culture based on the existing literature. The results from the four different confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) indicate that of the six dimensions, the first-order CFA with five factors best fit the data. Further, the results suggest that police culture did not account for the covariation among the six first-order factors. These findings suggest that police culture is a more complex and multifaceted concept than the prior literature suggests. Criminology and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 10/1/2019 Research article Best way to save young men from life of crime may surprise you – Ross Deuchar Marginalised young men have moved from gangs engaged in recreational, territorial street violence into dealing drugs and organised crime, and tackling the root causes of this problem requires more than just law enforcement, writes academic Ross Deuchar, whose research involves speaking to gang members in Scotland and other parts of the world. The Scotsman 10/1/2019 Analysis, Feature Wiltshire PCC responds to UK crime chief’s cyber crime warning to commissioners Wiltshire's police commissioner has responded to claims that elected commissioners are focussing too much resource on crimes like speeding – and not enough on serious organised crime. This is Wiltshire 10/1/2019 News It’s personal – gloves off in battle to lead West Midlands Police Conservative Mayor Andy Street and Labour-backed Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson go head to head in fight to lead police Birmingham Live 10/1/2019 News Force PSD probes ‘secret Facebook site supporting sacked officer’ Call for protest to counter planned demonstration over Kingsley Burrell custody death. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/1/2019 News NHS and councils full of financial problems, says watchdog National Audit Office shocked by state of bodies including police and fire authorities The Guardian 10/1/2019 News Bid to close loopholes in Scottish fox hunting ban New legislation to tighten restrictions on fox hunting in Scotland is to be introduced at Holyrood. BBC 9/1/2019 News Eight ‘paedophile’ suicides after exposure by hunting groups The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) has claimed that “police officers are always the best placed to investigate crimes” after forces reveal the number of suspects who took their own lives after being identified by ‘paedophile hunters’. Police Professional 9/1/2019 News From playing Santa to CONKERS! How police chief who was under fire over Gatwick drone chaos has history of dodging tough questions (but is happy to pose for positive PR shots) Mail Online 9/1/2019 Analysis, Feature How this new technology is helping police arrest violent offenders within minutes Innovative mobile technology has featured on a documentary after helping Essex Police apprehend violent robbers within minutes. Echo (Essex) 9/1/2019 News Plans to transfer police chief’s role to regional mayor dividing opinion The role of the region’s police and crime commissioner could be transferred to the West Midlands mayor – and pubic meetings have been taking place this week. Coventry Observer 9/1/2019 News NI firm to help London police solve Heathrow drone incident A company from Northern Ireland has been called in to help with the investigation into a drone incident which temporarily halted flights at Heathrow Airport, the BBC understands. BBC 9/1/2019 News Lancashire shelves talk of fire governance as flames of enthusiasm among PCCs dies Plans for unifying commissioner role goes on back burner Police Oracle - Subscription at source 9/1/2019 News Things that go bump in the night: Or why resilience is not the key to police mental wellbeing When freelance mental health consultant and writer Toni joined a night shift in December, she found officers suffering 'frustration fatigue' and a job that 'curates and nurtures' poor mental health. However, she argues that solely promoting resilience is not the solution. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 9/1/2019 Opinion Demeanor and Police Culture The prpose of this paper is to revisit classic theoretical arguments regarding the broad effects of civilian demeanour on policing and extends associated findings. The theoretical framework draws on insights from the literatures on police culture, the group engagement model and fairness heuristic theory. The authors argue that demeanour is best conceptualized as the degree of procedural justice exhibited by civilians toward police. Theoretically, procedurally just cooperation should influence officers’ adherence to police culture by affecting their social identification and assessments of civilians’ motives and moral deservingness. To test the hypotheses, the authors surveyed sworn officers from a large metropolitan police department in the south-eastern USA in the Fall of 2016. Results reveal that officers use their procedural justice judgments as heuristics to assess civilians’ trustworthiness, dangerousness, and moral deservingness, and these judgments influence their policing style. Officers who perceive greater procedurally just cooperation by civilians feel less threatened by the public, are more willing to use procedural justice themselves, and are less supportive of a “tough cop” policing style. The authors propose that: civilian demeanour is best conceptualized as the extent to which civilians exhibit procedural fairness toward the police; and in order for meaningful police reform to occur, it is important to acknowledge the role of civilian demeanour in shaping officers’ attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - Registration at source 9/1/2019 Research article The Effect of Community-Oriented Policing on Police Use of Force: Does Community Matter? The purpose of this paper is to examine whether community-oriented policing (COP) influences rates of police use of force across communities, and whether the impact of COP varies according to the level of violent crime in communities. A range of data sources including police use of force reports, online surveys of Officers-in-Charge and recorded crime data was used to examine the association between formal and informal community consultation and the frequency of police use of force, across 64 socially challenged communities in Australia. Poisson multilevel modelling indicated no overall association between informal or formal community engagement and rates of police use of force. However, significant interaction terms for both informal and formal community consultation with violent crime rates indicated that higher levels of informal and formal community consultation were associated with lower rates of police use of force in communities with higher levels of violent crime. This relationship was not evident in low violent crime areas. Communities were purposively sampled to have a high propensity for police use of force, on the basis that they had high rates of violent crime, or high levels of socio-economic disadvantage, or both. This research should be replicated with a representative sample of communities. The findings extend the potential benefits of COP to reducing the use of coercive policing tactics in high violent crime communities. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - Registration at source 9/1/2019 Research article Detecting Spatial-Temporal Clusters of Violent Behavior in South Korea With Space-Time Permutation Scan Statistics The pupose of this paper is to detect spatial-temporal clusters of violence in Gwanak-gu, Seoul with space-time permutation scan statistics (STPSS) and identifies the temporal threshold for such detection to alert law enforcement officers quickly. The case study was the Gwanak Police Station Call Database 2017 where civilian calls reporting violence were georeferenced with coordinated points. In analyzing the database, this study used the STPSS requiring only individual case data, such as time and location, to detect clusters of investigated phenomena. This study executed a series of experiments using different minimum and maximum temporal thresholds in detecting clusters of violence. Results of the STPSS analyses with different temporal thresholds detected spatial-temporal clusters in Gwanak-gu. Number, location and duration of clusters depended on the temporal settings of the scanning window. Among four models, a model allowing the possible clusters to be detected within a 7-day minimum and 30-day maximum temporal threshold was more representative of reality than other models. This study illustrates the clustering of violence with the STPSS by detecting spatial-temporal clusters of violence and identifying the appropriate temporal threshold in detecting such clusters. Identification of such a threshold is useful to alert law enforcement officers quickly and enables them to allocate their resources optimally. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - Registration at source 9/1/2019 Research article Designing Degree-Level Courses For Police Recruits in England and Wales: Some Issues and Challenges This article results from series of linked research projects designed to support the development of a Degree Holder Entry Programme in England and Wales, as part of the College of Policing’s Policing Educational Qualification Framework (PEQF). Its aim is to draw out some of the issues that need addressing, and challenges that need solving in the design of any degree-level courses required as an entry qualification for recruits to the police service in England and Wales. It examines the rationale for professionalization of policing, and how this relates the development and application of a body of policing knowledge. It considers the main challenges facing the English and Welsh police service in developing an effective policing qualification at degree level. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 9/1/2019 Research article Degrees of detection An increasing number of police forces have begun enrolling students onto their professional policing degree programmes, but one research project suggests officers with undergraduate degrees may behave differently from those without them. Police Professional - Subscription at source 9/1/2019 Analysis, Feature Private eyes A new empirical study suggests that police view themselves as unable to protect the public from cyber-harassment without the public’s cooperation due to their reluctance to provide evidence and refusal to abandon or restrict their social media usage. Police Professional 9/1/2019 Analysis, Feature «399239933994399539963997399839994000Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
