Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115502 total results. Showing results 91961 to 91980 «459545964597459845994600460146024603Next ›Last » Backlash against cannabis culture has begun Critics of the commercialisation of marijuana say big business is choosing to downplay the huge health risks involved The Times - Subscription at source 23/1/2019 Feature, Opinion The Times view on the rise in stabbings: Cutting Out Knives It is time police and the courts got much tougher on the plague of stabbings The Times - Subscription at source 23/1/2019 News Sex crime victims ‘accused in court’ Defence barristers are asking victims of sex crimes whether greed for compensation has motivated their allegation, the victims’ commissioner has said. The Times - Subscription at source 23/1/2019 News Controversial police chief Mike Veale got job without reference Cleveland’s police and crime commissioner recruited Mike Veale as chief constable without a reference, only asking for one two days after his appointment was confirmed. The Times - Subscription at source 23/1/2019 News Courts in chaos as trials halted by IT breakdown Thousands of disrupted cases could see criminals going free, warn lawyers The Times - Subscription at source 23/1/2019 News Scotland’s armed cops told of plans to quit UK anti-terror network to save cash in email blunder by top brass An email to stunned specialist officers revealed bosses were weighing up the controversial move — despite a 'severe' threat level The Scottish Sun 22/1/2019 News Two Met officers under criminal investigation over shooting Pair each fired a single shot during police operation in Wimbledon in December The Guardian 22/1/2019 News Direct entry recruitment advert withdrawn The College of Policing has had a direct entry (DE) recruitment advert taken down from social media and admitted it “has caused huge offence”. Police Professional 22/1/2019 News Police Scotland to deploy Motorola Solutions Pronto, a leading digital policing application developed in Scotland Police Scotland to roll out cutting-edge mobile software technology to 10,000 officers across the country as part of a three-year deal. The Critical Communications Review 22/1/2019 News Merger calls as latest chief quits ‘merry-go-round’ force Sajid Javid asked to sort out 'continued existence' of many faces of Cleveland. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/1/2019 News Prevent strategy on radicalisation faces independent review Security minister challenges critics to produce ‘solid evidence of their allegations’ The Guardian 22/1/2019 News The Police Use of Background Information Related to Alleged Victims in Mock Evaluations of Child Sexual Abuse When statistically related to child sexual abuse (CSA), background information can assist decision-making in investigations of CSA allegations. Here, we studied the use of such background information among Finnish police officers. We analyzed their ability to identify and interpret CSA-related and CSA-unrelated background information both when placed in mock scenarios and when presented as separate, individual variables. We also measured the ability to correctly estimate the probability of CSA based on such background information. In the context of mock scenarios, officers were better in discarding CSA-unrelated variables than in identifying CSA-related ones. Within-subject performance across different scenarios was, however, not consistent. When information was presented as separate variables, officers tended to incorrectly consider many CSA-unrelated variables as CSA-related. Officers performed better in recognizing whether actual CSA-related variables increase or decrease the probability of CSA. Finally, officers were inaccurate in identifying variables that are CSA-related only for boys or only for girls. When asked to estimate the CSA probability of mock scenarios, participants were accurate only in assessing low-probability cases, and this was not associated with the ability to identify CSA-related and CSA-unrelated variables. We conclude that police officers would benefit from more training in using background information and from using available decision-making support tools in the context of investigating CSA allegations. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 22/1/2019 Research article No more false dawns: Is this the year the Police ICT Company ‘turns a corner’? As the Police ICT Summit gets underway this week, Police ICT Company CEO Ian Bell talks to Policing Insight about the challenges he's faced in his first year in the role and what the future holds for Police ICT. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/1/2019 Interview, Opinion Police remove job ad seen as offensive to frontline officers Ad aimed at external recruits for senior roles criticised as condescending to constables The Guardian 22/1/2019 News Gumtree: There’s no ‘quick fix’ to tackling online marketplace fraud The cost of scamming in online market places is estimated to be almost £1.7 billion with victims losing £65, on average, although that figure rises to over £90 for older victims. Policing Insight speaks to the UK Head of Marketing and Customer Services for Gumtree – Britain’s market leading online classified ads platform – about the effort that online marketplaces can make to protect their users and how the police can help. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/1/2019 Interview, Opinion Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Testing For Racial Discrimination in Policing A large body of empirical research exists that attempts to determine whether or not police discriminate on the basis of race. We investigate whether the methods used typically produce valid inferences. We find that they often most likely do not and that results may diverge from reality in either direction, indicating discrimination when it is not present or alternatively indicating a lack of discrimination when it is in fact present. The reason for this is that tests make assumptions about police behaviour that are often implausible. Because of this, the simplest forms of benchmark and outcome tests should not be used, although the problem is more general. We discuss several possible ways to improve inferences about the absence or presence of discrimination, such as employing matching or weighting techniques and using novel, computationally intensive methods. Annual Review of Criminology 22/1/2019 Research article Crime Victims’ Decisions to Call the Police: Past Research and New Directions Over the past 50 years, researchers in the United States and abroad have debated the inherent inequities within justice systems that contribute to the underreporting of crime to the police. Our review summarizes existing knowledge about victim reporting and outlines new directions in theory and empirical research that situate this work within a broader perspective on victim help-seeking. We begin with a short review of the historical development of research on victim reporting and its implications for research and social policy. We then review and critique major explanations of victims’ reporting behaviour and outline a new integrated multilevel framework. This model draws on the broader help-seeking literature to study police notification and other forms of victim help-seeking as interrelated systems that respond to social-contextual factors and feedback effects. We conclude by outlining the core empirical implications of this multilevel theoretical framework and illuminating the most significant data and research needs. Annual Review of Criminology - Registration at source 22/1/2019 Research article Police Officers’ Perceptions of A Sex Offender Registration Scheme: Identifying and Responding to Risk This article reports on interviews with 17 participants responsible for managing sex offenders on a sex offender register scheme. Semi-structured interviews were conducted that cover the topics of the participants’ policing experience and their thoughts on the register and risk assessment. Nine themes were identified as being particularly important: the purpose of the register; concerns about community perceptions; a lack of resources; recognition that risk assessment is essential but limited; a desire to tailor interventions to individual offenders; the need for more training despite staff competency; the inadequate sharing of information; concerns about how well the legislation captures the sex offending space; and confusion about how to interpret online offending. This research provides first-hand views on how the register can be improved and how police would like a register to look when executing the essential and challenging job of monitoring convicted sex offenders upon their release back into the community. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 22/1/2019 Research article 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. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/1/2019 News Proposed council tax policing precept up by 7.7% an increase of 38p a week for the average household The cost of policing in North Wales could soon add an extra 7.74% increase to the current council tax precept – equating to an extra 38 pence a week for the average household. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says the proposed increase is needed to recruit an extra 34 officers and six more staff to focus on tackling emerging threats like serious and organised crime, child sexual exploitation, cyber-crime, modern day slavery, domestic abuse and county lines. Deeside.com 22/1/2019 News «459545964597459845994600460146024603Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
