Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103887 total results. Showing results 10601 to 10620 «527528529530531532533534535Next ›Last » Virtual assistant helps nearly 800 vulnerable callers in West Midlands A new virtual phone answering assistant has prioritised nearly 800 vulnerable callers and answered 17,000 calls during a two-month trial in the West Midlands. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Former officer charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and fraud A former Sussex Police officer is due to appear in court on Tuesday (October 29) charged with fraud and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Lifetime achievement award for WMP’s longest serving officer The longest serving officer at West Midlands Police has been recognised with a lifetime achievement work for her work in driving diversity and supporting communities. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Sentencing review needs to get smart on reducing crime Britain’s justice system is a long way from being rehabilitative, says James Stoddart, who spent 22 hours a day locked in a cell The Guardian 28/10/2024 Feature, Opinion Two murdered RUC officers remembered at dedication to people killed in the Troubles William Finlay and James Ferguson who were shot dead while on foot patrol left behind widows and three children each. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Police campaign encourages men to have ‘a quiet word’ to prevent friends ‘acting inappropriately’ It features five episodes of frank conversations about the attitudes and behaviours that put women at risk of sexual violence, and men at risk of offending. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Probationer charged with conspiracy and fraud relating to ‘undisclosed’ driving offences It is alleged that the officer failed to disclose penalty points before joining, used police systems to look up personal speeding offences and falsely nominated his parents as responsible for three driving offences. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Adults report positive perceptions of ground rule instructions in mock investigative interviews Ground rules establish the conversational expectations during an interview and are intended to reduce interviewee discomfort and increase response accuracy towards problematic interview questions. This study explored perceptions of ground rule instructions in adult interviews. Younger (18–40 years) and older (60+ years) adults (N = 168) were interviewed about a film depicting an implied sexual assault or a personal event. Participants received either three ground rules as statements (‘Don’t Know’, ‘Don’t Understand’ and ‘Correct Me’) or the three statements with practice questions. Participants were interviewed about their perceptions of ground rules. Overall, ground rules were perceived as useful (85%) and as having a positive impact on interviewees’ emotional state (55%) and perceptions of the interviewer (35%). Perceptions did not vary based on contextual factors, but female and younger adults endorsed ground rules as useful more often than other groups. The results suggest that ground rules may improve adults’ experience of being interviewed. Psychiatry Psychology and Law 28/10/2024 Research article Factors associated with encounter-specific police procedural justice perceptions among Dutch detainees Previous research on police procedural justice shows that observed assessments of police behaviour, for example through systematic social observation, are not strongly correlated with citizen perceptions of the same police behaviour. There is a growing body of knowledge about how people form their perceptions of police behaviour and how personal and situational characteristics are associated with specific judgements about procedural justice. However, we know little about how this works for people who most frequently interact with the police and criminal justice system, such as offenders or arrestees. The present study uses data from the Prison Project to examine to what extent individual and situational characteristics relate to perceptions of encounter-specific police procedural justice among Dutch detainees. Male adults in pre-trial detention (N = 1380) were surveyed on how they perceived procedural justice during their arrest, which occurred approximately three weeks prior. In addition to individual characteristics (demographics, attitudes, psychosocial characteristics and criminal history), we measured characteristics that reflect the situation during arrest, such as location, police verbal abuse and unnecessary use of force. This allowed us to examine the relationship between situational factors and detainee perceptions, net of individual characteristics. Regression analyses show that next to pre-existing general attitudes towards the police, several situational characteristics (i.e. perceptions of use of force and verbal abuse, anger and outcome fairness) were strongly associated with encounter-specific procedural justice perceptions. Our results indicate that, beyond (pre-existing) individual characteristics, situational factors of the arrest play an important role in forming specific procedural justice perceptions of the police. Policing and Society 28/10/2024 Research article A Review of the Evolution of the NCS-NCVS Police Reporting and Response Questions and Their Application to Older Women Experiencing Violent Victimization Little attention is given to the history of the data that underlie research on crime trends and patterns. This article considers the evolution of the National Crime Victimization Survey’s (NCVS) police reporting and response questions. These questions are particularly important as the NCVS is the only nationally representative source of information on whether crime is reported to the police and citizen views of police actions. In addition, the current NCVS redesign is set to substantially add to these items. To provide a context for this discussion, this article applies the police reporting and response questions to an understudied victim group, specifically older women who experience violent victimization. This application illustrates the research opportunities and challenges for working with these data. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 Research article A Method for Evaluating the Adequacy of Police and Coroner Investigations into Suspicious Unnatural Deaths Canada has witnessed thousands of Indigenous testimonies about the suspicious deaths and disappearances of their loved ones and the deficient or non-existent investigations thereafter. Despite growing attention to Indigenous deaths in inquiries and government apologies, there remains little information at ground level for families on how to challenge investigative practices and few cases that have done so successfully. Our research began when we were invited to evaluate the investigations into the suspicious deaths of three Indigenous youth in Canada. We did so by comparing police and coroner behaviour in those cases to standard practices required by provincial, federal, and international guidelines for police and coroners. Results revealed numerous instances of inadequacy where investigators either did not perform required procedure(s) or did not complete tasks to internationally recognized standards; police and the coroner performed half or fewer of “required” procedures in each of the three cases. An important product of our evaluation is a checklist of standard investigative procedures that other families and communities can use to assess other investigations into questionable deaths that occur in their communities and press for accountability. CRIMRXIV 28/10/2024 Research article Police services board hosting public input session on proposed $253 million budget CANADA: The Waterloo Regional Police Services Board is hosting a public input session on their 2025 Draft Operating and Capital Budget. City News (Canada) 28/10/2024 News Conflict Management in Law Enforcement, Fifth Edition CANADA: James Pardy’s Conflict Management in Law Enforcement provides a comprehensive guide to the topic for anyone involved in various areas of law enforcement and justice services. Blue Line (Canada) 28/10/2024 Feature €3 million spent on public order equipment to protect gardai on the frontline – Farrell REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Fine Gael’s Justice spokesman Alan Farrell has confirmed over €3m has been spent in the last 18 months to protect the men and women of An Garda Siochana on the frontline. Fine Gael (Republic of Ireland) 28/10/2024 News More Garda resources urgently needed in County Roscommon REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Local Oireachtas members are continuing to call for more Garda resources following the recent crime spree across County Roscommon. Roscommon Herald (Republic of Ireland) 28/10/2024 News Organizational Structure and Its Connection with the Justice Views of Police Officers Research on how different workplace variables relate to perceptions of organizational justice for police officers is almost absent from the literature. To fill this void, the current study examined the impact of input into decision-making, formalization, instrumental communication, and organizational support on the distributive and procedural justice views of police officers from the Haryana State of India. Based on the social exchange theory’s principle of reciprocity, these variables should result in favorable views of the organization, and, in turn, should raise views of the police organization’s justice efforts. Measures of distributive justice, procedural justice for promotions, and procedural justice for evaluations were created. Input, formalization, support, and communication had significant associations with higher distributive justice and procedural justice for evaluation views. Formalization, communication, and support had significant associations with higher views of procedural justice for promotions, but input had a nonsignificant relationship. The findings from this study offer police administrators a low cost and practical solution for enhancing organizational justice views of officers by increasing the level of input, formalization, support, and communication. Asian Journal of Criminology - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 Research article Forensic science and policing must listen and learn to regain declining public trust Forensic science plays a key role in solving crimes as well as overturning wrongful convictions, but recent studies suggest public trust in forensic science is declining for a range of reasons; University of the West of England Forensic Science Lecturer Dr Emmanuel Nsiah Amoako, who is part of a research project examining (dis)trust in forensic science, believes a “collaborative effort” from policing and scientists to listen and address public concerns will be essential if that lost trust is to be regained. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 Analysis, Feature, Opinion PCC praise for police virtual call handling assistant The Police and Crime Commissioner has ‘welcomed’ West Midlands Police’s new virtual phone answering assistant, which has prioritised nearly 800 vulnerable callers and answered a staggering 17,000 calls during a 2-month trial. Victims of domestic violence, those at risk of suicide and people reporting missing children were all helped more quickly as a result of the new high-tech system. West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner 28/10/2024 News Victoria Police take bold steps to combat violent Facebook marketplace encounters with new ‘exchange zones’ AUSTRALIA: Online marketplace users will now have the option to conduct sales or purchases outside a 24-hour police station to thwart violent offenders or scammers with ill intent. Sky News 28/10/2024 News Why police fear $200m budget hole will hit pens and loo paper AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police is desperately cutting costs as it deals with a whopping budget blow out almost big enough to rebuild the Wellcamp quarantine facility. Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia) - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News «527528529530531532533534535Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
