Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104372 total results. Showing results 12881 to 12900 «641642643644645646647648649Next ›Last » Understanding the Criminal Justice System: Introduction In the first in a new chapter in The Police Student series, Policing Insight Academic Editor Dr Carina O'Reilly sets out the key issues for this chapter – how our criminal justice system works, why it works the way that it does, is it fulfilling its purposes, and why that matters for student police officers. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/9/2024 Feature Policing rape and serious sexual offences: officers’ insights on police specialism Purpose: Several studies have been conducted to understand why the conviction rate for rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) remains so low. Increasing pressure and criticism have led to questioning why improvements in RASSO investigations are proving ineffective. The purpose of this study was to capture police officers’ perspective of police specialism while investigating RASSO. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 82 semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data collection spanned across two years, from October 2021 until May 2023, and included police officers from four police forces in England and Wales. Template analysis was used to identify recurrent patterns around police specialism for RASSO. Findings: Most officers viewed specialism as a tool to improve how police forces prevent and tackle RASSO. In spite of this, the lack of prioritisation of specialist training, roles and units specifically for this crime type has hindered the development of evidence-based practice in policing. The impact on well-being, resources, organisational support and role identity has been explored. Originality/value: This is the first qualitative study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to look at officers’ insights on police specialism for RASSO in England and Wales. Officers discussed day-to-day challenges associated with conducting RASSO investigations while reflecting on potential advantages related to dedicated specialist units and/or specialist roles. Journal of Criminal Psychology 17/9/2024 Research article Simulation to Forecast Crime Patterns: Comparing Space Syntax and Agent-Based Models in Exploring Pedestrian Movement and Visibility Space Syntax comprises a set of techniques that emphasize both material and immaterial characteristics of urban space. However, its inherent lack of a time component and land-use variables limits its effectiveness in investigating crime dynamics at the micro-urban scale. On the other hand, ABMs are simulations of interacting agents capable of perceiving their environment, influencing each other, and making autonomous decisions without central control, whose behaviour depends on time and environmental components. Nonetheless, ABMs face challenges in terms of the required amount of input data and model transparency, as well as regards the matter of validation. Despite being based on different modelling approaches – embodying the top-down versus bottom-up contraposition – both Space Syntax and ABMs can qualitatively and quantitatively analyse crucial components for crime analysis, such as flows, copresence, and visibility, deemed key aspects underlying the crime opportunity concept. This paper establishes a bridge between Space Syntax and ABM through the study of crime in urban settings, scrutinising the fundamental metrics that can significantly contribute to the identification of high-risk locations—specifically, pedestrian flow and visibility. It presents two new models, respectively using Space Syntax methods and ABM, applied to two separate case studies in the historic city centre of Pisa, Italy. It has three objectives: first, to compare the diverse outcomes the distinct approaches provide in terms of people flow and visibility estimation in the built environment; second, to discuss their potential in forecasting risky areas; and, lastly, to propose an integration between Space Syntax metrics for movement within ABMs as parameters to guide agents' movement. In essence, this study proposes a methodology oriented towards creating a model capable of simulating the relations between people's behaviour, urban configuration, environmental conditions, and crime distribution, thereby representing a useful decision-support tool for crime prevention purposes and for broadly exploring and modelling pedestrian behaviour. CRIMRXIV 17/9/2024 Research article Chief hails ‘relationship reset’ with CPS as important step towards criminal justice system reform The early release of 2,000 prisoners in England and Wales sparked a furore in the media which pointed to a criminal justice system on its knees, but many of those within the system know it has long been failing victims, witnesses and defendants; despite the challenges, Leicestershire Chief Constable Rob Nixon, the National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Criminal Justice, told delegates at the recent Police Superintendents’ Association conference that there is cause for optimism, as Policing Insight’s Tina Orr Munro reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/9/2024 Analysis, Feature Police commissioner faces more questions on reopening of rural police station desks Labour's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Northumbria is facing more questions on plans to reopen police station front desks in Northumberland. Fourteen stations and desks were permanently closed in 2021 under plans the force insisted would make services more cost-effective. However, the move proved controversial with local residents and prompted fears over the impact on the elderly. Chronicle Live (North East) 17/9/2024 News Mental health concerns drive Tasmania’s police union to push for roster reform AUSTRALIA: Tasmania Police officers are calling for the adoption of new 6-on, 6-off rosters following a successful trial at several small stations across the state. The Police Association of Tasmania says the current roster, which requires officers to work seven consecutive night shifts, is increasing the likelihood of adverse mental health outcomes. Pulse Tasmania (Australia) 17/9/2024 News Expert review into Daniel Andrews car crash that hospitalised teenage cyclist accuses Victoria Police of engaging in ‘overt cover up’ to protect ex-premier AUSTRALIA: An expert review into a near-fatal crash involving Daniel Andrews’ family SUV and a teenage cyclist has accused Victoria Police of engaging in an “overt cover-up” to avoid implicating the former premier. Sky News 17/9/2024 News ‘Clear picture’, one in 10 men have police DV run-ins AUSTRALIA: One in 10 men in NSW have had run-ins with police for domestic and family violence matters. The finding was revealed in a report from the Australian Institute of Criminology, which used data from NSW Police and birth data to determine the prevalence of gendered violence across the state. The report found 9.6 per cent of men had contact with police over domestic and family violence issues, compared with one in 33 women. The Canberra Times (Australia) 17/9/2024 News Report finds 6.3% of the NSW population are arrested for a family or DV offence by age 37 AUSTRALIA: Griffith Criminology Institute, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), has played a key a key role in new research that used criminal history data for three birth cohorts in New South Wales (NSW) to estimate the prevalence of recorded family and domestic violence offending. The data for this study was based on offences recorded by the NSW Police Force for individuals who were proceeded against by police and who were born in one of three NSW birth cohorts (1984, 1994 and 2004). A total of 6.3 per cent of people born in NSW were found to have been proceeded against by police for a family and domestic violence offence by age 37. Griffith University 17/9/2024 News Police to prosecute the Comancheros as an organised criminal group NEW ZEALAND: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announcing the latest phases of several linked investigations that has led the police to prosecute the Comancheros as an organised criminal group. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 17/9/2024 News Shargin Stephens shooting inquest probes police lethal force training NEW ZEALAND: The coroner presiding over the inquest into the fatal police shooting of Shargin Stephens in Rotorua has raised concerns about the training of officers in using lethal force. Coroner Michael Robb told a police expert witness at the inquest on Tuesday he wanted to understand the “threshold” in training on lethal force. Stephens, 35, died in 2016 after he was tasered, pepper-sprayed then shot twice by police. In the five minutes before the shooting Stephens had attacked an empty police car with a slasher. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 17/9/2024 News Comanchero gang faces over 130 criminal charges after three-year investigation NEW ZEALAND: After three years of a huge police investigation, nearly all of the members and associates of the Comanchero Motorcycle Gang are facing 137 criminal charges. Those charged include 17 officeholders, 10 patched members and 14 prospects of the gang. Within the investigations there were four phases; Operation Embargo, Operation Scuba, Operation Brewer and Operation Avon. Te Ao Maori News (New Zealand) 17/9/2024 News New garda lorry cab helps to detect more traffic offences REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A lorry cab used by gardaí to clamp down on dangerous driving has already helped detect more than 100 driving offences since its introduction last month. The heavy goods vehicle tractor cab was purchased by An Garda Síochána as part of efforts to target distracted and careless driving, as well as seatbelt use by HGV drivers. The new road safety initiative was deployed in August under Operation Iompar to assist with tackling inappropriate behaviour by people behind the wheel. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 17/9/2024 News Hull grooming gang: Alleged victims complain after police officers diverted to deal with summer riots Two women who first spoke to Sky News in 2021 about allegations they were repeatedly raped as part of an organised child sexual abuse ring have said they are still waiting for justice. Sky News 17/9/2024 News, Video Police engage with students across country to offer crime prevention advice Police Scotland is engaging with students across the country to promote a range of crime prevention and personal safety advice during Freshers Weeks. Police Scotland 17/9/2024 News Councillor appointed to ‘controversial’ police role Nottinghamshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has appointed a city councillor as his deputy. BBC 17/9/2024 News Police save lives with spray to reverse overdoses Seven people’s lives have been saved by police officers since an antidote spray used to reverse the effects of heroin and crack cocaine overdoses was introduced earlier this year, a police force has said. BBC 17/9/2024 News Student spiking will be taken seriously, police say Students have been told reports of spiking will be taken seriously ahead of the university year beginning. BBC 17/9/2024 News ‘Clear picture’, one in 10 men have police DV run-ins AUSTRALIA: One in 10 men in NSW have had run-ins with police for domestic and family violence matters. Goulburn Post (Australia) 17/9/2024 News Federal police foil alleged plot to smuggle liquid methamphetamine into Queensland in juice bottles AUSTRALIA: Three men have been charged over their alleged involvement in a plot to import more than 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine into Queensland, concealed in juice bottles. 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