{"title":"Empowerment and capacity of external police oversight: The paradox of the Control Yuan in Taiwan","authors":"L. Ho, A. S. Li, Jason Kwun-hong Chan","doi":"10.1093/police/paad035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad035","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Prevailing scholarly literature generally suggested the significance of an externally empowered oversight agency to ensure the public accountability of the police. As an electoral democratic regime, Taiwan’s model of police oversight is characterized by the parallel existence of both internal and external investigative bodies. The Control Yuan is a constitutionally empowered ‘super ombudsman’ to monitor the integrity management of civil servants including the police. This thematic research studies the reflection of ‘insiders’—the Control Yuan members who have taken part in police misconduct hearings, on this mechanism that is uncommon in western democracies. Paradoxically, the respondents generally questioned the effectiveness of this powerful establishment with both abundant human resources and legal authorization. The technical competence among investigators and party politics in agenda setting are also perceived as structural limitations of the current mechanism.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46747477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing recovery rates for stolen vehicles: A solvability factors method","authors":"Marc Hargreaves, Vincent Harinam, B. Ariel","doi":"10.1093/police/paac072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac072","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study examines the police activities most associated with the recovery of stolen vehicles in Manchester, UK. The dataset consists of 6,104 reports of theft of motor vehicles whereby a random sample of 250 cases of stolen vehicles later recovered and 250 cases of stolen vehicles in which no recovery occurred were taken from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. Twenty independent variables were selected using the findings from existing solvability literature, and additional variables were discovered from legacy data provided by the Greater Manchester Police recording systems. A case–control study was developed based on exploratory identification of police activities commonly used in cases of recovered vehicles. The findings indicate that motor vehicles were typically found by police during an investigation or through non-related proactive activities. Furthermore, vehicles were recovered by the victims themselves or by a member of the public reporting the vehicle to the police.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49651800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gun Violence, Community Harm, and Street Stops","authors":"A. Braga","doi":"10.1093/police/paac099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac099","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41794191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternative response officers: investing in policing alternatives and community safety in Saskatoon, Canada","authors":"Tarah Hodgkinson, Darren Pringle","doi":"10.1093/police/paac109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac109","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The current demand for policing alternatives has never been higher. In Canada, police services are increasingly exploring these alternatives to address this demand. In 2021, the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS), in collaboration with the city of Saskatoon, university partners, and numerous community stakeholders, introduced an alternative response officer (ARO). The ARO is a special constable, meaning that they are sworn in as a peace officer, but are tasked with addressing community safety concerns that do not require an armed officer to attend. SPS introduced the ARO in the downtown area of Saskatoon with the intent to increase interoperability with other community service providers, increase uniformed presence in the area to act as reassurance and deterrence, and to decrease the need for armed officers to attend low-level social disorder or social welfare calls. Using activity counts and calls for service data, this study examines the implementation and early outcomes of policing alternatives for community support and policing resource management. This study has implications for investing and expanding policing alternatives and reducing policing costs to municipalities.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41406697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ʻItʼs Not “Uni” Work, itʼs Essential Learning to be a Police Officerʼ: Examining the Higher Education Elements of Police Education Qualifications Framework Programmes","authors":"R. Honess, Scott Clarke","doi":"10.1093/police/paad023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad023","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The two ʻpost entryʼ programmes of the Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF); the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) and Degree Holder Entry Programme (PCDA) have now been running for a few years, to the point where several learning points have been identified. This article discusses these programmes from the point of view of a consortium of Higher Education Providers (HEPs) delivering, in partnership, with several England and Wales Police Forces in the real world. It examines how the Higher Education elements have been integrated (or not) into police recruit education, examines and addresses many of the learning points that have arisen and what work still remains to fully integrate higher education into the police recruit learning process.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44905873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"KirbyStuart and KeayScott (2021). Improving Intelligence Analysis in Policing. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-367-48111-7 (hbk)","authors":"Shane Mac Giollabhuí","doi":"10.1093/police/paad042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45072199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whose Harm is it Anyway? Using Police Data to Represent Domestic Abuse Victims’ Experiences","authors":"A. Myhill, L. Kelly","doi":"10.1093/police/paad013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 There is a strong tradition of qualitative research documenting the experiences of survivors of domestic abuse. The in-depth nature of this data and the context in which it is collected contrasts with data collected by police officers largely for the purposes of recording and investigating crime. We argue that crime codes are an incomplete representation of ‘harm’ and escalation in domestic abuse. We also suggest harm indexes and severity scores that combine crime codes and sentencing data are an inadequate and potentially misleading representation of victim-survivors’ lived experiences and wider harms suffered. We caution against the use of harm index data to prioritize intervention in cases of domestic abuse and to assess police performance and the impact of interventions. We argue for a wider range of available data to be utilized in the measurement of harm and for measurement frameworks to be informed by foundational qualitative research in this field.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47487029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Victim opinions of police responses to reports of domestic violence and abuse in Greece","authors":"Vasiliki Kravvariti, Kevin Browne","doi":"10.1093/police/paad055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad055","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There are no known studies of victim opinions of police responses to domestic violence and abuse (DVA) calls in Greece. This study investigates differences in female and male victim experiences after making a call to the Greek police about DVA. A sample consisting of 104 victims of DVA was recruited from five agencies offering counselling and support. Of this sample, 72% consented to participate and complete a structured questionnaire (N = 75). The study compared 58 female and 17 male victims of similar demographic characteristics. Results showed there was a significant bias towards female victims for the information, help, and advice given, satisfaction with the police interview and arrest but not for children and witnesses, satisfaction with the police report and outcome of the incident. Partial evidence is provided to support the notion that male victims in Greece are discriminated against, as they do not fulfil gender stereotypes expected by police officers.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135001741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical perspectives and police science: Using Social Contract Theory as an analytical framework for evaluating police legitimacy","authors":"Tal Jonathan-Zamir, Gali Perry, James J Willis","doi":"10.1093/police/paad056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad056","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract It has recently been argued that ethical/moral considerations could be better integrated into the science of policing. The present study picks up the gauntlet and examines if a central normative theory of government authority—Social Contract Theory—can contribute to our understanding of police legitimacy. Building on five constraints on police authority derived from Social Contract Theory, the present study examines the relationship between citizen views of police compliance with the social contract while enforcing COVID-19 regulations, and of police legitimacy. A community survey carried out in Israel reveals that public evaluations of the appropriate balance between liberty, safety, and police authority, have a significant, independent correlation with legitimacy, surpassed only by views of procedural justice. These findings have implications for the theory, practice, and future study of police legitimacy, but more generally demonstrate the utility of theoretical–philosophical theories and concepts concerned with ethics for contemporary research questions in policing.","PeriodicalId":47186,"journal":{"name":"Policing-A Journal of Policy and Practice","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135153005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}