Reports of misogynistic behaviour by police and within their ranks have roots in workplace culture.
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Why will calling someone a liar get you thrown out of the UK parliamentary debates, but using defamatory language might not?
Police officers are tasked with summarising accounts of violent incidents. And the language they use is extremely important.
Just three big developers are being paid tens of millions of pounds to supply the majority of these UK systems.
The UK government is granting sweeping powers to officers to search people without reasonable suspicion they’ve committed a crime.
Turnout in the first votes was just 15% and barely rose in the next. Now a third election looms.
A lack of emotional support within the police is leading to PTSD and burnout.
Police forces need to negotiate with communities to win back trust or risk getting trapped in a cycle of violence.
Our findings on stop and account and vehicle stop checks potentially shine a light on why these powers may disproportionately affect black people.
Research reveals how police officers abuse their position for sexual gain. While most are disciplined or dismissed, forces must do more to tackle the issue.
The prestige the role of detective once had has been eroded and needs to be restored.
The detective turned criminologist who was sent to help Portuguese police in 2007 says he had misgivings as to how the most basic of tasks were being carried out.
Representation alone cannot fix racism. But when deployed appropriately, it can provide reassurance and support to communities of colour.
History shows us that when police forces apply the rules unevenly, some groups are hit harder than others.
Police crackdown operations are likely to exacerbate the structural inequalities that can influence criminality in the first place.
Laws against ‘revenge porn’, upskirting, deepfake pornography are piecemeal, and a review will take years to conduct. Here are three things government can do now to support victims.
Delays in reporting a rape and in recording a video interview with police can have an impact on whether an investigation continues.
Previous policies aimed at ending gangs and youth violence have failed. The government should avoid the same mistakes.
Nations like Scotland and New Zealand have pioneered community-centred strategies to tackle knife crime – it’s time for the rest of the UK to follow suit.
But questions remain on how well a scheme to provide victims with information about abusive partners is working.
Top contributors
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Visiting Professor in Solution Oriented Policing, De Montfort University; Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Wales
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
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Visiting Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Police Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Chair of the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Policing, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of Criminology and Head of Department for Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Coventry University
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Professor of Sociology of Law and Deviance, Università di Bologna; University of Essex; The University of Melbourne