Donald Trump is wrong when he says: “The police are the most mistreated people in this country.” In fact, American police officers killed more people in 2015 than ever before.
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The rush to grant more surveillance powers doesn’t reflect what actually keeps us safe.
There’s a surprising amount of resistance to making policing a graduate profession.
Two incidents have stressed the fragility of free speech in Britain in the face of police use of anti-terror legislation to seize materials from journalists and academics. The Independent has reported…
Reports of an inquiry into allegations that police tried to shield the killers suggest the murder has yet to be fully investigated.
Hundreds of people have been referred to a programme that is supposed to protect them from being drawn into terrorism. But its methods are deeply questionable.
The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment…
The heavy hand of the law has no place in helping teenagers learn about sex – but teenagers must realise it can still catch up with them.
Research on the UK’s only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
The UK isn’t home to the mob or the mafia - and the law should reflect that.
Hampshire constabulary has paid £20,000 in damages, but the underlying problems will take much more to solve.
Provocative, violent and discriminatory policing has sparked riots in both the UK and America.
Outcry over those who slip through the net should not cancel out the good work done by the authorities.
Tasers are absolutely necessary in the fight against terrorism, according to the chair of the UK Police Federation, Steve White. The statement – made in an interview with The Guardian – saw White demand…
Police in England and Wales have been told to review nearly 2,000 cases of alleged corruption after Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found that no action had been taken in two-thirds of investigations…
The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the police in a case that questioned whether they should be liable for negligence after failing to prevent the murder of a woman in Wales in 2009. The court…
In his ruling on the libel claim brought to the high court by former Conservative whip Andrew Mitchell, Justice John Mitting has brought an end to one of the longest-running and least edifying disputes…
Here’s a figure that deserves some attention: in the first year in which Scotland had a single police force, 8,000 stop searches were carried out by armed response officers, an average of 29 searches by…
Although only a small area of land has been offered to companies exploring the potential for fracking in the UK so far, much more is likely to come. But opposition to fracking is growing – and growing…
The news that Harry Roberts is to be released from prison – potentially within days – has been greeted with outrage among the police. But after 48 years in prison, it’s time the knee-jerk reactions stopped…
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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