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Building Consensus for Police Oversight

Oñati Socio-Legal Series
This article examines how civilian oversight reform emerges and gains legitimacy through a case study of Madison, Wisconsin, where the 2015 police killing of Tony Robinson catalyzed a wide-ranging reform process.
Víctor Beltrán Román
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Accessing justice for survivors of violence against women. [PDF]

Science, 2022
Blair G, Jassal N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Police reform in the Netherlands. [PDF]

, 2010
The Dutch police system has been under pressure during the last decades. Critical debates focused on police’ dealing with the growing (perceived) insecurity, the administrative problems of size and efficiency, the core tasks of the police, the ...
Cachet, A. (Lex), Marks, P.K. (Peter)
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On Second Thought: The Impact of Confessions, DNA, and Belief Perseverance on Students' Perceptions of Guilt and Interrogations

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing public knowledge of false confession cases, research with students and community members continues to find that people assume confessions indicate guilt. The present research explored the implications of belief perseverance: the tendency to maintain a belief even when confronted with compelling contradictory evidence.
Taya D. Henry, Kimberley A. Clow, Victoria Hall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humanism and Professionalism in Police Reform: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Law Enforcement

Arena Hukum
This study departed from the persistent shortcomings in police practices that prioritise the protection of human rights, alongside the prevailing reliance on repressive approaches in law enforcement.
Sigar P. Berutu, Apri Cuanra Saragih
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Sierra Leone Police Reform: the role of the UK government [PDF]

, 2015
政治学 / Political Science and International RelationsSierra Leone’s civil war left development urgently needing security and security urgently needing reform.
BAKER Bruce, Coventry University
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Towards a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM): Implications for Youth Justice

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Youth justice systems are frequently justified by reference to developmental change, yet chronological age is often treated as a proxy for underlying psychological processes. This paper develops a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM), integrating evolutionary criminology with contemporary developmental neuroscience to clarify ...
Evelyn Svingen
wiley   +1 more source

Bloqueios políticos e dinâmicas organizacionais na polícia portuguesa durante a Primeira República

Ler História, 2017
This article analyzes the transformation of the police system during the First Republic in Portugal. The republican revolution of October 5, 1910 brought with it the expectation of a profound reform and republicanization of the police structures.
Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves, Marco Alpande Póvoa   +1 more
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Giving Voice to the Victims of Sexual Assault: the Role of Police Leadership in Organisational Change [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a long-term programme within a police service that sought to transform the policing of adult sexual assault cases through reforming case management and investigation practices, as well as cultural ...
Macauley, Michael, Rowe, Michael
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Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 5 decades of social science research, scholars have examined false narratives and beliefs associated with rape and sexual assault (often called “rape myths”). This scoping review employs an innovative technique to sample and describe a large cohort of scholarly articles that investigate sexual assault victim interpretation and ...
Elizabeth Trudeau, Ruth Carmi
wiley   +1 more source