scholarly journals SCANning for truth. Scholars’ and practitioners’ perceptions on the use(fulness) of Scientific Content Analysis in detecting deception during police interviews

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabo Goormans ◽  
Lore Mergaerts ◽  
Christophe Vandeviver
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Analytic Method ◽  
Complete Disappearance ◽  
Scientific Content ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Police Interviews ◽  
Detecting Deception ◽  
Scan Data

SCAN (Scientific Content Analysis) is an analytic method that claims to detect deception in written statements. Although the validity of SCAN is contested in literature, various (law enforcement) agencies across the globe are trained in using the technique. To date it remains unknown how the technique is perceived and to what extent it is used in practice. Based on a scoping review and an open- and closed-ended survey, we identified practitioners’ and scholars’ prevailing perceptions on the use(fulness) of SCAN. Data were collected from 48 participants (35 practitioners and 13 scholars). Key findings illuminate a discrepancy between practitioners and academics. While practitioners position themselves positively towards SCAN, academics urge for a complete disappearance of the technique. Practitioners apply an incomplete, personalized version of SCAN. Since SCAN is not applied in its originally designed form and existing research demonstrates the technique has important shortcomings, we advise practitioners to abandon SCAN altogether.

Policing in a pandemic: how law enforcement communicates with the public

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley K. Farmer ◽  
Allen Copenhaver
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Usa

PurposeThis study, a content analysis, aims to analyze general communications from law enforcement via agency websites about the COVID-19 pandemic and how this affected police roles. The authors study the extent to which police departments used their websites to inform the public about COVID-19, changes to their policies and additional information they felt necessary to give members of the public. This is important for understanding how the police inform the public during a pandemic and how the pandemic affected their police role.Design/methodology/approachThe data gathered for this project came from a content analysis of the official websites of the largest municipal police departments in the USA. The researchers collected quantitative data from the official websites of law enforcement agencies who serve the 200 largest cities in the USA in March 2020 and coded the information from the websites to determine what themes were most prevalent.FindingsThe messages most often provided on department websites included information about COVID-19 (52% of websites included this information), modifications to services (33%) and informing users that services such as fingerprinting would be altered (42%). Websites also reminded the public of restrictions on public gatherings (25%) and stay-at-home orders (38%). Further logistic regression analyses explored significant associations among these variables to understand how police/public communications influenced the role of law enforcement during the pandemic.Originality/valueLittle is known about how law enforcement communicates online with the public during a global pandemic like COVID-19 or how this might affect the police role. Police departments can use their websites to communicate important information to citizens and keep communities updated. Policy implications suggest that agencies continue to update websites with important information and be direct about expectations from the public regarding compliance while also being transparent about how police roles might change.

On Strengthening Responsibility for Drug Propaganda on the Internet

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
E. V. Shul'gina
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Virtual Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Illegal Activity

The article contains the analyses of the current situation in the field of drug use propaganda carried out using the Internet, and also the study of the amendments adopted by legislators providing for increased responsibility for this type of illegal activity. A content analysis of a specialized segment of the information virtual network, a comparative analysis of the researched problem with the data of 2019, a review of official statistics of law enforcement agencies were carried out. The conclusions about the results of the analysis.

scholarly journals Playing Pac-Man in Portville: Policing the dilution and fragmentation of drug importations through major seaports

2020 ◽  
pp. 147737082091346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Sergi
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Police Forces

This article presents findings from a qualitative research project into organized crime, policing and security across five major seaports (‘Portvilles’): Genoa (Italy); Melbourne (Australia); Montreal (Canada); New York (USA); and Liverpool (UK). Through content analysis of confidential judicial files, the article will construct the offenders’ scenarios and options for importing drugs in Portville. Through also interviews with law enforcement agencies, police forces and security staff in these seaports, the article presents the policing and security struggles to disrupt importations. The main finding is that importation roles and security techniques change constantly and quickly, as in a game of Pac-Man. Security and policing in seaports lead to the dilution and fragmentation of drug importation, and only distribution tends to remain organized in Portville. In this chaotic environment, it is the rules of trade that affect the success of drug importations the most, rather than the failures of effective security and policing.

Learning From Experience: A Content Analysis of Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team Reports

Partner Abuse ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Marsh Pow ◽  
Christine E. Murray ◽  
Paulina Flasch ◽  
Elizabeth Doom ◽  
Melinda Snyder
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Review Team ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
Standard Practices

The mounting cost of domestic violence (DV) homicide in the United States has led to increased attention from law enforcement agencies and social organizations and the establishment of domestic violence fatality review boards or teams (DVFRTs) throughout the country. These teams are tasked with reviewing a specified set of DV-related fatality cases to determine the factors that contributed to the fatalities and whether there are changes that can be made to prevent future similar incidents. There exists, however, little to no standardization of practice and procedures among DVFRTs, resulting in wide variability among the reports they produce. The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the content of DVFRT reports across the United States to summarize standard practices in DVFRT reporting and to inform the procedures of existing and future DVFRTs. The researchers conducted a content analysis of 47 DVFRT reports to determine what information is most typically included in these reports on state, county, and city levels. A summary of findings and recommendations for DVFRTs is included.

scholarly journals Content analysis of the official documents on the turnover of counterfeit medicines in Ukraine in 2017–2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
С. О. Лебедь ◽  
А. С. Немченко
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The State ◽  
Counterfeit Drugs ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Counterfeit Medicines ◽  
Medicines Information ◽  
State Supervision ◽  
Effective Exchange

The purpose of the work was to conduct a content analysis of the orders of the State Medicines Service on the prohibition of the circulation of counterfeit medicines and the information messages of law enforcement agencies in 2017–2020. The object of the study was the orders of the State Medicines Service on the prohibition of the circulation of counterfeit medicines, information messages of law enforcement agencies to identify the facts of clandestine production and counterfeiting, publications on the problems of it’s distribution. The study used the methods of content analysis, systematization and generalization. Тo prevent the circulation of counterfeit medicines in the countries of the world, various methods of countering counterfeiting are being introduced, however, only in Ukraine was the restriction of measures of state supervision (control) in the pharmaceutical sector introduced as an element of deregulation. In connection with this, it was investigated how such restrictions, which were introduced three times, has influenced the identification and distribution of counterfeit medicines. For the study, a methodology for content analysis of official documents on the circulation of counterfeit medicines in the country for 2017–2020 has been proposed. In most of the orders of the State Medicines Service, revealed signs of drug falsification were introduced, which related to the labeling of packages. The imposition of a moratorium on planned measures of state supervision had a negative impact on the work of quality control bodies of medicines to identify counterfeits. In 2010–2014 (before the introduction of the first moratorium) the State Medicines Service issued 326 orders prohibiting the circulation of counterfeit medicines, but after the introduction of the moratorium, the number of orders for 6 years decreased significantly – to 118. So, in 2020, the State Medicines Service issued only 4 orders to prohibit the circulation of counterfeit drugs (for comparisons in 2017 – 18), although law enforcement officers revealed 6 facts of clandestine production and counterfeit. According to the results of the study, it was established that it was necessary to unify and standardize the management documents of the State Medicines Service on the prohibition of the circulation of counterfeit medicines, and also indicated the feasibility of introducing «field screening» of the often counterfeited medicines, to establish the real part of counterfeit medicines. Information messages from law enforcement agencies should not be limited only to the facts of revealing clandestine proceedings, but also should contain the results of court decisions on these facts. It is advisable to intensify interaction with regulatory authorities in other countries for a more effective exchange of information on detected of counterfeit medicines.

Penerapan Hukum Wakaf Uang di Indonesia Perspektif Legal System Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masdar Masdar
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Muslim Society ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government

Cash waqf in Indonesia has been long enough implemented based on some rules enacted by government and other rules defined by The Waqf Board of Indonesia (BWI). However, the implementation of cash waqf has not reached the level of success. Therefore, this article studies the application of cash waqf law in Indonesia according to Friedman’s legal system theory. The legal system theory of Friedman firstly looks at the substance of the law, which is the rules or regulations; and secondly it examines the structure of the law, encompassing the law enforcement agencies, such as judge, prosecutor, police and legal counselors. And lastly the theory examines the element of legal culture, which is a response from Muslim society. The first two examinations indicate that there is nothing to be a problem. But from the last examination there is a problem regarding the trust from Muslim society. From the legal culture point of view, the implementation of cash waqf by the government, which is performed by BWI, needs attracting society’s credentials in order to improve and maximize the performance of cash waqf in Indonesia.

ANALISIS ABORSI DALAM PERATURAN PEMERINTAH NO. 61 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ferry Fadzlul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Government

Abortion is a social phenomenon that is increasingly alarming. The concern is not without reason, because so far the behavior of abortion many negative effects both for themselves the perpetrators and the wider community. With the passing of the Government Regulation No. 61 Year 2014 on Reproductive Health still raises the pros and cons in the middle of the community. The approach used to address the problem that the above problems are normative juridical approach. Based on the results of the study need to decriminalize abortion in Government Regulation No. 61 Year 2014 on Reproductive Health which has the goal of creating the legal basis for abortion and the experts who helped him as an indication of a medical emergency or pregnancy due to rape, and factors inhibiting the decriminalization of abortion is legal factors themselves, law enforcement officials factors, factors facilities or infrastructure, community factors, and cultural factors. Suggestion that the author should the government needs to review the Government Regulation No. 61 Year 2014 on Reproductive Health in particular Article 31 and Article 34 within the limited evidence of rape victims in just 40 days because of the time limit is not relative to the law enforcement agencies to prove it, as well as regarding the evidentiary aspects of pregnancy due to rape victims in order to avoid an impression of legitimizing the act of abortion in any form. Keywords: Abortion, , Reproductive Health

ANALISIS DEKRIMINALISASI ABORSI DALAM PERATURAN PEMERINTAH NO. 61 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Ferry Fadzul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Government

Abortion is a social phenomenon that is increasingly alarming. The concern is not without reason, because so far the behavior of abortion many negative effects both for themselves the perpetrators and the wider community. With the passing of the Government Regulation No. 61 Year 2014 on Reproductive Health still raises the pros and cons in the middle of the community. The approach used to address the problem that the above problems are normative juridical approach. Based on the results of the study need to decriminalize abortion in Government Regulation No. 61 Year 2014 on Reproductive Health which has the goal of creating the legal basis for abortion and the experts who helped him as an indication of a medical emergency or pregnancy due to rape, and factors inhibiting the decriminalization of abortion is legal factors themselves, law enforcement officials factors, factors facilities or infrastructure, community factors, and cultural factors. Suggestion that the author should the government needs to review the Government Regulation No. 61 Year 2014 on Reproductive Health in particular Article 31 and Article 34 within the limited evidence of rape victims in just 40 days because of the time limit is not relative to the law enforcement agencies to prove it, as well as regarding the evidentiary aspects of pregnancy due to rape victims in order to avoid an impression of legitimizing the act of abortion in any form.

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