Police Response Officer Selection - Development of Tool to Aid the Dispatch of Police Response Officers

UKpolice forces have had to adapt their tactical approach to the emerging terror threat that now faces the UK. This has led to an evolution in the training, education and conduct of authorised firearms officers and an increased capability in the provision of immediate lifesaving care to injured casualties. This article intends to describe the police response to a marauding terror attack and describes the medical capabilities authorised firearms officers possess in order to educate other emergency service responders to such an event. The challenges of training for a major terrorist event and the benefits of collaborative working with other emergency service personnel are discussed.

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Predictors of Child Abuse Charges Within the Context of Domestic Violence Arrests

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128716661141 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 63 (13) ◽

pp. 1777-1803 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jennifer Roark ◽

Kelly E. Knight ◽

Heather Olson ◽

Heidi DeSandre

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Child Abuse ◽

Regression Models ◽

Police Response ◽

Men And Women ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Underdeveloped Area

This article investigates how different factors of a domestic violence incident impact the likelihood of a child abuse charge within the context of domestic violence arrests. Data from 5,148 domestic violence arrests were used to test whether domestic violence-, incident-, and child-based predictors increased the likelihood of a child abuse charge. Logistic regression models of gender-stratified samples were employed to test for gender differences among domestic violence arrestees. The results demonstrated predictors affected men’s odds of a child abuse charge when compared with women. For men and women, children witnessing the domestic violence incident had the largest impact on a child abuse charge. These results contribute to the underdeveloped area of police response to child abuse in domestic violence cases.

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Racist Victimization, Legal Estrangement and Resentful Reliance on the Police in Sweden

Social & Legal Studies ◽

10.1177/09646639211023974 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 096466392110239

Author(s):

Kıvanç Atak

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Hate Crimes ◽

Racial Minorities ◽

Critical Race Studies ◽

Police Response ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

Racial Hatred ◽

Vicarious Experiences ◽

Insight Into

Scholarly literature offers much insight into aggressive policing of racial minorities. However, research is not equally extensive regarding the experiences of racial minorities with law enforcement when police response might be decisive for their sense of recognition and protection as a community. Bridging debates from critical race studies, hate crimes and legal cynicism, this paper addresses how policing of racist victimization is experienced by members of racially targeted communities in Sweden. Drawing on interviews with people having personal and/or vicarious experiences with racist victimization, I analyze resentful reliance on the police through the concept of legal estrangement. While most respondents describe police treatment in somewhat positive terms, there is a shared resentment at the police due to the lived experience that racism often remains undetected. Previous interactions with law enforcement also pave the way for accumulated skepticism toward the utility of the policing of racial hatred. Disenchantment with law enforcement notwithstanding, reliance on the police manifests a will not just to be recognized as a victim, but also to make the pervasiveness of racism more visible.

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