What are “consent decrees” in policing and how do they stop “harmful practices”?
As found in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update
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“We Have a Long Ways to Go”: The Growing Pains of a Consent Decree in a Municipal Police Department
Journal: Police Quarterly
Keywords: police, policing, surveillance, policy, reform
First author: Zachary A. Powell (College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USA) [+1 other author]
“Consent decrees”, in this context, are agreements between the federal government and a police department to improve that department’s practices.
In this study, researchers found that officers described “an arduous experience reflected through the stigma associated with the consent decree, the perception of organizational hyper-surveillance, and new policy requirements.” They did, however, also find that the decree was stopping “harmful practices.” As a restricted access study, only the Abstract was available, which didn’t go into detail about what those practices were.
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Research by type of crime
Violence
The Prevalence and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence Among Trans and Gender Diverse University Students in Ontario
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: aggression, violence, victim, victimization, policy
First author: Jia Qing Wilson-Yang (Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, ON, Canada) [+4 other authors]
Poly-Victimization Patterns and Their Correlates Among International Asian and Latina Sex Trafficking Survivors in New York City
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, sex trafficking, victim, victimization, survivor, trauma, police, arrest
First author: Jiepin Cao (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, USA) [+3 other authors]
Using “Our Brave Voice”: A Holistic Family Intervention to Reduce Gender-Based Violence in an Indigenous Guatemalan Community
Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, survivor, regulation
First author: Judith L. Gibbons (Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA) [+2 other authors]
Gendered Pathways From Victimization to Offending: The Influences of Victimization Subtype and Low Self-Control
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, violent, offender, offending, victim, victimization
First author: Samantha Kopf (Bowling Green State University, OH, USA) [+2 other authors]
Intelligence as an instrument of coercion: the case of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) in Botswana
Journal: Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
Keywords: terrorism, coercion, policing
First author: Kebapetse Lotshwao (University of Botswana)
Property
Not All Money Is the Same: The Meanings of Money in Online Fraud
Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: fraud, digital, dark web, offender, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA) [+2 other authors]
Drugs
None found today.
White Collar
Not All Money Is the Same: The Meanings of Money in Online Fraud
Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: fraud, digital, dark web, offender, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA) [+2 other authors]
Organized
Poly-Victimization Patterns and Their Correlates Among International Asian and Latina Sex Trafficking Survivors in New York City
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, sex trafficking, victim, victimization, survivor, trauma, police, arrest
First author: Jiepin Cao (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, USA) [+3 other authors]
Technology Facilitated
Not All Money Is the Same: The Meanings of Money in Online Fraud
Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: fraud, digital, dark web, offender, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA) [+2 other authors]
The psychological impact of cybercrime victimization: The importance of personal and circumstantial factors
Journal: European Journal of Criminology
Keywords: cybercrime, hacking, victim, victimization
First author: Jildau Borwell (NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands; Open University of the Netherlands, the Netherlands; Dutch National Police, the Netherlands) [+2 other authors]
Research by criminal justice/legal system stage
Offending
Not All Money Is the Same: The Meanings of Money in Online Fraud
Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: fraud, digital, dark web, offender, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA) [+2 other authors]
Gendered Pathways From Victimization to Offending: The Influences of Victimization Subtype and Low Self-Control
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, violent, offender, offending, victim, victimization
First author: Samantha Kopf (Bowling Green State University, OH, USA) [+2 other authors]
Cyberbullying Victim-Offender Overlap Among Chinese College Students: Comparing the Predictive Effects Across Criminological Factors
Journal: Victims & Offenders
Keywords: offender, victim
First author: Yi-Syuan (Ethan) Jian (University of Delaware) [+3 other authors]
Victimization
The psychological impact of cybercrime victimization: The importance of personal and circumstantial factors
Journal: European Journal of Criminology
Keywords: cybercrime, hacking, victim, victimization
First author: Jildau Borwell (NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands; Open University of the Netherlands, the Netherlands; Dutch National Police, the Netherlands) [+2 other authors]
The Prevalence and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence Among Trans and Gender Diverse University Students in Ontario
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: aggression, violence, victim, victimization, policy
First author: Jia Qing Wilson-Yang (Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, ON, Canada) [+4 other authors]
Poly-Victimization Patterns and Their Correlates Among International Asian and Latina Sex Trafficking Survivors in New York City
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, sex trafficking, victim, victimization, survivor, trauma, police, arrest
First author: Jiepin Cao (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, USA) [+3 other authors]
Using “Our Brave Voice”: A Holistic Family Intervention to Reduce Gender-Based Violence in an Indigenous Guatemalan Community
Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, survivor, regulation
First author: Judith L. Gibbons (Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA) [+2 other authors]
Justice professionals’ perceptions of trauma informed supervision: a possible solution to the impact of trauma
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, police, police officer, supervision, policy
First author: Catherine O’Neill [+1 other author]
Gendered Pathways From Victimization to Offending: The Influences of Victimization Subtype and Low Self-Control
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, violent, offender, offending, victim, victimization
First author: Samantha Kopf (Bowling Green State University, OH, USA) [+2 other authors]
Cyberbullying Victim-Offender Overlap Among Chinese College Students: Comparing the Predictive Effects Across Criminological Factors
Journal: Victims & Offenders
Keywords: offender, victim
First author: Yi-Syuan (Ethan) Jian (University of Delaware) [+3 other authors]
Policing
Poly-Victimization Patterns and Their Correlates Among International Asian and Latina Sex Trafficking Survivors in New York City
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, sex trafficking, victim, victimization, survivor, trauma, police, arrest
First author: Jiepin Cao (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, USA) [+3 other authors]
A measured response? Examining the use of specialty resources and tactics adopted by tactical officers
Journal: Police Practice and Research
Keywords: police
First author: Bryce Jenkins (Carleton University) [+2 other authors]
Justice professionals’ perceptions of trauma informed supervision: a possible solution to the impact of trauma
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, police, police officer, supervision, policy
First author: Catherine O’Neill [+1 other author]
Intelligence as an instrument of coercion: the case of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) in Botswana
Journal: Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
Keywords: terrorism, coercion, policing
First author: Kebapetse Lotshwao (University of Botswana)
“We Have a Long Ways to Go”: The Growing Pains of a Consent Decree in a Municipal Police Department
Journal: Police Quarterly
Keywords: police, policing, surveillance, policy, reform
First author: Zachary A. Powell (College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USA) [+1 other author]
Courts
None found today.
Corrections
Does AssetPlus facilitate effective assessment of children within the youth justice system?: A critical evaluation
Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation
First author: Hannah Smith (University of Nottingham, UK) [+1 other author]
Teaching mandated learners to work with involuntary clients? Learner engagement and motivation on the PQiP academic programme
Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation
First author: Ben Keysell (University of Portsmouth, UK) [+2 other authors]
A professional register for probation practitioners in England and Wales: Opportunities and challenges
Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation
First author: Matt Tidmarsh (School of Law, University of Leeds, UK) [+1 other author]
Justice professionals’ perceptions of trauma informed supervision: a possible solution to the impact of trauma
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, police, police officer, supervision, policy
First author: Catherine O’Neill [+1 other author]
Public Policy
Not All Money Is the Same: The Meanings of Money in Online Fraud
Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: fraud, digital, dark web, offender, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA) [+2 other authors]
The Prevalence and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence Among Trans and Gender Diverse University Students in Ontario
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: aggression, violence, victim, victimization, policy
First author: Jia Qing Wilson-Yang (Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, ON, Canada) [+4 other authors]
Using “Our Brave Voice”: A Holistic Family Intervention to Reduce Gender-Based Violence in an Indigenous Guatemalan Community
Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, survivor, regulation
First author: Judith L. Gibbons (Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA) [+2 other authors]
Justice professionals’ perceptions of trauma informed supervision: a possible solution to the impact of trauma
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, police, police officer, supervision, policy
First author: Catherine O’Neill [+1 other author]
“We Have a Long Ways to Go”: The Growing Pains of a Consent Decree in a Municipal Police Department
Journal: Police Quarterly
Keywords: police, policing, surveillance, policy, reform
First author: Zachary A. Powell (College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USA) [+1 other author]
Unsorted Research
All of today's research was sorted into the above categories.
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