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Law Enforcement - Science topic
Law Enforcement are organized efforts to insure obedience to the laws of a community.
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Assessment Topic and Intro: What do we do when those mandated to protect us are serving other interests than public safety? In South Africa, traffic police corruption leaves road users exposed to a high rate of fatalities on the road and causes distrust of the traffic police service while allowing lawlessness to flourish. Unethical conduct may never be eliminated at the personal level or organisational level, but there are ways to reduce it. In light of the statement above, identify and discuss the factors contributing to unethical conduct within a law enforcement environment, the impact of unethical conduct on communities or the road, and measures to overcome unethical conduct within the traffic law enforcement environment.
Is Putin turning Russia into an Eastern, Asian country? While the huge number whom he claims voted for him, impossible in a Western state, has no reality it can be seen in small Asian polities. Would this more suit his rule?
Consider this quote (from the essay linked above), by Juliane Reinecke and Jimmy Donaghey:
"The global supply chain model has become the dominant mode of value creation in the global economy. But global supply chains are challenging for democracy. As Adrian Bua explains in this series, this is caused by the de-democratisation demand that such supply chains place upon governments and transnational regulatory authorities. Further, cross-national boundaries undermine democratic oversight. They bind state regulation, as well as workplace-level democratic participation."
This means that major economic trade systems pose problems for democracies. The places of work and movement of goods in the world from big businesses do, if you trace them, form lines that crisscross the map - so few democratic polities are free from this anti-democratic effect posed by global supply chains.
Reinecke and Donaghey see global accords as potentially the solution to this problem: international agreements between governments, workers, and businesses (essentially the ILO's tripartite format) could lead to putting supply chains into the service of at least certain types of democratic behaviours.
What do you think? Global accords can, for example, be paper/toothless tigers and may not live up to expectations. What change might you make to put big business into the service of some form of democracy?
In reading André Bächtiger's essay (https://theloop.ecpr.eu/a-night-at-the-museum-of-democracy/) on the genetic understanding of words, like democracy, I was reminded of the book Por una democracia sin adjetivos by Enrique Krauze (http://www.elem.mx/obra/datos/196027).
To memory, Krauze wanted unqualified democracy - the real thing - as adjectives are seen as a way of negatively qualifying democracy and, therefore, justifying something different: authoritarianism, oligarchy, etc.
What is to be done, though, when even a small polity is unlikely to ever hold to just one meaning of democracy? And is it not undemocratic to insist that everyone in a polity ascribes to just one form of democracy - the adjective-less or unadjectived one (and what meaning is this to hold, according to whom over whom?)?
What do you think?
Community-oriented policing (COP) is a strategy that emphasizes a collaborative relationship between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. The goal of COP is to build trust, increase communication, and involve community members in the prevention and reduction of crime.
This discussion seeks to explore the effectiveness of COP in addressing and preventing crime in urban areas. Participants can share their insights on the following topics:
- The benefits and limitations of COP as a crime prevention strategy in urban areas
- Examples of successful COP programs in different urban contexts and their impact on crime rates
- The role of community members, law enforcement agencies, and other stakeholders in the implementation of COP strategies
- The challenges and obstacles in implementing and sustaining COP programs in urban areas
- The potential for COP to address systemic issues and inequalities that contribute to crime in urban areas
Participants with experience or expertise in law enforcement, community engagement, urban planning, criminology, or related fields are encouraged to share their perspectives and insights. The goal of this discussion is to facilitate a constructive exchange of ideas and identify opportunities for future research and collaboration in the field of community-oriented policing.
Do law enforcement officers in the US use and/or have access to wireless implantable Neurologically linked technologies?
Please, feel free to give more examples and to share your experiencies and/or opinions.
I need to find the number of full time (officer and civilian) law enforcement officers for as many years as possible. I know that uniform crime reports has some data, but I can't seem to find too many years. Anyone know of an already constructed data set?
If I could find part time data too that might be nice. I also need law enforcement spending (total - federal, state, and local).
I am interested in collaborating on this project. Anyone interested in conducting this research collaboratively is welcome to do so.
We are launching a research project looking at how federal law enforcement individuals in the United States who decide on which cases to open make those determinations. Specifically, most federal law enforcement agencies get orders of magnitude more complaints than they can adequately investigate. As such, they must triage those based on multiple factors (personnel resources available, financial loss, impact, etc.) If anyone has pointers to any systematic reviews of decision making in that triage process it would be appreciated.
- Looking for comparable rates or statistics on LAP completion at law enforcement agencies
- Research on improving rates/completion
- Research on the use of LAP
Analysing the repertoire of power impact of primarily economic and political instruments preferred by postcolonial leading actors, a banal idea comes that the economic dominance of individual countries and macro-regions becomes crucial because of creating the prerequisites for redistributive gains or competitive advantages. These advantages can be called "leadership rent". This concept borrowed from the political economy literature demonstrates that the group of developed countries predetermines the nature and pace of development of the world economy and acts as a natural "centre of gravitation" to emerging economies.
These centres of gravitation often use personalised relations between the dominant and the dependent; and, it is usually attributed to cultural grounds. I'm trying to use patron-client relations as an explanatory model. My argument comes from the observation that since patronage supposes to be imprinted in polity behaviour and affects the way how these polities represent their interests, this instrument is utilised by leaders-patrons linked to their clients by the strong historical and cultural ties resilient to radical political transformations.
So the question is could we stretch the concept of patronage from electoral behavior to a strategy for acquiring, maintaining, and exacerbating political power from patrons? Are there any important research that I possibly miss?
We have a client claiming to have a microchip embedded in his body without his consent. Is this physically doable? How can we best obtain evidence for law enforcement purposes . Please advise. Best regards Director of Cybercare. Maureen Kendal , maureen@cybercare.org.uk. 07973 221409
Are there scientific evidence and studies on why do some people seem not to care at all about spreading the virus to others, and how many they may be?
The UK press discusses the case of a famous senior government adviser who travelled from London to the North, 260 miles, knowingly at high risk to be infected since his wife was, while the UK had a travel ban
BBC News - Coronavirus: Dominic Cummings rejects calls to quit as PM's chief adviser
In Scotland a health minister had to resign for having infringed the travel ban to visit her second house.
The message given, as the press sees it, is that Law makes exceptions for some, who are well connected, but hits hard on normal citizens
More significant at statistical level was the massive travel from Milan to Southern Italy, by Milan residents. They carried the virus South, in deprived areas where hospitals had not anticipated the Milanese flow...
Data is available for this exodus from Lombardy to the South of Italy.
Strange behaviour...
Do we have figures on this anti-social behaviour, "homo homini lupus" where the man is a wolf to other men (image used by philosopher Hobbes).
Am working on articles and presentations on supporting Law Enforcement in terms of mental health issues..... and looking for any current research on this topic...
Here in the US a huge issue particularly around the increase in Suicides with this population... so many of us trying to sort out best practices for working with this population...
Thanks for any stats or suggestions....
I am currently developing a qualitative research proposal to study the effects of stress on members of law enforcement, and determine its correlation on the high rate of police suicides. Does anyone have any advice on how to approach a police department to begin my research?
Should people who do not wear protective face masks be allowed to shop in grocery stores? Should they be allowed to use public forms of transportation, including bus, train, commercial airliner?
In suicide prevention there are many high-risk populations hiding in plain sight that are overlooked. One such group is police chiefs. There are at least 3-5 media reports of suicides of chiefs, deputy chiefs, and sheriffs every year in US big cities and small towns. There doesn't seem to be much literature on suicide risk among in the upper echelons of local law enforcement. These individuals accrue all the suicide risk affecting those they manage plus that coming with their jobs. This often takes the form of being terminally trapped between the demands of elected officials and the needs of their departments and communities. Many lack civil service protection and may face termination or demotion if they resist budget or staffing cuts, "political" personnel decisions, threats to consolidate with other jurisdictions, and worse. Community dissatisfaction, personal issues, and pending retirement may also be factors. In any case, suicide prevention targeting police (as well as other emergency responders) must address risk at all levels of the department or agency.
I came across reference to the above recently in the world history of a Dutch writer and I was aghast as archaeological research has been going on in present day Israel for over a hundred years and no evidence for this famed polity has emerged, except for occasional finds in the Shephelah. Assessments of Jerusalem continue to insist it was little more than a village and many of the urban sites claimed in Judaic writings as belonging to this supposed early Hebrew empire seem culturally Philistine or Canaanite.
I have elsewhere theorised that the stories were fabricated after the defeat of Judea, never more than a secondary power in the region, by Assyria and Babylon, the crushing and annihilation of the Kingdom of Israel based in Samaria, in order to assuage such overwhelming defeats.
Looking to find appropriate submissions to our International Employee Assistance Digital Archive that will support professionals who are asked to support Police and Firefighters during the COVID Pandemic and Racial tensions in the US
Criminalistics forensic science is a traditional scientific speciality which has long played a supporting role to law enforcement around the world, in the fight against crime and providing supporting evidence for courts of law. Crime scene examinations and scientific evidence are typically utilised as a reactive tool to explain, or clarify, what has occurred in a crime scene: therefore assisting juries and court officials make judgements of culpability of those on trial.
Nonetheless, there is a strong argument that forensic science, and the resultant forensic intelligence, should not only be used as reactive evidence, but also as a proactive means of gathering advantageous actionable intelligence for the ‘deterrence and reduction of crime’(Almog, 2014, p. 325), in the prevention of attacks, and possibly, for the early intervention and protection of future targets.
Is Criminalistics Forensic evidence/intelligence being proactively exploited as a intelligence tool to identify actors, targets and possibly prevent terrorist attacks?
We are implementing a domestic violence offender apprehension unit. This will complement our DV investigators/detectives. Does anyone have any experience or research on the effectiveness of these units working days (with detectives) versus nighttime?
Thank you!
We would appreciate someone installing our authentication system, and giving us feedback on various aspects like ease of installation, user experience, bugs (hopefully, none...).
We will give you a free licence for an unlimited number of users and unlimited number of installations. Ideally, we'd like to test with about a hundred users, but any number will do in practice.
You'll need to have a Linux or Sun (SPARC) Solaris system for the main server, but user connections can be from any device, running any O/S - including smartphones, tablets, etc.
You'll also need an Oracle database. You can download Oracle 11g from their website, for free.
Installation takes about an hour, plus the time to migrate any existing users - for which we can supply a free tool.
Thanks in advance.
An important step towards more compliance in companies was taken: Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the so-called Whistleblower Directive) was published in the EU Official Journal of 26 November 2019. The directive now introduces an EU-wide minimum standard for the protection of whistleblowers. Under the new rules, companies with more than 50 employees will be required to set up secure channels for reporting breaches. The scope of the Directive is limited to reporting violations of EU law. Member States may, however, go beyond the minimum standard when transposing the Directive so that the national legislator has the possibility to extend the scope to breaches of national law. How do you assess the situation in your country? Will the possibility of extending it to national law be used?
Is there a public order online? And how can we measure it?
In our study mayors in cyberspace we found that many mayors and practitioners indicate that there is such a thing as an online (public) order. In most cases, however, they do refer to physical effects. Not surprising in itself because the powers of mayors and the legislation are focused on physical effects. The question is whether there is also a separate order online. And to what extent is this space public?
Corruption in police departments: Undoubtedly subject matter is concerned with the government of the state but representation was submitted to the accountable public functionaries of state and senior rank officers in the state and when the aggrieved didn't get justice then he preferred to submit the application before the central government as justified in the federal system where central monitors the activities of the government through its agent i.e. governor and his office and this agent gives its report to centre that whether the government is running in accordance with the framework of the constitution or not? Consequently, the central government takes action in order to establish the machinery of the state in accordance with the framework of the constitution if the state does not support then centre may also take action against the government of the state. Here applicant is aggrieved with the lawlessness and anarchy in the state so wants to seek interference of the appropriate public functionaries in the matter against the unlawful step of the public functionaries of the state but incompetent staffs of the government of India habitually as made practice, sending the matter to state in the name that matter is concerned with the state government which is reflection of lawlessness, anarchy and chaos in the system. When our courts have been unresponsive, then where to seek justice a common man is a burning question?
Nhrc filled case when police is failed to do it.
1. What I meant by theories of globalization is the World System Theory , World Polity Theory and many more.
2. What I meant by debates on globalization is the attitudes towards globalization which include the hyperglobalizers, sceptics and transformationalists perspectives.
Dear colleagues,
I would like to point out one thing, which I may not have insisted enough on, which explains a lot of criticisms that may be made of the Dolos list and other efforts against predatory publishing. These criticisms also go to threats and public attacks (but I'll come back to it another time, meanwhile you'll see for yourself that the Dolos list can cost me my image on the internet - fortunately, on non-scientific websites).
Please read the entire text before answering, the title question serves as an introduction to the topic.
First, the usefulness of a scientific publication
I may not be exhaustive, but for the moment I think of three main objectives:
- The ability to quickly share research results that can help other research teams in their work.
- The professional benefits generated by these publications (we will not lie to you, the career of a researcher is measured as much by the quality as by the quantity of his publications, not to bet on one or the other) .
- The opportunity to leave to Humanity a better knowledge of the Universe, of Life, of its own technological capabilities, ...
And these are the last two points that interest me here.
What the Dolos list has already done
I have often heard that once an article is in the hands of a pseudoscientific journal, nothing can be done.
First of all, be aware that one of my articles has already been hijaked by OMICS, which I was able to bend, at the cost of a long wait which considerably slowed down the publication of my article on the evaporation of black holes (thanks to my lawyer).
Then, I would like to share with you a news recently reached to me: Our team managed to fold a thirtieth journal in favor of a researcher (you know how much I care about the safety of the researchers who contact me, you will not have his name). I also thank the authorities of his country, who are strongly concerned by this type of case, which enabled us to make it clear to the journal that, in the event that we could not get it to bend, the authorities concerned had already confirmed to us that they are able to prosecute this journal. This was of great help to the scammed researcher, whose article was removed more quickly, even though it had already been published. I think the law enforcement authorities are well informed about the problems posed by predatory publishing. We assured the administration involved that we would not specify the nationality of the researcher or journal. The Dolos list is not there to convey the bad image of a country or a researcher in terms of scientific rigor. In this regard, we will remain in less precise geographical observations and will try as much as possible to remain benevolent in the use of these results.
Finally, I would like to give you a personal point of view: I think that the greatest weakness of these pseudoscientific journals is their bad publicity. They will always prefer to sell an article, rather than go public for petty and fraudulent businesses.
Why was it important?
The three main objectives of the Dolos list are:
- Identification of sources of false scientific information.
- The defense of scientific rigor and ethics.
- The protection of the individual and collective interests of researchers.
In this context, so that quality articles do not fall into the "lost science", because they are ignored because of the journal in which they are published and because these journals do not have a very long life expectancy long (for many), and so that the reputation of the researchers does not suffer from these publications, it is important that the Dolos list helps the researchers in their procedures of suppression or interruption of the publication process.
And now, what should we do?
Since it is possible to unblock an article so that it is submitted in another journal, I propose you to provide me with methods that would allow to massively and legally empty these predatory journals of the quality articles which are there. This method should make it easy and fast for a researcher to unblock his article so that it can be published elsewhere.
This method will remain, of course, complementary to the initial objectives of the Dolos list. Naturally, if your solution involves the Dolos list, it will be my legal and financial responsibility.
I would like to remind you that these procedures for deleting and interrupting publication are free for researchers and that you just have to contact my team to benefit from them.
I remain very open to your solutions. For the moment, I do not have one. It must be massive, effective, and free for researchers.
OSINT generally refers to the acquisition of publicly available big data and conduct analysis of it for the purposes of intelligence gathering. However, it's also possible to use OSINT as an additional tool for criminal investigations. Since the resources of law enforcement agencies have always been scarce to the extent that they barely manage to deal with cases "physically", some bits of the investigations might be provided by the online community in the form of crowdsourcing. Such a crowdsourcing system requires additional and stricter safeguards than the commercial equivalents have. But that's the subject of another question. I wonder whether a similar idea was actualized before. Please don't mention one-time efforts like the investigation of Boston bombings.
The 850 nm wavelength is standard for most applications, including CCTV.
The light source does produce a faint red glow at direct exposure, but otherwise it is not visible to the naked eye. Most of the true Day/Night cameras with removable IR cut filter have great sensitivity to 850nm wavelength, that’s why they are so widely used for IR illumination.
The main advantage of the 940nm wavelength is that it is completely invisible.
The light source doesn’t emit any glow. This is imperative for law enforcement, military, traffic and railroad applications where red light can be interpreted as a signal. However, only a handful of cameras are sensitive to 940nm wavelength. The illumination range is 30–40% shorter, compared to 850nm wavelength. While selecting the 940nm IR illuminator, be sure that you really need it, and will be able to use it.
People who work in a "classified" environment are obliged to secrecy regarding their work (defense industry, law enforcement, therapists, etc ...)
Is there any evidence that these workers are also sparse in their communication outside the work environment ? For example, is it more difficult for them to communicate with their spouses, compared to non-classified workers?
Are you considering law enforcement against wildlife trafficking as a conservation action?
I would be interested to learn whether North American colleagues in particular find that museums are adopting more rigorous criteria before accepting temporary loans of archaeological material. Should the appropriate law enforcement agencies be contacted if suspect material is identified?
What are the biggest challenges, obstacles, barriers that researchers have faced when attempting to study human trafficking. The issues of the hidden nature of human trafficking and unreliable data have been covered in the literature, but are there others? Studying NGOs, studying survivors' experiences, studying perpetrators' experiences, studying donors, studying law enforcement?
I am assuming a salient causal link between personal economic stress (i.e. household has poor or working poor income) and job performance, especially in high-stress occupations such as law enforcement. I'd appreciate any definitive studies or review article suggestions.
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I am doing a research regarding bike and law enforcement. I decided to create a questionnaire for this purpose and I believe it will not take more than 5 minutes of your valuable time. Please find the questionnaire and respond. If it is possible, please share this questionnaire on your pages to increase the number of respondents as it makes the results more accurate.
Best Regards,
Sasan
DNA analysis is the process in which genetic sequences are studied. It is used by law enforcement and medical personnel to identify a particular person or species.
In their quest for innovation, financial private actors are eager to use artificial intelligence, big-data & data-mining and several others technologies. As a result, financial markets are now focusing on Fintech, which represents a new challenge for regulators. However, using these financial technologies, the regulatory framework could be enhanced too. But how ? And what are the current analysis among private actors, regulators, and scholars regarding the rise of Regtech ?
Many thanks !
I am conducting a quantitative dissertation using a correlational design. I will have Likert scale results from a stress survey and "Years of Experience" (0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20+)from each participant.
My current professor suggested: ""You will need to use Laerd to identify your variable types and approach. A traditional correlational study will not work here because of variable types and also distribution of numbers."
I located recommendations to treat my Likert scale variable results from the Law Enforcement Officer Stress Survey as Ordinal, while converting the Ratio variable of Officer Years of Experience to an Ordinal as well to allow for correlation. Does this seem like an appropriate course of action?
Additionally, I am unclear what type of modified correlational study would be required, and how distribution of numbers relates in this case.
Any suggestions or clarification anyone can offer?
Thank you in advance!
Are there any new empirical studies of police (or other governmental) compliance with the fourth amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures? One remedy for such violations is the exclusionary rule, which excludes illegally obtained evidence from the criminal trial of the person whose fourth amendment rights the police violated in obtaining the evidence. I am particularly interested in studies about the success or failure of the exclusionary rule to deter fourth amendment violations.
I am looking for survey measures of community-police relations. An ideal measure would be brief, have reliability and validity evidence for multiple perspectives (e.g. adults, youth, and law enforcement officers), and have evaluation utility (e.g. can be used as pre-post test).
Child abuse materials (CAMs) share some characteristics extensively. They mostly take place indoor settings, victims' face or genitalia is visible and there are few visual clues about the abuser(s).
For the known CAMs, there are methods and projects to detect and remove them automatically such as PhotoDNA of Microsoft Inc. and Baseline project of Interpol. However, detection of new CAMs still heavily relies on outdated and inefficient methods such as user reporting of ordinary people.
Unfortunately, till new CAMs are registered to the related databases as known CAMs, they spread all over the Internet. From the viewpoint of a practitioner, there are millions of known CAMs which may enable the supervised machine learning to recognize a possible new CAM.
Is it possible to use cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning and computer vision in this area effectively? if not, what are the limitations at the moment?
To get even more meta, it would be nice to have some interviews with police on their interviewing of suspects.
Community service orientated police articles
What problems arise in practice (concealment of crimes etc) and possible ways of solutions?
Thank you very much in advance!
I am conducting a Training and Needs Assessment study for the California Peace Officers Standards in Training (POST) to explore the possibility of designing a course for law enforcement personnel in CA. The goal, if the need is found to be warranted, would be to educate and train law enforcement managers to reduce the stress of the line staff positions (officers, dispatchers, etc.). If you have done research in the area of Organizational Stress Management, please contact me. I am looking for SME's.
Thank you!
This past weekend it occurred to me that based on what I witnessed from one crisis center in a suburban US area, the suicide rate in this one county might be 2-3 times higher but for police intervention. On one weekend evening alone law enforcement officers (LEOs) intervened with an adult male with a shotgun who had just e-mailed a suicide note, pulled a 17-year old girl from the path of a commuter train, and transported a woman who swallowed a bottle of Rx psych meds to the ED. All subsequently were evaluated by a psychiatrist and found to be in imminent danger of suicide. Incidents like this happen 5-6 times weekly in addition to the approximately 1.5 to 1.7 suicides that occur weekly on average in this county. While the county is not necessarily representative of the US, it is still mind-boggling to think that emergency action by LEOs may be keeping the annual number of US suicides from being in the 84,000-126.000 range yearly. There are stats on US suicide deaths, some national survey data on attempts, but nothing on rescues before any medical injury ensued.
I am researching on the relationship between the preambles and the body of EU directives in the context of workers' rights to transnational information and consultation (specifically European Works Councils, but not exclusively). While it's obvious the body of the directives needs to be transposed on national level, the binding force of preambles is a point of discussion.
The questions I am looking at are:
1) Are Member States bound to transpose the content (concepts, not necessarily individual provisions) of the directives? The general opinion is: no, they are not. But, maybe other views or dissenting opinions are known to you?
2) If reply to the former question is negative then another question occurs: what's the role of preambles and if it is to stipulate 'the spirit of the directive' (legislator's intentions, goals, reasons, etc.) are national courts obliged (free?) to refer to preambles when deciding on national matters?
All arguments and references to papers/articles/research, etc. in favour of the importance/'binding' force of preambles are welcome (also in legislative areas other than EWCs/workers' rights).
Police are agents of the public. Field officers are agents of the police chief. As we might ask for any public employee on a salary, what motivates police? What are they trying to maximize? The question seems a natural starting point for knowing how to regulate police.
I am particularly interested in the role of the UN in post-colonial constitution-making processes, not so much in its post-Cold War activities. Thank you very much indeed!
I have collected good number of snare location data (presence only) following standard gird sampling approach. I wonder if I can model them incorporating other covariates to predict likely areas of snare placement so that patrolling/law enforcement strategy can be developed accordingly. Any experiences or suggestions be appreciated. Thanks
I am specifically interested in reductions in use of force with the incarcerated mentally ill population. Also, andy analysis of cost savings resulting from the use of this approach.
I am seeking to develop a thesis to investigate how project management principles can be applied to police work or a police organisation in a Caribbean state (Trinidad and Tobago) which has a high crime rate but low detection and case solving rates.
I believe that, as an organisation, the Police Service can adopt a project management approach to solve cases and also manage various special interest projects
Are the anti-corruption activities by the US department of state ethical or interest motivated activities?
Below is a link for the "Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)" under the department of state web site show an article about the US effort for 'Combating Crime and Corruption'.
Are there any existing tools of enforcement?
Various models exist for strategic decision-making about resourcing and priority-setting in the police field. Centripetal and centrifugal impulses are the main options. The principle of subsidiarity requires decentralised processes of governance. Testing the effectiveness of the devolved alternative is vital to find out if and how public safety is being improved and how disorder is being tackled.
I am looking for reasearch papers that address the efficency of Simmunition (or any other Non-Lethal Training System) compared to Live-Fire Training in the Law Enforcement or Military sector.
