Girl in mental health crisis held in police cell due to lack of NHS beds
A 16 year old girl in the middle of a mental health crisis has been held in a police cell for 48 hours because there were no hospital beds available,...
A 16 year old girl in the middle of a mental health crisis has been held in a police cell for 48 hours because there were no hospital beds available,...
The July 2014 issue of the British Journal of Criminology (Issue 54, Vol.4) is out now (subscription only).
Articles include:
• Brunton-Smith, Jackson and Sutherland discuss the link between neighbourhood...
Today's announcement by the Home Secretary Theresa May that the Police Federation will no longer receive public funds has attracted much attention.
In her speech to the...
Our colleague Dr Roger Grimshaw came across this interesting figure from a recent parliamentary briefing note on police funding in England and Wales.
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I would give up the police service, particularly the uniformed branch, and its officers.
An incoming Labour government should abolish Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and replace them with boards that can better represent local interests, according to former Home Secretaries Alan Johnson and Charles Clarke.
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2013 will be remembered as the year that a series of scandals left the reputation of the Police in tatters, writes Archie Bland in The Independent....
From the start, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) were a flawed solution to an acknowledged problem: the lack of democratic oversight and accountability of the police.
When the Prime...
MPs were yesterday given the low down on what nodding, cuffing, skewing and stitching is in the manipulation of police crime stats. They were told how crime figures have been routinely re categorised, downgraded or even ignored in order to meet performance targets.
These manipulations...
Interesting letter in The Guardian last week from Home Office minister David Hanson...
A report from the Inspectorate of Constabulary has found that 27 percent of police stop and searches it reviewed did not did not have a lawful justification. Meanwhile, policing minister Damien Green...
The Home Affairs Commitee has called for a new police code of ethics and integrity in a report published today following a six month...