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Seems to me a key problem with the debate re smell of cannabis as grounds for #stopsearch is circumstances matter. When a car door opened as I walked past with
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'Rape victims speak out ahead of legal challenge to CPS policy'https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/26/victims-speak-out-ahead-of-legal-challenge-to-cps-policy-rape?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet It's striking that this lega
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The other day I had a look at what has been happening to police recorded rapes in E&W - finding huge increases but also wide variations in trends between forces.
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Some offline discussions about what has been happening to rape charging rates got me wondering about trends in police recorded rapes (and the impact of changing crime recording practice). Here
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5 points on the substance of the 2018 Home Office analysis on increases in serious violence reported here:1) Highlights drug markets as a key driver2) 1/2 the increase in #knifecrime/#guncrime/robbery
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'Police in England & Wales face crime targets in return for 20,000 new officers'Article covers main issues pretty well: perverse incentives, capacity, Govt stepping back into strategic centre (role of
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Having been exposed to some Covid vaccine sceptics today, I was reminded of a discussion I had recently with a frontline Met police officer, who described how common it is
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I've been thinking a lot about this @HMICFRS report, wondering about 2 Qs in particular: (1) How representative is Apr-Jun 2020, as the first wave of Covid raged (and did
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"[87% of] children on remand in London come from BAME background"So what are they being remanded for, and how do remand rates compare on a *like-for-like* basis, and in turn
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Extremely interesting conversation this morning with a front line Met officer that centred on public confidence in policing. A few things stand out - THREAD below.1/ First, the value of
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Here's a question: do police officers get any training on the risks of logical fallacies (and/or statistics...)? What am I on about? Bear with me...[Short thread]1/ I attended (virtually) a
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.@EssexBarrister I appreciated your contribution yesterday to the discussion on Sky. Wondered if I might offer a few pieces of the puzzle re disproportionality in terms of crime and policing?1/
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