When we look at cases of police corruption and abuses, we must ask: who do the police really serve?
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Here’s what you need to know before you cast your vote in the elections for local police crime commissioners.
Two inquests, millions of pounds, 27 years, 96 dead, one verdict: that police failures led to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, and police lies tried to cover it up.
Was this the last of the old-school bank ‘capers’?
Donald Trump is wrong when he says: “The police are the most mistreated people in this country.” In fact, American police officers killed more people in 2015 than ever before.
The rush to grant more surveillance powers doesn’t reflect what actually keeps us safe.
There’s a surprising amount of resistance to making policing a graduate profession.
Two incidents have stressed the fragility of free speech in Britain in the face of police use of anti-terror legislation to seize materials from journalists and academics. The Independent has reported…
Reports of an inquiry into allegations that police tried to shield the killers suggest the murder has yet to be fully investigated.
Hundreds of people have been referred to a programme that is supposed to protect them from being drawn into terrorism. But its methods are deeply questionable.
The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment…
The heavy hand of the law has no place in helping teenagers learn about sex – but teenagers must realise it can still catch up with them.
Research on the UK’s only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
The UK isn’t home to the mob or the mafia - and the law should reflect that.
Hampshire constabulary has paid £20,000 in damages, but the underlying problems will take much more to solve.
Provocative, violent and discriminatory policing has sparked riots in both the UK and America.
Outcry over those who slip through the net should not cancel out the good work done by the authorities.
Tasers are absolutely necessary in the fight against terrorism, according to the chair of the UK Police Federation, Steve White. The statement – made in an interview with The Guardian – saw White demand…
Police in England and Wales have been told to review nearly 2,000 cases of alleged corruption after Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found that no action had been taken in two-thirds of investigations…
The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the police in a case that questioned whether they should be liable for negligence after failing to prevent the murder of a woman in Wales in 2009. The court…
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Associate Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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PhD Candidate in in Forensic Psychology, Bournemouth University
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Policing, Liverpool John Moores University
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Professor of Policing Practice, Loughborough University
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Director of Pro Bono and Employability, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in American History, University of the West of England
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Visiting Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Leeds
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Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Coventry University
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Chair of the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol
