Women deserve rape, say Delhi PoliceEvidence given by police officers from New Delhi, India shows a complete disregard for women who have been raped, which officers believing women “asked for it” due to clothing, behaviour or social upbringing, reports Lakshmi Chaudhry.
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Reversing the panopticon: police officially relaxed about being filmed
The proliferation of mobile phones is infuriating American police, who object to being filmed at work. Australian police say they’re a lot more relaxed.
Crimes in 140 characters or less
To prove that policing isn’t just about car chases and gang fights, the Greater Manchester Police Station tweeted every single incident that got called in. It’s a fascinating look at the busy-but-banal look at policing.
On the beat: debate on public sex dividing the gay community
A grassroots project that began with picnics aimed at monitoring police harassment of men at beats — public places where men gather to have casual, consensual sex — is expanding, despite controversial beginnings in Sydney’s inner city, reports Inga Ting.
How police voice-matching software really works
On CSI/NCIS/SVU, cops compare a voice sample with the voice of a criminal, the sound waves match up perfectly, and the geeky, yet still somehow spunky technician says “The voiceprints match. We’ve got our perp!” Er, not quite, explains Will Steed.
Crikey Clarifier: DNA evidence — it’s not foolproof
A slew of recent cases has brought DNA profiling into question as criminal evidence. Crikey intern Nicole Eckersley talks to an DNA criminology Jeremy Gans about just how accurate those swabs are.
Do NT cops need more hugs and less arms?
Why were NT Police officers wandering around a recent Triple J-sponsored concert with Glock 22 .40 calibre sidearms, pepper spray and Tazers? asks Bob Gosford
Spinning the Media: When PR really means Police Relations
Our Spinning the Media study found that 70% of police stories published in the major newspapers originated from Police PR, report Nicholas Hollins and Wendy Bacon.
The racism pervading our police
When it comes to receiving justice in this country, it matters what colour your skin is, writes Suvendrini Perera. From aboriginal deaths in custody to violence against Indian students, institutional racism afflicts our police forces.
On the hunt for sexual predators
Vanity Fair looks at the murky moral waters of hunting for child sexual predators online, as both a police officer and her target give their sides of the story.
Competent policing needed, but lacking
Police are afraid to do their job because they are too busy looking after the criminals. Policing terrorism is particularly susceptible to this, writes Miranda Devine.
VIDEO: Baghdad police prepare for withdrawal
Martin Chulov goes on a ride down the Tigris in Baghdad with a police patrol, as the Iraqi police begin to regain control of their capital.
Beer summit: Harvard professor responds
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes of his experience at Obama’s beer summit. However, Ruth Wisse questions if Gates really was the victim of racial profiling.
The real CSI: the shaky science of forensics
Forensic “science” is a misnomer, says Popular Mechanics: it was developed by cops, not scientists, and now some embarrassing forensic failures are fueling calls for a rethink of the entire field.
Police shine light on cocaine abuse
Police in England have started testing “cocaine torches” that use ultra-violet light to show up even minute traces of the illegal substance up people’s noses and on their clothes.
Crikey Clarifier: How do Tasers work?
A Taser gun fires a pair of barbed spikes into the flesh attached by wires to the gun’s battery pack which delivers a 50,000 volt kick to immobilise a person, explains Lionel Elmore.
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Danish police hug cyclists
Police in Denmark stop bicyclists, hug them, and give them helmets.
G20 washup: questions over the death of Ian Tomlinson
Footage released overnight casts a sickening new slant on the death of a bystander at last week’s G20 protests in London, writes Andrew Crook.
SA Labor government: “screws civil rights”
New legislation presently consuming our country under the guise of anti-biker laws is no more than a deliberate attempt to destroy our civil rights, writes Mark Aldridge.
YouTube captures the NT’s most toxic culture
There’s a very special class of Australian who also happens to belong to the worst culture on earth: police culture, writes ,b>Chris Graham.
Palm Island: Tallying the injuries between black and white
The police on the front line at Palm Island did face adversity, but if it wasn’t of their own making, it was certainly made by their colleagues, writes Chris Graham.
