tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post4928177204921460855..comments2024-03-28T09:45:17.708+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Over-confident police have more misconceptions about legal policing issues than the public Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-57996914058284201842015-10-26T20:38:46.882+00:002015-10-26T20:38:46.882+00:00Comment from Nic Lane via email:
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Dr J...Comment from Nic Lane via email:<br /><br />HAHAHA...<br /><br /><br />Dr Julia Shaw said: “Overconfidence is a common characteristic in professional industries, as there is an assumption by professionals that they must know more about their own topics than outsiders. <br /><br />SO, does that also apply to academics who choose to use ungainly small and complex qualitative localised data sets to produce quantative generalised "global" statements? <br /><br />"However, when applied to policing, this can have severe consequences for our justice system.<br /><br />“This research shows that British police do not know enough about things like how eyewitness memory works, how to effectively question suspects, and what kinds of services offenders have access to."<br /><br />I'd genuinely love to see Dr Shaw's access list for offender services. I perhaps might even be able to forward it to LB Brent's Housing Options Team, Brent Sure Start, Crisis and a whole other bunch of overfunded blinkered old nags...<br />Martin Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194641151012303116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-50444859668224962132015-10-26T18:06:47.236+00:002015-10-26T18:06:47.236+00:00For all we know, the 'overconfident' polic...For all we know, the 'overconfident' police personnel may well be perfectly correct according to Justice Secretary Michael Gove's vison for the rule of law as it should be according to Michael Gove.<br /><br />Perhaps more people should examine the pro-Human Rights Act <a href="http://actfortheact.uk/" rel="nofollow">Act for the Act website</a>?<br /><br />Act for the Act say:<br /><br />"Our government wants to scrap the Human Rights Act.<br /><br />"Act for the Act is urging Justice Secretary Michael Gove to think again. Scrapping the Human Rights Act would leave all of us unprotected when something goes wrong - and mean we have little chance of putting things right...."<br /><br />In the UK benefit sanctions have become what Dr David Webster of Glasgow University calls <a href="http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/benefit-sanctions-britains-secret-penal-system" rel="nofollow">'Britain's secret penal system'</a>. Well, first the abusers of our human rights come with their smear stories. Ultimately, the law and justice are everybody's business.<br /><br />With Michael Gove as Justice Secretary and the Human Rights Act under threat, surely the law and justice are everybody's business?Kilburn Unemployed Workers Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281633520479831796noreply@blogger.com