Tag: Police Accountability
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Policing Fear: How Learned Helplessness, Recruitment Policy and Nepotism Are Failing Rape Survivors

For more than three decades, UK police forces have embedded student officers within university degree programmes, often recruiting individuals who continue to live at home while operating undercover among their peers. This little-examined policy raises serious questions about emotional maturity, resilience, and public protection—particularly in the context of rape investigations. Through an anonymised case study,…