This summary highlights policing-related resources that have been added to the NPL collection in the last week. Inc: Industrial disaster planning; Reframing masculinity; Role of leadership; Search and rescue exercise evaluations; Terrorism research.
Home Office. 2026. The Southport Inquiry Report. Volume 1 and Volume 2. Home Office.
Home Office. 2026. Protecting lives, building hope: a plan to halve knife crime. Home Office.
King-Hill, S. 2026. Reframing masculinity for young men and boys. HM Inspectorate of Probation.
Murphy, J. and Bunn, S. 2026. Facial recognition technology in policing. UK Parliament.
Csizmady, A. et al. 2026. Urban planning challenges and missed opportunities after an industrial disaster in Hungary. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal.
This paper explores the challenges and missed opportunities in post-disaster urban planning in Devecser following Hungary’s 2010 red sludge disaster. It assesses how recovery efforts aligned with the “Build Back Better” (BBB) paradigm and addressed or overlooked pre-existing vulnerabilities.
Curd, A. et al. 2026. From lessons identified to lessons learnt: Systemic patterns in Aotearoa New Zealand’s search and rescue exercise evaluations. Disaster Prevention and Management.
This study examines how search and rescue (SAR) organisations operate in practice and identifies recurring patterns in SAR exercise evaluations across Aotearoa New Zealand.
McCauley, C. & Moskalenko, S. 2026. Belief and behavior in radicalization: Clarifying the link in response to Peels. Terrorism & Political Violence.
The relation between belief and behavior in radicalization to terrorism has been a continuing issue in terrorism research. Peels (2025) has advanced several reasons for thinking that the relation may be stronger than suggested by McCauley and Moskalenko (2017). In this response, we engage with his arguments.
Mishra, R. & Jena, L. 2025. Toxic leadership, overwork and stress: review and integration of the last 15 years. Leadership and Organization Development.
The increasing demands of managing overwork and stress have redefined the concept of leadership. Effective integration hinges on positive supervision and the creation of an environment conducive to fulfilling responsibilities. This paper seeks to examine the factors influencing employee stress and the role of leadership in driving overwork.
Scrivens, R. et al. 2026. Examining the persisting and desisting online posting behaviors of violent and non-violent right-wing extremists. Terrorism & Political Violence.
This study drew from a unique sample of violent and non-violent right-wing extremists to examine online changes in posting patterns during the beginning, middle, and end of their observed posting activity.
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