Issues and Problems in Metropolitan Area Police Services

Police Issues and Concerns:

The questions below and the accompanying answers are provided as a guide to assist NPCs and others when dealing with issues that may be raised by police and other people regarding harm reduction approaches. These are frequently asked questions that are generic and not country or culturally specific, they can be applied just about anywhere. The answers should not necessarily be seen as ‘conclusi...

On "Quality" in Translation Studies: issues and Problems

The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829

Face Recognition by Metropolitan Police Super-Recognisers

Face recognition is used to prove identity across a wide variety of settings. Despite this, research consistently shows that people are typically rather poor at matching faces to photos. Some professional groups, such as police and passport officers, have been shown to perform just as poorly as the general public on standard tests of face recognition. However, face recognition skills are subjec...

Intermunicipal inequities in access and use of secondary health services in the metropolitan area of Curitiba.

The aim of this study was to identify and analyze inequities in the access to specialized services in the municipalities of the metropolitan area of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. This is an ecological study. In its preparatory stage, this study focused on the socioeconomic, epidemiologic, healthcare network and sectoral financing network profiles of the 26 municipalities comprising this area. Facto...