[Canada] Shelters for abused women 2005/2006 / Statistics Canada, June 2007
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070629/d070629c.htm
Friday, June 29, 2007
Windows recovery loophole lets hackers in / The Register, 12 June 2007
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/12/vista_recovery_hack/
John Leyden
"Windows Vista may be Microsoft's most secure operating system to date, but researchers are still finding some glaring loopholes for hackers to exploit. Here is the latest: all you need is a Vista Install DVD to get admin level access to a hard drive."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/12/vista_recovery_hack/
John Leyden
"Windows Vista may be Microsoft's most secure operating system to date, but researchers are still finding some glaring loopholes for hackers to exploit. Here is the latest: all you need is a Vista Install DVD to get admin level access to a hard drive."
Search and Rescue: Using a thermal imager to locate the lost / Officer.com, 27 June 2007
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=36650&siteSection=20
JONATHAN BASTIAN
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=36650&siteSection=20
JONATHAN BASTIAN
The Next 20 Years: How Customer and Workforce Attitudes Will Evolve
Harvard Business Review, July-August 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxy
Neil Howe and William Strauss
"Generations are among the most powerful forces in history. Tracking their march through time lends order—and even a measure of predictability—to long-term trends."
[Sub required]
Harvard Business Review, July-August 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxy
Neil Howe and William Strauss
"Generations are among the most powerful forces in history. Tracking their march through time lends order—and even a measure of predictability—to long-term trends."
[Sub required]
Who Owns the Long Term?: Perspectives from Global Business Leaders
Harvard Business Review, July-August 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxx
Maurice Lévy, Mike Eskew, Wulf H. Bernotat, and Marianne Barner
"Four top executives talk about what it takes to hold on to the long-term view." [Page 1 of 5]
[Sub required]
Harvard Business Review, July-August 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxx
Maurice Lévy, Mike Eskew, Wulf H. Bernotat, and Marianne Barner
"Four top executives talk about what it takes to hold on to the long-term view." [Page 1 of 5]
[Sub required]
Russian hackers target political LiveJournal sites / Editors Weblog, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxw
"With many Russians using the Internet as a forum for government-free political discussion, recent attacks on the blog-hosting site LiveJournal have raised questions as to the hackers’ identities and suspicious-looking motives. Hackers based in Russia have deliberately targeted LiveJournal-hosted sites of specific groups in attempts to prevent the spread of certain political information."
http://digbig.com/4tdxw
"With many Russians using the Internet as a forum for government-free political discussion, recent attacks on the blog-hosting site LiveJournal have raised questions as to the hackers’ identities and suspicious-looking motives. Hackers based in Russia have deliberately targeted LiveJournal-hosted sites of specific groups in attempts to prevent the spread of certain political information."
[USA] CIOs Look Beyond Cops for Help Fighting Cybercrime / CIO.com, 11 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxt
Christopher Koch
"When cybercriminals strike, law enforcement agencies are often overwhelmed. So CIOs are looking elsewhere for help."
http://digbig.com/4tdxt
Christopher Koch
"When cybercriminals strike, law enforcement agencies are often overwhelmed. So CIOs are looking elsewhere for help."
Four deadly security sins / ZDNet Asia, 11 June 2007
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62020417,00.htm
Lynn Tan
"Organisations should not rely on its staff to ensure its network is secured as employees are not infallible and one slip is all it takes for cyber criminals to launch a vicious attack."
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62020417,00.htm
Lynn Tan
"Organisations should not rely on its staff to ensure its network is secured as employees are not infallible and one slip is all it takes for cyber criminals to launch a vicious attack."
Richard Clarke: Don't ignore data risks, deploy encryption / SearchSecurity.com, 12 June 2007
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1260461,00.html
Bill Brenner
"Many companies assume they are safe from data breaches simply because there is no evidence of an attack. As a result they are going without such vital defences as encryption."
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1260461,00.html
Bill Brenner
"Many companies assume they are safe from data breaches simply because there is no evidence of an attack. As a result they are going without such vital defences as encryption."
Can cell phones be hacked? Security experts say yes, but it’s not that easy / NetworkWorld.com, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxr
Ellen Messmer
http://digbig.com/4tdxr
Ellen Messmer
[USA] The Correctional Experiences of Youth in Adult and Juvenile Prisons
Justice Quarterly, Volume 24, Issue 2 June 2007 , pages 247 - 270
http://digbig.com/4tdxj
Aaron Kupchik
[Sub required]
Justice Quarterly, Volume 24, Issue 2 June 2007 , pages 247 - 270
http://digbig.com/4tdxj
Aaron Kupchik
[Sub required]
Street Youth Crime: A Test of Control Balance Theory
Justice Quarterly, Volume 24, Issue 2 June 2007 , pages 335 - 355
http://digbig.com/4tdxf
Stephen W. Baron ; David R. Forde
"Using vignettes designed to represent violent crime, serious property crime, and minor property crime, the paper tests whether these youths sense of control over their poverty, shelter, hunger and other living conditions influences their participation in crime. Further, it examines how perceptions of risk and thrill, as well as deviant values, self-control, deviant histories, and peer support impact on crime."
[Sub required]
Justice Quarterly, Volume 24, Issue 2 June 2007 , pages 335 - 355
http://digbig.com/4tdxf
Stephen W. Baron ; David R. Forde
"Using vignettes designed to represent violent crime, serious property crime, and minor property crime, the paper tests whether these youths sense of control over their poverty, shelter, hunger and other living conditions influences their participation in crime. Further, it examines how perceptions of risk and thrill, as well as deviant values, self-control, deviant histories, and peer support impact on crime."
[Sub required]
The Police And Justice Act 2006 / Home Office, 28/06/2007
http://digbig.com/4tdxe
Home Office Circular 021 / 2007
Her Majesty's Government - list of all government ministers / Number 10, 27 June 2007
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2988.asp
Her Majesty's Government - Ministers for the Regions / Number 10, 28 June 2007
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12189.asp
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page2988.asp
Her Majesty's Government - Ministers for the Regions / Number 10, 28 June 2007
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12189.asp
Thursday, June 28, 2007
[USA] Inmate Growth Jumped in 2006 / Guardian, 27 June 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6740989,00.html
"Prisons and jails added more than 42,000 inmates last year, the largest increase since 2000."
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006 / US. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 27 June 2007
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim06.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6740989,00.html
"Prisons and jails added more than 42,000 inmates last year, the largest increase since 2000."
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006 / US. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 27 June 2007
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim06.htm
The Security solution revolution / Infoworld, 8 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdqs
"Truly stopping malicious hackers and malware requires ubiquitous authentication for all users and devices. Are you in?"
http://digbig.com/4tdqs
"Truly stopping malicious hackers and malware requires ubiquitous authentication for all users and devices. Are you in?"
INQUEST briefing on the restraint of children and SI 2007 No 1709 regarding changes to the Secure Training Centre Rules / INQUEST, June 2007
PDF - http://inquest.gn.apc.org/pdf/INQUEST_child_restraint_briefing_06_07.pdf
PDF - http://inquest.gn.apc.org/pdf/INQUEST_child_restraint_briefing_06_07.pdf
[USA] Identity theft criminals use jury duty scam to get data / Moorpark Acorn, 8 June 2007
http://www.moorparkacorn.com/news/2007/0608/Community/016.html
"Law enforcement officials are warning of a new twist in identity theft: callers posing as US court employees to advise individuals of their arrest warrant for failure to report to jury duty."
http://www.moorparkacorn.com/news/2007/0608/Community/016.html
"Law enforcement officials are warning of a new twist in identity theft: callers posing as US court employees to advise individuals of their arrest warrant for failure to report to jury duty."
Central-local government data sharing can lead to better services, say DWP & HMR / Public Technology, 27 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdpr
"A trial to improve the way that DWP, HMRC and local authorities help customers has speeded up the processing of benefits and tax credits to customers in North Tyneside and will be extended to a further six local authorities"
http://digbig.com/4tdpr
"A trial to improve the way that DWP, HMRC and local authorities help customers has speeded up the processing of benefits and tax credits to customers in North Tyneside and will be extended to a further six local authorities"
Poverty Among Migrants in Europe / EUROPEAN CENTRE, APRIL 2007
http://www.euro.centre.org/data/1178099907_77304.pdf
Orsolya Lelkes
"The aim of this Brief is to analyse the level of poverty among migrants in 14 European countries."
http://www.euro.centre.org/data/1178099907_77304.pdf
Orsolya Lelkes
"The aim of this Brief is to analyse the level of poverty among migrants in 14 European countries."
Bulgaria and Romania 'plagued by corruption' / Independent, 28 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdms
Jennifer Rankin and Claire Soares
"Romania and Bulgaria are fighting alarming levels of lawlessness with contract killings, criminal mafias and corruption still plaguing the eastern European members of the European Union."
http://digbig.com/4tdms
Jennifer Rankin and Claire Soares
"Romania and Bulgaria are fighting alarming levels of lawlessness with contract killings, criminal mafias and corruption still plaguing the eastern European members of the European Union."
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
[USA] Key to reviving immigration-reform bill: tight border / Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0625/p01s02-uspo.html
Gail Russell Chaddock
[Page 1 of 3]
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0625/p01s02-uspo.html
Gail Russell Chaddock
[Page 1 of 3]
Illinois Launches Online Meth Registry / GovTech, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdjw
"Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced today the launch of the Methamphetamine Manufacturing Registry, a new tool available on the Illinois State Police Web site, that gives communities and law enforcement the opportunity to view the names of offenders who have been convicted of manufacturing meth."
http://digbig.com/4tdjw
"Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced today the launch of the Methamphetamine Manufacturing Registry, a new tool available on the Illinois State Police Web site, that gives communities and law enforcement the opportunity to view the names of offenders who have been convicted of manufacturing meth."
State of the World Population 2007: unleashing the potential of urban growth / UNFPA, 27 June 2007
PDF - http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2007/presskit/pdf/sowp2007_eng.pdf
[This report includes information on migration.]
PDF - http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2007/presskit/pdf/sowp2007_eng.pdf
[This report includes information on migration.]
Highs and lows / Economist, 26 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdjp
"An alternative annual report on the narcotics industry."
http://digbig.com/4tdjp
"An alternative annual report on the narcotics industry."
EU calls for ‘common language’ to describe drug-related crime / Europa, 25 June 2007
DOC - http://digbig.com/4tdjn
"Ensuring a high level of security for the general public is prominent on the European policy agenda and stepping up work to prevent drug-related crime is one of the key goals of the current EU drugs action plan (2005–2008). But, before countries can measure the extent of such crime, or assess the impact of measures to counter it, they must first agree on a common language to describe the problem."
DOC - http://digbig.com/4tdjn
"Ensuring a high level of security for the general public is prominent on the European policy agenda and stepping up work to prevent drug-related crime is one of the key goals of the current EU drugs action plan (2005–2008). But, before countries can measure the extent of such crime, or assess the impact of measures to counter it, they must first agree on a common language to describe the problem."
Scottish Drug Services Directory / Scottish Drugs Forum, June 2007
http://www.scottishdrugservices.com/sdd/homepage.htm
http://www.scottishdrugservices.com/sdd/homepage.htm
TALIBAN POLITICS AND AFGHAN LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES / SENLIS Council, June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdjj
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdjj
21 July trial / BBC [Special reports], 26 June 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2007/21_july_trial/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2007/21_july_trial/default.stm
OGC property database central to Govt's plan to transform Estates management / Public Technology, 26 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdjh
"Whitehall departments accounting for over 90% of the Government's office estate have agreed how to deliver Government's High Performing Property initiative. The Office of Government Commerce's cross Government property database (e-PIMS) will form the primary platform for information on individual holdings."
http://digbig.com/4tdjh
"Whitehall departments accounting for over 90% of the Government's office estate have agreed how to deliver Government's High Performing Property initiative. The Office of Government Commerce's cross Government property database (e-PIMS) will form the primary platform for information on individual holdings."
Stability door opens for children in care / Guardian, 27 June 2007
http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/comment/0,,2111838,00.html
Patrick Butler
http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/comment/0,,2111838,00.html
Patrick Butler
Sweden OKs Prison Porn for Rape Convicts / Guardian, 26 June 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6737506,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6737506,00.html
International migration to OECD countries continues to grow in response to labour needs; Greatest increase in Ireland, Korea and New Zealand / Finfacts Team, 25 June 2007
http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1010419.shtml
International Migration Annual Report : 2007 Edition / OECD, June 2007
PDF - http://oberon.sourceoecd.org/upload/8107121e.pdf [Warning: large PDF]
Assessing the value for money of OGCbuying.solutions: Thirty–third report of Session 2006–07: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 27 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdht
Parliament. House of Commons. The Committee of Public Accounts
HC 275
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdht
Parliament. House of Commons. The Committee of Public Accounts
HC 275
Report on an unannounced follow-up inspection of the non-residential short-term holding facility at London City Airport: 24 January 2007 / HMI Prisons, 26 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdhs
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdhs
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 / Parliament, 26 June 2007
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/criminal_justice_and_immigration.htm
"Make further provision about criminal justice (including provision about the police) and dealing with offenders and defaulters; to provide for the establishment and functions of Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and Prisons and to make further provision about the management of offenders; to amend the criminal law; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the mutual recognition of financial penalties; to make provision for a new immigration status in certain cases involving criminality; and for connected purposes."
Explanatory Notes
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/130/en/index_130.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/criminal_justice_and_immigration.htm
"Make further provision about criminal justice (including provision about the police) and dealing with offenders and defaulters; to provide for the establishment and functions of Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and Prisons and to make further provision about the management of offenders; to amend the criminal law; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the mutual recognition of financial penalties; to make provision for a new immigration status in certain cases involving criminality; and for connected purposes."
Explanatory Notes
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/130/en/index_130.htm
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
From banks to crime, mobile revolution hits Africa / Globe and Mail, 22 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdhb
DANIEL FLYNN
" From banking to education and even organised crime, mobile phones are revolutionizing the lives of ordinary Africans as foreign phone companies scramble for a share of the world's fastest growing market."
http://digbig.com/4tdhb
DANIEL FLYNN
" From banking to education and even organised crime, mobile phones are revolutionizing the lives of ordinary Africans as foreign phone companies scramble for a share of the world's fastest growing market."
Early Marijuana Use A Warning Sign For Later Gang Involvement / Medical News Today, 20 June 2007
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=74721&nfid=crss
[USA] Bioterror Surveillance Systems Ineffective, Experts Say / Wired.com, 25 June 2007
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/bioterror-surve.html
Brandon Keim
"With most of the country's post-9/11 boom in anti-bioterror funds going to developing vaccines, treatments and other disease-specific projects, public health experts have argued that the most important measures of all - easily available health care and a surveillance system capable of quickly detecting a disease outbreak - are being ignored."
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/bioterror-surve.html
Brandon Keim
"With most of the country's post-9/11 boom in anti-bioterror funds going to developing vaccines, treatments and other disease-specific projects, public health experts have argued that the most important measures of all - easily available health care and a surveillance system capable of quickly detecting a disease outbreak - are being ignored."
Taking Animals Out Of Laboratory Research / Medical News Today, 24 June 2007
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=75079
"Pioneering work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research and ultimately remove them from laboratories altogether has received a major boost at the University of Nottingham."
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=75079
"Pioneering work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research and ultimately remove them from laboratories altogether has received a major boost at the University of Nottingham."
[USA] Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006: National Report / NCJRS, June 2007
PDF - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/nr2006/downloads/chapter5.pdf
Snyder, Howard N., and Sickmund, Melissa
PDF - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/nr2006/downloads/chapter5.pdf
Snyder, Howard N., and Sickmund, Melissa
Maastricht Coffee Shops Drop Plans For Biometric Security System / Der Spiegel, 22 June 2007
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,490198,00.html
Kristen Allen
"Plans for a biometric security system in cannabis-selling coffee shops in the Dutch town of Maastricht have been dropped, but they're still going to be taking smokers' fingerprints when they buy their stash."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,490198,00.html
Kristen Allen
"Plans for a biometric security system in cannabis-selling coffee shops in the Dutch town of Maastricht have been dropped, but they're still going to be taking smokers' fingerprints when they buy their stash."
Merseyside Advises On Neighbourhood Policing / Police Oracle, 25 June 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13764
"Merseyside Police played host to colleagues from Sweden last week to offer help and advice on the implementation of their own Neighbourhood Policing style."
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13764
"Merseyside Police played host to colleagues from Sweden last week to offer help and advice on the implementation of their own Neighbourhood Policing style."
Fitting the bill: local policing for the 21st century / Policy Exchange, 26 June 2007
PDF - http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/263.pdf
Barry Loveday and Jonathan McClory
PDF - http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/263.pdf
Barry Loveday and Jonathan McClory
Guest blogger: Sharon Lemon, Head of e-Crime, SOCA / Get Safe Online (The Blog), 18 June 2007
http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/?p=124
"Online crime is the same as any traditional crime in that everyone has a part to play. We all have a responsibility to help prevent crime. The online experience is new and different, so common sense and practical advice is needed for us all."
http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/?p=124
"Online crime is the same as any traditional crime in that everyone has a part to play. We all have a responsibility to help prevent crime. The online experience is new and different, so common sense and practical advice is needed for us all."
Crime in England and Wales: more violence and more chronic victims
Civitas Review Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2007
PDF - http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/CivitasReviewJun07.pdf
Graham Farrell and Ken Pease
Civitas Review Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2007
PDF - http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/CivitasReviewJun07.pdf
Graham Farrell and Ken Pease
[USA] Media Attention Misrepresents Long-Term Recovery / Join Together, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdfn
Pat Taylor
"The spate of articles on high-priced private treatment programs that are dominating the nation's airwaves with misinformation and scintillating details about people still struggling with addiction are incredibly one-sided. They certainly aren't helping people who still need help, or their families, find the pathway to recovery that will help more people experience the reality of a new life, reunited with family and community, in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs."
http://digbig.com/4tdfn
Pat Taylor
"The spate of articles on high-priced private treatment programs that are dominating the nation's airwaves with misinformation and scintillating details about people still struggling with addiction are incredibly one-sided. They certainly aren't helping people who still need help, or their families, find the pathway to recovery that will help more people experience the reality of a new life, reunited with family and community, in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs."
Meth Ado About Nothing? Flavored Meth and Cheese Heroin Stories Smack of Fearmongering / Join Together, 22 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdfm
Bob Curley
"It sounds like a recipe for a bellyache: "strawberry quick" and "cheese." Sure enough, these purported new drug fads have been giving prevention experts indigestion, but the agita is mostly over fears that overreacting officials and media could inadvertently cause a trend where none exists -- and that attention on these "flavor of the month" drugs could distract from larger alcohol and other drug problems confronting youth."
http://digbig.com/4tdfm
Bob Curley
"It sounds like a recipe for a bellyache: "strawberry quick" and "cheese." Sure enough, these purported new drug fads have been giving prevention experts indigestion, but the agita is mostly over fears that overreacting officials and media could inadvertently cause a trend where none exists -- and that attention on these "flavor of the month" drugs could distract from larger alcohol and other drug problems confronting youth."
[USA] Media Attention Misrepresents Long-Term Recovery / Join Together, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdfk
Pat Taylor
"The spate of articles on high-priced private treatment programs that are dominating the nation's airwaves with misinformation and scintillating details about people still struggling with addiction are incredibly one-sided. They certainly aren't helping people who still need help, or their families, find the pathway to recovery that will help more people experience the reality of a new life, reunited with family and community, in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs."
http://digbig.com/4tdfk
Pat Taylor
"The spate of articles on high-priced private treatment programs that are dominating the nation's airwaves with misinformation and scintillating details about people still struggling with addiction are incredibly one-sided. They certainly aren't helping people who still need help, or their families, find the pathway to recovery that will help more people experience the reality of a new life, reunited with family and community, in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs."
Who’s rights are we talking about: legalised prostitution / Online Opinion, 25 June 2007
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6011
Mary Lucille Sullivan
"At the beginning of the 21st century governments worldwide are confronted with an unprecedented escalation of the global sex industry. An intrinsic component of this new world sex market is the trafficking of millions of people, mainly women and girls, for commercial sexual exploitation. The US Government has intimated that after drug dealing, trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world, with the majority of people trafficked for sexual exploitation. Increasingly governments are opting for legalisation of prostitution as the solution to this crisis."
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6011
Mary Lucille Sullivan
"At the beginning of the 21st century governments worldwide are confronted with an unprecedented escalation of the global sex industry. An intrinsic component of this new world sex market is the trafficking of millions of people, mainly women and girls, for commercial sexual exploitation. The US Government has intimated that after drug dealing, trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world, with the majority of people trafficked for sexual exploitation. Increasingly governments are opting for legalisation of prostitution as the solution to this crisis."
Family Removals Review: executive summary / Border and Immigration Agency, 25 June 2007
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/childsafety
Family Removals Review: annex B - summary of recommentations
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/familyremoval
Family asylum policy: the section 9 implementation project
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/familyasylum
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/childsafety
Family Removals Review: annex B - summary of recommentations
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/familyremoval
Family asylum policy: the section 9 implementation project
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/familyasylum
'Honour' violence 'terror-linked' / BBC [File on Four], 26 June 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6239804.stm
"There are links between some cases of "honour" violence in Britain and extremist groups abroad. Victims of such attacks are alleged by their families to have disgraced them.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Islamist terror groups were behind one murder, as well as a case where a woman was threatened and is in hiding."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6239804.stm
"There are links between some cases of "honour" violence in Britain and extremist groups abroad. Victims of such attacks are alleged by their families to have disgraced them.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Islamist terror groups were behind one murder, as well as a case where a woman was threatened and is in hiding."
Spain offers jobs and visas to fight illegal migration / Independent, 26 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdfj
Elizabeth Nash and Claire Soares
"Spanish businessmen have taken a pioneering step towards stemming the waves of illegal African migrants, by travelling to Senegal to hire workers directly and offering them an alternative to a dangerous journey in a rickety boat."
http://digbig.com/4tdfj
Elizabeth Nash and Claire Soares
"Spanish businessmen have taken a pioneering step towards stemming the waves of illegal African migrants, by travelling to Senegal to hire workers directly and offering them an alternative to a dangerous journey in a rickety boat."
World Drug Report 2007 / UNODC, 26 June 2007
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/pdf/research/wdr07/WDR_2007.pdf
Wishful thinking clouds independent assessment in World Drug Report / Transnational Institute, 26 June 2007
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/TNI_WDR.htm
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/pdf/research/wdr07/WDR_2007.pdf
Wishful thinking clouds independent assessment in World Drug Report / Transnational Institute, 26 June 2007
http://www.dailydose.net/archives/TNI_WDR.htm
Organised criminals behind rise in human trafficking in East Africa / Black Britain, 25 June 2007
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2470&c=africa
"Human trafficking is on the rise in eastern Africa and officials attending a meeting aimed at raising awareness of the problem have called for concerted efforts by governments to curb it."
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2470&c=africa
"Human trafficking is on the rise in eastern Africa and officials attending a meeting aimed at raising awareness of the problem have called for concerted efforts by governments to curb it."
Stakeholder consultation on Violent Offender Orders: summary of responses and next steps / Home Office, 26 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdfh
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdfh
Racial divide narrowing in Moss Side / Manchester Evening News, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdfg
Yakub Qureshi
"RACIAL tensions have eased considerably in one of Manchester's most ethnically diverse areas. People living in Moss Side, which experienced ugly race riots during the early 80s, told researchers they felt proud to live in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood."
http://digbig.com/4tdfg
Yakub Qureshi
"RACIAL tensions have eased considerably in one of Manchester's most ethnically diverse areas. People living in Moss Side, which experienced ugly race riots during the early 80s, told researchers they felt proud to live in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood."
'Make drug users carry antidote' / BBC News [Wales], 22 June 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6231354.stm
"Drug workers have called for users in Swansea to be issued with a heroin antidote to help save their lives."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6231354.stm
"Drug workers have called for users in Swansea to be issued with a heroin antidote to help save their lives."
Paedophilia in Britain: the victim's story / Independent on Sunday, 24 June 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2701068.ece
Sophie Goodchild
"The smashing of an internet ring sheds new light on a dark secret."
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2701068.ece
Sophie Goodchild
"The smashing of an internet ring sheds new light on a dark secret."
'50,000 Iraqi refugees' forced into prostitution / Independent on Sunday, 24 June 2007 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2701324.ece
Nihal Hassan
"There are more than a million Iraqi refugees in Syria, many are women whose husbands or fathers have been killed. Banned from working legally, they have few options outside the sex trade. No one knows how many end up as prostitutes, but Hana Ibrahim, founder of the Iraqi women's group Women's Will, puts the figure at 50,000."
Nihal Hassan
"There are more than a million Iraqi refugees in Syria, many are women whose husbands or fathers have been killed. Banned from working legally, they have few options outside the sex trade. No one knows how many end up as prostitutes, but Hana Ibrahim, founder of the Iraqi women's group Women's Will, puts the figure at 50,000."
Risk checks ditched to ease jail crowding / Sunday Telegraph, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdff
Tom Harper
"Tens of thousands of prisoners will be released without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public."
http://digbig.com/4tdff
Tom Harper
"Tens of thousands of prisoners will be released without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public."
S Leone prisons 'threaten peace' / BBC News, 22 June 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6229494.stm
"Sierra Leone's failure to protect the rights of prisoners is threatening the country's peace and stability, a United Nations reports says."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6229494.stm
"Sierra Leone's failure to protect the rights of prisoners is threatening the country's peace and stability, a United Nations reports says."
Sentencing change leads to £10m jail backlog / Guardian, 23 June 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/prisons/story/0,,2109452,00.html
Clare Dyer
"· Court told prisoners stuck in system for two years
· Inmate claims process breaches human rights"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/prisons/story/0,,2109452,00.html
Clare Dyer
"· Court told prisoners stuck in system for two years
· Inmate claims process breaches human rights"
Threat level to visible PSNI officers is high, says its chief
Jane's Police Review, 20 June 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"THE thought of a police officer being killed in a terrorist attack is what gives the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland sleepless nights. Speaking to police human resources leaders in Buckinghamshire last week, Sir Hugh Orde said the threat of domestic terrorism is always present in Northern Ireland
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Jane's Police Review, 20 June 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"THE thought of a police officer being killed in a terrorist attack is what gives the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland sleepless nights. Speaking to police human resources leaders in Buckinghamshire last week, Sir Hugh Orde said the threat of domestic terrorism is always present in Northern Ireland
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Workforce modernisation trial helps cut force running costs
Jane's Police Review, 20 June 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"DETECTIVE constables in Surrey Police can be paid as much as £;40,000 a year under new workforce modernisation schemes. Bob Quick, ACPO lead on workforce modernisation and chief constable of Surrey Police, told delegates at the CIPD Police Forum conference last week that sections of his force had seen a 20 per cent fall in running costs after the introduction of workforce modernisation practices which have in turn freed up money to be channelled back into salaries."
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Jane's Police Review, 20 June 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"DETECTIVE constables in Surrey Police can be paid as much as £;40,000 a year under new workforce modernisation schemes. Bob Quick, ACPO lead on workforce modernisation and chief constable of Surrey Police, told delegates at the CIPD Police Forum conference last week that sections of his force had seen a 20 per cent fall in running costs after the introduction of workforce modernisation practices which have in turn freed up money to be channelled back into salaries."
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Police use anti-terror surveillance methods to track paedophiles / The Times, 23 June 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1975264.ece
Sean O’Neill
Predatory paedophiles have been placed under intensive surveillance to prevent them from attacking children."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1975264.ece
Sean O’Neill
Predatory paedophiles have been placed under intensive surveillance to prevent them from attacking children."
BP aligns IT with physical security to combat threats / Computer Weekly, 26 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdfe
John-Paul Kamath
"British Petroleum (BP) is to defend against global IT threats such as targeted attacks and industrial espionage by making its IT security departments work more closely with its corporate and physical security teams."
http://digbig.com/4tdfe
John-Paul Kamath
"British Petroleum (BP) is to defend against global IT threats such as targeted attacks and industrial espionage by making its IT security departments work more closely with its corporate and physical security teams."
Germany on Alert as Threat of Terrorist Attacks Increases / Deutsche Welle, 22 June 2007
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2619566,00.html
"Top German officials said suicide bombers could carry out attacks within the country and that the security situation was more serious than it had been since 2001."
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2619566,00.html
"Top German officials said suicide bombers could carry out attacks within the country and that the security situation was more serious than it had been since 2001."
Improving the safety and security arrangements at international club and country matches played in Europe / Home Office, 25 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdes
http://digbig.com/4tdes
Monday, June 25, 2007
Keeping children safe from harm: committed, responsive, accountable: safety of children in the immigration system / Border and Immigration Agency, 25 June 2007
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/childrensafe
"A new amendment to the UK Borders Bill will for the first time place a legal obligation on the Border and Immigration Agency to keep children safe from harm. The Agency will have a duty to have regard to a new statutory Code of Practice when dealing with children as it carries out its immigration functions."
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/childrensafe
"A new amendment to the UK Borders Bill will for the first time place a legal obligation on the Border and Immigration Agency to keep children safe from harm. The Agency will have a duty to have regard to a new statutory Code of Practice when dealing with children as it carries out its immigration functions."
Community Health Profiles website / Department of Health, [updated 22 June 2007]
http://www.communityhealthprofiles.info/index.php
"The 2007 Health Profiles were published on 22nd June 2007. These Local Authority Health Profiles are designed to show the health of people in local authorities across England, but they also include information on crime and drug use."
http://www.communityhealthprofiles.info/index.php
"The 2007 Health Profiles were published on 22nd June 2007. These Local Authority Health Profiles are designed to show the health of people in local authorities across England, but they also include information on crime and drug use."
Barring Consultation: Implementing the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Northern Ireland Order 2007 / DfES, 22 June 2007
DOC - http://digbig.com/4tdck
"This is a consultation on the barring policy and processes, including the list of automatic barring offences, under the new vetting and barring scheme to be introduced by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006."
Consultation ends: 14 September 2007
DOC - http://digbig.com/4tdck
"This is a consultation on the barring policy and processes, including the list of automatic barring offences, under the new vetting and barring scheme to be introduced by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006."
Consultation ends: 14 September 2007
Law-abiding majority? The everyday crimes of the middle classes / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 25 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcj
Briefing 3
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcj
Briefing 3
The use of the Community Order and Suspended Sentence Order for Young Adult Offenders / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, June 2007
PDF - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/community-order-2007.pdf
Stephen Stanley
PDF - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/community-order-2007.pdf
Stephen Stanley
Definition of equality and framework for measurement: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), April 2007
PDF - http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper120.pdf
Developing a capability list: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), April 2007
PDF - http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper121.pdf
CASE has published two reports commissioned by the Equalities Review, a precursor to the launch in October 2007 of the Commission on Equality and Human Rights. The two papers were prepared to assist in the development of the measurement framework for the Equalities Review, which will in turn form the basis for strategies and priorities among all public bodies to increase the level of social equality."
PDF - http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper120.pdf
Developing a capability list: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), April 2007
PDF - http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper121.pdf
CASE has published two reports commissioned by the Equalities Review, a precursor to the launch in October 2007 of the Commission on Equality and Human Rights. The two papers were prepared to assist in the development of the measurement framework for the Equalities Review, which will in turn form the basis for strategies and priorities among all public bodies to increase the level of social equality."
Freedom of Information Act 2000: Statistics on implementation in central government: January to March 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 25 June 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/Quarterly-statisticsJan-March07.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/Quarterly-statisticsJan-March07.pdf
Improving the Criminal Trial process for Young Witnesses: a consultation paper / Office for Criminal Justice Reform, 22 June 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/cjr-consult-young-witnesses.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/cjr-consult-young-witnesses.pdf
Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of HMP Liverpool: 12-16 February 2007 / HMI Prisons, 21 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcg
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcg
Report on an announced inspection of HMP Whatton: 22-26 January 2007 / HMI Prisons, 20 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcf
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcf
ACPO President calls for fundamental review / ACPO, 19 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdce
"A fundamental and independent review of policing is crucial to the police service’s ability to deliver what the public wants in the future."
http://digbig.com/4tdce
"A fundamental and independent review of policing is crucial to the police service’s ability to deliver what the public wants in the future."
Crime of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Guide to Identification and Investigation / International Association of Chiefs of Police, 15 November 2006
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcd
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcd
[USA] An Information Theoretic Method for Estimating the Number of Crimes Averted by Incapacitation /Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute, July 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcb
"This report develops models of the criminal history accumulation process of a sample of individuals released from prison and uses the models to compute the number of crimes these individuals could reasonably have been expected to commit had they not been incarcerated. The modes also afford the opportunity to conduct a limited set of policy simulations. Although a fair amount of heterogeneity is found among individuals, estimates do not vary sufficiently by gender, race or ethnicity. Variations across states and offense types are more pronounced."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdcb
"This report develops models of the criminal history accumulation process of a sample of individuals released from prison and uses the models to compute the number of crimes these individuals could reasonably have been expected to commit had they not been incarcerated. The modes also afford the opportunity to conduct a limited set of policy simulations. Although a fair amount of heterogeneity is found among individuals, estimates do not vary sufficiently by gender, race or ethnicity. Variations across states and offense types are more pronounced."
[USA] Immigration’s Economic Impact / Council of Economic Advisors, 20 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdca
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdca
[USA] Managing Sex Offenders: Citizens Supporting Law Enforcement: A Resource for Law Enforcement / International Association of Chiefs of Police, 11 October 2006
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdby
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tdby
[Australia] Benzodiazepine use and harms among police detainees in Australia / Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2007
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi336.pdf
Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice: no. 336
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi336.pdf
Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice: no. 336
[USA] It’s nine o’clock... Do you know who is using your computer? / Federal Trade Commission, 13 June 2007
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/06/botnet.shtm
"Federal Trade Commission offers information on botnets, hackers, and spam."
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/06/botnet.shtm
"Federal Trade Commission offers information on botnets, hackers, and spam."
Friday, June 22, 2007
ENHANCING ACHIEVEMENT AND PROFICIENCY THROUGH SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS / US. Department of Education. Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee, 11 June 2007
DOC - http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/sdfscac/enhancing-achievement.doc
DOC - http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/sdfscac/enhancing-achievement.doc
The Non-Legal Role of International Human Rights Law in Addressing Immigration / Available at SSRN, June 2007
http://ssrn.com/abstract=993526
LESLEY WEXLER
"Current domestic and international law relating to immigration tends to favour law enforcement over human rights approaches. Despite these tendencies, international law has helped develop a human rights framework applicable to migrants."
http://ssrn.com/abstract=993526
LESLEY WEXLER
"Current domestic and international law relating to immigration tends to favour law enforcement over human rights approaches. Despite these tendencies, international law has helped develop a human rights framework applicable to migrants."
Fact Sheet: Strengthening Border Security and Facilitating Entry into the United States: Moving Toward WHTI Implementation for Cross-Border Travel by Land and Sea / US. Department of Homeland Security, 20 June 2007
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1182351923729.shtm
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1182351923729.shtm
Nat'l School of Gov't launches 360 degree feedback tool for Civil Service leader / Public Technology, 21 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcys
"The National School of Government has launched a new 360 degree feedback tool for Civil Service leaders designed around the Cabinet Secretary’s new framework of leadership expectations and the requirements of Professional Skills for Government (PSG)."
http://digbig.com/4tcys
"The National School of Government has launched a new 360 degree feedback tool for Civil Service leaders designed around the Cabinet Secretary’s new framework of leadership expectations and the requirements of Professional Skills for Government (PSG)."
Spotlight on Trinidad and Tobago's Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Terrorism Monitor, Volume 5, Issue 12 (June 21, 2007)
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373482
Chris Zambelis
"The recent allegations of a foiled plot to attack New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport by suspected Islamist extremists with ties to the Caribbean have raised concerns about the spread of radical Islam among the region's sizeable Muslim community. Early reports link the suspects to Trinidad and Tobago's Jamaat al-Muslimeen (Muslim Association, JAM), a radical Islamist group with a history of political militancy and violence."
Terrorism Monitor, Volume 5, Issue 12 (June 21, 2007)
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373482
Chris Zambelis
"The recent allegations of a foiled plot to attack New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport by suspected Islamist extremists with ties to the Caribbean have raised concerns about the spread of radical Islam among the region's sizeable Muslim community. Early reports link the suspects to Trinidad and Tobago's Jamaat al-Muslimeen (Muslim Association, JAM), a radical Islamist group with a history of political militancy and violence."
UK a key target for financial cybercrime / Computer World, 20 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcyq
Siobhan Chapman
"Online crime now 'a mass market'"
http://digbig.com/4tcyq
Siobhan Chapman
"Online crime now 'a mass market'"
A Voice is given to vulnerable witnesses / Ministry of Justice, 12 June 2007
http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease120607b.htm
"A scheme assisting vulnerable witnesses to access the criminal justice process will be rolled out nationally."
http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease120607b.htm
"A scheme assisting vulnerable witnesses to access the criminal justice process will be rolled out nationally."
BETTER BRAINS / Parliament, June 2007
PDF - http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn285.pdf
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
Postnote Number 285
"As part of the Foresight Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs project a state of science review was carried out into current knowledge in the area of cognitive enhancers. These are factors that improve functions such as memory, learning and attention. The review concluded there would be significant improvements in our understanding of this area in the next twenty years, and that these would lead to an increase in the development of cognitive enhancers. It raised the possibility of otherwise healthy individuals using enhancers to boost their cognitive abilities."
PDF - http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn285.pdf
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
Postnote Number 285
"As part of the Foresight Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs project a state of science review was carried out into current knowledge in the area of cognitive enhancers. These are factors that improve functions such as memory, learning and attention. The review concluded there would be significant improvements in our understanding of this area in the next twenty years, and that these would lead to an increase in the development of cognitive enhancers. It raised the possibility of otherwise healthy individuals using enhancers to boost their cognitive abilities."
Thursday, June 21, 2007
No more BlackBerrys for the French government / Heise-Security, 21 June 2007
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/91500
"According to Le Monde, an agency responsible for domestic security has banned French government officials from using BlackBerry devices. The reason is said to be the threat of snooping by American and British intelligence services."
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/91500
"According to Le Monde, an agency responsible for domestic security has banned French government officials from using BlackBerry devices. The reason is said to be the threat of snooping by American and British intelligence services."
Security log management push has its roots in compliance / Computer Weekly, 21 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tctf
Marcia Savage
"Enterprise interest in security log management is heating up as compliance requirements push organisations to get a grip on their log data. Log management tools can help organisations drill down and look for specific data strings such as full track data from credit cards; PCI prohibits storage of such information, so companies can then take corrective action."
http://digbig.com/4tctf
Marcia Savage
"Enterprise interest in security log management is heating up as compliance requirements push organisations to get a grip on their log data. Log management tools can help organisations drill down and look for specific data strings such as full track data from credit cards; PCI prohibits storage of such information, so companies can then take corrective action."
[Sweden] Call to ban arranged marriages / The Local, 21 June 2007
http://www.thelocal.se/7668/20070621/
"A senior Stockholm politician is calling for a ban on arranged marriages and for social services to be allowed to investigate honour-related issues involving young people without first contacting their parents."
http://www.thelocal.se/7668/20070621/
"A senior Stockholm politician is calling for a ban on arranged marriages and for social services to be allowed to investigate honour-related issues involving young people without first contacting their parents."
Police use Bluetooth phone link to send break-in messages to householders / Public Technology, 21 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcte
"West Yorkshire Police’s latest crime prevention campaign is based on mobile phone Bluetooth technology to drive home advice to householders to help stop summertime sneak-in thieves. One in four of all burglaries are as a result of sneak-in thefts where the thief enters the house through insecure doors or windows."
http://digbig.com/4tcte
"West Yorkshire Police’s latest crime prevention campaign is based on mobile phone Bluetooth technology to drive home advice to householders to help stop summertime sneak-in thieves. One in four of all burglaries are as a result of sneak-in thefts where the thief enters the house through insecure doors or windows."
Derbyshire Launch Crime Scene House / Police Oracle, 20 June 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13731
"The pressure on a police officer to catch a murderer and find enough evidence at the crime scene to bring an offender to justice speaks for itself. But imagine having your every move scrutinised by a forensic scientist as you trace blood spattered around a site, examine suspicious weapons and search the crime scene for clues.
That’s just what forensic science students at the University of Derby are set to face every time they take part in a mock crime reconstruction in a new facility they have opened in partnership with the Derbyshire Constabulary."
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13731
"The pressure on a police officer to catch a murderer and find enough evidence at the crime scene to bring an offender to justice speaks for itself. But imagine having your every move scrutinised by a forensic scientist as you trace blood spattered around a site, examine suspicious weapons and search the crime scene for clues.
That’s just what forensic science students at the University of Derby are set to face every time they take part in a mock crime reconstruction in a new facility they have opened in partnership with the Derbyshire Constabulary."
Home Secretary exhorts designers of smart phone to 'design-out' crime / Public Technology, 21 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tctd
http://digbig.com/4tctd
West Yorkshire Police launches new online force management resource / Public Technology, 21 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tctc
"West Yorkshire Police has strengthened its planning resources for the thousands of events – from football matches and festivals to Royal visits - that it handles every year, with the launch of its new online resource and logistics management system.The system called FoRMS (Force Resource Management System), which has recently been shortlisted in the Yorkshire Digital Awards, ensures that no division is over stretched or providing resources at disproportionate levels to other divisions, in line with the target fairness allocation figure which exists within the police force."
http://digbig.com/4tctc
"West Yorkshire Police has strengthened its planning resources for the thousands of events – from football matches and festivals to Royal visits - that it handles every year, with the launch of its new online resource and logistics management system.The system called FoRMS (Force Resource Management System), which has recently been shortlisted in the Yorkshire Digital Awards, ensures that no division is over stretched or providing resources at disproportionate levels to other divisions, in line with the target fairness allocation figure which exists within the police force."
Domestic Violence: An MPs Guide / Home Office, March 2007
http://www.crime-reduction.gov.uk/domesticviolence/domesticviolence065.htm
[Links to both the guide and the supplementary booklet]
http://www.crime-reduction.gov.uk/domesticviolence/domesticviolence065.htm
[Links to both the guide and the supplementary booklet]
[Australia] The Trouble with being a gun negotiator / Online Opinion, 21 June 2007
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5985
Graham Ring
Revoke the phishing licence / Guardian, 21 June 2007
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2107221,00.html
Danny Bradbury
"The effect of having your details stolen via a bogus website can be devastating. Examines what the big players are doing to stamp out the problem."
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2107221,00.html
Danny Bradbury
"The effect of having your details stolen via a bogus website can be devastating. Examines what the big players are doing to stamp out the problem."
[Scotland] Businesses give pair first 'civil ASBOs' / Scotsman, 21 June 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/dundee.cfm?id=969322007
FRANK URQUHART
"TWO persistent law-breakers have been banned from almost every pub, club and shop in Dundee city centre in a groundbreaking crackdown by an anti-crime network."
http://news.scotsman.com/dundee.cfm?id=969322007
FRANK URQUHART
"TWO persistent law-breakers have been banned from almost every pub, club and shop in Dundee city centre in a groundbreaking crackdown by an anti-crime network."
Explanatory Memorandum on Justice and Home Affairs Matters: proposals for a Council Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union [original Presidency text and new version with proposed changes]: proposed resolution by Member States meeting within the Council of European Union on practical action to promote fairness in criminal proceedings: submitted by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on 26th Febrary 2007 / Statewatch, June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcsx
Explanatory Memorandum on Justice and Home Affairs Matters: proposal for a Council Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union [new versions]: Council of Europe Secretariat's observations on thr Framework Decision: proposed resolution by Member States meeting within the Council of European Union on practical action to promote fairness in criminal proceedings [new version]: submitted by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on 11 March 2007 / Statewatch, June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcsw
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcsx
Explanatory Memorandum on Justice and Home Affairs Matters: proposal for a Council Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union [new versions]: Council of Europe Secretariat's observations on thr Framework Decision: proposed resolution by Member States meeting within the Council of European Union on practical action to promote fairness in criminal proceedings [new version]: submitted by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on 11 March 2007 / Statewatch, June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcsw
Radio ga ga / Guardian [Comment is free blog], 20 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcsn
David Wilson
"In case Jo Whiley was unaware, the story of a 15-year-old girl meeting up with a man she met online is not romantic - it's dangerous."
http://digbig.com/4tcsn
David Wilson
"In case Jo Whiley was unaware, the story of a 15-year-old girl meeting up with a man she met online is not romantic - it's dangerous."
Belgium is hub for trafficking / Expatica, 18 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcsm
"One sixth of all European dossiers on human trafficking comes from Belgium - a disproportionately large share of this trafficking in Europe as a whole."
http://digbig.com/4tcsm
"One sixth of all European dossiers on human trafficking comes from Belgium - a disproportionately large share of this trafficking in Europe as a whole."
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Child abuser commits suicide in French court / Expatica, 14 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcrn
"A retired French flight attendant committed suicide in a court in northern France, moments after hearing his conviction for sexually abusing children. The man, 68, had smuggled a gun into the courtroom in a bag and shot himself through the heart, justice officials said."
http://digbig.com/4tcrn
"A retired French flight attendant committed suicide in a court in northern France, moments after hearing his conviction for sexually abusing children. The man, 68, had smuggled a gun into the courtroom in a bag and shot himself through the heart, justice officials said."
The Introduction Of Police (Amendment) Regulation 2007 / Home Office, 14 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcrm
Home Office Circular 020 / 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcrm
Home Office Circular 020 / 2007
Amendments To Determinations Under The Police Regulations 2003: Chief Constable Eligbility / Home Office, 22 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcrk
Home Office Circular 019 / 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcrk
Home Office Circular 019 / 2007
Police surgeries for the deaf / Lancashire Evening Telegraph, 20 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcrj
Nick Evans
"Lancashire Constabulary's Pennine and Eastern divisions are joining forces with East Lancs Deaf Society to introduce the special Police And Communities Together (PACT) Surgeries."
http://digbig.com/4tcrj
Nick Evans
"Lancashire Constabulary's Pennine and Eastern divisions are joining forces with East Lancs Deaf Society to introduce the special Police And Communities Together (PACT) Surgeries."
European police tackle cross-border killers / The Times, 20 June 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1962013.ece
Adam Fresco and Sean O’Neill
"A Europe-wide intelligence database is being developed to track serial killers, professional assassins and other murderers who flee across borders to escape detection or arrest."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1962013.ece
Adam Fresco and Sean O’Neill
"A Europe-wide intelligence database is being developed to track serial killers, professional assassins and other murderers who flee across borders to escape detection or arrest."
Bobby Bear Helps Child Victims Of Crime / Police Oracle, 19 June 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13722
"The Met has signed an agreement with the only national police children's charity Child Victims of Crime (CVOC) and the soft toy manufacturer the Original School Bear Company, to produce a unique Metropolitan Police teddy called 'Bobby Bear'."
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13722
"The Met has signed an agreement with the only national police children's charity Child Victims of Crime (CVOC) and the soft toy manufacturer the Original School Bear Company, to produce a unique Metropolitan Police teddy called 'Bobby Bear'."
A Litany of disasters has made shared services easy to swallow / Silicon.com, 20 June 2007
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167583,00.htm
Paul Bentham
"Gershon findings were a reaction to IT costs and failures to deliver benefits."
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167583,00.htm
Paul Bentham
"Gershon findings were a reaction to IT costs and failures to deliver benefits."
An Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Monitoring as a Condition of Bail in Scotland / Scottish Executive, 20 June 2007
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/20102655/0
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/20102655/0
BlackBerrys to be voted into the Commons / Silicon.com, 20 June 2007
http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39167590,00.htm
Natasha Lomas
"Giving bored MPs something to do with their thumbs..."
The sight of bored MPs slouching in the House of Commons as a long speech drones on could soon be a thing of the past, as moves are afoot to allow MPs to take BlackBerrys into the debating chamber."
Revitalising the Chamber: the role of the back bench Member: First Report of Session 2006–07: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 20 June 2007
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmmodern/337/337.pdf Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
HC 337
At no risk? Border control and asylum policy in Britain, 1994-2004 / Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, May 2007
PDF - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CARR/pdf/Disspaper39.pdf
Discussion paper no: 39
Will Jennings
PDF - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CARR/pdf/Disspaper39.pdf
Discussion paper no: 39
Will Jennings
This worthwhile project needs backing, not imitating / Guardian, 20 June 2007
http://society.guardian.co.uk/youthjustice/comment/0,,2106499,00.html
Simon Fanshawe
"The special thing about the way On the Streets works is that it focuses on groups of kids, not just individuals."
http://society.guardian.co.uk/youthjustice/comment/0,,2106499,00.html
Simon Fanshawe
"The special thing about the way On the Streets works is that it focuses on groups of kids, not just individuals."
Spam hides in email stationery / TechWorld.com, 14 June 2007
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9145
Jon Brodkin
"A new type of image spam is able to bypass many filters by presenting a message as wallpaper."
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9145
Jon Brodkin
"A new type of image spam is able to bypass many filters by presenting a message as wallpaper."
INSIDE THE MIND OF A JUROR
Order in the court
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p48ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/order.html
Amy Cynkar
"The best way to educate juries on the pitfalls of eyewitness evidence? Teach judges, say psychologists."
To ask or not to ask: The practice of allowing juror questions gains momentum
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p50ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/toask.html
Erika Packard
The Problem with DNA
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p52ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/problem.html
Laurie Meyers
"Forensic evidence increasingly includes genetic fingerprinting, but researchers worry that juries may put too much stock in the results."
Order in the court
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p48ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/order.html
Amy Cynkar
"The best way to educate juries on the pitfalls of eyewitness evidence? Teach judges, say psychologists."
To ask or not to ask: The practice of allowing juror questions gains momentum
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p50ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/toask.html
Erika Packard
The Problem with DNA
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p52ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/problem.html
Laurie Meyers
"Forensic evidence increasingly includes genetic fingerprinting, but researchers worry that juries may put too much stock in the results."
The Taming of the clue
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p56ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/taming.html
Laurie Meyers
"By realizing that technology only works as well as the people who run it, crime labs can reduce the potential for errors. One psychologist uses the tools of industrial/organisational psychology to help keep order in the crime lab.
In crime labs, there is little room for error. A mistake could place an innocent person behind bars, allow a serial criminal to operate unchecked or even cost lives."
Monitor on Psychology, Volume 38, No. 6 June 2007, p56ff
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun07/taming.html
Laurie Meyers
"By realizing that technology only works as well as the people who run it, crime labs can reduce the potential for errors. One psychologist uses the tools of industrial/organisational psychology to help keep order in the crime lab.
In crime labs, there is little room for error. A mistake could place an innocent person behind bars, allow a serial criminal to operate unchecked or even cost lives."
[USA] Tasered man catches on fire, dies at hospital / chron.com, 19 June 2007
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4902631.html
"A man who doused himself with gasoline then caught on fire after police fired a Taser stun gun at him died from his injuries."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4902631.html
"A man who doused himself with gasoline then caught on fire after police fired a Taser stun gun at him died from his injuries."
GEORGIA GRAPPLES WITH RISING TEENAGE CRIME / Eurasia.net, 19 June 2007
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061907a.shtml
Paul Rimple
"International organisations and some Georgian social welfare workers are voicing concern over the Georgian government’s efforts to curb juvenile crime. Critics charge that the government is disregarding international norms by enforcing a zero-tolerance policy that imprisons children. The government counters that its tactics are striving to prompt youngsters to take responsibility for their actions."
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061907a.shtml
Paul Rimple
"International organisations and some Georgian social welfare workers are voicing concern over the Georgian government’s efforts to curb juvenile crime. Critics charge that the government is disregarding international norms by enforcing a zero-tolerance policy that imprisons children. The government counters that its tactics are striving to prompt youngsters to take responsibility for their actions."
Shooters slammed in new code to tackle speed drinking/ Guardian, 20 June 2007
http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,,2106841,00.html
Rebecca Smithers
"Drinks companies are being told to change the labelling and packaging on some products as part of a crackdown on speed drinking and downing alcoholic drinks in one."
http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,,2106841,00.html
Rebecca Smithers
"Drinks companies are being told to change the labelling and packaging on some products as part of a crackdown on speed drinking and downing alcoholic drinks in one."
Confidence and confidentiality: Openness in family courts a new approach / Ministry of Justice, 20 June 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/consult-family-courts.pdf
Cm 7131
"This is the second consultation on improving openness in family courts. This paper sets out what is being taken forward from the last consultation, and seeks views on new proposals to improve the openness in family courts."
Closing date for consultation: 1 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/consult-family-courts.pdf
Cm 7131
"This is the second consultation on improving openness in family courts. This paper sets out what is being taken forward from the last consultation, and seeks views on new proposals to improve the openness in family courts."
Closing date for consultation: 1 October 2007
Freedom of Information Act 2000: Second Annual Report on the operation of the FOI Act in Central Government 2006 / Ministry of Justice, 20 June 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/foi-annual-report-central-gov-2006.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/foi-annual-report-central-gov-2006.pdf
No Fear: how one estate tackled gangs / icSouthLondon, 19 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcnx
TOM PARNELL
http://digbig.com/4tcnx
TOM PARNELL
Leadership in Customer Service: Delivering on the Promise / Accenture, June 2007
PDF - http://nstore.accenture.com/acn_com/PDF/2007LCSDelivPromiseFinal.pdf
PDF - http://nstore.accenture.com/acn_com/PDF/2007LCSDelivPromiseFinal.pdf
Prison Service performance ratings: May 2007 / HM Prison Service, 17 May 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcnt
"The latest prison performance ratings have been published. In total nine public sector establishments having changed performance level since the last quarter."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcnt
"The latest prison performance ratings have been published. In total nine public sector establishments having changed performance level since the last quarter."
White supremacy and the truth about black youth crime in Britain / Mathaba, 19 June 2007
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=555991
Deborah Gabriel
"The Home Affairs Committee report on young black people and crime blames ''social exclusion'' for their over-representation within the criminal justice system, but Deborah Gabriel argues that it is white supremacy by another name."
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=555991
Deborah Gabriel
"The Home Affairs Committee report on young black people and crime blames ''social exclusion'' for their over-representation within the criminal justice system, but Deborah Gabriel argues that it is white supremacy by another name."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Crime is black Britain's greatest worry / Black Britain, 18 June 2007
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=11474
"Black people in Britain are nearly four times as likely to consider crime and violence, rather than racism, as the most pressing problem facing the country."
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=11474
"Black people in Britain are nearly four times as likely to consider crime and violence, rather than racism, as the most pressing problem facing the country."
DTI targets the weakest link / GNN, 18 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcnb
"Human error is by far the biggest risk for computer network security, with carelessness with passwords costing businesses a fortune in theft and fraud, a survey has revealed."
http://digbig.com/4tcnb
"Human error is by far the biggest risk for computer network security, with carelessness with passwords costing businesses a fortune in theft and fraud, a survey has revealed."
Purges and clans in Turkmenistan
Jane's Intelligence Digest, 11 June 2007
http://jid.janes.com
"Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has begun to dismiss the most powerful government officials. The aim is to consolidate his personal control over established state structures, but he requires backing from personal and institutional allies."
[Sub required]
Jane's Intelligence Digest, 11 June 2007
http://jid.janes.com
"Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has begun to dismiss the most powerful government officials. The aim is to consolidate his personal control over established state structures, but he requires backing from personal and institutional allies."
[Sub required]
Paedophile Ring: The Details / Police Oracle, 19 June 2007
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13714
"Unbelievable real time online abuse & rape of children & babies prompted officers in 35 countries to move quickly..."
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/detail.cfm?id=13714
"Unbelievable real time online abuse & rape of children & babies prompted officers in 35 countries to move quickly..."
UNODC Annual Report 2007 / UNODC, 19 June 2007
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/annual_report_2007.html
"The UNODC Annual Report for 2007 (covering activities in 2006) provides an overview of the organization's activities worldwide. It shows the range of activities undertaken in the field and at headquarters to make the world safer from illicit drugs and international organised crime."
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/annual_report_2007.html
"The UNODC Annual Report for 2007 (covering activities in 2006) provides an overview of the organization's activities worldwide. It shows the range of activities undertaken in the field and at headquarters to make the world safer from illicit drugs and international organised crime."
Multi-Drug Injecting in Manchester: A survey of 100 injecting drug users attending Lifeline Needle Exchange Scheme in 2006: [Full Report] / Lifeline, June 2007
http://www.lifeline.org.uk/docs/Speedball%20res%20small.pdf
Dr. Russell Newcombe
http://www.lifeline.org.uk/docs/Speedball%20res%20small.pdf
Dr. Russell Newcombe
The Economics of migration: managing the impacts / TUC, 19 June 2007
PDF - http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/migration.pdf
PDF - http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/migration.pdf
[New Zealand] Taser used 15 times so far in trial / stuff.co.nz, 19 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcmt
"Police have fired Taser stun guns on 15 of the 100 occasions they have threatened to use them since a year-long trial began last September.
A case of a police officer accidentally shooting himself has been reported during the trial but there were no repeats of that in the latest 15 incidents. Many of them are domestic and involve offenders known to be hostile to police or presenting weapons.
In an incident on April 18 a Taser was fired at, but missed, a female patient being transported to hospital in Auckland accompanied by a mental health nurse."
http://digbig.com/4tcmt
"Police have fired Taser stun guns on 15 of the 100 occasions they have threatened to use them since a year-long trial began last September.
A case of a police officer accidentally shooting himself has been reported during the trial but there were no repeats of that in the latest 15 incidents. Many of them are domestic and involve offenders known to be hostile to police or presenting weapons.
In an incident on April 18 a Taser was fired at, but missed, a female patient being transported to hospital in Auckland accompanied by a mental health nurse."
Green Paper on the future Common European Asylum System / European Commission, 6 June 2007
PDF - http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/intro/doc/com_2007_301_en.pdf
PDF - http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/intro/doc/com_2007_301_en.pdf
Enough is enough
Jane's Police Review, 13 June 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"Police officers often complain that the service tries to do too much but 'no' does not seem to be a word in their vocabularies. The demands on police time and resources do not need to be spelt out the public wants: a cop to deal with a terrorist and still have the time to help their gran cross the road."
[Sub required]
Jane's Police Review, 13 June 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"Police officers often complain that the service tries to do too much but 'no' does not seem to be a word in their vocabularies. The demands on police time and resources do not need to be spelt out the public wants: a cop to deal with a terrorist and still have the time to help their gran cross the road."
[Sub required]
iPhone, Gmail and blogs - a corporate security nightmare: Fear consumer tech... / Silicon.com, 15 June 2007
http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39167527,00.htm
Andy McCue
"Consumer-based communications tools such as Hotmail, instant messaging and voice over IP are used by most employees, often from work and also as a way to transfer work materials to and from their PCs at home. "Most organisations will find themselves unable to completely block these services, for cultural, if not technical reasons, but security options are available to limit the risks that consumer communications services create." Rich Mogull, Gartner research."
http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39167527,00.htm
Andy McCue
"Consumer-based communications tools such as Hotmail, instant messaging and voice over IP are used by most employees, often from work and also as a way to transfer work materials to and from their PCs at home. "Most organisations will find themselves unable to completely block these services, for cultural, if not technical reasons, but security options are available to limit the risks that consumer communications services create." Rich Mogull, Gartner research."
[Australia] Giving parents some spine in the battle of the booze / On Line Opinion, 18 June 2007
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5988
Rob Moodie
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5988
Rob Moodie
[USA] Snap Judgments: Can we teach accurate 'thin-slicing?' / Officer.com, 14 June 2007
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=36506&siteSection=3
PAT ROBINSON
"Watch his hands! How many times have you heard that in your law enforcement career? If you're a training officer, how many times have you said it? Contrary to the lessons taught in the most pervasive law enforcement training medium--television--we know that it's not important to "Watch his eyes, pardner." It's hands that kill. I've never heard of anyone who was struck and killed by a flying eyeball."
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=36506&siteSection=3
PAT ROBINSON
"Watch his hands! How many times have you heard that in your law enforcement career? If you're a training officer, how many times have you said it? Contrary to the lessons taught in the most pervasive law enforcement training medium--television--we know that it's not important to "Watch his eyes, pardner." It's hands that kill. I've never heard of anyone who was struck and killed by a flying eyeball."
Rappers to write rhyme for Reading CCTV / Reading Chronicle, 12 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcmp
Alex Adams
"Reading Borough Council and Thames Valley Police have teamed up to challenge youngsters to use their skills to promote the trial of new Big Brother-style cameras which tick-off yobs and litterbugs."
http://digbig.com/4tcmp
Alex Adams
"Reading Borough Council and Thames Valley Police have teamed up to challenge youngsters to use their skills to promote the trial of new Big Brother-style cameras which tick-off yobs and litterbugs."
More than a question of colour / New Statesman, 12 June 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200706120001
Kay Hampton
"The police requires a total culture change if it is to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities."
http://www.newstatesman.com/200706120001
Kay Hampton
"The police requires a total culture change if it is to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities."
23 years is too long to wait / New Statesman, 12 June 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200706120002
Peter Fahy
"The Police Service must be allowed to adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing society."
http://www.newstatesman.com/200706120002
Peter Fahy
"The Police Service must be allowed to adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing society."
[USA] RFID 'to be used in prison' / TUVPS, 18 June 2007
http://www.tuvps.co.uk/news/articles/rfid-to-be-used-in-prison-18183546.asp
"Detainees at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Lino Lakes, which falls under the remit of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC), will be tracked by the $500,000 (£252,000) system."
http://www.tuvps.co.uk/news/articles/rfid-to-be-used-in-prison-18183546.asp
"Detainees at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Lino Lakes, which falls under the remit of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC), will be tracked by the $500,000 (£252,000) system."
[USA] NIDA Study Suggests Crystal Methamphetamine Use in Young Adults Higher than Previously Reported / NIDA, 15 June 2007
http://www.drugabuse.gov/newsroom/07/NR6-15.html
"Study Also Connects Use of the Drug to Risky Behaviours"
Crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the USA
Addiction, Volume 102 Issue 7 Page 1102-1113, July 2007
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01847.x
Bonita J. Iritani, Denise Dion Hallfors, Daniel J. Bauer
[Sub required]
http://www.drugabuse.gov/newsroom/07/NR6-15.html
"Study Also Connects Use of the Drug to Risky Behaviours"
Crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the USA
Addiction, Volume 102 Issue 7 Page 1102-1113, July 2007
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01847.x
Bonita J. Iritani, Denise Dion Hallfors, Daniel J. Bauer
[Sub required]
Analysis For A Drug Addict / Medical News Today, 17 June 2007
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=74432
"Specialists of the Institute of Physiologically Active Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, and of the Moscow Narcological Clinical Hospital #17 have developed a technique called "Dianarc" that allows to discover drug addicts at the very early stage, when they take narcotics occasionally. The technique is based on identification of the antibody level in saliva and blood.For invention of this technique, Professor Marina Myagkova was recognised the best inventor woman by the World Intellectual Property Organization at the International exhibition of inventions in Geneva in April this year and was awarded the golden medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization and a prize."
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=74432
"Specialists of the Institute of Physiologically Active Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, and of the Moscow Narcological Clinical Hospital #17 have developed a technique called "Dianarc" that allows to discover drug addicts at the very early stage, when they take narcotics occasionally. The technique is based on identification of the antibody level in saliva and blood.For invention of this technique, Professor Marina Myagkova was recognised the best inventor woman by the World Intellectual Property Organization at the International exhibition of inventions in Geneva in April this year and was awarded the golden medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization and a prize."
Military Service Doubles Suicide Risk / Medical News Today, 12 June 2007
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=73804
"Former military personnel are twice as likely to kill themselves as people who have not seen combat reports a study."
Suicide among male veterans: a prospective population-based study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2007; 61: 619-624
http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/61/7/619
Mark S Kaplan, Nathalie Huguet, Bentson H McFarland and Jason T Newsom
[Sub required]
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=73804
"Former military personnel are twice as likely to kill themselves as people who have not seen combat reports a study."
Suicide among male veterans: a prospective population-based study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2007; 61: 619-624
http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/61/7/619
Mark S Kaplan, Nathalie Huguet, Bentson H McFarland and Jason T Newsom
[Sub required]
Discriminating Fact From Fiction In Recovered Memories Of Childhood Sexual Abuse / Medical News Today, 18 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tcmm
""So how accurate are recovered memories?" The answer is not so clear. The results of the research will be published in the July issue of Psychological Science."
http://digbig.com/4tcmm
""So how accurate are recovered memories?" The answer is not so clear. The results of the research will be published in the July issue of Psychological Science."
[USA] Kennedy says immigration reform critical to national security / Boston Herald, 18 June 2007
http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=1007075
"US Senator Edward Kennedy said that failing to pass immigration reforms would push illegal immigrants into isolation and create breeding grounds for homegrown terrorists. Kennedy pointed to several European countries where he said alienation and immigration problems has led to terrorist acts."
The Death of multiculturalism: blaming and shaming British Muslims
Durham Anthropology Journal, 14/1, July 2007
PDF - http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.journal/vol14/iss1/PDF/allen.pdf
Dr Chris Allen
Durham Anthropology Journal, 14/1, July 2007
PDF - http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.journal/vol14/iss1/PDF/allen.pdf
Dr Chris Allen
Restorative Justice: the views of victims and offenders the third report from the evaluation of three schemes / Ministry of Justice, 19 June 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/Restorative-Justice.pdf
Ministry of Justice Series 3/07
Joanna Shapland, Anne Atkinson, Helen Atkinson et al
Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/Restorative-Justice.pdf
Ministry of Justice Series 3/07
Joanna Shapland, Anne Atkinson, Helen Atkinson et al
Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield
Central government's use of consultants: Thirty-first Report of Session 2006–07: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 19 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcma
Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
HC 309
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcma
Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
HC 309
Monday, June 18, 2007
Nearly 40 Percent of Large Organizations Don't Monitor Databases for Suspicious Activity – Or Don't Know If They Do / Compliance & Privacy, June 2007
http://complianceandprivacy.com/News-Ponemon-sensitive-data-study.html
http://complianceandprivacy.com/News-Ponemon-sensitive-data-study.html
Harmful drinking: an update to the National Alcohol Strategy will beyond the criminal justice measures to present the idea of sensible drinking to the masses / drinkanddrugsnews, 18 June 2007
PDF - http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/june1807/harmful_drinking.pdf
PDF - http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/june1807/harmful_drinking.pdf
A Radical solution to the Afghan opium problem : Are morphine-free poppies the answer? / drinkanddrugsnews, 18 June 2007
PDF - http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/june1807/afghan_opium.pdf
Percy Menzies
PDF - http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/june1807/afghan_opium.pdf
Percy Menzies
Legal dance drug faces ban amid fears over side-effects / Guardian, 18 June 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,2105482,00.html
Alexandra Topping
"A legal dance drug known as legal XTC, Jax, Pep Twisted or Pep Love could be banned across Europe following a report from the EU's drugs monitor calling for tighter controls because of the substance's side-effects."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,2105482,00.html
Alexandra Topping
"A legal dance drug known as legal XTC, Jax, Pep Twisted or Pep Love could be banned across Europe following a report from the EU's drugs monitor calling for tighter controls because of the substance's side-effects."
Outside help: practical information for the families of people in prison / NACRO, 16 June 2007
PDF - http://www.nacro.org.uk/data/resources/nacro-2007032200.pdf
PDF - http://www.nacro.org.uk/data/resources/nacro-2007032200.pdf
Police to get access to intelligence data from Consumer Direct / Public Technology, 18 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tchw
"Consumer Direct, the government advice service managed by the Office of Fair Trading, will share its complains data with the police for the first time to help in the fight against doorstep crime. The pilot scheme with Hertfordshire Police will run for three months."
http://digbig.com/4tchw
"Consumer Direct, the government advice service managed by the Office of Fair Trading, will share its complains data with the police for the first time to help in the fight against doorstep crime. The pilot scheme with Hertfordshire Police will run for three months."
[USA] Report Calls for New Directions, Innovative Approaches in Testing Chemicals for Toxicity to Humans / National Academies, 12 June 2007
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11970
"Recent advances in systems biology, testing in cells and tissues, and related scientific fields offer the potential to fundamentally change the way chemicals are tested for risks they may pose to humans. This report outlines a new approach that would rely less heavily on animal studies and instead focus on in vitro methods that evaluate chemicals' effects on biological processes using cells, cell lines, or cellular components, preferably of human origin. The new approach would generate more-relevant data to evaluate risks people face, expand the number of chemicals that could be scrutinised, and reduce the time, money, and animals involved in testing."
Toxicity Testing in the Twenty-first Century: A Vision and a Strategy / National Academies Press, June 2007
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11970#toc
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11970
"Recent advances in systems biology, testing in cells and tissues, and related scientific fields offer the potential to fundamentally change the way chemicals are tested for risks they may pose to humans. This report outlines a new approach that would rely less heavily on animal studies and instead focus on in vitro methods that evaluate chemicals' effects on biological processes using cells, cell lines, or cellular components, preferably of human origin. The new approach would generate more-relevant data to evaluate risks people face, expand the number of chemicals that could be scrutinised, and reduce the time, money, and animals involved in testing."
Toxicity Testing in the Twenty-first Century: A Vision and a Strategy / National Academies Press, June 2007
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11970#toc
Managing Global Migration: a Strategy to Build Stronger International Alliances to Manage Migration / Borders and Immigration Agency, 18 June 2007
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/internationalstrategy
PDF - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/internationalstrategy
Once a victim, always a victim, child study shows / Independent on Sunday, 17 June 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2666479.ece
Jonathan Owen
"Children who suffer assaults or other crimes are likely to become serial victims, according to new research, with 59 per cent becoming victims once more within the next year."
Re-victimization patterns in a national longitudinal sample of children and youth
Child Abuse & Neglect Volume 31, Issue 5, May 2007, Pages 479-502
http://digbig.com/4tcgf
David Finkelhor, Richard K. Ormrod and Heather A. Turner
[Sub required]
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2666479.ece
Jonathan Owen
"Children who suffer assaults or other crimes are likely to become serial victims, according to new research, with 59 per cent becoming victims once more within the next year."
Re-victimization patterns in a national longitudinal sample of children and youth
Child Abuse & Neglect Volume 31, Issue 5, May 2007, Pages 479-502
http://digbig.com/4tcgf
David Finkelhor, Richard K. Ormrod and Heather A. Turner
[Sub required]
Building on progress: The role of the state / Cabinet Office, 16 May 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcgd
This paper introduces the idea of the strategic and enabling state, as a response to the continuing evolution of global and domestic trends. "Tackling insecurity" is cited as one of the six key features [Chapter 3]."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcgd
This paper introduces the idea of the strategic and enabling state, as a response to the continuing evolution of global and domestic trends. "Tackling insecurity" is cited as one of the six key features [Chapter 3]."
Building on progress: Families / Cabinet Office, 16 May 2007
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/policy_review/documents/families.pdf
"This paper is one of several strands from the work of The Policy Review. It recognises the important role families have to play in society, whatever their structure."
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/policy_review/documents/families.pdf
"This paper is one of several strands from the work of The Policy Review. It recognises the important role families have to play in society, whatever their structure."
Just the Facts about Online Youth Victimization / Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, 3 May 2007
PDF - http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2007/youth/20070503transcript.pdf
Tim Lordan, Dr. David Finkelhor, Dr. Michele Ybarra, Amanda Lenhart, danah boyd
[Transcript from an event organised by the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus.]
PDF - http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2007/youth/20070503transcript.pdf
Tim Lordan, Dr. David Finkelhor, Dr. Michele Ybarra, Amanda Lenhart, danah boyd
[Transcript from an event organised by the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus.]
War, Torture and Terror: The Role of Psychology [Conference] / Yeshiva University, June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcgb
"The war on terrorism has stirred debate on the rights and treatment of those detained under the suspicion of being terrorists, specifically, the use of coercive interrogation techniques, often synonymous with torture. The issue of whether or not psychologists should participate in such investigations has resulted in heated debate within the American Psychological Association. This conference will explore a myriad of complex concerns—sociopolitical, socio-moral and psychological—that currently confront the profession. Among the topics explored will be a contemporary history of torture and its architects, and the efficacy of these methods to produce reliable information. The ethical issues confronting military psychologists and the importance of human rights in all relationships will be examined."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcgb
"The war on terrorism has stirred debate on the rights and treatment of those detained under the suspicion of being terrorists, specifically, the use of coercive interrogation techniques, often synonymous with torture. The issue of whether or not psychologists should participate in such investigations has resulted in heated debate within the American Psychological Association. This conference will explore a myriad of complex concerns—sociopolitical, socio-moral and psychological—that currently confront the profession. Among the topics explored will be a contemporary history of torture and its architects, and the efficacy of these methods to produce reliable information. The ethical issues confronting military psychologists and the importance of human rights in all relationships will be examined."
Effective consultation: asking the right questions, asking the right people, listening to the answers / Cabinet Office, 14 June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcgc
"The Cabinet Office is reviewing the government's consultation policy. It wants [...] views on how the government currently consults and how these consultations can be improved upon."
Consultation ends: 28 September 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcgc
"The Cabinet Office is reviewing the government's consultation policy. It wants [...] views on how the government currently consults and how these consultations can be improved upon."
Consultation ends: 28 September 2007
Construing The Construction Processes Of Serial Killers And Other Violent Offenders: 2. The Limits Of Credulity
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 3 July 2007 , pages 247 - 275
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a778238371
David A. Winter
"This article presents a categorisation of pathways to violence and homicide, including serial killing, in terms of personal construct theory. Violent offenders' reactions to their offences are considered in relation to the degree of consistency between their actions and their construing of the self and the world. Implications for the assessment and treatment of people who have committed acts of homicide or violence are discussed; and the extent to which it is possible and desirable to adopt a credulous approach with such individuals is explored, including consideration of the truth of offenders' accounts, the therapeutic relationship, and moral relativism."
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Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 3 July 2007 , pages 247 - 275
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a778238371
David A. Winter
"This article presents a categorisation of pathways to violence and homicide, including serial killing, in terms of personal construct theory. Violent offenders' reactions to their offences are considered in relation to the degree of consistency between their actions and their construing of the self and the world. Implications for the assessment and treatment of people who have committed acts of homicide or violence are discussed; and the extent to which it is possible and desirable to adopt a credulous approach with such individuals is explored, including consideration of the truth of offenders' accounts, the therapeutic relationship, and moral relativism."
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[Scotland] Drug Misuse and Dependendence - Guidelines on Clinical Management: Update 2007 / Scottish Executive, 15 June 2007
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/14135703/0
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/14135703/0
Report on an announced inspection of HMP Standford Hill: 4-8 December 2006 / HMI Prisons, 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcga
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcga
Report on a full announced inspection of HMP & YOI Elmley: 11-15 December 2006 / HMI Prisons, 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcfy
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcfy
Friday, June 15, 2007
Illegal Migration, Enforcement and Minimum Wage / IZA, June 2007
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp2830.pdf
Gil S. Epstein ; Odelia Heizler (Cohen)
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; Institute for the Study of Labor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2830
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp2830.pdf
Gil S. Epstein ; Odelia Heizler (Cohen)
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; Institute for the Study of Labor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2830
Castrate this sick debate / Sp!ked, 14 June 2007
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/earticle/3483/
Mick Hume
"Not another British paedophile panic? The unhealthy obsession with child sexual abuse should stop. Full stop."
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/earticle/3483/
Mick Hume
"Not another British paedophile panic? The unhealthy obsession with child sexual abuse should stop. Full stop."
Sex, Drugs, Alcohol and Young People: A review of the impact drugs and alcohol have on young people’s sexual behaviour / Department of Health, June 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcew
Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tcew
Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV
[USA] Are Social Network Private Messages More Private Than Email Under The Law? / Techdirt, 15 June 2007
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1181725536838
"It's always interesting to see how courts deal with changing technology. For example, it's pretty common for courts to order emails to be handed over in certain lawsuits as part of the discovery process. However, for many younger people, email has taken a backseat to more popular private messaging features on social networks like MySpace and Facebook. In a recent court case, one side requested access to the private messages in the same manner that they would normally request access to email."
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1181725536838
"It's always interesting to see how courts deal with changing technology. For example, it's pretty common for courts to order emails to be handed over in certain lawsuits as part of the discovery process. However, for many younger people, email has taken a backseat to more popular private messaging features on social networks like MySpace and Facebook. In a recent court case, one side requested access to the private messages in the same manner that they would normally request access to email."
Crime and punishment in the EU / University of Helsinki, June 2007
http://www.helsinki.fi/uh/2-2007/juttu7.html
Arja-Leena Paavolainen
"The attempts of the European Union to harmonise criminal law and criminal sanctions in the European Union is leading to an approach that contains elements foreign to Nordic criminal policy."
http://www.helsinki.fi/uh/2-2007/juttu7.html
Arja-Leena Paavolainen
"The attempts of the European Union to harmonise criminal law and criminal sanctions in the European Union is leading to an approach that contains elements foreign to Nordic criminal policy."
Issues in Using DNS Whois for Phishing Site Take Down Page / Anti-Phishing Working Group, May 2007
PDF - http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/APWG_MemoOnDomainWhoisTake-Downs.pdf
PDF - http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/APWG_MemoOnDomainWhoisTake-Downs.pdf
Is There Too Little Immigration? / IZA, June 2007
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp2825.pdf
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay ; Howard J. Wall
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; Institute for the Study of Labor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2825
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp2825.pdf
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay ; Howard J. Wall
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; Institute for the Study of Labor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2825
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