Motoring offences and breath test statistics (NS) 2005 / Ministry of Justice, 31 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/motoring-offencesandbreath-stats2005.pdf
Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales 2005: supplementary tables / Ministry of Justice, 31 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/offences-relating-to-motor-vehicles2005.pdf

Population in custody (monthly): September 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 31 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custodySep07.pdf

Probation statistics brief (quarterly): April - June 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 31 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/q2brief-probation-2007.pdf
XLS - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/q2brief-probation2007.xls

National Recovery Guidance / Cabinet Office, 31 October 2007
http://www.ukresilience.info/response/recovery_guidance.aspx
"The National Recovery Guidance has been produced by the National Recovery Working Group over a period of nine months, as commissioned by TIDO(Prepare). The guidance aims to provide a single point of reference to local responders dealing with the recovery phase of an emergency."

[Canada] Study: Economic integration of immigrants' children : 1996 to 2004 / Statistics Canada, October 2007
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071029/d071029a.htm
Much has been written about the widening gap in earnings and low-income rates between recent immigrants to Canada and their Canadian-born counterparts. However, the challenges associated with the integration of immigrants often extend beyond the first generation.

Public consultation on Delivering Inclusive Websites (TG102) / Cabinet Office, 12 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twqw
Deadline for responses: November 13, 2007

Changes to passport rules for young people / Identity and Passport Service, 30 October 2007
http://www.identitycards.gov.uk/press-2007-10-30.asp
"Young people aged 16 or 17 will now be able to apply for a passport without parental consent, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced. The new measure will bring passports in line with modern legal practice for 16 and 17 year olds. Parental consent will still be needed where a court order requires it or the young person has a mental disability."

Environment Agency uses European Arrest Warrant in waste crime investigation / Environment Agency, 30 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twpt
"An Irishman believed to be involved a number of serious waste crimes has been brought back to the United Kingdom using an European Arrest Warrant to face prosecution – a first for the Environment Agency in its fight against fly-tipping."

Young people in Gateshead fight crime with fire / Xpress Digest, 31 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twps
"A group of young people aged 11 to 17 have been taking part in a firefighting course to help tackle the risk factors that may lead a young person to offend. The Phoenix Project, organised jointly by Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade’s Arson Task Force and Gateshead Council, aims to engage with young people to reduce anti-social behaviour in the Gateshead area. Those taking part in the course were referred by the Youth Offending Team after being identified as being at risk of offending, are known offenders or need training or employment support. Over two days, the group visited three fire stations in the area and took part in practical exercises such as using the hose, search and rescue techniques in the training sewer complex at Tynemouth and putting out a fire."

National Probation Service Bulletins / NOMS, October 2007
Issue 78: 24 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twpq
Issue 79: 29 october 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twpr

Offender Management Inspection: A report on Offender Management in Sussex / HMI Probation, 30 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twpp

Police Reform e-Bulletin: 107 / Home Office, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twpn

Individual Rights and Responsibilities of Employees: A guide for employers and employees / Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, 30 October 2007
PDF - http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file34565.pdf

Tackling Fireworks Misuse / Home Office, 30 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twpm
"Laws against fireworks misuse are there to protect communities. Misuse offences relate to throwing, possession and controlling the time of their use. Other laws regulate the supply and sales of fireworks."

A Pathway to care for older offenders: a toolkit for good practice / Department of Health, 29 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twpk
"The purpose of this toolkit is to inform and assist the delivery of individually planned care for older prisoners whilst in prison, followed by successful resettlement back into the community, receiving the necessary support to sustain an optimum quality of life and reduce re-offending."

Sex offenders explain how and why / BBC, 31 October 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7069022.stm
De-briefing interviews with sex offenders are being conducted in prisons by members of a new behavioural analysis unit to examine how they went about their crimes. The point of the unit, which is the newest part of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), is to "improve knowledge about offenders, why they do what they do and how we can prevent that from happening".
Better protection through better understanding / Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/news_items/article_20071030_2_ceop.htm

40 years: Parole Board for England and Wales: Annual Report and Accounts / TSO, 29 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twkr
Statistical Annexe
http://digbig.com/4twks

Routes to power: summary of discussions with ethnic minority women councillors / Fawcett Society and Government Equalities Office, 29 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twke
"Responding to the findings, Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equalities, has called for more ethnic minority women to take up roles in public life and wants the number of Black, Asian and ethnic minority women councillors to rise to around 1,000 to make councils fully representative and strengthen local democracy."

Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of HMYOI Feltham: 4-8 June 2007 / HMI Prisons, 26 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twjm

Knife crime in the UK: what does current research tell us and is this a fair reflection of the true scale of the problem? / Perpetuity Group, October 2007
http://www.perpetuitygroup.com/prci/news.html#rgangsandschools
"There are very few reliable sources of information regarding knife crime in the UK and as such the true scale of the problem is unknown. In order to fill this gap, the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds has commissioned Perpetuity to undertake a review of available research on knife crime in the UK. The main objective of this research is to independently critique existing research on knives and knife crime. As part of this review, Perpetuity will investigate what data currently exists, how reliable this data is and seek to unfold any limitations of these data sets. If you have any research or information that may inform this study we would like to hear from you. For more information on this research or any other work undertaken by Perpetuity contact Michelle Duffin."

Gloucestershire Constabulary signs supplier for new Criminal Justice System / Public Technology, 24 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twjh
"SunGard Vivista is to upgrade Gloucestershire Constabulary’s existing criminal justice system to SunGard Vivista’s latest solution, the UNIFI system. The UNIFI system benefits from its predecessor’s ten-year proven track record of reliability and usability in support of operational policing functions."

Council case stody: How mobile comms helped deal with a tornado in the UK LOCAL / Public Technology, 25 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twjg
"The Airwave network is an essential communications tool for not just the blue light emergency services but also Britain’s various public safety organisations. Among these, one of the most enthusiastic adopters has been the many local authorities up and down the country which provide vital emergency planning and response services as well as fulfilling other public safety duties."

WEBROOT® RESEARCH FINDING: MOST SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES WORLDWIDE ARE EXPOSED TO THE GROWING WAVE OF INTERNET SECURITY THREATS / webroot, 16 October 2007
http://www.webroot.com/company/pressroom/pr/unaware-smb-at-risk.html
"Seven Out of 10 SMBs worldwide reported spyware and virus infections but underestimate the consequences. Global economic engine vulnerable to cyber crime. Webroot Software, Inc. has unveiled its latest report, "State of Internet Security: Protecting Small and Medium Businesses". The report highlights startling survey results surrounding Internet security threats among SMBs worldwide. In conjunction with the report, Webroot has released a handbook for SMBs, "A Guide to Security for Small & Medium Business" that provides tips and best practices for protecting technology infrastructure and sensitive customer data from malware and cyber criminals."

Operation Lucky
Jane's Police Review, 26 October 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"Who wants to be a millionaire? Not Leicestershire Constabulary when it found nearly one million pounds in a Travellers' site. Sarah Bebbington reports on one of the biggest money laundering investigations the force had ever seen."
[Sub required]

Annual leave under threat for Olympics
Jane's Police Review, 26 October 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"All officers could face having their annual leave cancelled around the 2012 Olympics, according to the new ACPO lead for the event. Med Hughes, chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, will have responsibility for ensuring all forces in England and Wales are prepared to assist the Met in the lead-up to the competition."
[Sub required]

EU Forced Marriage Conference / FCO, 24 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twjd
Welcome speech by Meg Munn
http://digbig.com/4twjb
Welcome speech by Vernon Coaker
http://digbig.com/4twjc

Dealing with stress as a treatment for alcohol abuse / EurekAlert!, 26 October 2007
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/uab-dws102607.php
"A researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) is initiating a study of "mindfulness-based stress reduction," a technique often used in behavioral medicine for stress reduction but not before as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol use disorders."

thinksustainable: Sustainable development tools / Defra, October 2007
http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/think/index.htm
"This package of tools has been designed to help Government policy makers and those working on projects and programmes in the wider public sector to think about how their work impacts on sustainable development."

100% of stolen mobiles blocked by networks / Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum, October 2007
DOC - http://www.tuff.co.uk/new/uploads/PR.doc

The Governance of Britain: Judicial Appointments [CP 25/07] / Ministry of Justice, 25 October 2007
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp2507.htm
"Closing date: 17 January 2008
This consultation seeks views on the arrangements for making judicial appointments, and in particular on whether the residual role of the executive in judicial appointments should be further reduced. This consultation follows on from 'The Governance of Britain' green paper."

Mental Health Act 2007: consultation on secondary legislation / Department of Health, 25 October 2007
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_079832
"Closing date: 24 January 2008
You are invited to comment on the draft secondary legislation, that you can access via the links on this page."

Consultation on the draft revised Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice / Department of Health, 25 October 2007
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_079842
"Closing date: 24 January 2008
The consultation document invites your comments on the draft revised Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice (in light of the Mental Health Act 2007). The Code provides guidance to registered medical practitioners (“doctors”), approved clinicians, managers and staff of hospitals and approved mental health practitioners (who have defined responsibilities under the provisions of the Act), on how they should proceed when undertaking duties under the Act. It should also be considered by others working in health and social services (including the independent and voluntary sectors)."

Freedom of Information Act 2000: Designation of additional public authorities [CP 27/07] / Ministry of Justice, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/cp2707.pdf
[Consultation paper]

Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2007 [CP 28/06]: Responses published / Ministry of Justice 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/cp2806-response.pdf

Prison Health Performance Indicators / Department of Health, 25 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twdq
Author: Offender Health, Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships
"In conjunction with the key stakeholders, the Offender Health (formerly prison health) team has developed a set of voluntary indicators specifically to measure the quality of prison health services and to help achieve the objective of NHS-equivalent standards. Includes guidance booklet and letter."

THE GOVERNMENT REPLY TO THE FIFTH REPORT FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE SESSION 2006-07 HL PAPER 165: Personal Internet Security / TSO, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm72/7234/7234.pdf
Cm 7234
[Original report:
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldsctech/165/165i.pdf]

HOUSE OF LORDS Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee: 32nd Report of Session 2006-07 / TSO, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldmerit/190/190.pdf
HL Paper 190
[Includes Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007(Powers of District and JP Courts) Order; Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2868) Offender Management Act2007, the Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2007 (SI2007/2953) and the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2007 (SI 2007/2954)]

Country and Comparative Data (formerly Global Data Center) / Migration Policy Institute, October 2007
http://www.migrationinformation.org/DataHub/comparative.cfm
[Includes updated data for Australia and the UK]

Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2006/07 British Crime Survey: England and Wales / RDS, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1807.pdf
Rachel Murphy and Stephen Roe
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 18/07

Seizures of Drugs in England and Wales, 2005 / RDS, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1707.pdf
Emma Reed
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 17/07

Community Partners: 'Doing Doors' as a Community Crime Prevention Strategy
Criminal Justice Studies, Volume 20, Issue 3 September 2007 , pages 295 - 312
http://digbig.com/4twdk
Mary Ann Farkas; Richard S. Jones
"Research shows that strengthening social networks in neighbourhoods is key to addressing the social disorder that breeds crime. However, citizen involvement in crime prevention partnerships presents a challenge in high crime areas. The use of intermediaries as an organised strategy to work with residents, law enforcement, and various community agencies and organisations has been introduced as a way to mitigate the problems of mobilizing urban dwellers and as a means to bridge the gap between the interests of the various constituents. This paper will present the findings from interviews with 22 Community Partners working in targeted, high crime urban neighbourhoods. The findings suggest that using intermediaries may be a promising strategy for crime prevention partnerships."
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[USA] Desistance from Serious and Not So Serious Crime: A Comparison of Psychosocial Risk Factors
Criminal Justice Studies, Volume 20, Issue 3 September 2007 , pages 231 - 253
http://digbig.com/4twdj
Elaine Gunnison; Paul Mazerolle
"Desistance from criminal behaviour represents an important dimension of offending, yet few studies have explored whether factors promoting desistance from crime also promote desistance from less serious forms of offending behaviour. Using data from the National Youth Survey, this study examines whether a series of theoretically informed psychosocial factors can differentiate offenders who desist from those who persist and whether these factors vary for offenders who desist from general and more serious forms of offending behaviour."
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[USA] Who Let the Dogs Out? Drug Dogs in Court
Criminal Justice Studies, Volume 20, Issue 3 September 2007 , pages 177 - 196
http://digbig.com/4twdh
Jennifer Ashley; Simon Billinge; Craig Hemmens
"The canine has become a vital component in the 'war on drugs' due to its ability to detect the faintest of smells. With the increased use of canines in law enforcement, search and seizure issues are being examined by courts across the nation in an attempt to define the limits of the canine sniff. Courts have indicated that under certain circumstances, the canine sniff infringes upon a person's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, while under other circumstances, the canine sniff is not considered a search. This paper examines the use of drug dogs and reviews judicial opinions on canine sniffs of persons, residences, and vehicles."
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Welsh residents get police sound board / Public Servant, 24 October 2007
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=4195&topic=e-government
"South Wales Police has launched a webchat service for people to raise community issues. The service will be rolled out initially in Merthyr Tydfill and Rhondda Cynon Taf, with a full rollout across South Wales on 1 December."

Police to use Blackberrys on the beat / Public Servant, 26 October 2007
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=4221&topic=e-government
"Nottinghamshire Police will test pilot mobile IT to make them more efficient. The pilot scheme will be set up to provide officers on the beat with up to date information and reduce the time spent on paper work."

[Scotland] How we were saved from being branded another 'family from hell' / Scotsman, 26 October 2007
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1707902007
LOUISE GRAY
"JANET Leith's family were in danger of becoming the "neighbours from hell". She was just coming off heroin, her partner, Allan, was in prison for drugs offences and her four children often played truant from school. Neighbours feared it was only a matter of time before one of the children attracted the attention of police, not least for throwing stones at windows, or the entire family became the subject of an ASBO for noise nuisance. But the pattern of behaviour was broken when Scotland's first ever early intervention unit contacted the family at their Edinburgh home."

[Scotland] Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2006-07 / Scottish Parliament, 23 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/200630/0053624.pdf
A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

[Scotland] A Review of Dispersal Powers / Scottish Parliament, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/201001/0053723.pdf
"This is a statutory study of police dispersal powers. It considers the process and effectiveness of the powers."

[Scotland] The Impact of Local Antisocial Behaviour Strategies at the Neighbourhood Level / Scottish Parliament, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/200520/0053611.pdf
John Flint, Steve Green, Caroline Hunter, Judy Nixon, Sadie Parr, Jules Manning and Ian Wilson, Sheffield Hallam University and Hal Pawson and Emma Davidson, Heriot Watt University and Diana Sanderson, Mill Mount Consulting
[Scotland] The Impact of Local Antisocial Behaviour Strategies at the Neighbourhood Level: Research Findings / Scottish Parliament, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/200516/0053610.pdf
John Flint, Hal Pawson, Diana Sanderson, Emma Davidson, Steve Green, Caroline Hunter, Judy Nixon, Sadie Parr, Jules Manning and Ian Wilson

[USA] Workforce issues complicate planning for cyberattacks / Exec, 25 October 2007
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38377&dcn=e_gvet
Gautham Nagesh
“The Homeland Security Department has yet to develop a comprehensive plan for how companies would recover from cyberattacks disrupting the Internet, in part because the department has not been able to find and keep highly trained cybersecurity experts, according to a top information technology auditor at the Government Accountability Office.”

Stop and search not the answer to violent crime, say black church leaders / Black Britain, 26 October 2007
http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/news/details.aspx?i=2580&c=uk
"Youth work, not stop and search, is the community’s preferred way of preventing gun and knife crime, according to the leader of the African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance (ACEA)."

Requests for asylum in the Netherlands by citizenship, sex and age / Statistics Netherlands, October 2007
http://statline.cbs.nl/statweb/table.asp?pa=03740eng&LA=EN&DM=SLEN

Muslim Asylum Claims in U.S. Courts: A Legal Examination / International Assessment and Strategy Center, 8 October 2007
http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.170/pub_detail.asp
Jeffrey Breinholt
"Is the US a force of good in the Muslim world? This very question would seem outlandish to Al Qaida and to many of today’s foreign policy commentators. However, the answer is not so obviously answered in the negative. If one looks at the history of Islam in American courts, one notices a number of federal judicial opinions over the last decade involving Muslims who fear being deported by US because of what will happen to them at the hands of fellow Muslims in their home countries. The situation is not reversed."

Protecting Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in the UK: The Italian 'Rimini Method' that Could Influence the British Approach
Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007
http://ssrn.com/abstract=996156
MATILDE VENTRELLA
"Victims of human trafficking should be protected to prevent their re-victimisation. This article compares the way the United Kingdom (UK) and Italy protect victims of human trafficking."

Muslims in Australia: The Double Edge of Terrorism
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Volume 33, Issue 8 November 2007 , pages 1277 - 1297
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a782793855
Nahid Kabir
"The paper examines how a religious group can become the victim of resistance from the wider society when the group is perceived to be a direct or an indirect threat. It concludes that Muslim Australians have become the 'current enemy' because the perceived international threat of militant Islam is negatively impacting on them. This paper relies on both primary and secondary sources, including oral testimonies."
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Canada: Immigrants, Sanctions, Refugees
Migration News Vol. 14 No. 4, October 2007

http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=3320_0_2_0
"Immigrants have a harder time finding jobs in Quebec than in other provinces. The unemployment rate for the foreign-born was 9.2 percent in 2006 in Quebec, compared to 6.3 percent for those born in Canada. In the Atlantic provinces, the unemployment rate for immigrants, 4.1 percent, was lower than the provincial rate, 8.9 percent. Quebec has since 1991 selected 60 percent of its immigrants, aiming to preserve its francophone roots- 72 percent of provincial residents are considered francophone."

The National Drug Strategy: a guide for local partnerships 2007/8 / London Drug Policy Forum, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twdf

Addiction Search Engine / Ana Liffey Drug Project, October 2007
http://www.aldp.ie/index.php?page=addiction-search-engine
"The Ana Liffey Drug Project has developed a Google Custom Search Engine. The Addiction Search Engine (ASE) is designed to help you find the information you are looking for relating to addiction and drug related issues. The ASE searches specially selected websites and the sites that they are linked to. There is provision for a capacity of 100 volunteer contributors to the ASE and the Ana Liffey Drug Project wishes to invite people to contribute to the Addiction Search Engine?"

'Biological passports' at Tour de France 2008 / Telegraph, 25 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twde
Andy Hooper
"Tour de France organisers vowed to take stringent anti-doping measures as they announced a race schedule for 2008 which included the famous ascent of L'Alpe d'Huez in the final week."

The Governance of Britain: Managing Protest around Parliament / Home Office, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-2007-managing-protest?view=Binary
"This consultation ends on 17/01/08."

Almost 250,000 come for short-term work or study / ONS, 25 October 2007
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/mig1007.pdf
"The first experimental estimates of the number of short-term migrants to England and Wales show that overseas residents made 247,000 work or study visits of one to 12 months in the year to mid-2005. The estimates, which are still under development, have been published in a research report today by the Office for National Statistics."

Public sector skill sets / Computing 25 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twcd
Robert Chapman
"Looks at the IT knowledge and experience necessary for survival in modern government. Public sector IT is changing. It is no longer the slow and rather cumbersome cousin of private industry but has become dynamic and fluid in its own right."

Fiji runs out of passports / Fiji Times, 24 October 2007
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=72937
"EXCEPT for emergency and medical cases, people applying for passports will have to wait until December before being issued with the document. The Immigration Department is fast running out of passports and have a limited stock for emergency cases only."

[New Zealand] Fighting the capital's crime with chocolates / stuff.co.nz, 25 October 2007
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4249196a11.html?source=RSSnationalnews_20071025
"Sweetening up potential violent offenders with free chocolate could be the next strategy to prevent crime in Wellington's Courtenay Place."

Keeping an eye on the teenagers / New Statesman, 25 October 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200710250022
Viv Groskop
"There is a deep unease towards teenagers at the moment. Perhaps it is a backlash against the laissez-faire child-rearing of the 1970s."

[USA] The Deep South, the white tree, the noose / New Statesman, 25 October 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200710250028
Andrew Stephen
"Shocking events in small-town Louisiana are confronting white Americans with a poisonous racism they usually ignore."

[USA] Structure Profiles with a Thermal Imager: Looking for indoor marijuana grows / Officer.com, 24 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twcb
JONATHAN BASTIAN
"Believe it or not, the structure profile is probably the oldest and most common law enforcement application for a handheld thermal imager. It is also the most challenging application, due to a questionable Supreme Court ruling. However, the general notion is that you can use a thermal imager to help identify the presence of an indoor marijuana grow."

Identity Fraud Trends and Patterns: Building a Data-Based Foundation for Proactive Enforcement / Center for Identity Management and Information Protection, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4twbt
Gary R. Gordon, Donald J. Rebovich, Kyung-Seok Choo, Judith B. Gordon, MLS

Storm worm strikes back at security pros / Network World, 24 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twbr
Tim Greene
"Researcher says those discovered trying to defeat worm suffer DDoS attacks."

TRUCKERS BEWARE’ – NEW CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED / ACPO, 22 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twbp
"A new initiative to combat truck and road freight crime has been launched this week by ACPO’s Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS)."

Law and Order in Sarkozy’s France / City Journal, 23 October 2007
http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2007-10-23np.html
Nidra Poller
"Scorned by the media, the new president enjoys wide popular support."

Campaign to combat US 'anti-immigrant extremism' / ekklesia, 24 October 2007
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/6005
"National faith, civil rights and labour leaders have unveiled a new campaign to counter the 'growing anti-immigrant movement' in the US. It aims to empower the voices of 'everyday Americans who have grown weary of the division created by anti-immigrant politics'.
Campaign web site http://www.campaignforaunitedamerica.org"

Can defendants with mental retardation successfully fake their performance on a test of competence to stand trial?
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 545 - 560, Special Issue: Current Directions . Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114229346/ABSTRACT
Caroline Everington, Heidi Notario-Smull, Mel L. Horton
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[USA] Megan's law and its impact on community re-entry for sex offenders
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 587 - 602, Special Issue: Current Directions . Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114286700/ABSTRACT
Jill S. Levenson, David A. D'Amora, Andrea L. Hern
[Sub required]

An Examination of behavioral consistency using individual behaviors or groups of behaviors in serial homicide
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 527 - 544. Special Issue: Current Directions . Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114126013/ABSTRACT
Alicia L. Bateman, C. Gabrielle Salfati
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Determining dangerousness in sexually violent predator evaluations: cognitive-experiential self-theory and juror judgments of expert testimony
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 507 - 526, Special Issue: Current Directions . Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114286703/ABSTRACT
Joel D. Lieberman, Daniel A. Krauss, Mariel Kyger, Maribeth Lehoux
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Facets of psychopathy, Axis II traits, and behavioral dysregulation among jail detainees
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 471 - 483, Special Issue: Current Directions . Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114286699/ABSTRACT
Richard Rogers, Mandy J. Jordan, Kimberly S. Harrison
"Forensic evaluations of offender populations often consider psychopathy as an integral component of these consultations. The current study examined gender differences for psychopathy and Axis II traits in a nonreferred jail sample of predominantly nonviolent offenders."
[Sub required]

Constructing insanity: jurors' prototypes, attitudes, and legal decision-making
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 449 - 470, Special Issue: Current Directions . Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114262623/ABSTRACT
Jennifer Eno Louden, Jennifer L Skeem
"Research consistently indicates that jurors' intuitive prototypes of insanity and case-relevant attitudes shape their verdicts more strongly than legal definitions of insanity."
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[USA] The Function of punishment in the civil commitment of sexually violent predators
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 437 - 448, Special Issue: Current Directions. Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114229353/ABSTRACT

Kevin M. Carlsmith, John Monahan, Alison Evans
"Two experiments find that support for civil commitment procedures for sexually violent predators is based primarily upon the retributive rather than incapacitative goals of respondents. Respondents were sensitive to likelihood of recidivism only when the initial sentence was sufficiently punitive. When initial sentence was lenient, respondents strongly supported civil commitment without regard to future risk."

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[USA] Senate bills could reopen immigration debate / The Hill, 23 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twbb
Manu Raju
"Two measures headed to the Senate floor could reopen an immigration debate that left the chamber bitterly divided this past summer. The Senate will vote to proceed to the so-called Dream Act, which would give undocumented students a chance to attend college. Next week the Senate may move to a measure that would overhaul farm policies, which Senate Democrats want to become a vehicle for a plan allowing undocumented agriculture workers to win legal status."

[Bulgaria] "Legalizing Prostitution Will Lead to A New Wave of Organized Crime.", Interior Minister Said. / Turkish Weekly, 18 October 2007
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=49630
"Bulgaria's Interior Minister Rumen Petkov declared his strong position against the legalization of prostitution in the country a press conference dedicated to the human trafficking."

Democratic Republic of Congo: TORTURE AND KILLINGS BY STATE SECURITY AGENTS STILL ENDEMIC / Amnesty International USA, October 2007
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGAFR620122007
"This report documents serious violations of human rights that took place in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), during and after the 2006-2007 electoral period. In particular, the report highlights two government security forces that were responsible for the majority of politically-motivated violations against both real and supposed political opponents of President Joseph Kabila and his ruling party. They are the Direction des Renseignements Généraux et Services Spéciaux de la police (DRGS), known as the "Special Services" police, and the Garde Républicaine (GR), Republican Guard, the elite army presidential guard under the control of President Joseph Kabila."

[USA] Getting Real About the Economics of Cocaine / AlterNet, 24 October 2007
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/65679/
Bill Piper
"President Bush's plan for battling the war on drugs will only cost taxpayers dearly and make trafficking more profitable."

Police release suspect in illegal music download investigation / Northern Echo, 24 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twba
Nigel Burton
"A man arrested as part of an inquiry into one of the world's largest music sharing web-sites has been released on police bail. The 24-year-old IT worker was arrested at his flat in Middlesbrough during a dawn raid by Interpol and Cleveland Police."

[USA] New study to comb Secret Service ID-theft case files: First-ever analysis should shed light on victims, tactics / Computer World, 19 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4tway
Robert McMillan
"Researchers plan to release the first-ever analysis of US. Secret Service case information on identity theft. The study provides new information about the victims of ID theft as well as the criminals and the methods they use, according to Gary Gordon, executive director of Utica College's Center for Identity Management and Information Protection (CIMIP), which is writing the report."

Organised crime goes to the top in online attacks / The Age, 23 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twax
Nick Miller
"ORGANISED criminals are increasing their efforts to steal sensitive data from the computers of company chiefs, British-based IT security firm MessageLabs warns."

AWPG eCrime Researchers Summit 2007 / eCrimeResearch.org, October 2007
http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/program.html
"Papers include:
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF WEBSITE TAKE-DOWN ON PHISHING
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p1_moore.pdf
Tyler Moore and Richard Clayton
FISHING FOR PHISHES: APPLYING CAPTURE-RECAPTURE TO PHISHING
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p14_weaver.pdf
Rhiannon Weaver and Michael Collins
EVALUATING A TRIAL DEPLOYMENT OF PASSWORD RE-USE FOR PHISHING PREVENTION
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p26_florencio.pdf
Dinei Florencio and Cormac Herley
BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO PHISHING RISK
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p37_downs.pdf
Julie S. Downs, Mandy B. Holbrook and Lorrie Faith Cranor
FIGHTING OBFUSCATED SPAM
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p45_liu.pdf
Changwei Liu and Sid Stamm
A COMPARISON OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR PHISHING DETECTION
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p60_abu-nimeh.pdf
Saeed Abu-Nimeh, Dario Nappa, Xinlei Wang and Suku Nair
GETTING USERS TO PAY ATTENTION TO ANTI-PHISHING EDUCATION: EVALUATION OF RETENTION AND TRANSFER
PDF - http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/2007/proceedings/p70_kumaraguru.pdf
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, Yong Rhee, Steve Sheng, Sharique Hasan, Alessandro Acquisti, Lorrie Cranor and Jason Hong"

What Will Your Agency do if Sensitive Citizen Information is Stolen? / GovTech, 22 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twak
Gina M. Scott
"What will happen when taxpayers' personal information gets stolen from the next government department? According to Howard Glavin, Manager of PCI Service Delivery for IBM, it may be time for the Database Administrator (DBA) to "assume the position" and wait for the cops. At the California Department of Technology Services Security Awareness Fair last week, Glavin had some advice on how to prevent such a situation from occurring. Access should be granted on a need, right and time to know basis, making the situation easier to control."

Canadians want illegal immigrants deported: poll / National Post, 20 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twaj
Jack Aubry
"A majority of Canadians believe immigrants who are in the country illegally or after their visas expire should be deported, even if they have family ties in the country, a government poll shows."

National CCTV strategy welcomed by BSIA / CCTV Core, 24 October 2007
http://www.cctvcore.co.uk/24-10-2007-national-cctv-strategy-welcomed-by-bsia.html
Jan Harris
"The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the National CCTV Strategy, which was published this week by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers."

Is it time to scrap the Internet and start over? / Christian Science Monitor, 25 October 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1025/p13s01-stct.html
Chris Gaylord
"With millions of people watching shows and movies online, service providers may become so overwhelmed that the Internet may seem outmoded."

Managing Your Peers: What Would You Do? / Harvard Business Review, 17 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4twac
Michael Watkins

Growing Needs Amid Continuing Displacement / UNHCR, October 2007
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/iraq?page=intro
"Incessant violence throughout Iraq is forcing an estimated 60,000 people to leave their homes every month, presenting the international community with a humanitarian crisis even larger than the upheaval aid agencies had planned for during the 2003 war."

The Impact of heavy cannabis use on young people: Vulnerability and youth transitions / Joseph Rowntree Trust, 24 October 2007
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2109-impact-cannabis-youth.pdf
Margaret Melrose with Penny Turner, John Pitts and David Barrett

Anti-Torture Body Criticizes Georgia: Rights Groups Urge Tbilisi to End Torture / Human Rights Watch, 25 October 2007
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/10/24/georgi17159.htm

[Canada] Can employers test for pot?: They can but may face challenges / The Province, 21 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttxf
Frank Luba
"Drug and alcohol testing programs can be implemented in workplaces in Canada, and employees suspended or fired as a consequence of the results. But Karen Izzard of the Canadian Human Rights Commission said that employers who choose to do so face human rights complaints or lawsuits."

Drug treatment activity in 2006/07 / NTA, 18 October 2007
http://www.nta.nhs.uk/areas/facts_and_figures/national_statistics.aspx
"The following finalised information on drug treatment activity in England has been published."

[Canada] Youth court statistics 2005/2006 / Statistics Canada, 23 October 2007
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071023/d071023f.htm
"Judges are seeing fewer young people aged 12 to 17 in their courtrooms, and fewer are being sent to custody, since the enactment of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in April 2003."

Mitigation: the role of personal factors in sentencing / Prison Reform Trust, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttxc
"Personal mitigation plays an important part in sentencing decisions and can be the decisive factor in choosing a community penalty in preference to imprisonment."

[Canada] Adult criminal court statistics 2005/2006 / Statistics Canada, 23 October 2007
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071023/d071023e.htm
"Adult criminal court cases have become more complex during the last 10 years, as cases involving multiple charges are accounting for a growing share of the total caseload. Cases involving multiple charges represented 60% of the adult caseload in 2005/2006, compared with 51% a decade earlier."

Government Response to the Committee's Third Report: Justice and Home Affairs Issues at European Union Level: First Special Report of Session 2006-2007 / TSO, 23 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttxa

Youth juries set up to punish yobs / Guardian, 22 October 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-7014855,00.html
"A pioneering new centre for dealing with low-level youth crime has opened.
The site in Preston, Lancashire, features the UK's first "peer panels" where youth juries decide how to punish yobs."

[Scotland] Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2006-07 / Scottish Parliament, 23 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/200630/0053624.pdf

EU 'blue card' to lure skilled labour / Independent, 24 October 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article3090335.ece
"The EU has unveiled plans to launch Europe's biggest global job advertising blitz and set up a US-style "green card" visa programme to lure skilled workers."
Making Europe more attractive to highly skilled migrants and increasing the protection of lawfully residing and working migrants / Europa, 24 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttwq
"Today the Commission adopted two legislative proposals in the area of economic migration. The first proposal aims at establishing a Framework Directive for the purpose of admission of highly qualified migrants to the EU, creating the EU Blue Card. The second proposal is a Directive establishing a single application procedure for a single residence and work permit and a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State."

UK population to rise to 65m by 2016 / National Statistics, 23 October 2007
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1352
"If past trends continue, the population will continue to grow, reaching 71 million by 2031. This is due to natural increase (more births than deaths) and because it is assumed there will be more immigrants than emigrants (a net inward flow of migrants)."
National Statistics News release
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/pproj1007.pdf

National Probation Service Bulletin: Issue 77 / NOMS, 15 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttwn

The Mental health of prisoners: a thematic review of the care and support of prisoners with mental health needs: October 2007 / HMI Prisons, 24 October 2007 PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttwm

Child porn websites 'worsening' / BBC, 24 October 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7059290.stm
"More than seven websites showing child pornography are reported to the police every day, an online charity has said."
Internet Watch Foundation
http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.212.htm

Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, Volume 8 Issue 4 2007 - Theme: Geographic Profiling in Policing
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g782161839
From the Editor-in-Chief / Dilip K. Das, p. 309 - 311
http://digbig.com/4ttqr
Research in Geographic Profiling: Remarks from the Guest Editors / Ronald E. Wilson; Christopher D. Maxwell, p. 313 – 319
http://digbig.com/4ttqs
Issues in the Geographic Profiling of Crime: Review and Commentary / Keith Harries; James LeBeau, p. 321 – 333
http://digbig.com/4ttqt
Clinical versus Actuarial Geographic Profiling Strategies: A Review of the Research / Craig Bennell; Paul J. Taylor; Brent Snook, p. 335 – 345
http://digbig.com/4ttqw
Improving Geographic Profiling through Commuter/Marauder Prediction / Derek Paulsen, p. 347 – 357
http://digbig.com/4ttqx
Geoforensic Analysis Revisited - The Application of Newton's Geographic Profiling Method to Serial Burglaries in London, UK / Michael Leitner; Joshua Kent; Ian Oldfield; Elizabeth Swoope, p. 359 – 370
http://digbig.com/4ttqy
Prioritizing Burglars: Comparing the Effectiveness of Geographical Profiling Methods / David Canter; Laura Hammond, p. 371 – 384
http://digbig.com/4ttra

[Scotland] Legal team to raise rape conviction rate / Herald, 20 October 2007
http://www.theherald.co.uk/display.var.1774671.0.0.php?utag=32924
BRIAN DONNELLY
"Prosecutors have set up the first dedicated team to handle victims and evidence in an effort to tackle Scotland's rape conviction shame. Elish Angiolini, the Lord Advocate, announced changes in the way information is gathered and presented following a review of the Crown Prosecution service."

Are you a binge drinker? BMA Scotland highlights need for clearer information for consumers / BMA Scotland, 20 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttqj
"BMA Scotland called for new legislation to introduce compulsory labelling on all alcoholic products to help people understand and manage their drinking habits better."

'Pot 2.0': Where Can I Get Some? / AlterNet, 20 October 2007
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/65594/
Paul Armentano
"The feds have started issuing dire warnings about the potency of today's marijuana, calling it "Pot 2.0." Will it backfire and tempt more to toke?"

Portable Biometric Identity Breakthrough / Trading Markets, 18 October 2007
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/717701/
"SmartMetric have announced the newest in its line of portable biometric identity card products. The SmartMetric Biometric ID Pass uses the most advanced technology for scanning a person's fingerprint. A thin line of silicon in embedded into the surface of the card. An employee just touches the silicon with his or her fingerprint and instantly the card reads the employee's fingerprint and will then activate the Radio Frequency (RF) transmission to the security desk or door entry system."

Domestic abuse - the shocking truth / icWales, 21 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttqg
Catherine Evans
"WALES prides itself on being a rugby-loving nation. But behind the sense of pride lurks a secret shame: for every match that’s played, another victim of domestic violence is claimed. Women’s aid groups claim domestic violence doubles on international rugby days, quadruples if Wales are beaten and multiplies by eight if Wales lose to England."

TRIAL ANDERROR: FAILURE INNOVATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM / Center for Court Innovation, Summer 2007
PDF - http://www.courtinnovation.org/_uploads/documents/failure.pdf
Greg Berman, Phillip Bowen, and Adam Mansky
"Criminal justice success stories, eg. the sustained reduction in crime in major US cities during the past fifteen years, are poured over by officials from around the world in an effort to distill the lessons and replicate the accomplishments. Best practice manuals, providing protocols intended to guarantee success, are in abundant supply. At the same time, in the criminal justice world, failure is still a whispered word. Rather than focusing attention on well-known achievements in the field, therefore, this "red paper" seeks instead to provoke debate as to why some criminal justice reforms work and some do not. This exploration is not about failures of incompetence or corruption. Rather, this paper is about the kinds of failures in which well-intended efforts fall short of their objectives"

Extra £500 on offer to failed asylum seekers / Guardian, 19 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttpf
"The changes announced by the International Organisation for Migration, which runs the £22m-a-year reintegration scheme, will provide a flexible package of support in cash and in kind to help those who go home to start up their own businesses, go through further education or take up a job."
International Organization for Migration Briefing
DOC - http://digbig.com/4ttpg

Restraint: how to achieve low injury rates
Community Care, 4 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttpa
David Leadbetter
"The continuing absence of national restraint and injury reporting systems means that the level of injury and misery caused by the misuse of restraint remains an invisible epidemic, and one closely associated with dysfunctional and abusive services."

Child neglect: Child Protection Research Briefing / NSPCC, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttny

[Scotland] Adults' attitudes towards contact with children and young people / Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, 16 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttnx

The State of London's Children Report 2007 / Greater London Authority, September 2007
PDF - http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/children/docs/solc-main-2007.pdf
"The Mayor of London has published his third State of London’s Children Report, which finds that levels of income and employment deprivation in London have a significant effect on many children’s prospects and particular groups, such as those in refugee and asylum-seeking families, and disabled children face even greater levels of inequality."

Ending Legalised Violence against Children: Global Report 2007: Following up on UN Secretary General's Study on Violence against Children / Global Intitiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
PDF - http://www.crin.org/docs/GI_report_07.pdf

Refugees’ Experiences of Integration / Refugee Council, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttnw
Gaby Atfield ; Kavita Brahmbhatt ; Therese O’Toole
Refugee Council and University of Birmingham

Government Response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Report on Caring for Our Collections: Session 2006-07 / TSO, 15 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttnt
Cm 7233

Expedited/summary licence reviews guidance / DCMS, 19 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttnr
"This guidance explains how to use new provisions in the Licensing Act 2003 that allow a quick process for attaching interim conditions to a licence and a fast track licence review when the police consider that the premises concerned is associated with serious crime or serious disorder (or both)."

An Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on success / CLG, 19 October 2007
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/actionplan
"The Action Plan aims to give citizens the means of participating in decision-making at every level; clarify the role of Government, at central and local level; rebalance power between Parliament and Government; and give British people a stronger sense of what it means to be British. "

Conspiracy and attempts: a consultation paper / The Law Commission, 10 October 2007
PDF - http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/cp183_web.pdf
Consultation Paper No 183
Consultation ends: 31 January 2008

[USA] Prisoner Procreation and Abortion Issues
2007 (11) AELE Mo. L. J. 301, Jail & Prisoner Law Section – November, 2007
PDF - http://www.aele.org/law/2007JBNOV/2007-11MLJ301.pdf
"Prisons and jails nationwide often confront issues concerning prisoners’ requests to marry, procreate (including through artificial insemination), or obtain an abortion if they are pregnant during incarceration. This article attempts to briefly examine some of the important court decisions on these issues, especially from the perspective of federal constitutional law."

Family given ASBO / Asian Image, 22 October 2007
http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/latest/display.var.1775193.0.family_given_asbo.php
Charlotte Bradshaw
"A family have been made subbject to an ASBO after trying to bundle a young woman into a car.
Samira Illyas's father, brother and sister have been made subject to the ASBO banning them from contacting her after she started dating a white man."

Scottish Executive Website Evaluation Study 2007 / Scottish Government, 17 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/200418/0053596.pdf
"The key aims of the research were to evaluate the use, content, design and accessibility of the improved website, to inform the continuous process of the site development, and to evaluate the ‘Topics’ structure used within the website."

Ministerial responibilities (revised edition) / Cabinet Office, 18 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttnf

[USA] What's the difference between a bias incident and a hate crime? / Columbia Spectator, 17 October 2007
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/27520
Alix Pianin
"The symbols of racism and intolerance that have rocked Columbia over the past several weeks have brought to light an ambiguous gray area in the legal definitions of racially charged episodes.
According to the New York State Hate Crimes Act of 2000, a hate crime is described as an offence wherein the victim is selected or the crime is committed because of the victim’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation. But according to legal scholars, it is sometimes difficult to define what exactly differentiates a hate crime from a bias incident. Hate crimes, said Michael Dorf, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, are bias-motivated threats that target a certain people or group, whereas bias incidents may be abstract statements that are found offensive, but are legally permissible."

Human trafficking is frontline problem
Jane's Police Review, 17 October 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"NEIGHBOURHOOD policing is a 'vital tool' for combating human trafficking, an expert on the crime said. Det Ch Supt Nick Kinsella, head of the UK Human Trafficking Centre, said awareness of the crime among frontline officers and staff needs to be raised."
[Sub required]

Shooting up
Jane's Police Review, 17 October 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"Is enough being done to understand the link between gun crime and the drug trade in the UK? Martyn Bates looks at a groundbreaking study into the relationship between the two offences
[Sub required]

Time-saving device only one click away?
Jane's Police Review, 17 October 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"VOICE recorders could be used to reduce the amount of time officers spend filling in forms and incident logs, the Home Secretary said this week. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary is considering recommending officers use recording technology as part of a wider review of red tape and bureaucracy, according to Jacqui Smith.
[Sub required]

Churchgoers want to help in tackling gun and knife crime / Guardian, 22 October 2007
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,,2196648,00.html
Riazat Butt
"· Survey calls for churches to work with police
· Clergy can be 'honest brokers' for young people"

OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking seminar for orphaned girls in Tajikistan / OSCE, 19 October 2007
http://www.osce.org/item/27442.html
"Teaching orphaned girls about the risks of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and the recruitment methods used by traffickers are the aim of OSCE Centre-supported seminars being held in Dushanbe on 19 and 20 October."

Governance of Britain: Revitalising the Chamber: the role of the back bench Member: the Government’s response to the Modernisation Committee’s First Report of session 2006-07; HC 337 / TSO, 18 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttne
Cm 7231

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) 2007 Annual Reports published / National Probation Service, 22 October 2007
http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/output/page30.asp
"This is the sixth year in which annual reports by the 42 Responsible Areas in England and Wales have been published, following the implementation of MAPPA in 2001. The reports highlight the work undertaken through MAPPA to protect communities from the risk posed by dangerous offenders."

Report on an announced inspection of HMP/YOI Eastwood Park: Mary Carpenter Unit: 14-18 May 2007 / HMI Prisons, 19 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttms

Migration Impacts Forum: meeting 17 October 2007 / Border and Immigration Agency, 17 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttmp
Regional Impacts: Evidence from our regional consultation on the impacts of migration
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/99730/regional_impacts.pdf
Community Cohesion
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/99730/communitycohesion.pdf
National Migration Group Report to Migration Impacts Forum
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/99730/reporttomif.pdf

National CCTV Strategy / Home Office, October 2007
PDF - http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/cctv/cctv048.pdf

Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management / National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, 28 September 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttmj

Regional media releases showing numbers in treatment 2006/07 / National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, 19 October 2007
http://www.nta.nhs.uk/media/default.aspx

New US Visas Offered to Crime Victims / Google News, October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttmh
ROXANA HEGEMAN
"Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the U.S. can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies."

What’s the point of needle exchange?
drinkanddrugsnews 22 October 2007, p. 12-13
http://www.drinkanddrugs.net/features/oct2207/needle_exchange.pdf
Justin Dunne

Maybe e-mail isn't such a great idea, after all / csmonitor, 17 October 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1017/p16s01-stct.html
Tom Regan
"Management consultant Ken Siegel says e-mail has become the perfect way to avoid solving problems."

[USA] Defining Child Pornography: Law Enforcement Dilemmas in Investigations of Internet Child Pornography Possession
Police Practice and Research, Volume 8, Issue 3 July 2007 , pages 269 - 282
http://digbig.com/4ttjc
Melissa Wells; David Finkelhor; Janis Wolak; Kimberly J. Mitchell
"This study examines law enforcement dilemmas in child pornography possession investigations in which no offender was arrested. A mail survey of US law enforcement agencies identified a sample of Internet child pornography possession cases where no arrest was made. Telephone surveys with law enforcement investigators were used to collect case-specific data and information on dilemmas in these investigations. Law enforcement investigators reported that determining whether or not images fit within statutory limits and ascertaining the age of children in images impacted arrest outcomes in child pornography possession cases."

The Government’s Response to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee Report: Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System / TSO, October 2007
http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/ybp-and-cjs.pdf
Cm 7214
Ministry of Justice

EU agrees new 'Lisbon Treaty' / EUObserver, 19 October 2007
http://euobserver.com/9/25001/?rk=1
Renata Goldirova
"The European Union has agreed the precise text of its new 'Lisbon Treaty' to be formally signed off on 13 December in the Portuguese capital."

Statistics for drug treatment activity in England 2006/07 : National Drug Treatment Monitoring System / National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, 18 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttgp
[Includes links to spreadsheets]

Key findings / Migration Integration Policy Index, October 2007
http://www.integrationindex.eu/findings/

Human Trafficking: Update: Twenty-first Report of Session 2006-07: Report, together with formal minutes and appendix / TSO, 18 October 2007
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/179/179.pdf
House of Lords ;House of Commons ; Joint Committee on Human Rights
HL Paper 179 ; HC 1056

Learning to change neighbourhoods: Lessons from the Guide Neighbourhoods Programme Evaluation Report / Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4ttfm
Angus McCabe, Derrick Purdue, Mandy Wilson, Liz Chilton, Laura Evans, Rose Ardron

Search is on for next generation of Government IT leaders / Cabinet Office, 17 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttfk
"The government has launched a hunt for the next generation of public sector IT leaders through the new Civil Service Technology In Business Fast Stream. Following a successful pilot scheme that led to the recruitment of six men and women from across the country, the new Technology in Business Fast Stream hopes to appoint up to 20 of Britain's brightest graduates this year. Applications for this year's scheme are now open and close on 30 November. For details visit: http://www.cio.gov.uk/itprofession/faststream/index.asp."

Predicting and understanding risk of re-offending: the Prisoner Cohort Study / Ministry of Justice, October 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/prison-cohert-study.pdf
Jeremy Coid, Min Yang, Simone Ullrich, Tianqiang Zhang, Amanda Roberts, Colin Roberts, Robert Rogers, David Far

New Zealand adjusts immigration policy for family members / WorkPermit.com, 12 October 2007
http://digbig.com/4ttfj
"New Zealand Immigration Minister David Cunliffe announced new immigration policies that will make it easier for citizens to bring family members into the country for visits."

Consultation on the use of intermediaries for vulnerable witnesses in Scotland / Scottish Parliament, 15 October 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/199803/0053369.pdf

2007 Annual Report on Organized Crime in Canada / Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, 2007
PDF - http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collection_2007/ps-sp/PS61-1-2007E.pdf

An Experimental study of a therapeutic boot camp: Impact on impulses, attitudes and recidivism
Journal of Experimental Criminology, Volume 3, Number 3 / September, 2007, Pages
221-246
http://digbig.com/4ttfg
Doris Layton MacKenzie, David Bierie and Ojmarrh Mitchell
[Sub required]

[USA] The Effects of an experimental intensive juvenile probation program on self-reported delinquency and drug use
Journal of Experimental Criminology, Volume 3, Number 3 / September, 2007, Pages
201-219
http://digbig.com/4ttff
Jodi Lane, Susan Turner, Terry Fain and Amber Sehgal
"In the late 1990s Ventura County, California, USA, implemented the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP), designed to provide intensive, multi-agency services to youth on probation. This article reports on self-reported crime and drug use, finding few significant differences across groups."
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