Police Service Strength: England and Wales, 30 September 2007 / RDS, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0208.pdf
Simon Bullock
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 02/08

Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2006/07: (Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2006/07) / RDS, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0308.pdf
David Povey (Ed.), Kathryn Coleman, Peter Kaiza, Jacqueline Hoare and Krista Jansson
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 03/08

Population in Custody: MONTHLY TABLES: December 2007 England and Wales / RDS NOMS, 31 January 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-dec07.pdf

BETTER OUTCOMES: THE WAY FORWARD IMPROVING THE CARE OF UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN / BIA, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whhn
"On 1 March 2007, BIA published its consultation paper ‘Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children’. The consultation paper identified a number of key areas for improvements to the immigration and care support arrangements for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The publication of reform proposals in such a complex area understandably triggered a wide variety of responses. This paper sets out how (in light of the responses we received) we intend to take forward reform of the arrangements for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. Our approach will be focussed around the following key reforms."

Spyware another weapon for domestic abuse: Remote controlling spouses / The Register, 31 January 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/31/spyware_domestic_abuse/
John Leyden
"Spyware is becoming a tool of domestic abuse, according to security researchers."
Spyware: A Morphing Campaign / McAfee, 30 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whhk

[USA] Privacy Impact Assessment for the Use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology for Border Crossings / US. Department of Homeland Security, 22 January 2008
PDF - http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_cbp_rfid.pdf
Colleen Manaher ; Hugo Teufel III

Immigrants and Health Care: A Complex Picture / RAND, 21 January 2008
PDF - http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9317.pdf
Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Jose J. Escarce, Nicole Lurie
"This fact sheet describes the diverse health care needs of immigrant populations and specifies needs that health policies can target."

Suicides: Rate in UK men steadies / ONS, 25 January 2008
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1092

[Canada] Study: Female offenders: 2005 / Statistics Canada, 24 January 2008
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080124/d080124a.htm
"Females accounted for a small proportion of all alleged offenders in 2005 and, when they did offend, they tended to commit offences such as theft, common assault, bail violations and fraud. This report shows that females aged 12 and older accounted for about 1 out of every 5 people accused by police services of committing a violation against the Criminal Code. The findings are based on data from a subset of 122 mostly urban police services located in nine provinces."

STATUTE LAW REPEALS: EIGHTEENTH REPORT DRAFT STATUTE LAW (REPEALS) BILL / Law Commission, January 2008
PDF - http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc308.pdf
The Law Commission and The Scottish Law Commission
LAW COM No 308 ; SCOT LAW COM No 210 ; Cm 7303 ; SG/2008/4
"The Law Commission has produced this report as part of its work to modernise the statute book for practitioners and users of the law. The Statute Law (Repeals) Bill will repeal 260 whole Acts and partially repeal 68 other Acts."

Independent review of the diversion of individuals with mental health problems from the criminal justice system and prison / Department of Health, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whfx
"An independent review of the diversion of offenders with mental health problems or learning disabilities away from prison, led by the Rt Hon Lord Keith Bradley, is due to report this Summer. This letter from the Lord Bradley invites comments and suggestions from stakeholders regarding the review, by 28th February 2008."

Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales: Report on: Gloucestershire Youth Offending Service / HMI Probation, 30 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whft

Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales: Report on: Liverpool Youth Offending Service / HMI Probation, 30 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whfr

Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales: Report on: North Lincolnshire Youth Offending Team / HMI Probation, 30 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whfp

Cannabis supply and young people : ‘It’s a social thing’ / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2174-supply-cannabis-youth.pdf
Martin Duffy, Nadine Schaefer, Ross Coomber, Lauren O’Connell and Paul J. Turnbull

Codes of behaviour / New Statesman, 31 January 2008
http://www.newstatesman.com/200801310042
Becky Hogge
"The personalised web makes it hard to keep your private data to yourself
Last year when my laptop broke, I almost lost all my digital photos. The photos weren't on the computer - I use the online photo-sharing service Flickr. But I couldn't remember my Flickr ID and password; the web browser installed on my laptop had always remembered it for me."

Prison policy update: briefing paper / Ministry of Justice, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/prison-policy-update.pdf

8th Report of Session 2007-08: Drawing special attention to: Draft Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008: Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2008 / TSO, 24 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whed
HOUSE OF LORDS. Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee
HL paper 39 2007-08

[Australia] Migrant test to get official review / The Australian, 29 January 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23126405-2702,00.html
"QUESTIONS about historical dates and sporting trivia appear set for the axe under a review of the Australian citizenship test. The review will examine whether some test questions are inappropriate and whether the level of English required to pass is set too high."

[Australia] 4513.0 - Criminal Courts, Australia, 2006-07 / Australian Bureau of Statistics, 25 January 2008
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4513.0?OpenDocument
"This publication presents nationally comparable statistics relating to the criminal jurisdiction of the Higher (Supreme and Intermediate), Magistrates' and Children's Courts across Australia for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Some time series data are also included where available. The statistics describe the characteristics of defendants, including information on the offences and sentences associated with those defendants."

BROAD-BASED U.S. PUSH TO TIGHTEN INTERNET MONITORING / Christian Science Monitor, 28 January 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0128/p99s01-duts.html
David Montero
"A new initiative aims to better coordinate investigation of cyberattacks on government systems. Efforts to intensify monitoring of the Internet and to broaden wiretapping powers are heating up the privacy debate."

[USA] Caught with a Bag of Weed? It Could Cost You More Than You Think / AlterNet, 26 January 2008
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/74511/
Paul Armentano
"US arrests for pot possession were up to 739,000 in 2006. And the cost to tax payers? $1 billion a year."

Three Stress Reduction Tips for the Office / CIO.com, 28 January 2008
http://www.cio.com/article/176700?source=nlt_cioinsider
Tevis Gale
"Recommendations to balance mind and body and keep you at the top of your game at work and during other stressful situations."

[Canada] Small is better for immigrants / The Star, 26 January 2008
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/297652
Nicholas Keung
"Newcomers who settle in towns earn more than big-city peers, StatsCan finds"
Immigrants in the Hinterlands / Statistics Canada, 26 January 2008
PDF - http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75-001-XIE/2008101/pdf/10505-en.pdf
André Bernard

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales: ANNUAL REPORT: 06/07 / HMI Prisons, 29 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjgc
HC 207
Annual report 2006-7: Survey Summaries / HMI Prisons, 29 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whdh
"Full summaries of prisoner and detainee survey responses to accompany the annual report 2006-2007 by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons"

Policing Policy ebulletin: Issue 110 January 2008 / Home Office, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whdg

[USA] A Jolt in new Vietnam pact / Los Angeles Times, 24 January 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vietnamese24jan24,1,5097023.story
My-Thuan Tran and Christopher Goffard
"Vietnamese American reaction to the accord allowing deportations to their homeland is conflicted, often bitter. To US officials, a new pact announced this week with Vietnam, allowing the government to deport illegal immigrants, was almost routine: a straightforward matter of treating Vietnam like other nations. But for many among the tens of thousands of immigrants, nothing about their homeland is routine. The announcement of the long-negotiated pact has stirred sometimes-bitter debate within a community where loathing of Vietnam's communist government remains white hot."

Polish prosecutors may visit B.C. for taser probe / Globe and Mail Update, 24 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whdf
IAN BAILEY
"Polish prosecutors investigating the possibility Robert Dziekanski died due to an "abnormal intervention" by the RCMP may come to British Columbia as part of their probe."

Women prisoners need life support / Guardian, 29 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whda
Angela Greatley
"More should be done to transform the lives of women behind bars."

Why is racial abuse now considered acceptable? / Independent, 28 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whcy
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
"I don't care how people feel about me. I do expect them to treat me with minimal courtesy."

When the subject is suicide, reporting on it requires the utmost sensitivity / Independent, 26 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whcx
Deborah Orr
"There has been a great deal of reporting about suicide in the press recently. ... Yet what seems to have been lost this week is awareness that the reporting of suicide is a very sensitive business in itself."

Leading article: The young victims of a system in need of reform / Independent, 30 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whcw
"If Britain's overcrowded prisons are damaging the mental health and future employment prospects of male prisoners, this is doubly the case for females who fall foul of the criminal justice system. The 4,321 female prisoners in England and Wales are at greater risk of suicide than their male peers. Proportionately, more women prisoners suffer from mental illness too."

Before condemning the insanity defence, we must first understand it / Guardian, 30 January 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2248838,00.html
Mat Kinton
"Some can suffer temporary states of depression with psychotic characteristics"

Under Locke and key / Guardian, 29 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whct
Alan Smith
"Teaching philosophy in prison is much the same as at university. Only calmer, and more illuminating."

Prison study could show better diet reduces violence / Guardian, 29 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whcs
Sarah Boseley
"A three-year trial in British prisons is to be launched to establish whether improvements in the diets of inmates can cut violence and antisocial behaviour."

Estonia fines man for 'cyber war' / BBC, 25 January 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7208511.stm
"A 20-year-old ethnic Russian man is the first person to be convicted for taking part in a "cyber war" against Estonia."

Juror speaks out: 'the court saw us as idiots' / The Times, 29 January 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3242073.ece
Mike Seckerson
"In an unprecedented move, two jurors recently spoke out to condemn the conviction of Keran Henderson, a childminder, for the murder of 11-month-old Maeve Sheppard while in her care. Their comments were made anonymously. Now, in an exclusive article, the foreman, a lecturer living in Berkshire, questions the practical workings of the jury system."

Report of the Intelligence Services Commissioner / TSO, 28 January 2008
PDF - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0708/hc02/0253/0253.pdf
HC 253
SG/2008/10

Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner 2006 / TSO, 28 January 2008
PDF - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0708/hc02/0252/0252.pdf
HC 252
SG/2008/9

Intelligence and Security Committee: Annual Report 2006-2007 / TSO, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgyq
Cm 7299
Government response to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report 2006-2007 / TSO, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgyr
Cm 7300

CCTV Code of Practice: revised edition 2008 / Information Commissioner's Office, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgtr

The Child's safety is the reward
Community Care Issue 1703, 2007 pp 23
http://digbig.com/4wgtm
Helen Stanley
"Working with offenders to keep children safe from sexual harm is difficult but necessary to ensure a brighter future. The author's role involves carrying out assessments with convicted or alleged offenders to determine the level of risk they pose to children. This assessment determines whether it is safe for the offenders to return to their family home or, if they are still living there, whether it is safe for them to continue to do so."

Child trafficking and slavery in the UK
Community Care Issue 1703, 2007 pp 24-25
http://digbig.com/4wgtk
Debbie Ariyo
"A report produced by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), identified 330 victims of trafficking in the UK. A third of these victims were from different African countries, with most of these identified as victims of trafficking for domestic slavery. This is corroborated by the results of another study on child trafficking in the North of England by ECPAT UK (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography And the Trafficking of children for sexual purposes). Again, a majority of the victims are African and most of these were also trafficked into the country for domestic slavery."

Schools, social services and safeguarding children: past practice and future challenges / NSPCC, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgte
Mary Baginsky

Do children tell lies about sexual abuse? And can we tell if they are lying?
Protecting Children Update Issue 36, 2007
http://digbig.com/4wgtd
Jenni Whitehead
"Discussion of the difficulties in assessing truth and lies when listening to children talking about sexual abuse. Presents 'statement validity analysis' as a model to help education professionals understand some of the indicators of a truthful account."

[Scotland] Inspectorate of Prosecution Report on Complaints Against the Police / Scottish Government, 16 January 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/209617/0055442.pdf

National Probation Service Bulletin: No 90 / National Probation Service, 25 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgta
Contents:
12/08 Ministry of Justice announcement on partnership model for the operation of Her Majesty's Court Service (HMCS)
13/08 Home Office publishes latest crime figures
14/08 Midlands Excellence Award
15/08 Appointments
16/08 Issued Recently

Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales. Report on: Bracknell Forest Youth Offending Service / HMI Probation, 23 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgsy

An Uncertain future: law enforcement, national security and climate change / Oxford Research Group, January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wgsx
Chris Abbott

2008 Digital Future Report: Surveying the Digital Future / Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California Annenberg School, 17 January 2008
Summary
http://www.digitalcenter.org/pdf/2008-Digital-Future-Report-Final-Release.pdf
Full report may be purchased online
http://store.digitalcenter.org/
"This year's report contains a large module looking at on-line communities and social networking in great detail. Readers can compare the social networking data and correlate it to seven years of attitudes and behaviors on-line. As usual, the report continues to track off-line media use, purchasing both off-line and through e-commerce, social and political activity and a wealth of other data."

The Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2008/2009 / TSO, 24 January 2008
PDF - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0708/hc02/0265/0265.pdf
HC 265

Report on an announced inspection of HMP Chelmsford: 9-13 July 2007 / HMI Prisons, 25 January 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgss

“It’s Never Too Early… It’s Never Too Late” - The ACPO Strategy for Children and Young People / ACPO, 24 January 2008
DOC - http://digbig.com/4wgsr

[Scotland] Improving services for vulnerable children / Scottish Government, 18 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/01/18110346
"A single national body is to be established bringing together the various bodies involved in supporting, organising and delivering the Children's Hearings system, to improve the support given to vulnerable young people across Scotland."

Footing the bill: reforming the Police Service / Policy Exchange, January 2008
PDF - http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/340.pdf
Barry Loveday and Jonathan McClory

Bodysnatchers / Jane's Police Review, 25 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"In the fourth of our series on human trafficking, Tamara Makarenko examines the reasons for national and international trafficking and what must be done to combat it."
[Sub required]

Project problem / Jane's Police Review, 23 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"A pioneering crime reduction scheme in Blackburn recently won the prestigious international Herman Goldstein Award for problem orientated policing. Max Blain spoke to the people behind the project. Five years ago, the town of Blackburn in Lancashire had serious problems with nuisance families. Police officers were regularly arresting people for anti-social behaviour, parents were being investigated by social services and whole families were being evicted from their homes..."
[Sub required]

Men drink twice as much alcohol as women / ONS, 22 January 2008
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ghs0108.pdf
Smoking and drinking among adults, 2006: General Household Survey 2006 / ONS, 22 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgsh
Drinking: adults' behaviour and knowledge in 2007: a report on research using the National Statistics Omnibus Survey produced on behalf of the Information Centre for Health and Social Care / ONS, 22 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgsj

Alcohol-related death rates continue to rise / ONS, 25 January 2008
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/aldeaths0108.pdf

Department of Work and Pensions: Progress in tackling benefit fraud: report from the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 102 Session 2007-2008 / TSO, 23 January 2008
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708102.pdf
Executive summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708102es.pdf

Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly Update to September 2007 / Home Office, 24 January 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0108.pdf
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 01/08

The Governance of Britain: Review of Voting Systems: the experience of new voting systems in the United Kingdom since 1997 / Ministry of Justice, 24 January 2008 PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/voting-systems-review-full.pdf
Cm 7304
"The Review does not make any recommendations for reform but describes the strengths and weaknesses of different voting systems to inform the continuing debate on electoral reform."

Keeping Children Safe Online / US. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, 17 January 2008
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-002.html
"Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats."

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2008: Child Survival / UNICEF, January 2008
PDF - http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/docs/sowc08.pdf

Money Aside, What Were They Thinking? / Washington Post 13 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wgkh
DeNeen L. Brown
"You wonder whether they were just broke or thought they were a bit smarter than everybody else. Wonder if you got close enough, could you detect small stains of guilt on their white collars? Wonder, had the buttons to their consciences come undone? With so many scams recently against the public trust, one wonders: What goes through the minds of workers who scam and steal and defraud the government of money that is not theirs?"

Three-year study to follow migrant workers' experiences is first of its kind / EEDA, 23 January 2008
http://www.eeda.org.uk/press_pub_3738.asp
"For the first time a long-term study will be conducted to follow the experiences of migrants from Eastern Europe coming to work in the East of England. The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has commissioned Anglia Ruskin University to undertake the study. It will enable EEDA's regional partners, and other regional development agencies, to learn how situations change for migrants and what the policy implications and service issues might be."

Horizons of Context: Understanding the Police Decision to Arrest People With Mental Illness
Psychiatric Services 58:1582-1587, December 2007
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/12/1582
Melissa Schaefer Morabito
[Sub required]

CCTV: Developing Privacy Best Practices / US. Department of Homeland Security, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080109_dhs_cctv_comments.pdf
James A. Lewis
"CCTV use can improve security in urban areas, public venues, and around critical infrastructure facilities. The benefits of CCTV use will increase as the technology improves if we do not create a regulatory environment that discourages innovation and use. Privacy guidelines must be flexible enough to accommodate next-generation systems and evolving technologies and should not restrict further technological development."

Action on Addiction [new website] / January 2008
http://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk/

[Scotland] Annual Report 2006/2007 / Action on Alcohol & Drugs in Edinburgh, January 2008
PDF - http://www.actionalcoholdrugsedinburgh.co.uk/aade/files/DAAT_AR0708_F181207.pdf

[Scotland] Law on drinking outside tightened / The Herald, 23 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wgke
GERRY BRAIDEN
"People carrying open cans or bottles of alcohol in Glasgow's streets and parks will be faced with a criminal record and a £500 fine from this weekend."

Empowering Muslim Women: Case Studies / Communities and Local Government, 23 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/669801

The Genesis of violent careers
Ethnography, Vol. 8, No. 3, 267-296 (2007)
http://eth.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/3/267
Ferdinand Sutterlüty
"This article discusses the concept of a violent career and demonstrates its explicative value for biographical research and the sociology of crime."
[Sub required]

Do Immigrants Affect Firm-Specific Wages? / Institute for the Study of Labor, December 2007
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3264.pdf
Nikolaj Malchow-Møller ; Jakob Roland Munch ; Jan Rose Skaksen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3264

Phishers get would-be spammers to do the hard work / TechWorld, 23 January 2008
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11216
Jeremy Kirk
"Security researchers have discovered a group of hackers who are exploiting a new category of victims: would-be spammers themselves."

Racial Disparities in Completion Rates from Publicly Funded Alcohol Treatment: Economic Resources Explain More Than Demographics and Addiction Severity
Health Services Research, Volume 42 Issue 2 Page 773-794, April 2007
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00612.x
Jerry O. Jacobson, Paul L. Robinson, Ricky N. Bluthenthal
[Sub required]

A Multilevel decomposition approach to estimate the role of program location and neighborhood disadvantage in racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 64, Issue 2, January 2007, Pages 462-476
http://digbig.com/4wgjh
Jerry Owen Jacobson, Paul Robinson and Ricky N. Bluthenthal
[Sub required]

Are Racial Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Completion Associated With Racial Differences in Treatment Modality Entry? Comparison of Outpatient Treatment and Residential Treatment in Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2000
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Volume 31 Issue 11 Page 1920-1926, November 2007
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00515.x
Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Jerry O. Jacobson, Paul L. Robinson
[Sub required]

Closing the Barn Door: The Effect of Parental Supervision on Canadian Children's Online Privacy
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 28, No. 1, 4-19 (2008)
http://bst.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/4?rss=1
Valerie Steeves ; Cheryl Webster
[Sub required]

Wikisurveillance: A Genealogy of Cooperative Watching in the West
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 28, No. 1, 37-47 (2008)
http://bst.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/37?rss=1
Mike Arntfield
"This article interrogates the relationship between technology and law enforcement and how changing police surveillance techniques have influenced Western expectations of privacy from the mid-19th century to the present."
[Sub required]

Promoting good campus relations, fostering shared values and preventing violent extremism in Universities and Higher Education Colleges / Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, 22 January 2008
PDF - http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/extremismhe.pdf

[Australia] Border security system 'failing' / The Australian, 19 January 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23074688-2702,00.html
Sean Parnell
"WEAKNESSES in border security arrangements are allowing cargo, mail, animals and people to enter the country without being checked for exotic pests and disease, despite the threat of another multi-million-dollar biosecurity disaster. A review of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service and commonwealth border security strategies has identified numerous areas where government-mandated targets and benchmarks have not been met or are deliberately low."

The Protection of forced migrants in Islamic law / UNHCR, December 2007
PDF - http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/476652cb2.pdf
Kirsten Zaat
NEW ISSUES IN REFUGEE RESEARCH Paper No. 146

International protection for trafficked persons and those who fear being trafficked / UNHCR, December 2007
PDF - http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/476652742.pdf
Kaori Saito
NEW ISSUES IN REFUGEE RESEARCH, Paper No. 149

Refugee Return Migration: Return Migration from Sweden to Chile, Iran and Poland 1973–1996
Journal of Refugee Studies Volume 20, Number 4 Pp. 579-598, 2007
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/579
Martin Klinthäll
"In this paper, return migration from Sweden to three sources of refugee immigration is analysed, with a focus on the effect of political change in 1990. There are significant cohort differences within the Chilean group, indicating an element of economically motivated migration within the last waves of Chilean refugee immigration in the late 1980s. Hence, successful implementation of schemes of voluntary return migration for refugees will not only be dependent on an improved political situation in the source country, but will also be highly dependent on economic circumstances."
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Reducing adverse health and social consequences of drug abuse: A comprehensive approach / UNODC, 22 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wghg
""Harm reduction" is often made an unnecessarily controversial issue as if there was a contradiction between prevention and treatment on one hand and reducing the adverse health and social consequences of drug use on the other. This is a false dichotomy. They are complementary. Inspired by the international drug control treaties and supported by a growing body of scientific and medical evidence, this paper outlines a comprehensive set of measures designed to prevent drug abuse, facilitate entry into drug treatment, and reduce the adverse health and social consequences of drug abuse. Such an approach is used for other diseases, so why not for curing drug addiction?"

Britain is target in Ukraine’s people smuggling bonanza / Sunday Times, 20 January 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3216607.ece
Mark Franchetti
"With most border controls in Eastern Europe now gone, people smuggling has become easy business in the Ukraine."

[Canada] Sanctuary is the last chance for many desperate refugee claimants / Canada.com, 20 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wggx
Ken Meaney,
"Church basements and temples are home to six other adults and at least one family who have taken the desperate measure of seeking refuge to avoid a deportation order."

Hate Crime Report Card : Overview / Human Rights First, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wggr
Michael McClintock ; Paul LeGendre ; Michael Posner ; Alexis Aronowitz ; Jaideep Dargan
"The Human Rights First 2007 Hate Crime Report Card is a review of the implementation of commitments undertaken by the 56 participating states of the OSCE to combat the rising tide of violent hate crimes. Six months ago, Human Rights First released the 2007 Hate Crime Survey, in which we documented and analyzed the reality of racist violence and other forms of intolerance in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. The 2007 Hate Crime Report Card is a companion and follow-up to the survey. It assesses the extent to which governments have responded to the increasing threat violent hate crimes pose to their societies by fulfilling their commitments to establish hate crime monitoring systems and to adopt strong hate crime laws and enforce them. This overview is accompanied by a country-by-country section that looks in more detail at each of the 56 countries under review."

Binge drinking: young people’s attitudes and behaviour / Crime Concern, 23 January 2008
http://www.crimeconcern.org.uk/index.asp?m=24&c=1328
"A new national survey of 1,250 young people will today reveal that drinking to get drunk is starting younger with serious consequences to health and crime. However, it also shows that young people think more activities are important and that Positive Futures’ sport and art activities are helping them control their drinking." The survey was commissioned by Positive Futures, a leading national social inclusion programme funded by the Home Office and managed by independent charity, Crime Concern."

Cheap at twice the price: young people, purchasing power and alcohol / Alcohol Concern, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wger

Social justice and criminal justice / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, November 2007
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus408/CJANDSJConfpapers07.pdf
This collection of essays from more than 20 researchers and academics highlights how the government has "failed to tackle deep-rooted social injustice". Published as part of the Harm and Society project, the collection explores themes such as the impact of historically high levels of inequality, endemic violence against women and the increasing reliance on criminal justice measures to manage social problems."

Parole 4 kids: a review of the parole process for children in England and Wales / Howard League for Penal Reform, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgeq

Changing Whitehalls's DNA: Reforming Whitehall to free cities and counties / New Local Government Network, December 2007
PDF - http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/changing-whitehalls-dna.pdf
Dick Sorabji

The Drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial discrimination by public services: a qualitative study / CLG, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/652045
Summary
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/654397
"This report presents findings from research commissioned in order to understand the drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial discrimination in eight key public services, including the police, prison, probation services, in the courts, and in the Crown Prosecution Service."

Crime and disorder on London's buses / London Assembly Transport Committee, January 2008 PDF - http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/transport/crime-disorder-buses.pdf

Information behaviour of the researcher of the future / British Library / JISC, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgen
"This study was commissioned by the British Library and
JISC to identify how the specialist researchers of the
future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are
likely to access and interact with digital resources in five
to ten years’ time. This is to help library and information
services to anticipate and react to any new or emerging
behaviours in the most effective way."

National Probation Service Bulletin: No 89 / NOMS, 21 January 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2089.pdf
Contents:
006/08 Offender Management Strategic Review
007/08 Community Order Legal Appeals
008/08 Reconviction Analysis and IAPS Report
009/08 Epic statistics in November and December 2007
010/08 Appointments
011/08 Issued Recently

Three prisons merge to create HMP Redditch / www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
, 21 January 2008
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/news/index.asp?id=7821,22,6,22,0,0

Report on the full announced inspection of HMP The Verne: 6-10 August 2007 / HMI Prisons, 16 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgdx

Online crime gangs embrace open source ethos / The Register, 17 January 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/globalization_of_crimeware/
Dan Goodin
"Malware gets globalized
Add the malware bazaar to the list of marketplaces being radically reshaped by the forces of globalization.
That's the conclusion of Thomas Holt, a professor of criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who says the marketplace for rootkits, Trojans and other software nasties increasingly transcends national boundaries. In many respects, malware creation mimics open source communities, in which legions of programmers spanning the globe tweak one another's code to add new features and fix bugs."

Reducing Re-offending Housing and Housing Support Resource Pack / NOMS. Partnerships Unit, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgcf

HMIC National Inspection of Performance Management: Lessons Learned / HMIC, 18 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgcc
"In 2007 HMIC inspected every police force in England and Wales in the area of performance management. This report pulls together the Lessons Learned from that inspection."

Young Drivers Warned As Drink Driving Campaign Comes To An End / ACPO, 17 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wgca
"Police forces throughout England and Wales breath tested in excess of 155,000 drivers during December 2007, according to results of the Christmas crackdown on drink driving. But despite the record number of tests, up 6.4% from just under 146,000 the previous year, results of the annual campaign show an encouraging drop of nearly 20% in people failing the test."

Overseas Travel and Tourism: Nov 2007 / ONS, 16 January 2007
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ott0108.pdf
"...With the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 and again in
January 2007, there is considerable interest in the number of visits to the
UK from these accession countries. From 25 April 2007, additional
information on the enlarged European Union is provided in addition to the
regular series."

ONS launches Sexual Identity Project web pages / ONS, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/sexor0108.pdf
ONS' Sexual Identity Project: Progress Update January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgby

Citizenship Survey: April - September 2007, England and Wales / CLG, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/650953
"This release provides headline findings from the first and second quarters of the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey, covering 1 April 2007 - 30 September 2007. The release covers active and empowered communities; community cohesion; and racial prejudice and discrimination."

Bulgarian and Romanian accession to the EU: twelve months on second report of session 2007-08 report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO , 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/59/59.pdf
HC 59

Security Industry Authority: Licensing of Applicants: HC 144: Third Report of Session 2007-08: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence / TSO, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/144/144.pdf
HC 144

Making changes in Operational PFI Projects: report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 205 Session 2007-2008 / TSO, 17 January 2008
Full report
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708205.pdf
Executive summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708205es.pdf

[USA] Tell Me about the Test: The Construction of Truth and Lies in Drug Court
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 36, No. 3, 223-251 (2007)
http://jce.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/3/223
Mitchell B. Mackinem ; Paul Higgins
"Through a multiyear participant observation study in three southeastern drug courts, we explore how staff members react to clients' responses when confronted with positive tests for illicit drug use. Within their professional beliefs about drug addiction, treatment, and testing, staff members interpret the clients' responses as truths or lies, though some lies are worse than others and some truths are better than others. To understand how staff members produce organisational outcomes as they manage clients, interpretive studies that look beyond the most public arenas of drug and other problem courts need to be conducted as they have been in exploring other service agencies."
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The Impact of eyewitness identifications from simultaneous and sequential lineups
Memory, Volume 15, Issue 7 October 2007 , pages 746 - 754, 13 July 2007
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a780588807
Daniel B. Wright
"Recent guidelines in the US allow either simultaneous or sequential lineups to be used for eyewitness identification. This paper investigates how potential jurors weigh the probative value of the different outcomes from both of these types of lineups. There were no reliable effects detected between making no identification and identifying a filler. The effect sizes were similar for simultaneous and sequential lineups. These findings are important for judges and other legal professionals to know for trials involving lineup identifications."
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Global E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance / United Nations, January 2008
http://www.unpan.org/egovkb/global_reports/08report.htm
"This report assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government."

Evaluating Your Web Browser's Security Settings / US. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, 9 January 2008
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-001.html
"Check the security settings in your web browser to make sure they are at an appropriate level. While increasing your security may affect the functionality of some web sites, it could prevent you from being attacked."

Greek police nab Briton for Khat trafficking / Reuters, 15 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wftx
"Greek police have arrested a Briton at Athens airport for trying to smuggle 13 kg (29 lb) of the narcotic leaf khat into the country."

Engaging with kids who carry knives in Brent, north London / Community Care, 17 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wftw
Angela Francis
"As senior project officer for Rainer Brent Tackling Knife Crime Project, I work closely with Brent Council’s youth offending service, being based at its offices. Our aim is to help young people who have used or threatened to use a knife change their attitudes and behaviour.Most of the young men and women I work with are in their mid-teens, although some are as young as 12. Most young people referred to me are on referral orders or final warnings.When I start working with a young person, the first thing I do is to make sure they understand the legal consequences of carrying a weapon."

How Crime in the United States Is Measured / Congressional Research Service, 3 January 2008
PDF - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34309.pdf
Nathan James ; Logan Rishard Council

Who Leaves and Who Returns? Deciphering Immigrant Self-Selection from a Developing Country / Institute for the Study of Labor, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wftb
Randall K. Q. Akee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3268

[USA] National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008 / US. Department of Justice, December 2007
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs26/26594/index.htm

Digital Image Booth helps Police improve identification and verification / Security Park, 17 January 2008
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article260291.html
"Hertfordshire Constabulary is the first UK force to buy the Digital Image Booth custody image capture system in its newest form, with an in-built, touch-screen PC. During February ten booths will be installed into custody centres throughout the county, which will allow custody staff to capture consistently high-quality facial images that help to improve identification and verification across all police applications."

Data shows northeast officers more likely to use their Tasers
Jane's Police Review, 9 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"OFFICERS in parts of the northeast of England are more than five times more likely to use Taser than their colleagues elsewhere in the country, it has been revealed. Cleveland Police and Durham Constabulary have the highest figures in the UK for the number of times they have fired Tasers, when population sizes are taken into account."
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Risk Assessment in Offenders With Intellectual Disability: A Comparison Across Three Levels of Security
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 90-111 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/90?rss=1
William R. Lindsay et al
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New support for ex-offenders / Shelter, 4 January 2008
http://england.shelter.org.uk/home/home-8872.cfm
"Shelter has launched a new service called the Prisoners Advocacy Release Team (PART) to help newly released prisoners find settled homes and avoid re-offending."

A Review of death in or following custody occurring within South Wales Police custody centres: 1 April 2004 - 1 April 2006 / IPCC, January 2008
PDF - http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/webreport.pdf
PAUL DAVIES

Intimate Partner Violence in the United States / US. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 19 December 2007
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/intimate/ipv.htm

[Scotland] Sex trade discrimination / Sunday Herald, 13 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsx
Kate Smith
"The abolition of tolerance zones has led to a surge in arrests of female sex workers … but not one male prostitute."

[Scotland] Effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour: A systematic review/ Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/15102257/0
[Scotland] Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A Systematic Review: Annotated Bibliography / Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/08094005/0
[Scotland] Effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour: A systematic review - Research Findings / Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/08093910/0
Maria Leitner, Wally Barr & Lindsay Hobby

[Russia] New Biometric Passports With Empty Chips Issued / Moscow Times, 14 January 2008
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2008/01/14/013.html
Svetlana Osadchuk
Issue 3819. Page 3.
"The first biometric passports for Russians traveling abroad will be issued this month as Russia joins the world community in its efforts to fight terrorism, the Federal Migration Service said Friday. The passport will include a special photograph of the holder and contain a microchip for digital finger or retina prints."

First Slovak Biometric Passports Issued to Interior Minister and NBU Chief / Slovakia Today, 15 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsq
"The National Security Office (NBU) in Bratislava issued the first two Slovak passports with biometric data to Interior Minister Robert Kalinak and NBU director Frantisek Blanarik."

Close Quarter Striking: Your last line of defense! / Officer.com, 16 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsp
RICHARD NANCE
"For some reason, the idea of a police officer striking a suspect in the face carries with it a certain stigma. Maybe it's because officers have so many other force options at their disposal (ie. Taser, baton, pepper spray, etc). With all of those gadgets, why on earth would an officer resort to striking a suspect in the "snot locker"? After all, it doesn't appear to be a very professional method of overcoming a suspect's resistance."

Older refugees in the UK: A literature review and interviews with refugees / Refugee Council, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfsh
A working paper for the Older Refugees Programme
Naomi Connelly ; Lora A. Forsythe ; Guy Njike Anja Rudiger
Paul Ellis ; Nancy Kelley Thelma Bowlay-Williams Dieudonne Manirakiza ; Anastanzia Mukooba Isabirye
Age Concern and Refugee Council

Consultation on draft guidance on the management of controversial material in public libraries / Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, 16 January 2008
PDF - http://www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets/C/controversial_material_12579.pdf
[The closing date for making responses to this consultation is Monday 7 April 2008.]

Housing and integration of migrants in Europe / European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 20 December 2007
PDF - http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/94/en/1/ef0794en.pdf
Bosswick, Wolfgang; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris; Heckmann, Friedrich

Smoking and Suicide Linked? / Join Together, 9 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsa
"German researchers report that smokers are more likely to have suicidal thoughts than nonsmokers."
Smoking predicts suicidality: Findings from a prospective community study
Journal of Affective Disorders - Article in Press, Corrected Proof
http://digbig.com/4wfry
Thomas Bronisch, Michael Höflera, and Roselind Lieb
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Victimless crimes shouldn't entail jail / The Australian, 14 January 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23046292-7583,00.html
Alan Gold
"WHO can forget the leonine grace and physical beauty of American athlete Marion Jones winning five gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics? Eight years on, a sadly diminished Jones will serve six months' incarceration for lying to authorities about her use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs during our Olympics. The six months, though, is only a small part of her sentence. Quite as punishing has been her exposure before the world's media, an admission to her family and her fans that she's a liar and a cheat; being stripped of her medals; and the expurgation of her name from the record books. Her use of drugs and the lies she told to avoid punishment have ruined any future to which she might have looked forward. Which begs the question, what additional value is there in locking her up in prison when she is already serving a sentence of humiliation witnessed by people across the world?"

University chaplains are giving master classes in social cohesion, say faith groups / Church of England, 15 January 2008
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr0508.html
"A major report commissioned by the Church of England and supported by many of the main faith communities in the UK, offers a tutorial in the valuable work of university and college chaplains up and down the country. It calls on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the government to continue to invest in chaplaincies to help them further their significant contribution to social cohesion, at a time when 43 per cent of young people in England and Wales have experienced higher education."
Faiths in Higher Education Chaplaincy / Church of England, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/education/hefe/fihecrep.pdf
Jeremy MS Clines

[USA] Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2007 / US. Customs and Border Protection, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfrw

Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capacity: A systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics / CLG, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/647958
Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capacity: A systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics - Executive Summary / CLG, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/647876
"This report presents the findings of a systematic literature review on how learning takes place between organizations and how institutional learning and knowledge transfer can be fostered. It outlines key implications for policy and practice, and the Beacon Scheme in particular."

[Canada] Ontario MPs urge Ottawa to drop visa requirements for Polish visitors / Canada News, 11 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfrc

Lure of work abroad lands Indians in jail / Hindustan Times, 12 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfrb
"The dream of a job in a foreign land has gone sour for thousands of Indians, who are now languishing in foreign jails for travelling with false documents. BS Ramoowalia, member of the National Commission for Minority Education Institutions, said that over 20,000 Indians, mostly from Punjab and southern states, were languishing in jails after being duped by travel agents. Ramoowalia made this submission at the recently-concluded Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan.The India External Affairs Ministry puts the figure at 6,277 but admits that many countries have not submitted the count of Indians in jail."

Top Ten Cyber Security Menaces for 2008 / SANS Institute, January 2008
http://www.sans.org/2008menaces/
"Twelve cyber security veterans, with significant knowledge about emerging attack patterns, worked together to compile a list of the attacks most likely to cause substantial damage during 2008."

Digital Immigration Card Shows Mexico's Progressive Views on Immigration / New America Media, 14 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqr
Louis E. V. Nevaer
"While Washington is at an impasse over the status of millions of people who entered the United States without proper visas, Mexico is unrolling a new digitally-embedded immigration card that will allow hundreds of thousands of temporary workers and visitors to come and go at will. This migratory card, in addition to having the bearer’s photograph and fingerprints, has electronic chips that can be scanned – facilitating the movement of people across Mexico’s borders."

[USA] Most offenders spend lifetime on sex registry: Wide range of sentences and treatment / Daily Journal Online, 15 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqq
PAULA BARR and TERESA RESSEL
"Convicted child sex offenders can expect a wide range of sentences in prison along with treatment in a program that makes them accountable and helps them change their behaviours. Regardless of the severity of their crime, most released sex offenders can plan to spend a lifetime on the state’s sex registry. The controversial practice of publishing registered sex offenders’ names, addresses, photos and information about their crime has been upheld in the US Supreme Court. However, research raises questions about the registry’s effectiveness in keeping children safe."

East Europe migrants take 1% of social housing, says report / Guardian, 17 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqn
Alan Travis and Martin Wainwright
"The hundreds of thousands of Poles and other east European migrants who have moved to Britain in the past two years have been allocated only 1% of council or housing association flats, contrary to popular perception, according to research. A paper for yesterday's meeting of the government's migration impacts forum said that about 90% of those who have arrived in the last two years in the biggest wave of immigration in Britain's recent history are crowded into the bottom end of the private rented sector, often in poor and overcrowded conditions."
Migration Impacts Forum: papers and agendas / BIA, 16 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqp

Building for the future: Sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate: Third Report of Session 2007–08: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfpx
House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
HC 174 [Incorporating HC 730-i, Session 2006-07]

Criminal Justice Matters 70: Politics, economy and crime / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 14 December 2007
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/cjm.html
The impact of economic and political thinking on crime and imprisonment is examined in the latest issue of Criminal Justice Matters.
Editorial
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus429/CJM70_Editorial.pdf
"Pat Carlen argues that political economy perspectives are now more than ever relevant to a range of global and local crime and harm issues."
It’s the political economy, stupid! A neo-Clintonian criminology
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus430/CJM70_Reiner_article.pdf
Robert Reiner examines the origins of the study of political economy
Other articles:
CREATING CRIMINALS: A RECIPE FOR AN INSECURE WORLD?
Vivien Stern describes how UK society is creating an industry out of crime.
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CRIME POLICY
Colin Leys considers the role of private finance in policy making.
ECONOMICS AND CRIME: IDEAL-TYPICAL RELATIONSHIPS
Vincenzo Ruggiero looks at four different approaches to the relationship between crime and economics.
GLOBALISATION AS CONVERGENCE? COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Nicola Lacey argues for a more nuanced understanding of political economy and criminal justice.
PENAL POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
James Dignan and Michael Cavadino look at how political economy impacts on penal policy.
RETHINKING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Alessandro De Giorgi argues for a better understanding of the relationship between labour and punishment.
PRISON EXPANSION WITHOUT A LABOUR MARKET ORIENTATION?
Magnus Hörnqvist considers how labour market changes have affected the experience of imprisonment.
VERTIGO AND VINDICTIVENESS: SOME NOTES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Jock Young explores the economic and social insecurities of late modern life.
POWERLESS STATES AND CRIMES OF POWER: EXPLORATIONS INTO THE NEW WORLD OF CRIMES OF THE POWERFUL
Susanne Karstedt says that globalisation has led to increased opportunities for powerful elites to commit serious crimes.
SEX, MONEY AND THE REGULATION OF WOMEN’S ‘CHOICES’: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PROSTITUTION
Jo Phoenix argues that policy reforms have placed women at greater risk.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
Reece Walters highlights the dominant interest of trade and profit over environmental safety.
A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATE KILLING
Steve Tombs argues that a political economic approach is essential to understanding safety crime.
GORDON BROWN’S CHARTER FOR CORPORATE CRIMINALS
David Whyte explains why the government’s new Compliance Code opens the door to corporate crime.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RIGHTS: EXPORTING PENAL NORMS TO AFRICA Andrew M Jefferson says that exporting the West’s penal, criminal and human rights policy to Africa without questioning its relevance to African society, will have negative consequences.
THE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRATION
Barbara Hudson argues that migrants seeking a new life are being unfairly criminalised by the states receiving them.
PULLING APART: NOTES ON THE WIDENING GAP IN THE RISKS OF VIOLENCE
Elliott Currie on the uneven class distribution of violence and mortality.
HOW TO ESCAPE THE LAW AND ORDER TRAP
Loïc Wacquant argues for an expansion of social and economic rights.
A ‘NEW POLITICS’ OF CRIME?
Ian Loader argues that Gordon Brown should adopt a fresh and more democratic approach to crime.

Delivering Improved Outcomes for Young Black People in the Criminal Justice System / Ministry of Justice, 13 December 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/delivering-improved-outcomes.pdf
"The Home Affairs Select Committee published a report on 15 June 2007, 'Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System', which considered how to tackle the over-representation of young black people in the criminal justice system.
The government published a response on 18 October 2007 in which it made a commitment to provide detailed proposals for the delivery of improved outcomes for young black people. The detailed proposals were unveiled in the document 'Delivering Improved Outcomes for Young Black People in the Criminal Justice System', which sets out the governance and reporting arrangements for delivering the government's strategy."

`The approach to summary justice both in and out of court': Lecture by Lord Justice Leveson as part of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies' "New Developments in Criminal Justice" seminar series / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 12 December 2007
DOC - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus437/Levenson_speech_12_December_2007.doc

History and national identity: why they should remain divorced / www.historyandpolicy.org
, November 2007
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-66.html
Stefan Berger, University of Manchester

‘Knife Crime’: A review of evidence and policy / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 19 December 2007
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus439/ccjs_knife_report.pdf
"This is is the second edition of a report originally published in August 2006. It includes the latest official data and a more detailed statistical analysis to determine possible trends in offences involving knives."

Effective Practice and Pilots - NOMS Case Studies / NOMS, 21 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wfmq
"NOMS has published a series of case studies to demonstrate effective practice in commissioning. The case studies show how Regional Offender Managers are using commissioning to improve the way that providers work together so as to improve outcomes for offenders in their region.
NOMS East Midlands Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmr
NOMS East of England Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfms
NOMS North East Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmt
NOMS North West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmw
NOMS South West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmx

National Probation Service Briefing No 38: Probation Knowledge Management Initiative / National Probation Service, December 2007
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Briefing%2038.pdf

Offender Management Inspection: A report on Offender Management in Dorset / HMI Probation, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmj

Offender Management Inspection: A report on Offender Management in Devon & Cornwall / HMI Probation, 8 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmh

Report on Kirklees Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 7 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmg

Report on Derbyshire Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 19 December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmf

Report on West Berkshire Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 10 December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfme

Report on Southend Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmd

Report on Bolton Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmc

Report on Pembrokeshire Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfma

Alternative dispute resolution: annual pledge report 2006/07 / Ministry of Justice, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/annual-pledge-report-2006-07.pdf

Ten point plan for border protection and immigration reform - first milestone met as fingerprint checks go global / Home Office - BIA, 14 January 2008
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/tenpointplan
"In a wide ranging speech to Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) staff, the Immigration Minister Liam Byrne congratulated agency officials and set out a challenging 'deal for delivery' in 2008, to secure the largest shake up to Britain's border security and immigration system for 40 years."

National Probation Service Bulletin: No 88 / National Probation Service, 14 January 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2088.pdf
Contents:
001/08 Outcome of the Strategic Review of the NOMIS Programme
002/08 Butler Trust Award Winners 2008
003/08 Welsh Probation Areas Win EFQM Award
004/08 Events
005/08 Issued Recently

OGC launches new framework for purchasing financial reports / OCC, 10 January 2008
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/7023_7810.asp
"The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is today announcing a new framework deal to provide access to financial reports for all public sector purchasers, which could potentially lead to savings of around 75%."

EU Procurement Thresholds / OGC, January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfjj
"This page gives information about the thresholds for the procurement regulations, which came into force on 1 January 2008."

Safe, Sensible, Social: Alcohol strategy local implementation toolkit / Home Office, Department of Health and DCSF, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugsalcohol/drugsalcohol097.pdf "This toolkit is a resource to help local teams develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill health and other harm."

Police learning German for imported dogs / Telegraph, 11 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfjg
"Police dog handlers are learning to give orders to their animals in German, as 16 forces now import canines because of a shortage in the UK."

Should mentally disordered offenders be treated as patients primarily and as offenders secondly? / New Criminologist, 13 January 2008
http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2016

Should mentally disordered offenders be treated as patients primarily and as offenders secondly? / New Criminologist, 13 January 2008
http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2016

Government announces major investment in drug treatment services / Department of Health, 10 January 2008
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=343786&NewsAreaID=2
"Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced £398m funding for drug treatment for 2008/09 to build on the successes of existing drug treatment programmes...The Drug Treatment Budget is changing to a system of allocations per person treated, rather than by formula, thus ensuring that the investment goes where it is most needed. This change is occurring over four years to ensure that the resources secure the best return in regards to the delivery of effective treatment."

MORE SUPPORT FOR YOUNG RUNAWAYS / DCSF, 10 January 2008
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0005
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Minister for Young People Kevin Brennan outlined plans to help prevent an estimated 86,000* children and young people from running away each year. The Government wants all agencies to work together to prevent young people from reaching the crisis point where they run away and to keep those that do run away safe from harm. The Department for Children, Schools and Families asked The Children’s Society to look at current provision for young runaways and what more could be done to help them"
Stepping up: the future of runaways services / The Children's Society, August 2007
http://digbig.com/4wfhe

Commission supports anti-homophobic hate crime legislation / Equality and Human Rights Commission, 8 January 2008
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/newsandcomment/Pages/hatecrimelegislation.aspx

Ministers launch new ‘think family’ approach to help vulnerable parents and children / Cabinet Office, 10 January 2008
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/news/2008/080110_families.aspx
Think Family: Improving the life chances of families at risk
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_life_chances_report.pdf
Families at Risk Review
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/families_at_risk.aspx
Think Family: a Literature Review of Whole Family Approaches / University of Birmingham, January 2008
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_report.pdf
Findings of the joint DCSF/MOJ Children of Offenders Review / DCSF and Ministry of Justice, June 2007
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/offenders_review_080110.pdf

Employing workers from overseas / Health and Safety Executive, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg410.pdf
"Essential guidance for employers, employment agencies and businesses, gangmasters etc. on their health, safety and welfare responsibilities for temporary (including migrant) workers."

Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders: October 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/pyo-october2007.pdf
Statistics on Persistent Young Offenders: Statistical Bulletin: Issue 10/2007

Population in custody: monthly tables: November 2007: England and Wales / Ministry of Justice, 11 Janauary 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-nov07.pdf

End of custody licence releases and recalls: 1 to 30 November 2007: England and Wales / Ministry of Justice, 11 January 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-1107.pdf