Workplace interventions that are effective for promoting mental wellbeing: Synopsis of the evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness / NICE, 22 February 2008
PDF - http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/WorkplaceMentalHealthSynopsisOfEvidence.pdf
"NICE was asked by the Department of Health (DH) to develop guidance for employers on promoting mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions
All registered stakeholders for the NICE public health intervention guidance on Workplace Mental Health are invited to comment on the draft summary of evidence to inform the development of the guidance."
Workplace mental health: stakeholder comments form / NICE, 22 February 2008
PDF - http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/WorkplaceMentalHealthStakeholderCommentsForm.doc

Report on Government Office for London Personal Robbery Project, January –
November 2007 / Government Office for London & Home Office, February 2008
PDF - http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/violentstreet/violentstreet09.pdf
Kettlewell, Lee
"This report considers the rise in personal robbery experienced in London during 2006 and early 2007, the efforts made to tackle it, the impact of the actions taken and the lessons learned. In particular the report describes what can be taken from the activities and experiences of robbery reduction, mainstreamed and applied to other crime types in the future."

The importance of housing for women prisoners: briefing for housing advice and support providers in prisons / NOMS , Ministry of Justice, 20 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmqw
"This booklet outlines why those working with women prisoners should pay particular attention to their housing needs and offers support in seeking to maintain and gain housing on discharge from custody."

Suma Chakrabarti's speech to the Prison Service Conference / Ministry of Justice, 15 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmqq
"Suma Chakrabarti, the Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary, spoke to Prison Governors and Chief Officers at the Prison Service conference on 7 February. His speech covers the challenges facing the Ministry of Justice and NOM and the future direction of the department."

Global Threat Reduction Programme: Fifth Annual Report 2007 / BERR, February 2008
PDF - http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file44740.pdf

Drugs: protecting families and communities: The 2008 drug strategy / Home Office, 27 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmnx
Drugs: protecting families and communities: Action Plan 2008–2011 / Home Office, 27 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmny

Trafficked children fuelling crime wave
Jane's Police Review, 15 February 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
Mike McGrath
"Sanction detections of Romanians committing crimes in London have rocketed by 786 per cent since their country joined the European Union last year."
[Sub required]

Under-fire firefighters worried about working with the police
Jane's Police Review, 15 February 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
"Firefighters who work too closely with police officers are becoming 'legitimate targets' and laying themselves open to violent attacks from the public, according to a report by the Fire Brigades Union."
[Sub required]
Easy targets?: Tackling attacks on fire crews in the UK / Labour Research Department for the Fire Brigades Union, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmns

Policing Policy e-Bulletin: No 111 / 22 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmnr

National Probation Service Bulletin: Issue 94 / National Probation Service, 22 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmnq
Contents:
037/08 Reorganising NOMS and HMPS Following The Carter Review
038/08 New Facilities Contracts
039/08 Home Office Violent Crime Action Plan
040/08 Alcohol Information Pack
041/08 Special Award
042/08 Recent Publications
043/08 Issued Recently

Racist and religious incidence monitoring: annual report 2006/2007 / Crown Prosecution Service, 20 February 2008
PDF - http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/rims06-07.pdf

Overseas travel and tourism: December 2007 / ONs, 15 February 2008
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ott0208.pdf

Registered Social Landlords and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships: Improving Engagement / CLG, 27 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmnh

Asylum statistics: Fourth Quarter: UK / BIA, 26 February 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/asylumq407.pdf

Estimating Mean Length of Stay in Prison: Methods and Applications
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Volume 24, Number 1 / March, 2008, Pages 33-49http://digbig.com/4wmmy
Evelyn J. Patterson and Samuel H. Preston
[Sub required]

Does Parolee Drug Testing Influence Employment and Education Outcomes? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with Noncompliance
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Volume 24, Number 1 / March, 2008, Pages 93-123
http://digbig.com/4wmmx
Beau Kilmer
"Despite the ubiquity of drug testing in criminal justice settings, there is little experimental evidence suggesting that testing reduces drug use or engenders pro-social behaviour. This paper estimates the effect of parolee drug testing on labour and education outcomes with data from a randomised experiment involving 1,958 young parolees. It provides the first estimates in the literature suggesting that drug testing with graduated sanctions can improve short-run employment and education outcomes for parolees."

US to replace animals with robots in toxic chemical tests / Guardian, 15 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/15/animalwelfare
Alok Jha

Bulgarian and Romanian Accession Statistics, October - December 2007 / BIA, 26 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmkd

Accession Monitoring Report, May 2004 - December 2007 / BIA, 26 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmkc

Citizenship, reproduction and the state: international marriage and human rights
Citizenship Studies, Volume 12, Issue 1 February 2008 , pages 45 - 54
http://digbig.com/4wmkb
Bryan S. Turner
"The relationship between citizenship, marriage and family has often been overlooked in the social and political theory of citizenship. Intimate domestic life is associated with the private sphere, partly because reproduction itself is thought to depend on the private choices of individuals. While feminist theory has challenged this division between private and public, the absence of any systematic thinking about familial relations, reproduction and citizenship is puzzling."
[Sub required]

Transnational Therapy Networks among Ghanaians in London
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Volume 34, Issue 2 March 2008 , pages 235 - 251
http://digbig.com/4wmka
Kristine Krause
"This article examines how legal status, transnational networks and religion interrelate in health practices among Ghanaians living in London. It provides an overview of the settlement of Ghanaians in London since the 1960s, and shows how transnational linkages have increased since then. It further demonstrates the strong transnational components health practices can have, including money, medicines and prayers being sent between Ghana and abroad, and between different European countries."
[Sub required]

Zimbabweans in Britain: Transnational Activities and Capabilities
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Volume 34, Issue 2 March 2008 , pages 287 - 305
http://digbig.com/4wmjy
Alice Bloch
"This paper explores the economic, political, social and cultural transnational exchanges of 500 Zimbabweans living in the UK. The paper examines the ways in which motivations for migration and immigration status impact on the type of transnational exchanges that take place between the UK and Zimbabwe, and also among diasporic networks elsewhere. The paper shows the ways in which remittance activities are affected by the structural exclusions, due to government policy, experienced by asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants who are prohibited from working in the regular labour market."
[Sub required]

An Exploratory Study of Befriending Programs with Refugees: The Perspective of Volunteer Organizations
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Volume 5, Number 3, 2 January 2008 , pp. 1-19(19)
http://digbig.com/4wmjx
Behnia, Behnam
"To enhance the successful integration of refugees, it is important to assist them in their efforts in rebuilding and extending their support systems. By matching refugees with volunteers, Befriending Programs aim at creating a supportive environment. Based on information provided by twenty-five organizations that offer befriending programs in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States, this paper explores obstacles they face in the recruitment and retention of befrienders as well as their strategies in overcoming challenges."
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Good practices for the protection of witnesses in criminal proceedings involving organized crime / United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmjp
"In recent years transnational organised crime has grown. Criminal organisations are becoming stronger and more diverse. They are engaging more and more frequently in systematic forms of cooperation designed to further their criminal activities. In the investigation and prosecution of crime, particularly the more serious and complex forms of organized crime, it is essential that witnesses, the cornerstones for successful investigation and prosecution, have trust in criminal justice systems."

MORE RESPONSIVE PUBLIC SERVICES?: A GUIDE TO COMMISSIONING MIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, February 2008
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2166-migrant-service-provision.pdf
John Perry and A. Azim El-Hassan

Are deportable aliens a unique threat to public safety? Comparing the recidivism of deportable and nondeportable aliens
Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 7 Issue 1 Page 59-82, February 2008
Laura J Hickman and Marika J Suttorp
LOCATIONS: JOURNALS at 2MS
"The study compared the recidivism of 517 deportable and 780 nondeportable aliens released from the Los Angeles County Jail over a 30-day period in 2002. The results of our analyses revealed no difference in the rearrest rate of deportable and nondeportable aliens in terms of its occurrence, frequency, or timing."

Violent crime: Risk models, effective interventions and risk management / RAND Europe, 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmah
Jennifer Rubin, Federico Gallo and Adam Coutts

Developing an Accident and Emergency Based Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Performance Measure / Violence and Society Research Group, Cardiff University, 20 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wmag

The Home Office: Reducing the risk of violent crime: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / TSO, 21 February 2008
HC 241
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708241.pdf
Executive summary
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708241es.pdf

[USA] State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases / Bureau of Justice Statistics, February 2008
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/scpdvc.htm
"Examines the processing of domestic violence (DV) and non-domestic violence (non-DV) cases filed in May 2002 in 15 large urban counties. The study compares the domestic and non-domestic offenses of sexual and aggravated assault on 11 prosecution, conviction, and sentencing outcome measures. Data are also presented regarding court issued protection orders, guilty plea versus trial convictions, and the demographic characteristics of domestic violence defendants."

North-south divide opens for migrant jobs in Europe / Reuters, February 14, 2008 http://digbig.com/
Sonya Dowsett and Gelu Sulugiuc
"On a cold winter's morning beside the Atocha train station in central Madrid a dozen men wait silently for contractors in the market for cheap illegal laborers..."

The Path to Citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system / BIA, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wkfx

Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia / Institute for the Study of Labor, January 2008
http://ftp.iza.org/dp3316.pdf
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
IZA DP No. 3316
"Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings function and model of occupational attainment indicate that the limited international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when they first enter the Australian labour market. Comparison with similar research for the US suggests that the different immigrant selection regimes (primarily family reunion in the US, skill-based immigration in Australia) do not impact on the negative association between occupational status and pre-immigration labour market experience."

Trafficking: return of the ‘white slavery’ scare? / spiked-online.com, 31 January 2008
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/earticle/4389/
"The Metropolitan Police’s legalised kidnapping of 10 Roma children suggests the anti-trafficking industry is the greatest threat to migrants..."

OSCE representative urges parliamentarians to step up fight against human trafficking / The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 12 February 2008
http://www.osce.org/item/29665.html
"The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, said today that parliamentarians have a crucial role to play in the fight against trafficking."

US to replace animals with robots in toxic chemical tests / Guardian, 15 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/15/animalwelfare
US regulators have announced plans to reduce the number of animals used to test the safety of everyday chemicals. Instead of using animals such as rats and mice, scientists will screen suspected toxic chemicals in everything from pesticides to household cleaners using cell cultures and computer models.

Government staff more IT security-compliant than private sector says survey / PublicTechnology.net, 18 February 2008
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14191
"Against a back drop of recent government data losses, a survey from TOWER Software suggests that public sector PC users are more set in their ways, but more in private sector work on wrong or out-of-date files every week."

Inmates 'at risk' in police cells / BBC, 20 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7253708.stm

National Probation Service Bulletin: Issue 93 / National Probation Service, 15 February 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2093.pdf

Office for National Commissioning: Quarter three ratings for Contracted Prisons 2007-08 / NOMS, 15 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wkdc

Average time from arrest to sentence for Persistent Young Offenders: November 2007 / Ministry of Justice, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wkdb
Statistical Bulletin 11/07

NOMS Voluntary Sector Newsletter: Issue No 9: Winter 2008 / NOMS, February 2008 PDF - http://digbig.com/4wkdb

Resource materials on technology-aided crime / Australian Institute of Criminology, 18 February 2008
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tbp/tbp028/tbp028.pdf
Gregor Urbas and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
Technical and Background Paper No. 28

Third report of the Independent Reviewer pursuant to Section 14(3) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005: Lord Carlile of Berriew Q. C. / Home Office, 18 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wkbr

Safer lives, reducing harm, protecting the public: an action plan for tackling violence: 2008-11 / Home Office, 18 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wkbf

THE CHANGE UP PUBLIC SERVICE PRIORITY PROGRAMME: APRIL 2005 – DECEMBER 2006: EVALUATION FINDINGS / NOMS, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjry
"The Change Up Public Service Priority Programme included five pilot projects commissioned nationally by the NOMS Voluntary Sector Unit (now NOMS Partnerships Unit, Voluntary and Community Sector Team) to test out approaches to building the capacity of the voluntary and community sector in order to enable agencies to engage and respond effectively to NOMS and the commissioning of offender services."

OUR VISION FOR CUTTING CRIME 2008–11 AND KEY GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENTS: A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW / Home Office, February 2008
PDF - http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimereduction020a.pdf
"Crime has reduced by 13% compared with the year ending March 2003 (year ending September 2007). This reduction has led to fewer victims of crime and anti-social behaviour across England and Wales. Reductions in recorded crime have often been highest in the areas where need was greatest. These significant achievements reflect the considerable hard work and commitment of a wide range of practitioners."

Policing and ethnic & religious minorities / ENARgy, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjrf
Pascale Charhon

Working Together to Reduce Harm - The Substance Misuse Strategy for Wales 2008-2018 / Welsh Assembly, 11 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjqw
"This consultation sets out and invites views on our new substance misuse strategy, entitled “Working Together to Reduce Harm”. It is a 10 year strategy which aims to set out a clear national agenda for tackling and reducing the harms associated with substance misuse in Wales. End of consultation: 13/05/2008"

[USA] Forensic Evidence Demands Rise as TV Crime Dramas Influence Juries / GovTech.com, 8 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjqs
Jim McKay

[USA] Online Victim Notification Service Tracks Custody Status of Criminals / GovTech.com, 6 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjqr
"Called the "IowaVINE" system, a victim information and notification system for crime victims that tracks the custody status of criminals who have been arrested or convicted, has just expanded to include persons in the system of the Iowa Department of Corrections."

Sections 1-4, 18, 22-23, And 29-31 Of The Uk Borders Act 2007 Commencement On 31St January 2008 / Home Office, 7 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjqq
Home Office Circular 003 / 2008

Integrating Immigrants: Morality and Loyalty in U.S. Naturalization Practice / University of California. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, January 2008
PDF - http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/PUBLICATIONS/wrkg160.pdf
Susan Gordon
Working Paper 160

BlackBerry suffers massive outage / Globe and Mail, 12 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjqg
CAROLINE ALPHONSO AND MATT HARTLEY
"Millions of BlackBerry users were cut off from their wireless lifelines Monday when a massive server outage caused the popular handheld devices to fail across North America."

What's Wrong with Using Electronic Control Devices? / Officer.com, 12 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjpm
STEVE ASHLEY
"Despite what you've heard, ECDs are non-lethal weapons
The purpose of this column is to discuss technology. However, technology does not exist in a vacuum - it must be used. The way that technology is used can have a far-reaching impact on how we do police work."

SUVs For Police Use / Officer.com, 11 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjpj
TONY SCOTTI
"SUVs are more practical than generally believed."

EU unveils plans for biometric border controls/ EUObserver, 13 February 2008
http://euobserver.com/9/25650/?rk=1
Renata Goldirova
"The European Commission has kicked off a lengthy legislative process aimed at tightening up controls on who enters and leaves the 27-nation bloc."This package designs a completely new way of controlling our borders", EU home affairs commissioner Franco Frattini said unveiling the three new proposals."

Statewatch launches new SEMDOC website providing comprehensive information about EU Justice and Home Affairs policy / Statewatch, February 2008
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/feb/01semdoc.htm
"Statewatch has been systematically monitoring and documenting the development of EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) policy since 1991. The Statewatch European Monitoring and Documentation Centre on Justice and Home Affairs in the European Union seeks to increase public understanding and debate about JHA policy through the provision of comprehensive information about adopted and proposed legislation."
SEMDOC website:
http://www.statewatch.org/semdoc/

Women have a lead role in fight against human trafficking, OSCE special representative tells Women Leaders' Council / OSCE, 14 February 2008
http://www.osce.org/item/29681.html

Violence in the Supermax: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The Prison Journal, Vol. 88, No. 1, 144-168 (2008)
http://tpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/144
Kate King ; Benjamin Steiner ; Stephanie Ritchie Breach
"The supermax prison was designed to control the most violent, assaultive individuals, gang members, and other prisoners who could not be managed in less secure settings. This article examines the mission, architecture, and organisation of Pelican Bay State Prison. The authors maintain that the mission of Pelican Bay, combined with the officer and inmate cultures, creates a self fulfilling prophecy: the super violent supermax."
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[USA] An Assessment of Supermax Prisons Using an Evaluation Research Framework
The Prison Journal, Vol. 88, No. 1, 43-68 (2008)
http://tpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/43
Daniel P. Mears
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[USA] Supermax Prisons: What We Know, What We Do Not Know, and Where We Are Going
The Prison Journal, Vol. 88, No. 1, 23-42 (2008)
http://tpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/23
Jesenia M. Pizarro ; Raymund E. Narag
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[USA] The Sociopolitical Context of Prison Violence and Its Control: A Case Study of Supermax and Its Effect in Illinois
The Prison Journal, Vol. 88, No. 1, 94-122 (2008)
http://tpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/94
Jody L. Sundt ; Thomas C. Castellano ; Chad S. Briggs
"This research explores the sociopolitical context of prison violence and its control in the state of Illinois, and discusses the series of events that led to the opening of a supermax prison."

[USA] Supermax Prisons in the Consciousness of Prisoners
The Prison Journal, Vol. 88, No. 1, 169-176 (2008)
http://tpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/169
Kenneth E. Hartman
"Prison administrators claim that supermax prisons are essential tools in the management of unruly prisoners and that these facilities act as a deterrent to prisoners contemplating violence. Pelican Bay, known in prison jargon as "Up North," is California's supermax prison. This article states that not only does Pelican Bay not deter, it has created a new standard of toughness, an upper class of prisoners whose survival at Pelican Bay affords them high status."
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America's Drug War Hits Women / Alternet.org, 13 February 2008
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/76717/
Silja J.A. Talvi
"Punitive drug laws and tough enforcement leads to an explosion of female incarcerations."
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Not Seen. Not Heard. Not Guilty. : The Rights and Status of the Children of Prisoners in Scotland / Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, 7 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjpe
(CCYP/2008/1)
Kathleen Marshall,
"Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland in pursuance of section 12 of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 on 07/02/08."

[Scotland] Split over forum for abuse victims / The Herald, 8 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjpd
DAVID LEASK
"The survivors of childhood abuse in care were promised "truth and reconciliation". Most welcomed the truth. Some rejected the reconciliation. The Scottish Government announced a special forum where victims can tell their stories and, perhaps, come to terms with their experiences."

[Scotland] Police fears as agency to take over IT system / The Herald, 14 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjpc
DAVID LEASK
"Scotland's police forces have failed to secure minimum quality assurances from the new agency set to take over all of their IT systems in just six weeks."

Report on a full announced inspection of HMP Woodhill: 3–7 September 2007: by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons / HM Inspectorate of Prisons, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjpb

Policing Plan Regulations 2008 (Guidance) / Home Office, 12 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjpa
Home Office Circular 004 / 2008

Examining the creation of a European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) / European Commission, 13 February 2008
DOC - http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/frattini/archive/m08_86.en.doc

New tools for an integrated European Border Management Strategy / European Commission, 13 February 2008
DOC - http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/frattini/archive/m08_85.en.doc
MEMO/08/85

The FRONTEX Agency: evaluation and future development / European Commission, 13 February 2008
DOC - http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/frattini/archive/m08_84.en.doc
MEMO/08/84
"The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) became operational in October 2005. The Communication presented today assesses the results so far, taking into account the period during which the Agency has been operational and making recommendations for measures that can be taken in the short term, within the limits of its current mandate, and outline a long-term vision for the future development of FRONTEX."

A Comprehensive vision for an integrated European border management system for the 21st Century / European Commission, 13 February 2008
DOC - http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/frattini/archive/i08_215.en.doc
IP/08/215

Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children / Children's Society, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjne
Summary
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjnf

Report on an announced inspection of HMP Drake Hall: 3-7 September 2007 / HMI Prisons, 12 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjmh

The New Front Line: Security in a changing world: IPPR Commission on National Security, Working Paper No. 1 / IPPR, 13 February 2008
Ian Kearns and Ken Gude
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjmf

[USA] Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety / Justice Policy Institute, 16 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjkg

Quarterly performance figures for Local Criminal Justice Boards published / National Criminal Justice Board, 4 February 2008
http://lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/ncjb/29.html

Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of the Glasgow Antisocial Behaviour Taskforce / Scottish Government, 12 February 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/210746/0055714.pdf
"The evaluation of the Glasgow Antisocial Behaviour Taskforce analyses the impact and effectiveness of the Taskforce and identifies lessons learned. The Glasgow ASB Taskforce was reorganised in 2006 to become Glasgow Community Safety Services and this evaluation informed that transition. It should be emphasised that the Taskforce evaluation is not an evaluation of Glasgow Community Safety Services."

National Probation Service Newsletter: No 92 / National Probation Service, 11 February
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2092.pdf
Contents:
022/08 National Commissioning and Partnerships Framework 2008/2009
023/08 Courts - XHIBIT Benefits Survey 2007
024/08 Courts - Adult Criminal Case Management Framework (CCMF) for Crown Courts published
025/08 Interventions - Domestic Abuse Programmes: Implementation Study
026/08 Strategy - Home Office's new three-year strategy published
027/08 General Information
028/08 Recent Publications
029/08 Issued Recently

HMI Probation Newsletter: Issue 7: Feb 2008 / HMI Probation, 7 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjkd

The Role of Further Education Providers in Promoting Community Cohesion, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism: Consultation Document / Department for Innovation , Universities and Skills, February 2008
PDF - http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/extremismfe.pdf

Crime, maps and meaning: views from a survey on safety and CCTV in Germany
Surveillance and Society, Volume 5, Number 1, Pages 51-72
PDF - http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/articles5(1)/maps.pdf
Nils Zurawski and Stefan Czerwinski

CCTV Identity Management and implications for Criminal Justice: some considerations
Surveillance and Society, Volume 5, Number 1, Pages 33-50
PDF - http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/articles5(1)/identity.pdf
Moira Carroll-Mayer et al
"The UK Presidency of the European Union called for an expansive, mandatory policy of surveillance technologies aimed at the reduction of crime and the protection of citizens. Research indicates that the efficacy for this task of the technology, epitomised by CCTV, cannot be taken for granted. This paper asks whether the effects of the technological surveillance environment may be more problematic than currently posited in the literature to the extent that they render more vulnerable and undermine the identities of those they are pledged to safeguard..."

Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eighth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill: Ninth report of session 2007-2008: report, together with formal minutes, and oral and written evidence / TSO, 7 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjgg
HL Paper 50
HC 199

Report on an announced inspection of HMYOI New Hall: The Rivendell Unit: 30 July - 3 August 2007 / HMI Prisons, 5 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjgf

Report on an announced inspection of HMP Lewes: 20-24 August 2007 / HMI Prisons, 5 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjge

Out of order
Jane's Police Review, 8 February 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"Does the way ASBOs are used in England and Wales create career criminals? Neil Wain examines how the legislation is used north and south of the border."
[Sub required]

On track
Jane's Police Review, 8 February 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
Max Blain
"The new high-speed rail link between London St Pancras and mainland Europe brings a number of policing challenges."
[Sub required]

Virtual vice
Jane's Police Review, 6 February 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
Gary Elliott
"With millions of people spending time and money in online worlds such as Second Life, law enforcement agencies are now having to deal with virtual crime. Gary Elliott reports on the need for a police presence online."
[Sub required]

Sergeants folding under paper mountain
Jane's Police Review, 8 February 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"One in three supervisory sergeants in England and Wales say they are unable to manage their workload. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary's review into frontline supervision has revealed that workload and bureaucracy feature high up on the list of sergeants' concerns, as a third of supervisors' time is spent on administrative work...The HMIC is still in the process of drafting its final report, but early figures show that many of the sergeants' worries - such as shift patterns and flexible working - were outside the remit of the inquiry, which focused on preparation, training and support."
[Sub required]

Realising Britain's Potential: Future Strategic Challenges for Britain / Cabinet Office, 8 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjfn

Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service / Cabinet Office, Novemmer 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjfk

Make Me a Criminal: Preventing youth crime / IPPR, 10 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjfj
Julia Margo

[Scotland] Attitudes Towards Youth Crime and Willingness to Intervene: Findings from the 2006 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey / Scottish Parliament, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/210989/0055764.pdf
Scott Anderson and Fiona Dobbie
[Scotland] Attitudes Towards Youth Crime and Willingness to Intervene: Findings from the 2006 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey - Research Findings / Scottish Parliament, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/210985/0055763.pdf
Scott Anderson and Fiona Dobbie

Neighborhood ethnic density associated with risk of psychosis among immigrants in the Netherlands / EurekAlert!, 4 February 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/cums-ned020408.php
"In a study on neighbourhood ethnic density, researchers report that immigrants who live in neighbourhoods where their own ethnic group comprise a small proportion of the population are at increased risk for certain psychotic disorders. The study underscores the necessity for public health clinicians to pay attention to the mental health needs of immigrants, and highlights the importance of cultural sensitivity when treating immigrant and minority patients."
Ethnic Density of Neighborhoods and Incidence of Psychotic Disorders Among Immigrants
American Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 165:66-73
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/165/1/66
Wim Veling, Ezra Susser, Jim van Os, Johan P. Mackenbach, Jean-Paul Selten, Hans W. Hoek
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[USA] Strategies for Success: new pathways to drug abuse prevention: Issue II, Volume I, Fall/Winter 2007 / RandomStudentDrugTesting.org, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjdr

The Relationship between the Maudsley Violence Questionnaire and official recordings of violence in mentally disordered offenders
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 44, Issue 4, March 2008, Pages 833-841
http://digbig.com/4wjdn
Emma Warnock-Parkes, Gisli Gudjonsson and Julian Walker
[Sub required]

Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Buss–Warren Aggression Questionnaire
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 44, Issue 4, March 2008, Pages 943-953
http://digbig.com/4wjdk
Jnathan P. Maxwell
[Sub required]

The Exploration of subclinical psychopathic subtypes and the relationship with types of aggression
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 44, Issue 4, March 2008, Pages 821-832
http://digbig.com/4wjdh
Diana Falkenbach, Norman Poythress and Caysyn Creevy
[Sub required]

Hard to swallow: Dealing with drug addiction / Economist, 7 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjcp
"It is difficult to trust the policies of a government that keeps its evidence secret."

City's heroin treatment 'crisis' / BBC Wales, 7 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7232320.stm
"A drugs project claims heroin addicts in Swansea seeking to kick their habit are waiting over a year for help. Swansea Drugs Project said there was a "crisis" in the availability of treatment and called for more funding."

The Experience of E-Crime: Findings from the New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey 2006 / New Zealand. Ministry of Justice, December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wjcc
Pat Mayhew and James Reilly

How Risky Are Social Networking Sites? : A Comparison of Places Online Where Youth Sexual Solicitation and Harassment Occurs
PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 2 February 2008, pp. e350-e357
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/2/e350
Michele L. Ybarra and Kimberly J. Mitchell
"Recently, public attention has focused on the possibility that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being widely used to sexually solicit underage youth, consequently increasing their vulnerability to sexual victimisation. Beyond anecdotal accounts, however, whether victimisation is more commonly reported in social networking sites is unknown."

[USA] Making for easier assimilation / Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjbx
Anna Gorman
"Through a task force, a booklet and a website, the U.S. government is helping immigrants learn English and integrate into society."

Prison Service Pay Review Body: Seventh Report on England and Wales 2008 / Office of Manpower Economics, 7 February 2008
PDF - http://www.ome.uk.com/downloads/Prison%20Pay%20Revew.pdf
Chairman: Jerry Cope
Cm 7325

NATIONAL COMMISSIONING AND PARTNERSHIPS FRAMEWORK 2008/09: February 2008: Version 7.0 / NOMS, 5 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjbn

Neighbourhood policing: the impact of piloting and early national implementation / Home Office, 7 February 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/rdsolr0108.pdf
Paul Quinton ; Julia Morris
Home Office Online Report 01/08

Changes to New Zealand Skilled Migrant Category / WorkPermit.com, 1 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjbm
"Some changes to New Zealand's Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) immigration scheme will become effective on 04 February 2008."

Biometrics help secure Calif.'s marijuana vending machines / SecurityInfoWatch, 29 January 2008
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/article.jsp?id=14040&siteSection=305
Catherine Elsworth
"Unique 'medical marijuana' program requires on-site guards, biometric verification
The machines can be used by patients who are prescribed marijuana for health reasons.
Patients have to present a prescription and be fingerprinted before they are issued with a pre-paid credit card that stores the dosage and type of drug prescribed."

Effects of personality, interrogation techniques and plausibility in an experimental false confession paradigm
Legal and Criminological Psychology, Volume 13, Number 1, February 2008 , pp. 71-88(18)
http://digbig.com/4wjbk
Klaver, Jessica R.; Lee, Zina; Rose, V. Gordon
"The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of personality variables, interrogation techniques and the plausibility level of an alleged transgression on the experimental elicitation of false confessions."

The Review of Policing: FINAL Report / Home Office, 7 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wjbe
Sir Ronnie Flanagan
Annex A: Terms of reference and the Home Secretary ’s response to the Interim Report / Home Office, 7 February 2008
PDF- http://digbig.com/4wjbf

Task force takes global view of digital archiving / Technology Daily, 28 January 2008
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39133&dcn=e_gvet
Aliya Sternstein
"A new international task force will convene for the first time Tuesday to address the problem of maintaining data for future generations. The National Science Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation are funding the Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access panel's two-year mission, with support from institutions like the Council on Library and Information Resources, Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, and the United Kingdom's Joint Information Systems Committee."

Living Transnationally: ROMANIAN MIGRANTS IN LONDON / RUNNYMEDE Trust, January 2008
PDF - http://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/file/LivingTransnationally-2008.pdf
ANDREEA R. TORRE

[Canada] Federal anti-drug campaign will educate youth on 'harms of illicit drug use' / Canwest News Service, 31 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjan
Meagan Fitzpatrick
"A new national program designed to prevent youth from using drugs received $10 million from the federal government."

Prescription Opioid Use and Diversion / Join Together, February 2008
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/tprb/feb08/bower.html
"Prescription opioid analgesics are the most commonly abused prescription medication. Further, these drugs are more frequently abused than heroin. Researchers in this study interviewed 586 street drug users in New York City to determine patterns of prescription opioid use for pain, misuse for euphoria, and sales (diversion)."
Prescription opioid use, misuse, and diversion among street drug users in New York City
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 92, Issues 1-3, 1 January 2008, Pages 267-276
http://digbig.com/4wjam
W. Rees Davis and Bruce D. Johnson
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Does the Desire for Drugs Begin Outside Awareness? / US. National Institute of Drug Abuse, 29 January 2008
http://www.nida.nih.gov/newsroom/08/NR1-29.html
"NIDA Research Reveals Subconscious Signals Can Trigger Drug Craving Circuits
Using a brain imaging technology called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), scientists have discovered that cocaine-related images trigger the emotional centers of the brains of patients addicted to drug, even when the subjects are unaware they've seen anything."
Prelude to Passion: Limbic Activation by “Unseen” Drug and Sexual Cues
PLoS One, 30 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wjaj
Anna Rose Childress et al

[Australia] Taser used on pregnant woman, says trainer / news.au.com, 30 January 2008
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23135076-952,00.html
Michael Wray
"POLICE have used a Taser to incapacitate a pregnant Queensland woman and could also use them to incapacitate young children, according to the Australian distributor of the weapons."

Pre-Legislative Scrutiny in the 2006–07 Session: 4th Report of Session 2007–08: Report / TSO, 28 January 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldconst/43/43.pdf
HOUSE OF LORDS. Select Committee on the Constitution

Crimes of the Community: Honour-based violence in the UK / Centre for Social Cohesion, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/CrimesOfTheCommunity.pdf
James Brandon and Salam Hafez

[USA] New Brady Scorecard Shows Most States Lack Common Sense Gun Restrictions / Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 31 January 2008
http://bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=962
"Officials in most states have done little to keep criminals and other dangerous people from easily obtaining guns."

On the Morality of Immigration / Harvard University, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whyw
Mathias Risse
Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP08-007

What are Human Rights?: Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order / Harvard University, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whys
Mathias Risse
Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP08-006

West African gangs sending more drugs from South America to Europe / PR-Inside.com, 4 February 2008
http://www.pr-inside.com/west-african-gangs-sending-more-drugs-r419342.htm
DULUE MBACHU
"In one of Cotonou's [Benin] relatively posh neighbourhoods, there is a compound full of specialists. Some who work within the high-walled enclosure are experts in crushing cocaine bars and tying the powder into waterproof pellets for couriers to swallow. Others are adept at dismantling suitcases or electronic gadgets to hide cocaine."

Document Management 2.0 – Web-based Collaboration and the Road to Compliance / CIO.com, February 2008
http://www.cio.com/download-center?id=80305908&source=wpround
"Adopting Web-based document collaboration tools can put organizations in a better position to address enhanced security requirements, constraints and opportunities to individual users. This whitepaper explores important areas to consider to address how organisations conduct business and the way they manage critical documents and files in the digital age."
[Registration required]

Venezuela Undermines Regional Anti-Drug Efforts, McConnell Says / Bloomberg.com, 5 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4whym
Matthew Walter
"Venezuela is serving as an increasingly frequent transit zone for drug traffickers to ship Colombian cocaine, undermining counter-narcotics efforts in neighboring countries, the top US intelligence official said."

ALCOHOL – MEETING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, MAKING A DIFFERENCE / Home Office 6 FEBRUARY 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whyk
[Speech by Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Home Secretary]

A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR DEALING WITH ALCOHOL RELATED PROBLEMS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW / Home Office, 6 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whyf
"The aim of this Guidance is to outline the tools and powers available to practitioners and the key legislative provisions to tackle alcohol misuse strategically, signposting as necessary to more detailed guidance, which already exists. A list of these documents has been produced in the form of a table. This Guidance is intended to assist all of those tasked with addressing the issues and problems presented by the misuse of alcohol. It is specifically aimed at practitioners and provides information to help them tackle those ‘everyday’ matters by outlining the powers and tools available. It is stressed that this Guidance is precisely that – guidance – and it does not replace primary or secondary legislation.
The guidance is a ‘live’ document and will be updated as legislation is revised or updated."

PRIVY COUNCIL REVIEW OF INTERCEPT AS EVIDENCE: REPORT to the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary: 30 January 2008 [Chilcot report] / TSO, February 2008
PDF - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm73/7324/7324.pdf
Rt Hon Sir John Chilcot GCB
Rt Hon Lord Archer of Sandwell
Rt Hon Alan Beith MP
Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell

The New Bill: Modernising the police workforce / IPPR, 4 February 2008
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=586
Tom Gash
"At first glance, it is difficult to understand why police performance is currently under such intense scrutiny and why a range of politicians, practitioners and commentators are calling for fundamental reform of the Police Service. Crime fell by 42 per cent between 1997 and 2007 and the criminal justice system brings more offenders to justice each year than ever before. Fear of crime has also decreased, and Police Community Support Officers appear to be increasingly effective in reassuring the public of their safety at a local level. However, while the police have increased their focus on reassuring the public, overall police productivity in terms of crime detection is flat."
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Staying safe: action plan / DCSF, February 2008
PDF - http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-00151-2008.pdf

A Practical Guide for dealing with alcohol problems: what you need to know / Home Office, 6 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whxq

Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: February 2008 / BIA, 6 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whxn
HC 321

Adolescent Drinking Influenced By Parental Drinking / Medical News Today, 4 February 2008
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/96052.php
Parenting Mechanisms in Links Between Parents’ and Adolescents’ Alcohol Use Behaviors
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Volume 32 Issue 2 Page 322-330, February 2008
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00583.x
Shawn J. Latendresse, Richard J. Rose, Richard J. Viken, Lea Pulkkinen, Jaakko Kaprio, Danielle M. Dick
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Fraud hits 12 year high in 2007 / KPMG, 4 February 2008
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/news/detail.cfm?pr=3028
"- Over £1bn of fraud comes to court – highest since 1995
- Organised gangs inflict huge losses on Government
- ID theft and accounting frauds are widespread
Britain’s fraud problem shows no sign of abating, with over £1bn of fraud coming to court in 2007 according to KPMG Forensic’s Fraud Barometer - the highest value since 1995 and the second highest in the 20 year history of the Barometer. The number of cases coming to court fell to 197 from 277 in 2006, but this remains a higher number than seen in any year prior to 2005."
[Fraud Barometer] Table
DOC - http://www.kpmg.co.uk/news/docs//Fraud%20by%20perpetrator%20in%202007.doc

Leading article: We must not turn a blind eye to this cruelty / Independent, 4 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4whxe
"It is a shocking snapshot of a neglected problem. According to a Home Office consultation paper, more than 200 teenage girls – the vast majority of them Muslim – disappeared from Bradford in 2006. They were taken out of their schools one day and never returned. It is unclear what has happened to these children, but Asian women's support groups think it likely that a considerable number have been forced into marriage abroad. It is a phenomenon that seems geographically concentrated in Bradford because of its large Pakistani population, but it is reasonable to fear that the same thing is also going on around Britain."

Police cleared to users Taser guns 40 times in January / Peterborough Today, 4 February 2008
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Police-cleared-to-users-Taser.3738772.jp
"POLICE have authorised the use of taser guns 40 times since the beginning of the year. Since January 1 officers in Cambridgeshire have been able to take advantage of new powers allowing them to use the stun guns – which administer a 50,000 volt shock – in lower key incidents."

Minister defends immigration need / BBC Jersey, 3 February 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7225054.stm
"Jersey has no other option other than to allow some immigration to keep the finance industry competitive, the island's planning minister says. Freddie Cohen said although such immigration must be controlled, the island needed to face up to increased housing and infrastructure demands."

Drug Traffic Beneath the Waves / Washington Post, 6 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4whxd
Juan Forero
"Sophisticated Submersibles Are Raising New Challenges for Colombian Navy
In the annals of the drug trade, traffickers have swallowed cocaine pellets, dissolved the powder into ceramics and flown the drug as far as Africa on flimsy planes - anything to elude detection and get a lucrative product to market. Now, the cartels seem to be increasingly going beneath the waves, relying on submarines built in clandestine jungle shipyards to move tons of cocaine."

Sentence: The sentencing guidelines newsletter: issue 08 / Sentencing Guidelines Council, JANUARY 2008
PDF - http://www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk/docs/News08_TheSentence.pdf
"This is the fourth in a series of publications which provide local, regional and national sentencing data. We hope that the series will continue to provide a basis on which sentencers and practitioners can engage in an informed debate about sentencing practices in their own areas."

French police plan Windows-free jails, offices: Microsoft hasn't got a Clouseau / The Register, 30 January 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/french_open/
Joe Fay
"The French gendarmerie has blown a big framboise at Microsoft by ditching Windows XP in favour of Ubuntu. The paramilitary police force is to switch 70,000 desktops over to the Linux OS, two years after switching its browsers to Firefox, and three years after dumping MS Office for OpenOffice. [...] In the UK, education IT agency Becta has advised schools to give Vista and Office a wide berth and to examine open source alternatives."

Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey / UNODC, February 2008
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghan-winter-survey-Feb08-short.pdf

OFT launches nationwide 'Scamnesty' campaign / OFT, 5 February 2008
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2008/17-08
"The OFT is today launching a nationwide 'Scamnesty' campaign asking the public to help in the fight against scams, which cost the UK an estimated £3.5 billion a year. As part of Scams Awareness Month the OFT, in partnership with over 50 local authority Trading Standards Services, is asking members of the public to collect any potential scam mailings they have recently received and drop them into designated 'Scamnesty' bins or boxes at local libraries and other public areas across the country."

Iraq: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 8 January 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/iraq-250108.doc

India: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 31 January 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/india-310108.doc

Ethiopia: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 18 January 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/ethiopia-220108.doc

Cameroon: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 16 January 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/cameroon-220108.doc

[Scotland] Warning and informing Scotland' guidance to communicating with the public in civil emergencies / Scottish Government, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/211100/0055781.pdf

[Scotland] Attitudes Towards Youth Crime and Willingness to Intervene: Findings from the 2006 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey / Scottish Government, 4 February 2008 PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/210989/0055764.pdf

National Probation Service Briefing: Issue 39 / National Probation Service, February 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Briefing%2039.pdf
"NPS staff receive 2008 Butler Trust Awards"

The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints: analysis of responses / BIA, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whte
[Responses were to consultation document: "The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints: consultation paper" - July 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whtf ]

The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints: analysis of responses / BIA, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whte
[Responses were to consultation paper:

The Independent Police Complaints Commission oversight of Border and Immigration Agency incidents and complaints: policy statement / BIA, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whtd

National Probation Service Bulletin No: 91 / National Probation Service, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2091.pdf
Contents:
017/08 Ministry of Justice Restructure
018/08 OASys Strategic Review
019/08 Drug testing of Prolific and Other Priority Offenders (PPO) on licence
020/08 Recent Publications
021/08 Issued Recently

Community Cohesion Impact Assessment and Community Conflict Prevention Tool / CLG, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/communitycohesiontool
"This tool allows local authorities to assess whether the activities they are planning will have a positive impact on cohesion in their neighbourhoods."

The Government’s Response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion / CLG, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/681624
"This is part of the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion's report, Our Shared Future. It sets out the Government's detailed response to each of the commission’s recommendations. It also sets out the Government's commitment to an ongoing programme of work."

Predictors of Community Cohesion: Multi-level modelling of the 2005 Citizenship Survey / CLG, 4 February 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/681539
"This report summarises the findings of a study to systematically examine the socio-demographic and attitudinal predictors of community cohesion, both at the individual and the community level."

Guidance on child protection records retention and storage (England and Wales) / NSPCC, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4whqw

Improving safeguarding practice: study of serious case reviews 2003-2005 / DCSF, January 2008
PDF - http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR022.pdf
Wendy Rose and Julie Barnes
Research Report No DCSF-RR022

Analysing child deaths and serious injury through abuse and neglect: what can we learn? A biennial analysis of serious case reviews 2003-2005 / DCSF, January 2008
PDF - http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR023.pdf
Marian Brandon et al
Research Report No DCSF-RR023

Addiction court hears first case / BBC, 28 January 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7212423.stm
"The UK's first family drug and alcohol court is due to open in London with the aim of helping parents beat addictions so they can keep their children."

'Children should not be dealt with by the criminal justice system'
Community Care, 31 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4whqr
Maria Ahmed
"Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, formerly the highest family court judge in England, is calling for children who offend to receive social work support or be dealt with by family courts, except in cases where the offence was serious."

The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK: sixth report of session 2007-2008: report, together with formal minutes / TSO, 1 February 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/38/38.pdf
House of Lords. House of Commons. Joint Committee on Human Rights
HL Paper 38
HC 270

Legislative scrutiny: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Fifth report of session 2007-2008: report together with formal minutes and appendices / TSO, 25 January 2007
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/37/37.pdf
House of Lords. House of Commons. Joint Committee on Human Rights
HL Paper 37
HC 269

"Women not for sale": a report on advertising women in small ads in local newspapers / Government Equalities Office, 29 January 2008
PDF - http://www.parliament.uk/deposits/depositedpapers/2008/DEP2008-0240.pdf
Commissioned by Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality

Government considers gender targets to recruit more women
Jane's Police Review, 30 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"The Government is considering setting targets for the number of women that police forces in England and Wales should have. The Home Office has asked chief constables and police authorities in England and Wales for their views on whether there should be set gender targets, similar to the ones currently in place for race."

Future fashion designers get their scissors on Met uniforms
Jane's Police Review, 30 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"An alternative to the current bobby utility belt comprising easily accessible Velcro/net pockets running down the side of an officer's jacket is just one emerging idea for a new Met uniform. The force will have its pick of up to 50 different designs from London College of Fashion students for differing male and female officer uniforms as part of a joint college/Met project."
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Local traffick
Jane's Police Review, 30 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"Criminal gangs are trafficking British schoolgirls between UK cities to suffer sexual exploitation, in a hidden type of child abuse that most police officers do not know about, according to a taskforce set up to tackle human trafficking. The UK Human Trafficking Centre says the grooming of the girls, some of whom are as young as 10 or 11, is often undertaken by well-presented men in their twenties who befriend the girls, giving them gifts and cash."
[Sub required]

OGC launches Government Supplier Feedback Service / OGC, 31 January 2008
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/About_OGC_news_7850.asp
"The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has launched its new Supplier Feedback Service (SFS). The facility invites suppliers of public sector goods and services to comment on issues of contention and areas of poor practice in public sector procurement. This will help the government to become a better customer."

Government Procurement Service Launches refreshed Skills Framework for Procurement Practitioners / OGC, 31 January 2008
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/About_OGC_news_7849.asp
"Following the highly successful launch of the Skills Framework for Procurement Practitioners in September 2007, the GPS has published a second version to reflect developments in procurement policies and practice."

The Longer-term outcomes associated with families who had worked with Intensive Family Support Projects / CLG, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/pdf/intensivefamilyprojects "Evidence about the sustainability of interventions to help families at risk of losing their homes as a result of anti-social behaviour."
Summary
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/pdf/housingresearchsummary240

Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 – Court Rules: Consultation Paper [CP 02/08] / Ministry of Justice, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/cp0208.pdf
"This consultation will end on 24 April 2008"

Probation Statistics: QUARTERLY BRIEF: July to September 2007: England and Wales / RDS NOMS, January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/q3brief-probation-2007.pdf

Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System 2005/06: A Ministry of Justice publication under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 / Ministry of Justice, January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/women-criminal-justice-system-2005-06.pdf
Zoe Allwood
[Criminal Justice Act 1991 Section 95]

The National Probation Service: the supervision of community orders in England and Wales : Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / National Audit Office, 31 JANUARY 2008
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708203.pdf
HC 203 2007-2008
"This report shows how the effective delivery of community order sentences could be improved to secure the full benefits of the scheme by the National Probation Service. Not all components of community orders are used in all probation areas, and there is incomplete data on the cost of orders and the number of offenders who have not completed all aspects of their orders, and there are long waiting lists for some group rehabilitation programmes. The NAO also found that community orders offer benefits such as enabling offenders to stay with their families and in work, and avoid additional pressure on the prison estate by reducing reoffending. Early data show the actual reconviction rate for community orders is 3.6 per cent better than the predicted reconviction rate. However, more research is needed on the effectiveness of some order requirements, such as supervision, in reducing reconviction."
Final Report: Costing of Community Order Requirements / NAO, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708203_I.pdf
Accenture
A Synthesis of literature on the effectiveness community orders / NAO, 31 January 2008
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708203_II.pdf
Robert Davis, Jennifer Rubin, Lila Rabinovich, Beau Kilmer, Paul Heaton
RAND Europe