Responding to Rape: Speech by Alan Campbell / Home Office, 7 November 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/alan-campbell-speech-resonding
"This is a transcript of the speech by Home Office Minister Alan Campbell to the Lancashire and Cumbria Constabularies Joint Conference on 7 November 2008. He talks about the Government's role in ensuring that police have the support needed to deliver a first-class service to all victims of rape and sexual violence."

Time for Action: Equipping Young People for the Future and Preventing Violence - the Mayor’s proposals and call to partners / Greater London Authority, November 2008
PDF - http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/crime/timeforaction/docs/timeforaction-main.pdf
"Time for Action sets out the Mayor’s vision for a programme of action for Equipping Young People for the Future and Preventing Violence. As this is the Mayor’s call to partners, feedback is sought on his proposals to improve youth opportunities and prevent violence through a programme for action."

'I picked her up by her throat' / BBC, 31 October 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7700257.stm
"The Home Office says it is making "significant progress" in a drive to tackle domestic violence, but concedes that more needs to be done - including in managing perpetrators. One man convicted of assaulting his girlfriend describes being the person who metes out the violence."

National Domestic Violence Delivery Plan: Annual progress report 2007-08 / Departments: Home Office, 31 October 2008
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/domesticviolence/domesticviolence069.htm
"This report covers progress on early identification of domestic violence, capacity building to improve support for victims and improvements to the way the criminal justice system deals with domestic violence.

Reducing the risk of violent crime: forty-fifth report of session 2007-2008: report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 23 October 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmpubacc/546/546.pdf
HC 546

Interpersonal and Physical Dating Violence among Teens / National Council on Crime and Delinquency, September 2008
PDF - http://www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pubs/Dating%20Violence%20Among%20Teens.pdf
"This Focus attempts to bring to light various aspects of a little-studied issue of critical importance, especially to youth."

Criminals given 'unduly lenient' sentences must serve extra time in prison / The Times, August 30 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4636650.ece
"More than 60 judges have imposed “unduly lenient” sentences on offenders convicted of some of the most serious crimes, according to figures published yesterday. The Court of Appeal ruled in 86 cases across England and Wales last year that judges had given criminals — including terrorists, murderers and rapists — a sentence that was too light. The appeal judges increased sentences overall in 70 per cent of cases that were referred for reconsideration — with the biggest single category of increases, 83 per cent, being for violent offences."

Flaws in YouTube gangster video vetting exposed / The Times, September 18 2008
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4775927.ece
"A Times investigation has exposed failures in the video-sharing website’s monitoring system and prompted action to tighten security Clips show how gangs are using the internet to intimidate rivals YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing website, this week removed over two dozen videos glorifying gangs and gang violence which had been on its website in some cases for over 18 months."

Police scour social websites to tackle brutality and boasts of young criminals / The Times, September 18, 2008
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4776358.ece
"Social networking websites such as Bebo, YouTube and MySpace have been identified by police as having a big influence over gang culture and youth violence. Teenage gang members across Britain are using online forums to bait each other and to brag about their use of knives, guns and drugs."

[New Zealand] Violent crime up 11 per cent / stuff.co.nz, 1 October 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4712593a11.html
"Violent crime, including murders, jumped dramatically in the year to June, according to annual crime statistics released today."

Understanding the cycle of violence / Eurekalert, 24 September 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/iu-utc092408.php
"...According to researchers from Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, children who grow up in aggressive households may learn to process social information differently than their peers who grow up in non-aggressive environments. ..."

Television viewing and aggression: Some alternative perspectives / Eurekalert, 1 October 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/afps-tva100108.php
"In a new study appearing in the September issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Seymour Feshbach from the University of California, Los Angeles and June Tangney from George Mason University investigated the effect that exposure to violent TV programs has on negative behavior in children from different ethnic backgrounds."

Exposure to family violence especially harmful to previously abused children / EurekAlert, 16 September 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/sfri-etf090908.php
"Millions of American children are exposed to violence in their homes each year, putting them at risk for a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. According to a new study in the September/October 2008 issue of the journal Child Development, children who are maltreated tend to have a lot of re-exposure to family violence, and this re-exposure often leads to increased psychological problems."

Tackle youth violence by ending illiteracy / Guardian, 1 September 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/01/pupilbehaviour.classroomviolence?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
"Children's behaviour is inextricably linked to their level of reading, says John Bayley."

Guide for victims of hate crime / BBC, Friday, 22 August 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7575499.stm

"Victims of homophobic hate crime are being encouraged by police and a gay rights group to report attacks on them. Stonewall Cymru believes attacks on gay, lesbian and bisexual people in Wales are underreported. The gay rights group has worked with North Wales Police to produced a guide for victims of homophobic hate crime."

Does disability hate crime exist? / BBC News, 19 August 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7570305.stm

"A handful of violent and degrading attacks on disabled people have provoked outrage among the press and public. But are they isolated cases or one end of a spectrum of intimidation and violence that many disabled people encounter?"

Leading article: The stark truth about rape / Independent, 13 August 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-stark-truth-about-rape-892816.html
"It is hard to argue with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority's reversal of its decision to reduce a compensation payment to a rape victim on the grounds that the woman in question had been drinking. In reaching its original decision, the CICA wandered on to the treacherous terrain of identifying "contributory factors" to the crime of rape."

Binge breakers
Jane's Police Review, 22 July 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
"On a Friday or Saturday night in towns and cities across the UK, the sight of drunken youths streaming out of pubs and clubs in the early hours is common. Most officers will have dealt with the accompanying violence."
[Sub required]

Police target networking sites / BBC, 11 August 2008 12:18 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7553864.stm

"Social networking sites on the internet are being targeted in a bid to cut violent crime in the west of Scotland. Strathclyde Police said young cadets were being used to scan sites such as Bebo and YouTube. Photographs and video clips which show young people brandishing weapons or involved in gang-related activity are then passed on to officers."

British Police Say 24-Hour Drinking Laws Have Caused Damage / Join Together, 11 August 2008
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2008/british-police-say-24-hour.html
"Offenses ranging from excessive intoxication to violent behavior are on the rise in nearly every police jurisdiction in England and Wales since new laws allowed pubs and clubs to maintain long hours, the Sunday Telegraph reported Aug. 10."