GOVERNING WELL: Recommendations from the Committee of the Better Government Initiative / Better Government Initiative, 7 January 2008
PDF - http://www.bettergovernmentinitiative.co.uk/da/57700

[Canada] Governing DIVERSITY : Democratic Solutions in Multicultural Societies / International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, December 2007
PDF - http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collection_2007/dd-rd/E84-23-2007E.pdf
Razmik Panossian, Bruce Berman and Anne Linscott
Ethnicity & Democratic Governance ; Rights & Democracy
"The politics of ethnicity and nationalism have occupied a central position in global social and political dynamics in the past 20 years. In Canada, these dynamics are expressed in the debates about multiculturalism, “reasonable accommodation,” and Quebec-English Canada relations. How to govern multi-ethnic, multi-national, and multi-religious polities remains a major challenge for political leaders and policy makers throughout the world. How to govern – and negotiate – such societies in a democratic manner is the subject of this book."

Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Indications of Behavior Disorders: Analysis of a Prisoner's Discourse
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 112-126 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/112?rss=1
Uri Timor ; Joshua M. Weiss
"Human verbal language communicates both manifest and latent messages concerning the speaker's world and behaviour. The authors present a discourse analysis of a prisoner's text and a semantic and morphological analysis of it. This text reflects contempt for the law and its representatives, together with a weak attachment to legitimate society, neutralization of personal responsibility, denial of guilt, and low self-esteem."
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Phishing Activity Trends: Report for the Month of September, 2007 / Anti-Phishing Working Group, December 2007
PDF - http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/apwg_report_sept_2007.pdf

Crime in the United States: Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report / FBI, January 2007
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/prelim2007/index.html

Are Immigrants More Mobile Than Natives?: Evidence from Germany / Institute for the Study of Labor, December 2007
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3226.pdf
Matthias Schündeln
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3226
"Low rates of internal migration in many European countries contribute to the persistence of significant regional labour market differences. To further our understanding of the underlying reasons I study internal migration in Germany. I find significantly higher responsiveness to labor market differentials in the immigrant population than in the native population. Unobserved moving costs for immigrants are estimated to be only about 37% of this same cost for natives. The findings bear on the assessment of the economic impact of immigration, and the paper contributes to the current immigration-related policy debates that feature prominently in many European countries, and that likely will continue to be important in light of the ongoing EU expansion and the expected resulting east-west migration."

Law enforcement responses to trafficking in persons : challenges and emerging good practice / Australian Institute of Criminology, December 2007
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi347.pdf
"In recent years, the Australian Government has committed significant resources to combating trafficking in persons. This paper focuses on the challenges that may confront law enforcement officials in any country in their efforts to detect trafficking, identify victims, investigate offences and contribute to the successful prosecution of offenders. Drawing on international experience, this paper identifies some examples of emerging good practice that can help to overcome these challenges, and contribute to the effectiveness of the larger criminal justice response to trafficking."

[Scotland] Call to set up fund to help clean houses after murders / Herald, 4 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4weyr
KEVIN SCHOFIELD
"A special fund should be set up to help crime victims with the cost of cleaning up their home after a murder has taken place."

[Scotland] Privately run prison calls in riot police to quell violence among inmates / Scotsman, 6 January 2008
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Privately-run-prison-calls-in.3644505.jp
Marc Horne
"RIOT police were called in to quell a violent disturbance at a controversial Scottish jail in which fighting broke out among inmates."

[Scotland] Faulty tags leave hundreds of early release offenders unmonitored / Scotland on Sunday, 30 December 2007
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland?articleid=3628346
Murdo MacLeod
"HUNDREDS of electronic tags fitted to criminals as a condition of early release from jail are failing every year."

Fraudsters beware: Iowa State engineer is developing cyber technology to find you / EurekAlert!, 7 January 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/isu-fbi010708.php
"Yong Guan had scribbled 12 arrows across his office whiteboard, each black line going from one little box he had drawn to another little box. He had written five long formulas up there, too.
And that was bad news for cyber criminals."

MIT study: Workplace, community engagement key to interracial friendship / EurekAlert!, 21 December 2007
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/miot-msw122107.php
"People who are involved in community organisations and activities and who socialise with their co-workers are much more likely to have friends of another race than those who do not, according to a landmark study."
"Some of My Best Friends Are …": Interracial Friendships, Class, and Segregation in America
City & Community 6 (4), 263–290. December 2007
http://digbig.com/4weyq
Xavier de Souza Briggs

Australian government to review citizenship test / WorkPermit.com, 2 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4weyp
"Australian immigration minister Chris Evans announced that there would be a review of the citizenship test after results were analyzed for the period between 01 October 2007, when the test was introduced, and 31 December 2007."

Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction / Physorg.com, 5 January 2008
http://www.physorg.com/news118732792.html
"Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs."
Genes and (Common) Pathways Underlying Drug Addiction
Public Library of Science: Computational Biology 4(1), 4 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4weyn
Chuan-Yun Li, Xizeng Mao, Liping Wei

Tactical Applications for Thermal Imagers / Officer.com, 26 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4weyk
JONATHAN BASTIAN
"Ensuring the upper hand in tactical situations."

Datacentre robbed at gunpoint / TechWorld, 9 January 2008
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11077
Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld (US online)
"A datacentre in Chicago was attacked by armed robbers, prompting the affected firm to call for a rethink about the risks datacentres face."

Taking forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Proposed Changes to Copyright Exceptions: consultation / Intellectual Property Office, 8 January 2008
PDF - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-copyrightexceptions.pdf
Closing date for responses: 8 April 2008
"Ensuring the UK's copyright laws are fit for the digital age is the focus of a consultation launched by Lord Triesman, Minister for Intellectual Property.
Proposals include greater freedom for consumers to legally transfer music or films between, for example, CDs and an MP3 player - so-called 'format-shifting'. Other proposals include changes to enable schools and universities to make the most of digital technologies and facilitate distance learning."

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More People Need to Watch Their Language at Work / WhiteSmoke, 7 January 2008
http://www.whitesmoke.com/people-need-to-watch-their-language.html
"60% of business letters and e-mails go out with grammar, spelling and punctuation errors, latest study shows"

[USA] Concordance Between Adolescent Reports of Childhood Abuse and Child Protective Service Determinations in an At-Risk Sample of Young Adolescents
Child Maltreatment, Vol. 13, No. 1, 14-26 (2008)
http://cmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/14?rss=1
Mark D. Everson ; Jamie B. Smith ; Jon M. Hussey ; Diana English ; Alan J. Litrownik ; Howard Dubowitz ; Richard Thompson ; Elizabeth Dawes Knight ; Desmond K. Runyan
"This study examines the concordance between adolescent reports of abuse and abuse determinations from Child Protective Service (CPS) agencies. It also compares the utility of adolescent reports of abuse, relative to CPS determinations in predicting adolescent psychological adjustment."
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[USA] Longitudinal Analysis of Repeated Child Abuse Reporting and Victimization: Multistate Analysis of Associated Factors
Child Maltreatment, Vol. 13, No. 1, 76-88 (2008)
http://cmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/76?rss=1
John D. Fluke ; Gila R. Shusterman ; Dana M. Hollinshead ; Ying-Ying T. Yuan
"Most child subjects of maltreatment reports to child protective services (CPS) are involved just once, whereas other children experience repeated investigations and victimizations. This study examines individual, maltreatment, and service-related factors associated with maltreatment rereporting and substantiated rereporting in a multistate context."
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[USA] How Long to Prosecute Child Sexual Abuse for a Community Using a Children's Advocacy Center and Two Comparison Communities?
Child Maltreatment, Vol. 13, No. 1, 3-13 (2008)
http://cmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/3?rss=1
Wendy A. Walsh ; Tonya Lippert ; Theodore P. Cross ; Danielle M. Maurice ; Karen S. Davison
"This article explores the length of time between key events in the criminal prosecution of child sexual abuse cases (charging decision, case resolution process, and total case-processing time), which previous research suggests is related to victims' recovery."
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Zimbabwe: Country of Origin Information Report / RDS, Home Office, 12 December 2007
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/zimbabwe-131207.doc

Malaysia: Country of Origin Information Key Documents / RDS, Home Office, 18 December 2007
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/key-docs-malaysia-191207.doc

Liberia: Country of Origin Information Key Documents / RDS, Home Office, 3 December 2007
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/key-documents-liberia-141207.doc

Guinea: Country of Origin Information Key Documents / RDS, Home Office, 3 December 2007
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/key-docs-guinea-191207.doc

[Canada] 'Extreme' ecstasy feared / Windsor Star, 4 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wexj
Dave Battagello
"Drug control officers in Washington have issued a warning across the US about ecstasy pills laced with methamphetamine that are pouring into northern states from Canadian border points, including Windsor."

[Canada] Free crack mouthpieces on the way / The Province, 3 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wexh
Kate Webb
"B.C. government will fund distribution to addicts as early as April
Crack-pipe mouthpieces are soon to join syringes, alcohol swabs and water vials on the list of free supplies distributed by the B.C. government to drug users."

[USA] Almost Half of 10-Year-Olds Have Tasted Alcohol / Health.USNews.com, 4 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wexg
"These initial sips typically happen in the home or at church, study finds."

Firearms theft in Australia 2005–06 / Australian Institute of Criminology, December 2007
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/82/rpp82.pdf
Samantha Bricknell ; Jenny Mouzos
Research and Public Policy Series No. 82

An Examination of serial murder in Australia / Australian Institute of Criminology, December 2007
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi346.pdf
Jenny Mouzos and David West
TRENDS & ISSUES in crime and criminal justice

Criminal Recidivism in Sexual Homicide Perpetrators
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 5-20 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/5?rss=1
Andreas Hill ; Niels Habermann ; Dietrich Klusmann ; Wolfgang Berner ; Peer Briken
"Increased recidivism with any violent reoffence was associated with age-related factors: young age at first sexual offence, at homicide, and at release and duration of detention. The impacts of the results for risk assessment, relapse prevention, and supervision are discussed."
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Personality Disorders in a Sample of Paraphilic and Nonparaphilic Child Molesters: A Comparative Study
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 21-30 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/21?rss=1
Stefan Bogaerts ; Annelies Daalder ; Stijn Vanheule ; Mattias Desmet ; Frans Leeuw
"This article renders the results of research that investigated personality disorders in a sample of paraphilic and nonparaphilic child molesters. For several child molesters, psychological approaches to the treatment of sexual offending (eg, cognitive—behavioral treatment, psychotherapy in general) are limited and cannot be expected to immediately reduce risk. Interest has been expressed in medical approaches to reduce recidivism, in combination with psychotherapy."
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Examining the Impact of Mixing Child Molesters and Rapists in Group-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Sexual Offenders
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 31-45 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/31?rss=1
Leigh Harkins ; Anthony R. Beech
"This study examines the relationship between recidivism rates, therapeutic climate, and composition of offenders in group-based cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for sexual offenders."
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Restrictions on Strike Action for Prison Officers in European Union (EU) Member Countries and Countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / Ministry of Justice, 7 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/restrictions-strike-action-prison-officers.pdf
HM Prison Service

Study finds violent Hollywood films cut crime / Telegraph, 8 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wexa
Tom Leonard
"Far from fuelling aggression, violent films are actually making America safer, according to a study by two economists."
Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime? / American Economic Association, January 2008
PDF - http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2008/2008_124.pdf
Gordon Dahl ; Stefano DellaVigna

Drug cartels dive beneath the waves / Telegraph, 8 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wewy
Jeremy McDermott
"Drug seizures at sea are at a record high, with 70 tons of cocaine valued at more than £800 million found by the Colombian navy last year alone. The success has prompted cartels to use submarines."

Some may see a problem, but I do this job as well as anyone, says blind judge / The Times, 5 January 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3134094.ece
Frances Gibb
"Justice is blind, so we’ve often been told, but the saying now has a new meaning with the appointment of Britain’s first blind full-time judge to sit on jury trials."

Chemical ‘cure’ to stop rapists / The Times, 6 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wewx
David Leppard
"TWO sex offenders are to be “chemically castrated” to stop them reoffending.
They have agreed to be given daily tablets or monthly injections that reduce male testosterone to levels found in prepubescent boys."

How making the customers the criminals cut street prostitution / Guardian, 5 January 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2235616,00.html
Rachel Williams
"Sweden's law against buying sex views women involved as victims of male violence.
Later this month the Home Office minister Vernon Coaker will travel to Sweden to examine the country's prostitution laws. The government is considering adopting the Swedish model, where it is a criminal offence to buy sex. This has shamed many men, and led to fewer women working on the streets, but concerns remain over trafficking and driving the trade underground."

Like any other child? Children and families in the asylum process / Barnado's, 7 January 2008
Executive summary
PDF - http://www.barnados.org.uk/like_any_other_child_asylum_report_08_summary.pdf
Full report may be purchased from Barnado's

Ghana: Country of Origin Information Key Documents / Home Office - RDS, 27 December 2007
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/key-documents-ghana-020108.doc

China: Country of Origin Information Report / Home Office - RDS, 3 December 2007
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/china-141207.doc

National offender management service: The crucial role of the new local performance framework / Department of Communities and Local Government, 4 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/625341

Letter from Kenya: Gang Raped, Foreskins Cut Off, Severed Heads Impaled on Sticks / iaindale.blogspot.com, 4 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4werd
"This is an email sent to a friend of mine from someone in Kenya ... a country whose future suddenly looks very bleak indeed."

Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) on Community Cohesion / DIUS, 4 January 2008
PDF - http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/esol_consultation.pdf
[The consultation will run until 4 April 2008]

[USA] INTEGRATED CRISIS RESPONSE PILOTS: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS / Washington State Institute for Public Policy, December 2007
PDF - http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/07-12-3901.pdf
"In 2005, the Washington State Legislature made a number of changes to the provision of substance abuse and mental health treatment funded by the state, and provided for the establishment of two sites for the Integrated Crisis Response (ICR) Pilot Program. At the ICR pilot sites, Designated Crisis Responders (DCRs) investigate and have the authority to detain individuals who are determined to be “gravely disabled or presenting a likelihood of serious harm” due to mental illness, substance abuse, or both. The ICR legislation also established secure detoxification facilities at each pilot site to house individuals who might otherwise refuse services. This preliminary report describes the key characteristics of clients investigated and detained at the ICR pilot sites during the first 16 months of the program."

Rise of "Le Binge Drinking?" / Telegraph, 28 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4werc
Jon Doust
"The social taboo against appearing drunk in public is powerful in France."

Report on an Announced Race Relations Audit of The Border and Immigration Agency Detention Estate: 30th January – 9th March 2007: Focus Consultancy July 2007 / BIA, 4 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4werb

Increases To Police Pay, Dog Handler's Allowance And Competence Related Threshold Payment From 1st December 2007, Increases To London Weighting From 1 October 2007 / Home Office, 2 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4weqy
Home Office Circular 035 / 2007

Operational Policing: Forensic Science Regulator / Home Office, December 2007
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/operational-policing/forensic-science-regulator/
"This section provides information on the Forensic Science Regulator (the Regulator). The Regulator is a public appointee whose function is to ensure that the provision of forensic science services across the criminal justice system is subject to an appropriate regime of scientific quality standards."
Forensic Science Regulator newsletter no 6 / Home Office, 30 November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4weqx

National Probation Service Bulletin 87 / NOMS, January 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2087.pdf
"Contents:
271/07 OM Phase III and Changes to Parole Processes
272/07 Appointments
273/07 Issued Recently"

Cannabis-led psychosis 'growing' / BBC News, [Cambridgeshire], 20 December 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7153698.stm
Matt Precey
"An investigation by BBC East has revealed the huge proportion of cases of psychosis involving young people who have been using cannabis."

[Ireland] Annual Report 2006 / National Advisory Committee on Drugs, December 2007
PDF - http://www.nacd.ie/publications/NACD_AnnualReport_English.pdf

COCAINE TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA: The threat to stability and development (with special reference to Guinea-Bissau) / UNODC, DECEMBER 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4weqt
Denis Destrebecq ; Theodore Leggett ; Phillip Sewing
Edited by Thibault le Pichon and Antonio Mazzitelli

[USA] Immigrant Networks and Their Implications for Occupational Choice and Wages / Institute for the Study of Labor, December 2007
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3217.pdf
Krishna Patel ; Francis Vella
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3217
"The data reveal that the occupational shares of various ethnic groups have grown drastically in regional labor markets over the period 1980 to 2000. We examine the extent to which this growth can be attributed to network effects. That is, we examine the relationship between the occupational choice decision of recently arrived immigrants with those of established immigrants from the same country. We also consider the earnings implications of these immigrant networks for recent arrivals. The empirical evidence strongly suggests the operation of networks in the immigrant labor market."

Intuit bug resurfaces at public Wi-Fi hotspots / ZDNet.co.uk, 3 January 2008
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39291857,00.htm
Richard Thurston
"Users of a popular accounting package have been warned not to use the software at public Wi-Fi hotspots, such as those found in coffee shops, airports and hotels."

Migration, Racism and Tolerance / Brussels Journal, 30 December 2007
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2812
George Handlery
"We tend to assign labels to the flotsam the tide of our time deposits at our feet. Often these tags help us to put up with a stinking reality under a PC wrapper. Alternatively, they serve as an “only add water” condemnation or excuse of whatever might be distorted to fit the term. “Racism” and “Fascism,” also “solidarity” are some of the many magical words that supposedly classify marked items. In truth, these terms warp reality. This does not intend to insinuate that racism, xenophobia and destructive egoism do not exist. However, such terms should not be allowed to function as verbal clubs. Labels should not override the facts, therefore, they must not justify whatever is intolerable (eg. the fear of being branded a "racist" should not keep the cop from apprehending a lawbreaker. It is proper for writers to put on the table their subject-related prejudices. Reacting to the Economist’s (November 22) piece “The Trouble With Migrants – Europe is fretting about too much immigration when it needs even more” raises issues that require personal revelations."

Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2007 / Drug Misuse Information Scotland, December 2007
PDF - http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/07dmss/07dmss.pdf

[Canada] The Drug Situation Report — 2006 / Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 20 December 2007
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/drugs/drugs_2006_e.htm
"The Drug Situation Report 2006 provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug trade in Canada. The Report features two new sections: Drug-generated Proceeds and Emerging Trends. The Drug-generated Proceeds section discusses the money laundering aspect of the drug trade, while Emerging Trends highlights new patterns relating to cannabis, cocaine, and opiates, both within Canada and globally."

[USA] Justice department Web site hacked / ABS-CBN Online, 3 January 2008
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=104294
"The Web site of the Department of Justice (www.doj.gov.ph) was hacked for several hours on Thursday."

Detecting Credit Card Numbers in Network Traffic / Web Security Blog, 1 January 2008
http://www.modsecurity.org/blog/archives/2008/01/detecting_credi.html
"Detecting theft of credit card numbers by monitoring network traffic is very difficult, but such monitoring can be useful for detecting unintentional leakage of credit card numbers. In order to do so the monitoring system has to be application and protocol aware so that it can both compensate for encoding and encryption applied to the data as well as provide a tool for creating exceptions for valid credit card numbers or other information detected as credit card numbers."

[USA] Experts fail government on cybersecurity : Efforts criticized for deficient funds, lack of understanding of threat's size / Ohio.com, 27 December 2007
http://www.ohio.com/business/12844007.html
Ryan Blitstein
[Page 1 of 3]
"Since the outbreak of a cybercrime epidemic that has cost the American economy billions of dollars, the federal government has failed to respond with enough resources, attention and determination to combat the cyberthreat."

Communities and Local Government: Departmental Annual Report 2007: Second Report of Session 2007–08: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 3 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4weps
Parliament. House of Commons. Communities and Local Government Committee
HC 170 [incorporating HC 1093-i-ii, Session 2006–07]

[USA] Policing domestic violence: Does officer gender matter?
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 6, December 2007, Pages 581-595
http://digbig.com/4wepr
Ivan Y. Sun
"This research assessed whether female officers respond to domestic violence differently from male officers. Findings showed that female officers were more likely than male officers to provide support to citizens involved in domestic violence. Female and male officers, however, did not differ significantly in exercising control actions toward citizens. Regression results from separate models for female and male officers revealed that some of the variables are predictive of police actions for one gender but not the other."
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Exploring the utility of general strain theory in explaining problematic alcohol consumption by police officers
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 6, December 2007, Pages 596-611
http://digbig.com/4wepq
Marc L. Swatt, Chris L. Gibson and Nicole Leeper Piquero
"Research has shown a link between police officer stress and negative coping strategies, particularly problematic alcohol consumption. This research used Agnew's General Strain Theory (GST) to evaluate the link."
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Type of contact and evaluations of police officers: The effects of procedural justice across three types of police–citizen contacts
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 6, December 2007, Pages 612-621
http://digbig.com/4wepp
William Wells
"The public's perception of the police is important because it is linked to several important outcomes. The way police do their jobs, in addition to what they accomplish, has recently emerged as being a significant determinant of citizens' evaluations of police. What remains largely unexamined is whether this relationship varies across distinct types of contacts between the police and citizens. The current study estimated the effects of citizens' perceptions of procedural justice on overall ratings of officer performance across three types of police–citizen encounters."
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[USA] Parenthood and adult criminal offending: The importance of relationship quality
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 6, December 2007, Pages 630-643
http://digbig.com/4wepn
Natasha M. Ganem, and Robert Agnew
"Drawing on social control, social learning, and general strain theories, it was hypothesised that the quality of a parent-child relationship would be negatively related to adult crime. In addition, it was predicted that relationship quality would more strongly impact the criminal behaviour of single parents, teenage parents, and those with prior criminal records. Data from the National Youth Survey was analysed using a combination of probit and truncated regression. Results provided partial support for hypotheses."
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Towards rational and evidence-based crime policy
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 6, December 2007, Pages 667-682
http://digbig.com/4wepm
Daniel P. Mears
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Victims' perceptions of police response to domestic violence incidents
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 5, September-October 2007, Pages 498-510
http://digbig.com/4wepk
Ida M. Johnson
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Investigating the impact of extended bar closing times on police stops for DUI
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 5, September-October 2007, Pages 537-545
http://digbig.com/4wepj
Leana Allen Bouffard, Lindsey Ellen Bergeron and Jeffrey A. Bouffard
"Researchers have often studied whether changes in the availability of alcohol impact associated problem behaviours like drunk driving. In July of 2003, the state of Minnesota approved legislation to extend by one hour the closing time for eating and social establishments that serve alcohol. This study examined the impact of the extended closing time on the number of police stops for Driving under the Influence [DUI]."
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[USA] Operationalizing risk: The influence of measurement choice on the prevalence and correlates of prison violence among incarcerated murderers
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 5, September-October 2007, Pages 546-555
http://digbig.com/4weph
Jon R. Sorensen and Mark D. Cunningham
"A retrospective review was performed on the disciplinary records of 1,659 convicted murderers who had been admitted to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice between February 2001 and November 2003. The findings suggest that the choice of measure used when operationalisating prison violence is crucial in determining baselines, but may have a more limited effect on identifying correlates and predicting outcomes."
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Duration of the time to reconviction: Evidence from UK prisoner discharge data
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 4, July-August 2007, Pages 365-378
http://digbig.com/4wepg
Roger Arthur Bowles and Chrisostomos Florackis
"Duration models were used to investigate reconviction risks for a sample of 34,126 offenders released from prison in England and Wales during 1998. The study helped identify the subgroups of offenders for whom reconviction risks are greatest and the times when they seem to be most vulnerable to reconviction. Implications are explored for the design of prisoner resettlement programs and the prioritisation of offenders for more intensive forms of intervention."
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Ensuring corporate data remains secure after the silly season / Security Park, 21 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wepf
"With the nation’s Christmas stockings set to be filled with MP3 players, digital cameras, PDAs and the like, 46 per cent of IT staff are dreading the New Year as these digital devices look set to cause IT havoc, and pose potentially severe data security risks."

[USA] Convicting and incarcerating felony offenders of intimate assault and the odds of new assault charges
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 4, July-August 2007, Pages 379-389
http://digbig.com/4wepe
John Wooldredge
"The effectiveness of harsher sanctions for domestic violence offenders is an important topic given legislative trends in “getting tough” with these offenders. This article takes a rare look at domestic violence, specifically felony assaults on female intimates, with an analysis of whether conviction, jail, and imprisonment are related to the odds of subsequent charges among 353 male defendants from twenty-four Ohio trial courts of general jurisdiction."
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Five security truths to protect your critical systems / Security Park, 21 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wepd
"Anyone who tells you that your IT network is “100% secure” is either a fool, or greatly mistaken. Security is a moving target, and unfortunately, this target is being manipulated by the bad guys."

How does reactivity affect police behavior? Describing and quantifying the impact of reactivity as behavioral change in a large-scale observational study of police
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 4, July-August 2007, Pages 453-465
http://digbig.com/4wepc
Richard Spano
"Critics have argued that police officers will react to the presence of the observer. This article examines the descriptive accounts of reactivity from the Project on Policing Neighborhoods. Findings show indicate that officers are 5.3 times more likely to be more versus less proactive. Officers are also more proactive during early stages of fieldwork and when accompanied by female observers."
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More Men, More Crime: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy / Institute for the Study of Labor, December 2007
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3214.pdf
Lena Edlund ; Hongbin Li ; Junjian Yi ; Junsen Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3214
"Crime rates almost doubled in China between 1992 and 2004. Over the same period, sex ratios in the crime-prone ages of 16-25 years rose sharply. Although scarcity of females is commonly believed to be a source of male antisocial behaviour, a causal link has been difficult to establish. This paper exploits two unique features of the Chinese experience: the change in the sex ratio was both large and mainly in response to the implementation of the one-child policy. We find that a 0.01 increase in the sex ratio raised the violent and property crime rates by some 5-6%, suggesting that the increasing maleness of the young adult population may account for as much as a third of the overall rise in crime."

[USA] Overall, illicit drug use by American teens continues gradual decline in 2007 / Monitoring the Future, 11 December 2007
PDF - http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/07drugpr.pdf
Ann Arbor

Is animal testing dying? / R&D Magazine, 20 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wepa
"With the cosmetics industry facing a European ban on animal testing in 2009, a newly developed biochip could provide the rapid analysis needed to insure that the chemicals in cosmetics are nontoxic to humans."

Intellectual property crime 'a challenge'
Jane's Police Review, 19 December 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"MAKING intellectual property crime a priority for the police service will be a 'challenge', according to the newly appointed ACPO lead in this area. Giles York, an assistant chief constable of South Wales Police, said that 'vigorous' information-sharing would be the crucial if the service is to tackle a problem that is clearly linked to organised crime."
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A Year in policing
Jane's Police Review, 19 December 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
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Retention of ethnic minority officers a 'cause for concern'
Jane's Police Review, 19 December 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"BLACK and ethnic minority officers are resigning or are dismissed from the police service or at a higher rate than their white colleagues, new figures reveal."
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Building cohesive communities: The crucial role of the new local performance framework / Communities and Local Government, 21 December 2007
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/621282

Effective Practice and Pilots - NOMS Case Studies / NOMS, 21 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4went
"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/4wens
NOMS East of England Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wenr
NOMS North East Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wenq
NOMS North West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wenp
NOMS South West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wenn

Australia shuts door on a life of crime / Sydney Morning Herald, 22 December 2007
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Kate McClymont and Alex Tibbitts
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"DESCRIBED as a "one-woman crime wave", a 29-year-old who has lived in Australia since the age of one is set to be deported to New Zealand because of her extensive criminal history. But the move to deport Patricia Carol Toia has annoyed the New Zealand Government."

Drinking places: Where people drink and why / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, December 2007
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2113-where-people-drink.pdf
Gill Valentine, Sarah L. Holloway, Mark Jayne and Charlotte Knell
"The Government’s recent relaxation of the licensing laws has focused attention on binge drinking by young people in public places. This study examined alcohol consumption in two contrasting geographical areas (one urban, one rural), including attitudes to and use of alcohol across various social groupings, by age, gender, social class and faith."

Record Data Breaches in 2007, Groups Say / New York Times, 31 December 2007
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"The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information."

Deaths in prison custody 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 1 January 2008
http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease010108a.htm

Offenders on community sentences have paid back £33m in unpaid work this year / Ministry of Justice, 27 December 2007
http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease271207a.htm
"Over six million hours of compulsory unpaid work has been carried out by offenders who have received a community order in England and Wales this year. This is the equivalent of £33 million that has benefited local communities across the country."

Licensing of gaming clubs (including bingo clubs): Supplementary advice to the Gambling Commission's Memorandum of Advice, issued to Licensing Justices and Licensing Boards for the 2007 licensing sessions, to be used for the 2008 licensing sessions / Gambling Commission, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wemn

Strategic command arrangements for the NHS during a major incident / Department of Health, 19 December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wemm

Fourth Validation Compendium Report: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / NAO, 19 December 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/07-08/070822.htm
Volume 1: HC 22-I Session 2007-2008
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/070822i.pdf
Volume 2: HC 22-II Session 2007-2008
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/070822ii.pdf
"Government departments have improved the quality of the data systems used to report progress against their Public Service Agreements. But a report out today by the National Audit Office found that although half of the data systems needed no further work, over a third, though broadly appropriate, needed strengthening and some 15 per cent were not fit for purpose or not fully established."

Computer Misuse Act 1990: [Guidance] / CPS, December 2007
PDF - http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section12/chapter_s.pdf
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St. Kitts - Nevis To Introduce National ID Card / Nevisblog.com, 1 January 2008
http://www.nevisblog.com/?p=837
Nevis1
"Persons who confirm their registration at the Electoral Offices in St. Kitts and in Nevis are eligible to receive a new National Identification Card which is due in a few weeks time."

Senior police officers to get business and people skills training / Personnel Today, 2 January 2008
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Louisa Peacock
"Senior police officer training is to be revamped to better equip police leaders with business and people skills. The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)is expected to get the go-ahead from the Home Office to develop a leadership strategy, which will define new national specifications that police chiefs should acquire."

Tim Hollis: A clear message over dangers of drugs / Yorkshire Post, 2 January 2008
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Tim Hollis
"For those who follow the debate concerning controlled drugs and the harm they cause to our local communities, it has been a rather confusing 12 months."

The Big Question: How dangerous is Ecstasy, and is there a case to review its legal status? / Independent, 3 January 2008
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Michael Savage

Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007: The 2007 International Privacy Ranking / Privacy International, 28 December 2007
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5b347%5d=x-347-559597

FBI to collect biometric information on Britons / Telegraph, 26 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4weme
Tim Shipman
"British visitors to the US will have details of their physical characteristics added to a new billion dollar database under plans drawn up by the FBI. Fingerprints, iris scans and even details of the way people walk, their scars and the size and shape of their ear lobes will be collected."

Protection of Private Data: first report of session 2007-08: report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 3 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wemd
Parliament. House of Commons. Justice Committee