Britain is target in Ukraine’s people smuggling bonanza / Sunday Times, 20 January 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3216607.ece
Mark Franchetti
"With most border controls in Eastern Europe now gone, people smuggling has become easy business in the Ukraine."
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
[Canada] Sanctuary is the last chance for many desperate refugee claimants / Canada.com, 20 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wggx
Ken Meaney,
"Church basements and temples are home to six other adults and at least one family who have taken the desperate measure of seeking refuge to avoid a deportation order."
http://digbig.com/4wggx
Ken Meaney,
"Church basements and temples are home to six other adults and at least one family who have taken the desperate measure of seeking refuge to avoid a deportation order."
Hate Crime Report Card : Overview / Human Rights First, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wggr
Michael McClintock ; Paul LeGendre ; Michael Posner ; Alexis Aronowitz ; Jaideep Dargan
"The Human Rights First 2007 Hate Crime Report Card is a review of the implementation of commitments undertaken by the 56 participating states of the OSCE to combat the rising tide of violent hate crimes. Six months ago, Human Rights First released the 2007 Hate Crime Survey, in which we documented and analyzed the reality of racist violence and other forms of intolerance in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. The 2007 Hate Crime Report Card is a companion and follow-up to the survey. It assesses the extent to which governments have responded to the increasing threat violent hate crimes pose to their societies by fulfilling their commitments to establish hate crime monitoring systems and to adopt strong hate crime laws and enforce them. This overview is accompanied by a country-by-country section that looks in more detail at each of the 56 countries under review."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wggr
Michael McClintock ; Paul LeGendre ; Michael Posner ; Alexis Aronowitz ; Jaideep Dargan
"The Human Rights First 2007 Hate Crime Report Card is a review of the implementation of commitments undertaken by the 56 participating states of the OSCE to combat the rising tide of violent hate crimes. Six months ago, Human Rights First released the 2007 Hate Crime Survey, in which we documented and analyzed the reality of racist violence and other forms of intolerance in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. The 2007 Hate Crime Report Card is a companion and follow-up to the survey. It assesses the extent to which governments have responded to the increasing threat violent hate crimes pose to their societies by fulfilling their commitments to establish hate crime monitoring systems and to adopt strong hate crime laws and enforce them. This overview is accompanied by a country-by-country section that looks in more detail at each of the 56 countries under review."
Binge drinking: young people’s attitudes and behaviour / Crime Concern, 23 January 2008
http://www.crimeconcern.org.uk/index.asp?m=24&c=1328
"A new national survey of 1,250 young people will today reveal that drinking to get drunk is starting younger with serious consequences to health and crime. However, it also shows that young people think more activities are important and that Positive Futures’ sport and art activities are helping them control their drinking." The survey was commissioned by Positive Futures, a leading national social inclusion programme funded by the Home Office and managed by independent charity, Crime Concern."
http://www.crimeconcern.org.uk/index.asp?m=24&c=1328
"A new national survey of 1,250 young people will today reveal that drinking to get drunk is starting younger with serious consequences to health and crime. However, it also shows that young people think more activities are important and that Positive Futures’ sport and art activities are helping them control their drinking." The survey was commissioned by Positive Futures, a leading national social inclusion programme funded by the Home Office and managed by independent charity, Crime Concern."
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Cheap at twice the price: young people, purchasing power and alcohol / Alcohol Concern, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wger
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wger
Social justice and criminal justice / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, November 2007
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus408/CJANDSJConfpapers07.pdf
This collection of essays from more than 20 researchers and academics highlights how the government has "failed to tackle deep-rooted social injustice". Published as part of the Harm and Society project, the collection explores themes such as the impact of historically high levels of inequality, endemic violence against women and the increasing reliance on criminal justice measures to manage social problems."
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus408/CJANDSJConfpapers07.pdf
This collection of essays from more than 20 researchers and academics highlights how the government has "failed to tackle deep-rooted social injustice". Published as part of the Harm and Society project, the collection explores themes such as the impact of historically high levels of inequality, endemic violence against women and the increasing reliance on criminal justice measures to manage social problems."
Parole 4 kids: a review of the parole process for children in England and Wales / Howard League for Penal Reform, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgeq
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgeq
Changing Whitehalls's DNA: Reforming Whitehall to free cities and counties / New Local Government Network, December 2007
PDF - http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/changing-whitehalls-dna.pdf
Dick Sorabji
PDF - http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/changing-whitehalls-dna.pdf
Dick Sorabji
The Drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial discrimination by public services: a qualitative study / CLG, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/652045
Summary
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/654397
"This report presents findings from research commissioned in order to understand the drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial discrimination in eight key public services, including the police, prison, probation services, in the courts, and in the Crown Prosecution Service."
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/652045
Summary
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/654397
"This report presents findings from research commissioned in order to understand the drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial discrimination in eight key public services, including the police, prison, probation services, in the courts, and in the Crown Prosecution Service."
Crime and disorder on London's buses / London Assembly Transport Committee, January 2008 PDF - http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/transport/crime-disorder-buses.pdf
Information behaviour of the researcher of the future / British Library / JISC, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgen
"This study was commissioned by the British Library and
JISC to identify how the specialist researchers of the
future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are
likely to access and interact with digital resources in five
to ten years’ time. This is to help library and information
services to anticipate and react to any new or emerging
behaviours in the most effective way."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgen
"This study was commissioned by the British Library and
JISC to identify how the specialist researchers of the
future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are
likely to access and interact with digital resources in five
to ten years’ time. This is to help library and information
services to anticipate and react to any new or emerging
behaviours in the most effective way."
National Probation Service Bulletin: No 89 / NOMS, 21 January 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2089.pdf
Contents:
006/08 Offender Management Strategic Review
007/08 Community Order Legal Appeals
008/08 Reconviction Analysis and IAPS Report
009/08 Epic statistics in November and December 2007
010/08 Appointments
011/08 Issued Recently
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2089.pdf
Contents:
006/08 Offender Management Strategic Review
007/08 Community Order Legal Appeals
008/08 Reconviction Analysis and IAPS Report
009/08 Epic statistics in November and December 2007
010/08 Appointments
011/08 Issued Recently
Three prisons merge to create HMP Redditch / www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
, 21 January 2008
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/news/index.asp?id=7821,22,6,22,0,0
, 21 January 2008
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/news/index.asp?id=7821,22,6,22,0,0
Report on the full announced inspection of HMP The Verne: 6-10 August 2007 / HMI Prisons, 16 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgdx
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgdx
Monday, January 21, 2008
Online crime gangs embrace open source ethos / The Register, 17 January 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/globalization_of_crimeware/
Dan Goodin
"Malware gets globalized
Add the malware bazaar to the list of marketplaces being radically reshaped by the forces of globalization.
That's the conclusion of Thomas Holt, a professor of criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who says the marketplace for rootkits, Trojans and other software nasties increasingly transcends national boundaries. In many respects, malware creation mimics open source communities, in which legions of programmers spanning the globe tweak one another's code to add new features and fix bugs."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/globalization_of_crimeware/
Dan Goodin
"Malware gets globalized
Add the malware bazaar to the list of marketplaces being radically reshaped by the forces of globalization.
That's the conclusion of Thomas Holt, a professor of criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who says the marketplace for rootkits, Trojans and other software nasties increasingly transcends national boundaries. In many respects, malware creation mimics open source communities, in which legions of programmers spanning the globe tweak one another's code to add new features and fix bugs."
Reducing Re-offending Housing and Housing Support Resource Pack / NOMS. Partnerships Unit, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgcf
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgcf
HMIC National Inspection of Performance Management: Lessons Learned / HMIC, 18 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgcc
"In 2007 HMIC inspected every police force in England and Wales in the area of performance management. This report pulls together the Lessons Learned from that inspection."
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgcc
"In 2007 HMIC inspected every police force in England and Wales in the area of performance management. This report pulls together the Lessons Learned from that inspection."
Young Drivers Warned As Drink Driving Campaign Comes To An End / ACPO, 17 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wgca
"Police forces throughout England and Wales breath tested in excess of 155,000 drivers during December 2007, according to results of the Christmas crackdown on drink driving. But despite the record number of tests, up 6.4% from just under 146,000 the previous year, results of the annual campaign show an encouraging drop of nearly 20% in people failing the test."
http://digbig.com/4wgca
"Police forces throughout England and Wales breath tested in excess of 155,000 drivers during December 2007, according to results of the Christmas crackdown on drink driving. But despite the record number of tests, up 6.4% from just under 146,000 the previous year, results of the annual campaign show an encouraging drop of nearly 20% in people failing the test."
Overseas Travel and Tourism: Nov 2007 / ONS, 16 January 2007
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ott0108.pdf
"...With the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 and again in
January 2007, there is considerable interest in the number of visits to the
UK from these accession countries. From 25 April 2007, additional
information on the enlarged European Union is provided in addition to the
regular series."
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ott0108.pdf
"...With the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 and again in
January 2007, there is considerable interest in the number of visits to the
UK from these accession countries. From 25 April 2007, additional
information on the enlarged European Union is provided in addition to the
regular series."
ONS launches Sexual Identity Project web pages / ONS, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/sexor0108.pdf
ONS' Sexual Identity Project: Progress Update January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgby
PDF - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/sexor0108.pdf
ONS' Sexual Identity Project: Progress Update January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wgby
Citizenship Survey: April - September 2007, England and Wales / CLG, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/650953
"This release provides headline findings from the first and second quarters of the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey, covering 1 April 2007 - 30 September 2007. The release covers active and empowered communities; community cohesion; and racial prejudice and discrimination."
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/650953
"This release provides headline findings from the first and second quarters of the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey, covering 1 April 2007 - 30 September 2007. The release covers active and empowered communities; community cohesion; and racial prejudice and discrimination."
Bulgarian and Romanian accession to the EU: twelve months on second report of session 2007-08 report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO , 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/59/59.pdf
HC 59
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/59/59.pdf
HC 59
Security Industry Authority: Licensing of Applicants: HC 144: Third Report of Session 2007-08: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence / TSO, 17 January 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/144/144.pdf
HC 144
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmhaff/144/144.pdf
HC 144
Making changes in Operational PFI Projects: report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 205 Session 2007-2008 / TSO, 17 January 2008
Full report
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708205.pdf
Executive summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708205es.pdf
Full report
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708205.pdf
Executive summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708205es.pdf
Thursday, January 17, 2008
[USA] Tell Me about the Test: The Construction of Truth and Lies in Drug Court
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 36, No. 3, 223-251 (2007)
http://jce.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/3/223
Mitchell B. Mackinem ; Paul Higgins
"Through a multiyear participant observation study in three southeastern drug courts, we explore how staff members react to clients' responses when confronted with positive tests for illicit drug use. Within their professional beliefs about drug addiction, treatment, and testing, staff members interpret the clients' responses as truths or lies, though some lies are worse than others and some truths are better than others. To understand how staff members produce organisational outcomes as they manage clients, interpretive studies that look beyond the most public arenas of drug and other problem courts need to be conducted as they have been in exploring other service agencies."
[Sub required]
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 36, No. 3, 223-251 (2007)
http://jce.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/3/223
Mitchell B. Mackinem ; Paul Higgins
"Through a multiyear participant observation study in three southeastern drug courts, we explore how staff members react to clients' responses when confronted with positive tests for illicit drug use. Within their professional beliefs about drug addiction, treatment, and testing, staff members interpret the clients' responses as truths or lies, though some lies are worse than others and some truths are better than others. To understand how staff members produce organisational outcomes as they manage clients, interpretive studies that look beyond the most public arenas of drug and other problem courts need to be conducted as they have been in exploring other service agencies."
[Sub required]
The Impact of eyewitness identifications from simultaneous and sequential lineups
Memory, Volume 15, Issue 7 October 2007 , pages 746 - 754, 13 July 2007
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a780588807
Daniel B. Wright
"Recent guidelines in the US allow either simultaneous or sequential lineups to be used for eyewitness identification. This paper investigates how potential jurors weigh the probative value of the different outcomes from both of these types of lineups. There were no reliable effects detected between making no identification and identifying a filler. The effect sizes were similar for simultaneous and sequential lineups. These findings are important for judges and other legal professionals to know for trials involving lineup identifications."
[Sub required]
Memory, Volume 15, Issue 7 October 2007 , pages 746 - 754, 13 July 2007
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a780588807
Daniel B. Wright
"Recent guidelines in the US allow either simultaneous or sequential lineups to be used for eyewitness identification. This paper investigates how potential jurors weigh the probative value of the different outcomes from both of these types of lineups. There were no reliable effects detected between making no identification and identifying a filler. The effect sizes were similar for simultaneous and sequential lineups. These findings are important for judges and other legal professionals to know for trials involving lineup identifications."
[Sub required]
Global E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance / United Nations, January 2008
http://www.unpan.org/egovkb/global_reports/08report.htm
"This report assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government."
Evaluating Your Web Browser's Security Settings / US. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, 9 January 2008
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-001.html
"Check the security settings in your web browser to make sure they are at an appropriate level. While increasing your security may affect the functionality of some web sites, it could prevent you from being attacked."
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-001.html
"Check the security settings in your web browser to make sure they are at an appropriate level. While increasing your security may affect the functionality of some web sites, it could prevent you from being attacked."
Greek police nab Briton for Khat trafficking / Reuters, 15 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wftx
"Greek police have arrested a Briton at Athens airport for trying to smuggle 13 kg (29 lb) of the narcotic leaf khat into the country."
http://digbig.com/4wftx
"Greek police have arrested a Briton at Athens airport for trying to smuggle 13 kg (29 lb) of the narcotic leaf khat into the country."
Engaging with kids who carry knives in Brent, north London / Community Care, 17 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wftw
Angela Francis
"As senior project officer for Rainer Brent Tackling Knife Crime Project, I work closely with Brent Council’s youth offending service, being based at its offices. Our aim is to help young people who have used or threatened to use a knife change their attitudes and behaviour.Most of the young men and women I work with are in their mid-teens, although some are as young as 12. Most young people referred to me are on referral orders or final warnings.When I start working with a young person, the first thing I do is to make sure they understand the legal consequences of carrying a weapon."
How Crime in the United States Is Measured / Congressional Research Service, 3 January 2008
PDF - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34309.pdf
Nathan James ; Logan Rishard Council
PDF - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34309.pdf
Nathan James ; Logan Rishard Council
Who Leaves and Who Returns? Deciphering Immigrant Self-Selection from a Developing Country / Institute for the Study of Labor, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wftb
Randall K. Q. Akee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3268
[USA] National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008 / US. Department of Justice, December 2007
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs26/26594/index.htm
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs26/26594/index.htm
Digital Image Booth helps Police improve identification and verification / Security Park, 17 January 2008
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article260291.html
"Hertfordshire Constabulary is the first UK force to buy the Digital Image Booth custody image capture system in its newest form, with an in-built, touch-screen PC. During February ten booths will be installed into custody centres throughout the county, which will allow custody staff to capture consistently high-quality facial images that help to improve identification and verification across all police applications."
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article260291.html
"Hertfordshire Constabulary is the first UK force to buy the Digital Image Booth custody image capture system in its newest form, with an in-built, touch-screen PC. During February ten booths will be installed into custody centres throughout the county, which will allow custody staff to capture consistently high-quality facial images that help to improve identification and verification across all police applications."
Data shows northeast officers more likely to use their Tasers
Jane's Police Review, 9 January 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"OFFICERS in parts of the northeast of England are more than five times more likely to use Taser than their colleagues elsewhere in the country, it has been revealed. Cleveland Police and Durham Constabulary have the highest figures in the UK for the number of times they have fired Tasers, when population sizes are taken into account."
[Sub required]
Risk Assessment in Offenders With Intellectual Disability: A Comparison Across Three Levels of Security
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 90-111 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/90?rss=1
William R. Lindsay et al
[Sub required]
New support for ex-offenders / Shelter, 4 January 2008
http://england.shelter.org.uk/home/home-8872.cfm
"Shelter has launched a new service called the Prisoners Advocacy Release Team (PART) to help newly released prisoners find settled homes and avoid re-offending."
A Review of death in or following custody occurring within South Wales Police custody centres: 1 April 2004 - 1 April 2006 / IPCC, January 2008
PDF - http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/webreport.pdf
PAUL DAVIES
PDF - http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/webreport.pdf
PAUL DAVIES
Intimate Partner Violence in the United States / US. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 19 December 2007
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/intimate/ipv.htm
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/intimate/ipv.htm
[Scotland] Sex trade discrimination / Sunday Herald, 13 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsx
Kate Smith
"The abolition of tolerance zones has led to a surge in arrests of female sex workers … but not one male prostitute."
http://digbig.com/4wfsx
Kate Smith
"The abolition of tolerance zones has led to a surge in arrests of female sex workers … but not one male prostitute."
[Scotland] Effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour: A systematic review/ Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/15102257/0
[Scotland] Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A Systematic Review: Annotated Bibliography / Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/08094005/0
[Scotland] Effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour: A systematic review - Research Findings / Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/08093910/0
Maria Leitner, Wally Barr & Lindsay Hobby
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/15102257/0
[Scotland] Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A Systematic Review: Annotated Bibliography / Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/08094005/0
[Scotland] Effectiveness of interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour: A systematic review - Research Findings / Scottish Parliament, 11 January 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/08093910/0
Maria Leitner, Wally Barr & Lindsay Hobby
[Russia] New Biometric Passports With Empty Chips Issued / Moscow Times, 14 January 2008
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2008/01/14/013.html
Svetlana Osadchuk
Issue 3819. Page 3.
"The first biometric passports for Russians traveling abroad will be issued this month as Russia joins the world community in its efforts to fight terrorism, the Federal Migration Service said Friday. The passport will include a special photograph of the holder and contain a microchip for digital finger or retina prints."
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2008/01/14/013.html
Svetlana Osadchuk
Issue 3819. Page 3.
"The first biometric passports for Russians traveling abroad will be issued this month as Russia joins the world community in its efforts to fight terrorism, the Federal Migration Service said Friday. The passport will include a special photograph of the holder and contain a microchip for digital finger or retina prints."
First Slovak Biometric Passports Issued to Interior Minister and NBU Chief / Slovakia Today, 15 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsq
"The National Security Office (NBU) in Bratislava issued the first two Slovak passports with biometric data to Interior Minister Robert Kalinak and NBU director Frantisek Blanarik."
http://digbig.com/4wfsq
"The National Security Office (NBU) in Bratislava issued the first two Slovak passports with biometric data to Interior Minister Robert Kalinak and NBU director Frantisek Blanarik."
Close Quarter Striking: Your last line of defense! / Officer.com, 16 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsp
RICHARD NANCE
"For some reason, the idea of a police officer striking a suspect in the face carries with it a certain stigma. Maybe it's because officers have so many other force options at their disposal (ie. Taser, baton, pepper spray, etc). With all of those gadgets, why on earth would an officer resort to striking a suspect in the "snot locker"? After all, it doesn't appear to be a very professional method of overcoming a suspect's resistance."
http://digbig.com/4wfsp
RICHARD NANCE
"For some reason, the idea of a police officer striking a suspect in the face carries with it a certain stigma. Maybe it's because officers have so many other force options at their disposal (ie. Taser, baton, pepper spray, etc). With all of those gadgets, why on earth would an officer resort to striking a suspect in the "snot locker"? After all, it doesn't appear to be a very professional method of overcoming a suspect's resistance."
Older refugees in the UK: A literature review and interviews with refugees / Refugee Council, January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfsh
A working paper for the Older Refugees Programme
Naomi Connelly ; Lora A. Forsythe ; Guy Njike Anja Rudiger
Paul Ellis ; Nancy Kelley Thelma Bowlay-Williams Dieudonne Manirakiza ; Anastanzia Mukooba Isabirye
Age Concern and Refugee Council
Consultation on draft guidance on the management of controversial material in public libraries / Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, 16 January 2008
PDF - http://www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets/C/controversial_material_12579.pdf
[The closing date for making responses to this consultation is Monday 7 April 2008.]
PDF - http://www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets/C/controversial_material_12579.pdf
[The closing date for making responses to this consultation is Monday 7 April 2008.]
Housing and integration of migrants in Europe / European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 20 December 2007
PDF - http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/94/en/1/ef0794en.pdf
Bosswick, Wolfgang; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris; Heckmann, Friedrich
PDF - http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/94/en/1/ef0794en.pdf
Bosswick, Wolfgang; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris; Heckmann, Friedrich
Smoking and Suicide Linked? / Join Together, 9 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsa
"German researchers report that smokers are more likely to have suicidal thoughts than nonsmokers."
Smoking predicts suicidality: Findings from a prospective community study
Journal of Affective Disorders - Article in Press, Corrected Proof
http://digbig.com/4wfry
Thomas Bronisch, Michael Höflera, and Roselind Lieb
[Sub required]
http://digbig.com/4wfsa
"German researchers report that smokers are more likely to have suicidal thoughts than nonsmokers."
Smoking predicts suicidality: Findings from a prospective community study
Journal of Affective Disorders - Article in Press, Corrected Proof
http://digbig.com/4wfry
Thomas Bronisch, Michael Höflera, and Roselind Lieb
[Sub required]
Victimless crimes shouldn't entail jail / The Australian, 14 January 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23046292-7583,00.html
Alan Gold
"WHO can forget the leonine grace and physical beauty of American athlete Marion Jones winning five gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics? Eight years on, a sadly diminished Jones will serve six months' incarceration for lying to authorities about her use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs during our Olympics. The six months, though, is only a small part of her sentence. Quite as punishing has been her exposure before the world's media, an admission to her family and her fans that she's a liar and a cheat; being stripped of her medals; and the expurgation of her name from the record books. Her use of drugs and the lies she told to avoid punishment have ruined any future to which she might have looked forward. Which begs the question, what additional value is there in locking her up in prison when she is already serving a sentence of humiliation witnessed by people across the world?"
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23046292-7583,00.html
Alan Gold
"WHO can forget the leonine grace and physical beauty of American athlete Marion Jones winning five gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics? Eight years on, a sadly diminished Jones will serve six months' incarceration for lying to authorities about her use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs during our Olympics. The six months, though, is only a small part of her sentence. Quite as punishing has been her exposure before the world's media, an admission to her family and her fans that she's a liar and a cheat; being stripped of her medals; and the expurgation of her name from the record books. Her use of drugs and the lies she told to avoid punishment have ruined any future to which she might have looked forward. Which begs the question, what additional value is there in locking her up in prison when she is already serving a sentence of humiliation witnessed by people across the world?"
University chaplains are giving master classes in social cohesion, say faith groups / Church of England, 15 January 2008
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr0508.html
"A major report commissioned by the Church of England and supported by many of the main faith communities in the UK, offers a tutorial in the valuable work of university and college chaplains up and down the country. It calls on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the government to continue to invest in chaplaincies to help them further their significant contribution to social cohesion, at a time when 43 per cent of young people in England and Wales have experienced higher education."
Faiths in Higher Education Chaplaincy / Church of England, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/education/hefe/fihecrep.pdf
Jeremy MS Clines
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr0508.html
"A major report commissioned by the Church of England and supported by many of the main faith communities in the UK, offers a tutorial in the valuable work of university and college chaplains up and down the country. It calls on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the government to continue to invest in chaplaincies to help them further their significant contribution to social cohesion, at a time when 43 per cent of young people in England and Wales have experienced higher education."
Faiths in Higher Education Chaplaincy / Church of England, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/education/hefe/fihecrep.pdf
Jeremy MS Clines
[USA] Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2007 / US. Customs and Border Protection, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfrw
Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capacity: A systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics / CLG, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/647958
Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capacity: A systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics - Executive Summary / CLG, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/647876
"This report presents the findings of a systematic literature review on how learning takes place between organizations and how institutional learning and knowledge transfer can be fostered. It outlines key implications for policy and practice, and the Beacon Scheme in particular."
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/647958
Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capacity: A systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics - Executive Summary / CLG, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/647876
"This report presents the findings of a systematic literature review on how learning takes place between organizations and how institutional learning and knowledge transfer can be fostered. It outlines key implications for policy and practice, and the Beacon Scheme in particular."
[Canada] Ontario MPs urge Ottawa to drop visa requirements for Polish visitors / Canada News, 11 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfrc
http://digbig.com/4wfrc
Lure of work abroad lands Indians in jail / Hindustan Times, 12 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfrb
"The dream of a job in a foreign land has gone sour for thousands of Indians, who are now languishing in foreign jails for travelling with false documents. BS Ramoowalia, member of the National Commission for Minority Education Institutions, said that over 20,000 Indians, mostly from Punjab and southern states, were languishing in jails after being duped by travel agents. Ramoowalia made this submission at the recently-concluded Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan.The India External Affairs Ministry puts the figure at 6,277 but admits that many countries have not submitted the count of Indians in jail."
http://digbig.com/4wfrb
"The dream of a job in a foreign land has gone sour for thousands of Indians, who are now languishing in foreign jails for travelling with false documents. BS Ramoowalia, member of the National Commission for Minority Education Institutions, said that over 20,000 Indians, mostly from Punjab and southern states, were languishing in jails after being duped by travel agents. Ramoowalia made this submission at the recently-concluded Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan.The India External Affairs Ministry puts the figure at 6,277 but admits that many countries have not submitted the count of Indians in jail."
Top Ten Cyber Security Menaces for 2008 / SANS Institute, January 2008
http://www.sans.org/2008menaces/
"Twelve cyber security veterans, with significant knowledge about emerging attack patterns, worked together to compile a list of the attacks most likely to cause substantial damage during 2008."
http://www.sans.org/2008menaces/
"Twelve cyber security veterans, with significant knowledge about emerging attack patterns, worked together to compile a list of the attacks most likely to cause substantial damage during 2008."
Digital Immigration Card Shows Mexico's Progressive Views on Immigration / New America Media, 14 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqr
Louis E. V. Nevaer
"While Washington is at an impasse over the status of millions of people who entered the United States without proper visas, Mexico is unrolling a new digitally-embedded immigration card that will allow hundreds of thousands of temporary workers and visitors to come and go at will. This migratory card, in addition to having the bearer’s photograph and fingerprints, has electronic chips that can be scanned – facilitating the movement of people across Mexico’s borders."
http://digbig.com/4wfqr
Louis E. V. Nevaer
"While Washington is at an impasse over the status of millions of people who entered the United States without proper visas, Mexico is unrolling a new digitally-embedded immigration card that will allow hundreds of thousands of temporary workers and visitors to come and go at will. This migratory card, in addition to having the bearer’s photograph and fingerprints, has electronic chips that can be scanned – facilitating the movement of people across Mexico’s borders."
[USA] Most offenders spend lifetime on sex registry: Wide range of sentences and treatment / Daily Journal Online, 15 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqq
PAULA BARR and TERESA RESSEL
"Convicted child sex offenders can expect a wide range of sentences in prison along with treatment in a program that makes them accountable and helps them change their behaviours. Regardless of the severity of their crime, most released sex offenders can plan to spend a lifetime on the state’s sex registry. The controversial practice of publishing registered sex offenders’ names, addresses, photos and information about their crime has been upheld in the US Supreme Court. However, research raises questions about the registry’s effectiveness in keeping children safe."
http://digbig.com/4wfqq
PAULA BARR and TERESA RESSEL
"Convicted child sex offenders can expect a wide range of sentences in prison along with treatment in a program that makes them accountable and helps them change their behaviours. Regardless of the severity of their crime, most released sex offenders can plan to spend a lifetime on the state’s sex registry. The controversial practice of publishing registered sex offenders’ names, addresses, photos and information about their crime has been upheld in the US Supreme Court. However, research raises questions about the registry’s effectiveness in keeping children safe."
East Europe migrants take 1% of social housing, says report / Guardian, 17 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqn
Alan Travis and Martin Wainwright
"The hundreds of thousands of Poles and other east European migrants who have moved to Britain in the past two years have been allocated only 1% of council or housing association flats, contrary to popular perception, according to research. A paper for yesterday's meeting of the government's migration impacts forum said that about 90% of those who have arrived in the last two years in the biggest wave of immigration in Britain's recent history are crowded into the bottom end of the private rented sector, often in poor and overcrowded conditions."
Migration Impacts Forum: papers and agendas / BIA, 16 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqp
http://digbig.com/4wfqn
Alan Travis and Martin Wainwright
"The hundreds of thousands of Poles and other east European migrants who have moved to Britain in the past two years have been allocated only 1% of council or housing association flats, contrary to popular perception, according to research. A paper for yesterday's meeting of the government's migration impacts forum said that about 90% of those who have arrived in the last two years in the biggest wave of immigration in Britain's recent history are crowded into the bottom end of the private rented sector, often in poor and overcrowded conditions."
Migration Impacts Forum: papers and agendas / BIA, 16 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfqp
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Building for the future: Sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate: Third Report of Session 2007–08: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfpx
House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
HC 174 [Incorporating HC 730-i, Session 2006-07]
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfpx
House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
HC 174 [Incorporating HC 730-i, Session 2006-07]
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Criminal Justice Matters 70: Politics, economy and crime / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 14 December 2007
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/cjm.html
The impact of economic and political thinking on crime and imprisonment is examined in the latest issue of Criminal Justice Matters.
Editorial
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus429/CJM70_Editorial.pdf
"Pat Carlen argues that political economy perspectives are now more than ever relevant to a range of global and local crime and harm issues."
It’s the political economy, stupid! A neo-Clintonian criminology
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus430/CJM70_Reiner_article.pdf
Robert Reiner examines the origins of the study of political economy
Other articles:
CREATING CRIMINALS: A RECIPE FOR AN INSECURE WORLD?
Vivien Stern describes how UK society is creating an industry out of crime.
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CRIME POLICY
Colin Leys considers the role of private finance in policy making.
ECONOMICS AND CRIME: IDEAL-TYPICAL RELATIONSHIPS
Vincenzo Ruggiero looks at four different approaches to the relationship between crime and economics.
GLOBALISATION AS CONVERGENCE? COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Nicola Lacey argues for a more nuanced understanding of political economy and criminal justice.
PENAL POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
James Dignan and Michael Cavadino look at how political economy impacts on penal policy.
RETHINKING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Alessandro De Giorgi argues for a better understanding of the relationship between labour and punishment.
PRISON EXPANSION WITHOUT A LABOUR MARKET ORIENTATION?
Magnus Hörnqvist considers how labour market changes have affected the experience of imprisonment.
VERTIGO AND VINDICTIVENESS: SOME NOTES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Jock Young explores the economic and social insecurities of late modern life.
POWERLESS STATES AND CRIMES OF POWER: EXPLORATIONS INTO THE NEW WORLD OF CRIMES OF THE POWERFUL
Susanne Karstedt says that globalisation has led to increased opportunities for powerful elites to commit serious crimes.
SEX, MONEY AND THE REGULATION OF WOMEN’S ‘CHOICES’: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PROSTITUTION
Jo Phoenix argues that policy reforms have placed women at greater risk.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
Reece Walters highlights the dominant interest of trade and profit over environmental safety.
A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATE KILLING
Steve Tombs argues that a political economic approach is essential to understanding safety crime.
GORDON BROWN’S CHARTER FOR CORPORATE CRIMINALS
David Whyte explains why the government’s new Compliance Code opens the door to corporate crime.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RIGHTS: EXPORTING PENAL NORMS TO AFRICA Andrew M Jefferson says that exporting the West’s penal, criminal and human rights policy to Africa without questioning its relevance to African society, will have negative consequences.
THE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRATION
Barbara Hudson argues that migrants seeking a new life are being unfairly criminalised by the states receiving them.
PULLING APART: NOTES ON THE WIDENING GAP IN THE RISKS OF VIOLENCE
Elliott Currie on the uneven class distribution of violence and mortality.
HOW TO ESCAPE THE LAW AND ORDER TRAP
Loïc Wacquant argues for an expansion of social and economic rights.
A ‘NEW POLITICS’ OF CRIME?
Ian Loader argues that Gordon Brown should adopt a fresh and more democratic approach to crime.
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/cjm.html
The impact of economic and political thinking on crime and imprisonment is examined in the latest issue of Criminal Justice Matters.
Editorial
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus429/CJM70_Editorial.pdf
"Pat Carlen argues that political economy perspectives are now more than ever relevant to a range of global and local crime and harm issues."
It’s the political economy, stupid! A neo-Clintonian criminology
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus430/CJM70_Reiner_article.pdf
Robert Reiner examines the origins of the study of political economy
Other articles:
CREATING CRIMINALS: A RECIPE FOR AN INSECURE WORLD?
Vivien Stern describes how UK society is creating an industry out of crime.
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CRIME POLICY
Colin Leys considers the role of private finance in policy making.
ECONOMICS AND CRIME: IDEAL-TYPICAL RELATIONSHIPS
Vincenzo Ruggiero looks at four different approaches to the relationship between crime and economics.
GLOBALISATION AS CONVERGENCE? COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Nicola Lacey argues for a more nuanced understanding of political economy and criminal justice.
PENAL POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
James Dignan and Michael Cavadino look at how political economy impacts on penal policy.
RETHINKING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Alessandro De Giorgi argues for a better understanding of the relationship between labour and punishment.
PRISON EXPANSION WITHOUT A LABOUR MARKET ORIENTATION?
Magnus Hörnqvist considers how labour market changes have affected the experience of imprisonment.
VERTIGO AND VINDICTIVENESS: SOME NOTES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT
Jock Young explores the economic and social insecurities of late modern life.
POWERLESS STATES AND CRIMES OF POWER: EXPLORATIONS INTO THE NEW WORLD OF CRIMES OF THE POWERFUL
Susanne Karstedt says that globalisation has led to increased opportunities for powerful elites to commit serious crimes.
SEX, MONEY AND THE REGULATION OF WOMEN’S ‘CHOICES’: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PROSTITUTION
Jo Phoenix argues that policy reforms have placed women at greater risk.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
Reece Walters highlights the dominant interest of trade and profit over environmental safety.
A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATE KILLING
Steve Tombs argues that a political economic approach is essential to understanding safety crime.
GORDON BROWN’S CHARTER FOR CORPORATE CRIMINALS
David Whyte explains why the government’s new Compliance Code opens the door to corporate crime.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RIGHTS: EXPORTING PENAL NORMS TO AFRICA Andrew M Jefferson says that exporting the West’s penal, criminal and human rights policy to Africa without questioning its relevance to African society, will have negative consequences.
THE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRATION
Barbara Hudson argues that migrants seeking a new life are being unfairly criminalised by the states receiving them.
PULLING APART: NOTES ON THE WIDENING GAP IN THE RISKS OF VIOLENCE
Elliott Currie on the uneven class distribution of violence and mortality.
HOW TO ESCAPE THE LAW AND ORDER TRAP
Loïc Wacquant argues for an expansion of social and economic rights.
A ‘NEW POLITICS’ OF CRIME?
Ian Loader argues that Gordon Brown should adopt a fresh and more democratic approach to crime.
Delivering Improved Outcomes for Young Black People in the Criminal Justice System / Ministry of Justice, 13 December 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/delivering-improved-outcomes.pdf
"The Home Affairs Select Committee published a report on 15 June 2007, 'Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System', which considered how to tackle the over-representation of young black people in the criminal justice system.
The government published a response on 18 October 2007 in which it made a commitment to provide detailed proposals for the delivery of improved outcomes for young black people. The detailed proposals were unveiled in the document 'Delivering Improved Outcomes for Young Black People in the Criminal Justice System', which sets out the governance and reporting arrangements for delivering the government's strategy."
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/delivering-improved-outcomes.pdf
"The Home Affairs Select Committee published a report on 15 June 2007, 'Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System', which considered how to tackle the over-representation of young black people in the criminal justice system.
The government published a response on 18 October 2007 in which it made a commitment to provide detailed proposals for the delivery of improved outcomes for young black people. The detailed proposals were unveiled in the document 'Delivering Improved Outcomes for Young Black People in the Criminal Justice System', which sets out the governance and reporting arrangements for delivering the government's strategy."
`The approach to summary justice both in and out of court': Lecture by Lord Justice Leveson as part of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies' "New Developments in Criminal Justice" seminar series / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 12 December 2007
DOC - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus437/Levenson_speech_12_December_2007.doc
DOC - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus437/Levenson_speech_12_December_2007.doc
History and national identity: why they should remain divorced / www.historyandpolicy.org
, November 2007
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-66.html
Stefan Berger, University of Manchester
, November 2007
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-66.html
Stefan Berger, University of Manchester
‘Knife Crime’: A review of evidence and policy / Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 19 December 2007
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus439/ccjs_knife_report.pdf
"This is is the second edition of a report originally published in August 2006. It includes the latest official data and a more detailed statistical analysis to determine possible trends in offences involving knives."
PDF - http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus439/ccjs_knife_report.pdf
"This is is the second edition of a report originally published in August 2006. It includes the latest official data and a more detailed statistical analysis to determine possible trends in offences involving knives."
Effective Practice and Pilots - NOMS Case Studies / NOMS, 21 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4wfmq
"NOMS has published a series of case studies to demonstrate effective practice in commissioning. The case studies show how Regional Offender Managers are using commissioning to improve the way that providers work together so as to improve outcomes for offenders in their region.
NOMS East Midlands Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmr
NOMS East of England Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfms
NOMS North East Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmt
NOMS North West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmw
NOMS South West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmx
http://digbig.com/4wfmq
"NOMS has published a series of case studies to demonstrate effective practice in commissioning. The case studies show how Regional Offender Managers are using commissioning to improve the way that providers work together so as to improve outcomes for offenders in their region.
NOMS East Midlands Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmr
NOMS East of England Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfms
NOMS North East Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmt
NOMS North West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmw
NOMS South West Commissioning Case Study
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmx
National Probation Service Briefing No 38: Probation Knowledge Management Initiative / National Probation Service, December 2007
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Briefing%2038.pdf
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Briefing%2038.pdf
Offender Management Inspection: A report on Offender Management in Dorset / HMI Probation, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmj
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmj
Offender Management Inspection: A report on Offender Management in Devon & Cornwall / HMI Probation, 8 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmh
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmh
Report on Kirklees Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 7 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmg
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmg
Report on Derbyshire Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 19 December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmf
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmf
Report on West Berkshire Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 10 December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfme
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfme
Report on Southend Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmd
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmd
Report on Bolton Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmc
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfmc
Report on Pembrokeshire Youth Offending Team: Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams of England and Wales / HMI Probation, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfma
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfma
Alternative dispute resolution: annual pledge report 2006/07 / Ministry of Justice, 15 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/annual-pledge-report-2006-07.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/annual-pledge-report-2006-07.pdf
Ten point plan for border protection and immigration reform - first milestone met as fingerprint checks go global / Home Office - BIA, 14 January 2008
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/tenpointplan
"In a wide ranging speech to Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) staff, the Immigration Minister Liam Byrne congratulated agency officials and set out a challenging 'deal for delivery' in 2008, to secure the largest shake up to Britain's border security and immigration system for 40 years."
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/tenpointplan
"In a wide ranging speech to Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) staff, the Immigration Minister Liam Byrne congratulated agency officials and set out a challenging 'deal for delivery' in 2008, to secure the largest shake up to Britain's border security and immigration system for 40 years."
National Probation Service Bulletin: No 88 / National Probation Service, 14 January 2008
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2088.pdf
Contents:
001/08 Outcome of the Strategic Review of the NOMIS Programme
002/08 Butler Trust Award Winners 2008
003/08 Welsh Probation Areas Win EFQM Award
004/08 Events
005/08 Issued Recently
PDF - http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/files/pdf/NPS%20Bulletin%2088.pdf
Contents:
001/08 Outcome of the Strategic Review of the NOMIS Programme
002/08 Butler Trust Award Winners 2008
003/08 Welsh Probation Areas Win EFQM Award
004/08 Events
005/08 Issued Recently
Monday, January 14, 2008
OGC launches new framework for purchasing financial reports / OCC, 10 January 2008
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/7023_7810.asp
"The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is today announcing a new framework deal to provide access to financial reports for all public sector purchasers, which could potentially lead to savings of around 75%."
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/7023_7810.asp
"The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is today announcing a new framework deal to provide access to financial reports for all public sector purchasers, which could potentially lead to savings of around 75%."
EU Procurement Thresholds / OGC, January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfjj
"This page gives information about the thresholds for the procurement regulations, which came into force on 1 January 2008."
http://digbig.com/4wfjj
"This page gives information about the thresholds for the procurement regulations, which came into force on 1 January 2008."
Safe, Sensible, Social: Alcohol strategy local implementation toolkit / Home Office, Department of Health and DCSF, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugsalcohol/drugsalcohol097.pdf "This toolkit is a resource to help local teams develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill health and other harm."
PDF - http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugsalcohol/drugsalcohol097.pdf "This toolkit is a resource to help local teams develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill health and other harm."
Police learning German for imported dogs / Telegraph, 11 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfjg
"Police dog handlers are learning to give orders to their animals in German, as 16 forces now import canines because of a shortage in the UK."
http://digbig.com/4wfjg
"Police dog handlers are learning to give orders to their animals in German, as 16 forces now import canines because of a shortage in the UK."
Should mentally disordered offenders be treated as patients primarily and as offenders secondly? / New Criminologist, 13 January 2008
http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2016
http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2016
Should mentally disordered offenders be treated as patients primarily and as offenders secondly? / New Criminologist, 13 January 2008
http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2016
http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?nid=2016
Government announces major investment in drug treatment services / Department of Health, 10 January 2008
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=343786&NewsAreaID=2
"Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced £398m funding for drug treatment for 2008/09 to build on the successes of existing drug treatment programmes...The Drug Treatment Budget is changing to a system of allocations per person treated, rather than by formula, thus ensuring that the investment goes where it is most needed. This change is occurring over four years to ensure that the resources secure the best return in regards to the delivery of effective treatment."
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=343786&NewsAreaID=2
"Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced £398m funding for drug treatment for 2008/09 to build on the successes of existing drug treatment programmes...The Drug Treatment Budget is changing to a system of allocations per person treated, rather than by formula, thus ensuring that the investment goes where it is most needed. This change is occurring over four years to ensure that the resources secure the best return in regards to the delivery of effective treatment."
MORE SUPPORT FOR YOUNG RUNAWAYS / DCSF, 10 January 2008
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0005
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Minister for Young People Kevin Brennan outlined plans to help prevent an estimated 86,000* children and young people from running away each year. The Government wants all agencies to work together to prevent young people from reaching the crisis point where they run away and to keep those that do run away safe from harm. The Department for Children, Schools and Families asked The Children’s Society to look at current provision for young runaways and what more could be done to help them"
Stepping up: the future of runaways services / The Children's Society, August 2007
http://digbig.com/4wfhe
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0005
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Minister for Young People Kevin Brennan outlined plans to help prevent an estimated 86,000* children and young people from running away each year. The Government wants all agencies to work together to prevent young people from reaching the crisis point where they run away and to keep those that do run away safe from harm. The Department for Children, Schools and Families asked The Children’s Society to look at current provision for young runaways and what more could be done to help them"
Stepping up: the future of runaways services / The Children's Society, August 2007
http://digbig.com/4wfhe
Commission supports anti-homophobic hate crime legislation / Equality and Human Rights Commission, 8 January 2008
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/newsandcomment/Pages/hatecrimelegislation.aspx
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/newsandcomment/Pages/hatecrimelegislation.aspx
Ministers launch new ‘think family’ approach to help vulnerable parents and children / Cabinet Office, 10 January 2008
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/news/2008/080110_families.aspx
Think Family: Improving the life chances of families at risk
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_life_chances_report.pdf
Families at Risk Review
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/families_at_risk.aspx
Think Family: a Literature Review of Whole Family Approaches / University of Birmingham, January 2008
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_report.pdf
Findings of the joint DCSF/MOJ Children of Offenders Review / DCSF and Ministry of Justice, June 2007
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/offenders_review_080110.pdf
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/news/2008/080110_families.aspx
Think Family: Improving the life chances of families at risk
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_life_chances_report.pdf
Families at Risk Review
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/families_at_risk.aspx
Think Family: a Literature Review of Whole Family Approaches / University of Birmingham, January 2008
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_report.pdf
Findings of the joint DCSF/MOJ Children of Offenders Review / DCSF and Ministry of Justice, June 2007
PDF - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/think_families/offenders_review_080110.pdf
Employing workers from overseas / Health and Safety Executive, 9 January 2008
PDF - http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg410.pdf
"Essential guidance for employers, employment agencies and businesses, gangmasters etc. on their health, safety and welfare responsibilities for temporary (including migrant) workers."
PDF - http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg410.pdf
"Essential guidance for employers, employment agencies and businesses, gangmasters etc. on their health, safety and welfare responsibilities for temporary (including migrant) workers."
Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders: October 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 11 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/pyo-october2007.pdf
Statistics on Persistent Young Offenders: Statistical Bulletin: Issue 10/2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/pyo-october2007.pdf
Statistics on Persistent Young Offenders: Statistical Bulletin: Issue 10/2007
Population in custody: monthly tables: November 2007: England and Wales / Ministry of Justice, 11 Janauary 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-nov07.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-nov07.pdf
End of custody licence releases and recalls: 1 to 30 November 2007: England and Wales / Ministry of Justice, 11 January 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-1107.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-1107.pdf
Human Rights Insight Project / Ministry of Justice, 10 January 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-full.pdf
Ministry of Justice Research Series 01/08
"This report presents the findings from the Human Rights Insight Project, which set out to establish whether human rights could be used empirically as a tool to improve the public's experience of public services and if so, how government could encourage and facilitate this."
Foreword, executive summary, chapters 1 and 2
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-part1.pdf
Chapters 3, 4 and 5, appendices
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-part2.pdf
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-full.pdf
Ministry of Justice Research Series 01/08
"This report presents the findings from the Human Rights Insight Project, which set out to establish whether human rights could be used empirically as a tool to improve the public's experience of public services and if so, how government could encourage and facilitate this."
Foreword, executive summary, chapters 1 and 2
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-part1.pdf
Chapters 3, 4 and 5, appendices
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-part2.pdf
Compensating victims of violent crime: report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / TSO, 14 December 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100.pdf
HC 100: Session 2007/2008; SE/2007/250
Executive summary
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100es.pdf
Characteristics of victims of violent crime applying for compensation: a report to the National Audit Office / Atkins Management Consultants. 12 December 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100_characteristics_victims.pdf
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100.pdf
HC 100: Session 2007/2008; SE/2007/250
Executive summary
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100es.pdf
Characteristics of victims of violent crime applying for compensation: a report to the National Audit Office / Atkins Management Consultants. 12 December 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708100_characteristics_victims.pdf
Human Genetics Commission Citizens' Inquiry into forensic use of DNA gets underway / Human Genetics Commission, 9 January 2008
http://www.hgc.gov.uk/Client/news_item.asp?NewsId=85
"...The inquiry will involve up to two hundred people at group sessions in Birmingham and Glasgow with the participants linked by live video. The key discussions will centre around thirty people in two linked panels meeting over a six-week period. They will be able to take evidence and direct their own research into the forensic use of DNA centred on the police national DNA database...The panels will be reinforced by up to two hundred observers from all over the country who will be able to take part in the discussions. Their conclusions will be published in the Spring."
http://www.hgc.gov.uk/Client/news_item.asp?NewsId=85
"...The inquiry will involve up to two hundred people at group sessions in Birmingham and Glasgow with the participants linked by live video. The key discussions will centre around thirty people in two linked panels meeting over a six-week period. They will be able to take evidence and direct their own research into the forensic use of DNA centred on the police national DNA database...The panels will be reinforced by up to two hundred observers from all over the country who will be able to take part in the discussions. Their conclusions will be published in the Spring."
iTaser: The stun gun with an MP3 music player / Daily Telegraph, 9 January 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/01/09/ngun109.xml
Matthew Moore
"Music fans who spend hours selecting their perfect jogging playlist now face a new dilemma. What track to listen to as you Taser someone? A combined stun gun-MP3 player may well be the most bizarre gadget to be unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The device - formally known as the Taser Music Player Holster - has already earned the nickname the iTaser."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/01/09/ngun109.xml
Matthew Moore
"Music fans who spend hours selecting their perfect jogging playlist now face a new dilemma. What track to listen to as you Taser someone? A combined stun gun-MP3 player may well be the most bizarre gadget to be unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The device - formally known as the Taser Music Player Holster - has already earned the nickname the iTaser."
Sex trafficking: 'I was sold for £4,500' / Independent on Sunday, 13 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfgx
Diane Taylor
"Lena Suriane was tricked into sexual slavery. Now she wants compensation"
http://digbig.com/4wfgx
Diane Taylor
"Lena Suriane was tricked into sexual slavery. Now she wants compensation"
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
From Mosaic to Harmony: Multicultural Canada in the 21st Century: Results of Regional Roundtables / Policy Research Initiative, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfab
Jean Lock Kunz ; Stuart Sykes
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wfab
Jean Lock Kunz ; Stuart Sykes
Modus Operandi and Situational Aspects in Adolescent Sexual Offenses Against Children: A Further Examination
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 46-61 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/46?rss=1
Benoit Leclerc ; Eric Beauregard ; Jean Proulx
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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 46-61 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/46?rss=1
Benoit Leclerc ; Eric Beauregard ; Jean Proulx
[Sub required]
Drug Consumption Among Sexual Offenders Against Females
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 62-80 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/62?rss=1
Danilo Antonio Baltieri ; Arthur Guerra de Andrade
[Sub required]
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 1, 62-80 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/1/62?rss=1
Danilo Antonio Baltieri ; Arthur Guerra de Andrade
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Security policy failing Web 2.0 development / ITPro, 8 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4weyy
Miya Knights
"Global survey finds concern for security risks and governance issues prevail, particularly in the area of Web 2.0-specific security policy development. Despite overwhelming belief in the potential benefits of so-called 'Web 2.0' technologies, businesses are still concerned about security risks and governance."
http://digbig.com/4weyy
Miya Knights
"Global survey finds concern for security risks and governance issues prevail, particularly in the area of Web 2.0-specific security policy development. Despite overwhelming belief in the potential benefits of so-called 'Web 2.0' technologies, businesses are still concerned about security risks and governance."
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