Dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers often medically inappropriate finds study / Aidsmap, 30 July 2004

Aidsmap | Dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers often medically inappropriate finds study: "Michael Carter
The overwhelming majority of doctors with experience of treating HIV-positive asylum seekers believe that the current policy of dispersing asylum seekers at short notice around the UK can have negative health implications, including the development of resistance to antiretrovirals, mother-to-baby transmission of HIV, according to a paper published in the July 31st edition of the British Medical Journal. "

Cops take a POP at crime / ic Solihull, 30 July 2004

ic Solihull - Cops take a POP at crime ..TEXT: MOUNTAIN biking police will be hitting the streets of Solihull in a new initiative to cut down on crime.: "Lisa Wright
TEXT: MOUNTAIN biking police will be hitting the streets of Solihull in a new initiative to cut down on crime
The 'POP' team, which stands for Problem Orientated Policing, is due to begin in September, to tackle anti-social behaviour hotspots and reduce the fear of crime.

Voice in the sky warning to yobs / Evening Leader, 29 July 2004

Editorial Detail Page: "Wrexham is to be the first town in North Wales to have street speakers to warn yobs they are being filmed by CCTV cameras.

Special talking signs have been installed in the town centre informing passers-by they are being watched in a bid to ensure pub and clubgoers behave themselves.
Police and town chiefs hope the new technology, the first of its kind in North Wales, will further reduce anti-social behaviour in the town centre."

Reports Shows Link Between Addiction, Mental Illness / Join Together, 29 July 2004

Reports Shows Link Between Addiction, Mental Illness: "A new report, Serious Mental Illness and Its Co-Occurrence with Substance Use Disorders, illustrates the association between mental illness and addiction among adults aged 18 or older, according to a July 29 news release from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The Report - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/CoD/CoD.htm"

YouthZone the link between kids and community / Glenwood Springs Post Independent, 29 July 2004

Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Valley News: "'Carrie Click
We literally provide connections between kids, their families and their communities,' YouthZone executive director Debbie Wilde said. 'We're the connecting piece, the mortar, between the bricks - between social services, law enforcement, schools and the youth we serve.'"

Ireland Considers Vaccinating Against Drug Addiction / Join Together, 28 July 2004

Ireland Considers Vaccinating Against Drug Addiction: "The Irish government is being asked to consider a radical approach to fighting addiction: vaccinating children against future heroin, cocaine, and nicotine misuse.
Belfast Telegraph - http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=544782

National crime rate jumps in 2003 [Canada] / CBC ews, 28 July 2004

CBC News:National crime rate jumps in 2003: "An increase in counterfeiting, stolen cars and break-ins drove the national crime rate up six per cent last year despite a drop in the murder rate, Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday.
The increase in the overall rate for 2003 was the first substantial spike for a decade"

How Can I Recognize Trafficking Victims? / Community Depatch, 28 July 2004

How Can I Recognize Trafficking Victims?: "U.S.Department of State Fact Sheets
Because trafficking in persons is usually an 'underground' crime, it can be difficult for law-enforcement personnel, the public, or service providers to readily identify a trafficking victim and/or a trafficking scenario. There have been cases of victims escaping and reporting the situation to the police. However, many are physically unable to leave their work sites without an escort and are not free to contact family, friends, or members of the public."

U.S. Prison, Parole Population Soars to New Highs / Join together, 27 July 2004

U.S. Prison, Parole Population Soars to New Highs: "A record-setting 6.9 million adults, or one in 32 Americans, were in prison or on parole last year, about 131,000 more than in 2002. Of those on probation, 25 percent were convicted of a drug violation.

Justic Department Study - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus03.htm"

Terrorists spread their messages online | The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2004

Terrorists spread their messages online | csmonitor.com: "Faye Bowers
A growing number of Al Qaeda websites offer instructions for kidnapping and killing victims."

|Does Immigration stop the right people? / BBC NEWS, 27 July 2004

BBC NEWS | UK | Does Immigration stop the right people?: "Dominic Casciani
There are 200 more people in the queue at your immigration desk and you're not quite sure about what the young man from Brazil is telling you about his plans to learn English for the summer in London. What do you do - wave him through or hold him back for further interview?
That's the dilemma faced by the UK's immigration officers everyday at the country's ports - but do they get it right?

Immigration Report - http://ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/0/reports/second_annual_report.Maincontent.0002.file.tmp/JP543%20(Annual%20Report%202003%20final).pdf "

Young Offenders to Be Drug Tested / Scotsman, 27 July 2004

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Young Offenders to Be Drug Tested: "Teenagers who are charged with drug-related crimes are to be tested for class A drugs, Home Office Minister Caroline Flint announced today.

As part of the Government's drive to get drug users into treatment and break the links between drugs and crime, the new scheme will be piloted in ten areas from 1 August. Fourteen to seventeen year-olds who are charged for a 'trigger offence', such as burglary, car crime and theft, will be tested for heroin, crack and cocaine. Those testing positive will be referred to specialist youth workers."

The Battle for German Muslim Minds / Deutsche Welle , 27July.2004

The Battle for German Muslim Minds | Current Affairs | Deutsche Welle | 27.07.2004: "Police raids on Islamic schools may shake up fundamentalist cells, but officials agree that the right teachers are the best way to root out radical Islamic leanings among Germany's Muslim youth.

Officials know that raids alone can't root out radicalism in pockets of Germany's 3.2 million-strong Muslim community. One of the best hopes remains ending the monopoly on Islamic teachings held by dubious Imams and teachers in courtyard mosques, and bringing Muslim children back into the educational mainstream.
"

Pay-or-stay law to bar crims from travel / STUFF New Zealand, 28 July 2004

STUFF : NATIONAL NEWS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "NICK VENTER
People who fail to make good their crimes will be stopped from leaving the country if Parliament accepts a select committee's recommendations.

Legislation before Parliament gives authorities the power to stop fines defaulters at airports if they owe more than $1000 and if an arrest warrant has been issued for them. But the committee that heard public submissions on the bill has recommended that Parliament tighten the restrictions on those ordered to compensate their victims. "

Va. School Focuses on Character / Join Together, 26 July 2004

Va. School Focuses on Character: "character education is the cornerstone of the program. Throughout the building are banners promoting motivation phrases that emphasize integrity, honesty, courage, patriotism, and respect for one's self and others. "

Swedes Get Sloshed on Alcoholic Soap Suds (Sweden) / Newsday, 27 July 2004

Newsday.com - AP World News: "TOMMY GRANDELL - Associated Press
Some people at a three-day music festival in southern Sweden got more than just clean hands from the liquid soap in the portable toilets. They got a nice clean buzz, too.

Since the detergent had 62 percent alcohol in it, some users were more keen on spiking their sodas than washing their hands. "

Flawed homeland security The Japan Times, 25 July 2004

The Japan Times Online: "RONALD A. MORSE
The implications of Japan's flawed domestic crime and security apparatus are also linked to much larger issues. International money laundering by Japan's crime syndicates is a major problem. Aum Shinrikyo was not taken seriously by the Japanese police, and this led to the death of Japanese. Until recently, loopholes in banking controls made Japan the largest source of illegal funds to North Korea. Al-Qaeda operatives and North Koreans find no trouble in using fake passports to enter Japan. Japan still has no law against espionage, and treason can only be punished in times of war."

Price hike for Belgium's e-ID cards / Expatica Belgium,26 July 2004

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in Belgium, plus Belgian news in English: "Belgium's new electronic identity cards will cost up to four times the price of their low tech counterparts, it was revealed on Monday.
Communes in charge of distributing the new ID cards may charge citizens EUR 10 to 15 for each hi-tech card, in comparison to the present EUR 5 to 7."

Crimebusting scheme hailed / ic Coventry - 24 July 2004

ic Coventry - Crimebusting scheme hailed: "Arryn Buggins
Warwickshire Youth Offending Service has worked with Shire Hall's education and social services team, ConneXions, health authorities, and police, in the project where the criminals are assessed and then put on an ISSP. Their other option is custody.
They have at least 25 hours of supervision a week, including education or training and community reparation. The offender is tagged, faces a curfew and is visited at least twice daily."

Police to retain DNA records of cleared suspects / The Register,23 July 2004

Police to retain DNA records of cleared suspects | The Register: "John Leyden
Police will be able to keep DNA and fingerprint records of innocent people on file indefinitely following a landmark legal ruling yesterday.
The House of Lords, the highest court in England and Wales, upheld earlier rulings by the High Court and Court of Appeal against two people who wanted their records destroyed by South Yorkshire Police after separate criminal investigations against them were dropped. Five law lords unanimously ruled that the need to solve crimes outweighed civil liberties concerns.
The law was changed in 2001 to allow police to keep samples from suspects for use in 'crime prevention or investigation'."

Meth Use Causes Extensive Brain Damage / Join Together, 22 July 2004

Meth Use Causes Extensive Brain Damage: " The first high-resolution MRI study of individuals addicted to methamphetamine (meth) finds that the drug causes extensive brain damage among long-term users, the New York Times reported July 20.

Dr. Paul Thompson, an expert on brain mapping at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the MRI study showed 'a forest fire of brain damage.' He added, 'We expected some brain changes, but didn't expect so much tissue to be destroyed.'"

Colo. Corrections Uses Eye Scans to Test for Drugs (USA) / Join Together, 22 July 2004

Colo. Corrections Uses Eye Scans to Test for Drugs: "Larimer County Community Corrections in Colorado is using advanced technology that scans for alcohol and other drug use by measuring involuntary eye movement, the Coloradoan reported July 20.

Called PassPoint, the machine is expected to reduce costs, allow for more frequent testing and enable the facility to take on more clients. PassPoint uses a series of cameras and computers to scan for drug use through the pupil of the eye."

Study: Youngsters Smoking Less, Avoiding Crime Join together, 22 July 2004

Study: Youngsters Smoking Less, Avoiding Crime: " A U.S. government study finds that more children are practicing healthy and safe behaviors, including turning away from cigarettes and avoiding crime, Time magazine reported July 26.
The report, America's Children in Brief, is available on the National Center for Health Statistics website. http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/ "

Communities Nationwide See Increase in Gang Activity Join Together, 22 July 2004

Communities Nationwide See Increase in Gang Activity: "Law-enforcement officials are seeing a resurgence of gangs and the violence associated with them in cities across the nation, USA Today reported July 20.

Although overall crime rates have remained low, police report a rise in homicides linked to gangs. In particular, police are seeing a reemergence in gang activities by the Crips, the Bloods, the Mexican Mafia, and the Gangster Disciples, all of whom were associated with the turf wars over crack cocaine during the 1980s."

Immigrant tagging, tracking & voice recognition enabled by new Asylum Act / PublicTechnology, 23July 2004

Immigrant tagging, tracking & voice recognition enabled by new Asylum Act :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from: "The Government's reform of the asylum and immigration system, was boosted yesterday as legislation to tackle abuse in the system received Royal Assent.

The Act allows the electronic tagging, tracking and the use of voice recognition technology of those subject to immigration control, including asylum seekers, as an alternative to detention for those at low risk of absconding.

The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 will help tackle organised immigration crime, make the appeals system faster and more decisive to prevent failed asylum seekers from creating delays, and will ensure asylum seekers and other immigration applicants do not benefit from dishonesty by destroying their documents to prevent removal.

As part of the wider review of the immigration system, measures in the Act will also help tackle sham marriages and require failed asylum seekers who cannot immediately be removed to participate in community work in return for support until they are able to leave. "

New gun policy for parolees creates problems, not solutions USA / Etroit Free Press, 22 July 2004

LOCAL COMMENT: New gun policy for parolees creates problems, not solutions: "BARBARA R. LEVINE
Under a policy that Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently announced, a parolee who possesses a gun or associates with someone possessing a gun will be returned to prison for 5 years or the remainder of his or her maximum sentence, whichever is less. Returning to mandatory penalties is a huge step backwards."

EU: Germany Revisits Controversial Idea Of Asylum Centers Outside EU / RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY, 22 July 2004

RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY: "Ahto Lobjakas
In a surprising move, Germany is calling for 'safe zones' to be set up in North Africa for refugees heading for Europe. German Interior Minister Otto Schily says such centers would enable the bloc to turn back refugee ships such as the 'Cap Anamur,' which made its way to Italy last month. However, the European Commission appears cautious, and the United Nations has long indicated that the idea contravenes international law. However, EU officials note the bloc needs to do something, as economic migrants threaten to clog its asylum systems."

Authorities crack down on drugs at the wheel / swissinfo, 22 July 2004

Swiss news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform: "Smoking a joint at the wheel could cost drivers their licences. Anyone caught under the influence of drugs at the wheel faces a minimum three-month driving ban from the beginning of next year. Saliva tests are also being introduced in a bid to crack down on drivers found to have taken drugs."

Bugging will bust NI racketeers - report / u.tv, 22 July 2004

::: u.tv :::: "Sophisticated bugging devices need to be used to help jail crime bosses running multi-million pound rackets in Northern Ireland, according to a report published today. Specialist private firms should be brought in as well to target corruption centred around the construction industry and charity sectors, the expert insisted.
"

A single asylumprocedure / European Commission Communication, July 2004

Drug Situation in Canada - 2003

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/crimint/drugs_2003_e.htm "'This report describes illicit drug trafficking activity in Canada in 2003. It is based on information and intelligence gleaned from investigations and seizures conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and various Canadian agencies and departments involved in drug enforcement."

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: Final Report / July 2004

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/index.html
Also be available on the Commission's site at: http://www.9-11commission.gov "

Police welcome private cops / ic Coventry, 21 July 2004

ic Coventry - Police welcome private cops: "Barbara Goulden

A police chief says he welcomes shock moves by parish councillors to pay for their own private detectives to investigate village crime. The inspector says he does not agree with villagers' claims that they only see a community beat bobby "once in a blue moon", he welcomes the plan to engage private detectives to gather evidence against those suspected of anti-social behaviour."

Prison Memo Outlines Stricter Rules For Pepper Spray Use - USA / TheWBALChannel, 21 July 2004

TheWBALChannel.com - News - Prison Memo Outlines Stricter Rules For Pepper Spray Use: "State prison commissioner Frank Sizer has reportedly announced stricter guidelines for the use of pepper spray by prison guards.
In a recent internal memo obtained by The (Baltimore) Sun, Sizer says only a warden or assistant warden can now authorize using chemical agents on inmates held in segregation units. Previously, a senior correctional supervisor could approve its use.
The policy change came about two months after an inmate at a prison near Cumberland died after he was subdued with three cans of pepper spray."

New passport database will tie in with ID cards / vnunet.com, 21 July 2004

vnunet.com - New passport database will tie in with ID cards: "Emma Nash and Sarah Arnott, Computing 21 Jul 2004
The UK Passport Service (UKPS) is to implement a new database to contribute to the government's proposed identity card programme. System will be phased in over next five years to meet 'new demands'."

European Commission proposes "free market" for law enforcement database access / Statewatch, July 2004

Statewatch News Online: European Commission proposes "free market" for law enforcement database access: "At the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 19 July 2004 in Brussels Commissioner Vittorino drew attention to the European Commission Communication titled: 'Towards enhancing access to information by law enforcement agencies' (COM (2004) 429/4). This proposes that all law enforcement agencies (police, customs, immigration) should have access to each others databases right across the 25 EU states and even non-EU states.
Where at the moment there are strict rules on cross-border access data - for example in the Schengen Information System (SIS), that immigration data can be accessed by immigration and border officials and police data by police officers - these would disappear under this proposal"

Agencies criticized for overclassifying information / GovExec July 2004

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0704/072604c1.htm
Chris Strohm
The federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks determined last week what open government advocates have long argued: Federal agencies are overclassifying information.
According to the commission, poor information-sharing among federal agencies was a primary problem that contributed to the attacks. The panel's final report, issued last week, recommends that the overall budget of the intelligence community should be declassified, and information sharing should be stressed over information hoarding. Indeed, Chairman Thomas Kean told reporters after the report was released that half of all the classified documents he reviewed did not need to be classified.
"The culture of agencies feeling they own the information they gathered at taxpayer expense must be replaced by a culture in which the agencies instead feel they have a duty to the information—to repay the taxpayers' investment by making the information available," the report concluded. "Current security requirements nurture overclassification and excessive compartmentalization of information among agencies."

European Commission publishes first annual report on migrationand integration:/ Satewatch, July 2004

http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/jul/migration-com-04-508.pdf

Opiate Replacement Therapy Rarely Available to Inmates / Join Together, 20 July 2004

Opiate Replacement Therapy Rarely Available to Inmates: "Annie Turner

Recognizing a huge opiate-addiction problem among inmates, New Mexico is breaking new ground by extending methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) to local prisons. Across the country, however, few prisons provide MMT to patients.

In February, Bernalillo County, N.M., announced the opening of the nation's first public-health office inside a county jail, and said the program would pilot an MMT initiative as part of its patient services."

Medical Examiners Link Deaths to Tasers / Join together, 20 July 2004

Medical Examiners Link Deaths to Tasers: "Medical examiners have linked at least five deaths to the use of Taser electric stun guns by police, despite claims by the manufacturer that Tasers are harmless, the Associated Press reported July 19."

Cyber cop going, going, gone / Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 2004

Cyber cop going, going, gone - Next - smh.com.au: "Patrick Gray
Alastair MacGibbon fears our money, privacy and even our identities are all soft targets for a new breed of criminal. MacGibbon, who this week takes up the post of cyber security boss of the Australian arm of online auction house eBay, fears organised syndicates will win the online crime war unless internet users take personal responsibility for the security of their information."

Can spy agencies ever work together? / The Christian Science Monitor , 21 July 2004

Can spy agencies ever work together? | csmonitor.com: "Peter Grier and Faye Bowers
Despite failed attempts to reform intelligence structure in the past, the 9/11 report may ensure change happens this time.
Systemic reform of US intelligence may - repeat, may - be something whose time has come.
For decades the CIA and other national intelligence agencies have periodically drawn scrutiny for perceived shortcomings. At times the spotlight has been followed by bureaucratic shake-up. But Langley's spies, the analysts of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and other US intelligence personnel have avoided some of the largest suggested changes, such as the establishment of a more powerful national intelligence director."

Is it fair and legal for inmates to foot their room and board? | Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2004

Is it fair and legal for inmates to foot their room and board? | csmonitor.com: "Sara B. Miller
The Sheriff took away their weights and pull-up bars and rolled their television sets out of sight. He banned smoking - and thenslapped a daily $5 room-and-board fee for the 1,000-some inmates in his custody.
The sheriff, whose controversial moves have made headlines before, equates himself to being 'the tough-love parent.'"

Making capital out of punishment / spiked,20 July 2004

spiked-liberties | Article | Making capital out of punishment: "Josie Appleton
Britain is ravaged by crime. The 1960s liberal consensus has eroded people's sense of social responsibility, fuelling a culture of 'thuggery and intimidation'. 'Feral children' are terrorising London boroughs, and people live in fear of violent crime. Decent, law-abiding citizens are crying out for the government to do something about it.

But the crime strategy is less a response to a real public menace than a vehicle for New Labour's political agenda. Rather than catching criminals, this is a plan for connecting with citizens. What we are seeing is an isolated political elite trying to use the police, courts and law for social inclusion, in an attempt to connect with people and show them that the government cares."

Organised crime taking over spam - survey / Digital Media Europe, 20 July 2004

Digital Media Europe: News - Organised crime taking over spam - survey: "Remi Gamba
Spam has evolved over the last 12 months, with the overriding trend being the transition of spam from being annoying and indecent to illegal and malicious, according to online security firm Clearswift, which has recently announced the findings of its thirteenth spam index. "

Force's Recruits Will Join First Policing Degree Course / Scotsman, 20 July 2004

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Force's Recruits Will Join First Policing Degree Course: "Rod Minchin, PA News
New recruits to a UK police force will become the first in England and Wales to study for a degree in policing, it was revealed today.

Probationary officers joining Cleveland Police will start the two-year Foundation Degree in Police Studies at the University of Teesside in September."

Village call in private eyes / ic Coventry, 20 July 2004

Annette Morgan
A Warwickshire village is to employ a private detective agency because they say the police are not doing a good enough job."

The new face of cybercrime / CNET News.com 20 July 2004

The new face of cybercrime | Perspectives | CNET News.com: "Phillip Hallam-Baker
You once could explain away Internet attacks as destruction for destruction's sake. But many of the juvenile delinquents of the 1990s have since graduated from mere vandalism to hacking for monetary gain.
One of the consequences of this change is spam. Who hasn't received dubious e-mail propositions from people purporting to be Nigerian merchants? Respond to them, and you risk joining a crowd of people who have lost huge sums in scams run by organized crime. "

- Drugs cure hope for violent thugs / Scotsman, 20 July 2004

Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Drugs cure hope for violent thugs: "FIONA MACGREGOR
DRUGS could be used to help 'cure' violent criminals instead of sending them to prison, scientists said today.

By studying how genes influence aggressive behaviour in mice and monkeys, researchers believe medicines could be developed to treat the 'bad' or aggressive genes in humans.

United States academic, Professor Donald Pfaff, said research shows conventional, 'good old-fashioned punishment' does not work. "

Refugees urged to get involved in integration strategy / 4NI , 20 July 2004

4NI - Northern Ireland On The Internet: "Refugees have been called on to make their voice heard on a new national refugee integration strategy published for consultation by the Home Office today.
The strategy, 'Integration Matters', which is open for consultation for three months, sets out the government's long term plans to help recognised refugees integrate into the fabric of UK society."

Home Office offers online help for thugs | The Register, 19 July 2004

Home Office offers online help for thugs | The Register: "Lester Haines
Those suffering the blight of teen ne'er-do-wells racing stolen cars around their housing estate while high on glue and rap music will doubtless welcome the UK Home Office's Together initiative.
Here's what it's all about:
At its very core TOGETHER puts the community first. TOGETHER is committed to listening to those voices in the community who have suffered from ASB [anti-social behaviour], to understanding their issues, to addressing their problems."

PM's speech on the five-year crime strategy (19 July 2004)

"Here, now, today, people have had enough of this part of the 1960s consensus. People do not want a return to old prejudices and ugly discrimination. But they do want rules, order and proper behaviour. They know there is such a thing as society. They want a society of respect. They want a society of responsibility. They want a community where the decent law-abiding majority are in charge; where those that play by the rules do well; and those that don't, get punished"

CANADIAN INDUSTRY FACES THREAT FROM ORGANISED CRIME

RESEARCH MATERIALS: "CANADIAN INDUSTRY FACES THREAT FROM ORGANISED CRIME
July 19, 2004
According to a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) intelligence report, �Threat Posed by Eastern European Organized Crime to the Canadian Diamond Industry�, released to The Canadian Press, eastern European crime groups could jeopardize the North's emerging diamond industry by slipping foreign stones tainted through bloody conflicts onto the market. "

Tagging asylum-seekers - The Herald, 19 July 2004

Tagging asylum-seekers - The Herald: "Editorial Comment
It was as predictable as night following day that plans to use telephone-tagging technology to monitor asylum seekers in Scotland should be portrayed as the acceptable face of Big Brother. Accordingly, The Herald is told today that the plans will amount to the lowest form of intervention, by implication less intrusive and judgmental than would have been the case based on the proposals outlined by David Blunkett in November last year."

Telephones to keep tag on asylum seekers - / The Herald, 19 July 2004

Telephones to keep tag on asylum seekers - The Herald: "LUCY ADAMS and TOM GORDON
A PIONEERING system of telephone tagging is to be used to track asylum seekers in Scotland as part of a pilot scheme which could greatly reduce the numbers being held in detention centres such as Dungavel."

A Profile of Workplace Killers / Joint Together, 19 July 2004

A Profile of Workplace Killers: "Through an investigation of employees involved in workplace shootings, USA Today was able to compile a profile of traits often shared by workplace killers, USA Today reported July 17."

Study Identifies Early Risk Factors for Child Aggression / Joint together, 19 July 2004

Study Identifies Early Risk Factors for Child Aggression: " Research from the University of Montreal in Canada concludes that interventions to prevent youth violence could take place even before and during pregnancy, Reuters reported July 16.

A study of 572 families with 5-month-old babies found that a child's tendency toward aggressive behavior is formed before birth, and may be related to the parents' behavior and background."

High price to pay for jailing women / Guardian 18 July 2004

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,11026,1263985,00.html
Juliet LyonSunday July 18, 2004The Observer
"Last week's Comprehensive Spending Review contains the promise that the government will 'pilot radical new approaches to meet the specific needs of women offenders, to tackle the causes of crime and re-offending among this group and reduce the need for custody'.
How radical? Does this mean calling a halt to locking up our most damaged women in bleak, oversized, understaffed institutions that further isolate them? How much will be invested outside criminal justice in education, work, housing and health, where the solutions to women's offending really lie?"

Reading Between The Sentences / Newsweek, 26 July 2004

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5456991/site/newsweek/
"For some 20 years judges have pretty much known what they were doing. If the job wasn't always easy, the rules—at least when it came to sentencing—were reasonably clear. But thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, that clarity has vanished, leaving judges and prosecutors stumbling in confusion and the fate of thousands of convicts and defendants up for grabs."

Corner-office volunteers / christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2004

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0719/p14s02-wmgn.html?s=hns
"Executives gain leadership lessons from charitable projects
By Stacy A. Teicher .
While many firms encourage volunteering and even pay their employees to support philanthropic efforts, UPS and others such as Xerox and Cisco have gone a step further, structuring longer-term projects to hone leadership skills. It's a kind of win-win outreach gaining ground in the corporate world."

Tagging asylum-seekers / The Herald Sun, 19 July 2004

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/20225.html
"It was as predictable as night following day that plans to use telephone-tagging technology to monitor asylum seekers in Scotland should be portrayed as the acceptable face of Big Brother. Accordingly, The Herald is told today that the plans will amount to the lowest form of intervention, by implication less intrusive and judgmental than would have been the case based on the proposals outlined by David Blunkett in November last year."

Police need to better protect data entrusted to them & Police national Computer / Public Technology, 19 July 2004

http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1418
 
"Police officers have moral duty to protect data entrusted to them says John Wadham, Independent Police Complaints Commission Deputy Chair. They may not all be doing that he says..."Police officers who fail to respect data protection undermine confidence in the police service and make it less likely the public will trust them with sensitive material. They have a duty to use the information and intelligence collected on criminals, in a proper way, to protect the public."

Police 'lack instructions on terror alert response' / Expatica Netherlands, 14 July 2004

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=13&story_id=9467

The Interior Ministry on Wednesday dismissed claims by the police union ACP that officers deployed to tighten security amid the present terror alert have not received clear instructions.
ACP chief Gerrit van de Kamp said he read on Teletext several days ago that there was a terror alert issued for the Netherlands, claiming that that no one had informed him of the present threat. He described the situation as "strange".

Kids caught in drugs misery / NEWS.com Australia (July 18, 2004)

NEWS.com.au | Kids caught in drugs misery (July 18, 2004): "Kids caught in drugs misery
By Jessica Lawrence
July 18, 2004

A STAGGERING number of young people have been caught up in a flood of hard drugs on Brisbane's streets, campaigners say.

New figures from welfare groups reveal the shocking truth behind Queensland's worsening youth crisis.
Youth workers say there has been a huge increase in the number of young people using heroin in the past three months.
They say more are becoming homeless through abuse and violence, with most turning to illicit and legal drugs to cope.
And they warn the average age of kids in crisis seeking help is getting younger. "

Smaller charities 'losing out on funds' / FT.com, July 17 2004

FT.com / World / UK: "By Rohit Jaggi,
Smaller charities are in danger of being pushed aside by their larger brethren in the rush for funds, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations warned yesterday.

The NCVO will warn in its Voluntary Sector Strategic Analysis, to be launched at its conference in London today, that there is an inherent paradox in the government's increasing desire to use the voluntary sector to deliver public services."

Children lured into street gangs / STUFF - New Zealand, 17 July 2004

By ANNA CLARIDGE and TIM HUME

Children as young as 10 are being recruited into new Christchurch street gangs, in a phenomenon experts fear will increase the peddling of P and other hard drugs.

An estimated 250 youths ranging in age from 10 to 17 belong to the street gangs the Crips and the Bloods, which some police and youth workers believe are feeding prospects into the Mongrel Mob and Black Power.
Although official police and Child Youth and Family (CYF) representatives are sceptical about the increasing youth gang trend, police officers and youth workers who cannot be named have confirmed to The Press the young gangs are a rapidly worsening problem. "

Crooks struggle to cash the loot / ic Birmingham - 16 July 2004

John Revill, The Birmingham Post

New asset recovery powers are making it increasingly difficult for lifestyle criminals to run their illegal empires, a Birmingham conference heard yesterday."

N.J. Doctor Makes House Calls to Drug Offenders / Join together, 16 July 2004

N.J. Doctor Makes House Calls to Drug Offenders: "Juvenile drug offenders on probation in Paterson, N.J., receive a home visit from a physician, who addresses health concerns and encourages kids to lead a drug-free life"

Audit slams immigration department / 7news on Seven, 16 July 2004

7news on Seven: "Systematic failures in the Immigration Department's procedures for dealing with illegal workers and visitors overstaying their visas has reportedly left tens of thousands of people in Australia.

Onshore Compliance - visa overstayers and Non-citizens working illegally
http://www.anao.gov.au/WebSite.nsf/Publications/47EE4535A1713932CA256ED000751FA6
http://www.anao.gov.au/WebSite.nsf/Publications/47EE4535A1713932CA256ED000751FA6/$file/Audit%20Report%202.pdf"
"

UK Passport Service to replace current IT & put in person-centric database:/ PublicTechnology, 16 July 2004

UK Passport Service to replace current IT & put in person-centric database :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from: "The UK Passport Service (UKPS) Annual Report and Accounts 2003/2004 shows that it will replace its current passport application processing system with a new system.

The report says on the UKPS' IT strategy: 'In support of its vision, the UKPS has undertaken a substantial review of how it uses technology to provide customer services and manage its business. Work was commissioned to develop a longterm IT strategy and this has now been completed. It is clear from the work carried out that the existing passport application processing system (PASS) will need to be progressively replaced over the next five years to cope with new demands: a new modular-structured system is needed to facilitate the scale of anticipated change in the years ahead. The way we manage customer information will also be improved via the introduction of a person-centric rather than passport-centric data storage arrangement.' "

UK Passport Service to replace current IT & put in person-centric database / PublicTechnology. .16 July 2004

UK Passport Service to replace current IT & put in person-centric database :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from: "The UK Passport Service (UKPS) Annual Report and Accounts 2003/2004 shows that it will replace its current passport application processing system with a new system.

The report says on the UKPS' IT strategy: 'In support of its vision, the UKPS has undertaken a substantial review of how it uses technology to provide customer services and manage its business. Work was commissioned to develop a longterm IT strategy and this has now been completed. It is clear from the work carried out that the existing passport application processing system (PASS) will need to be progressively replaced over the next five years to cope with new demands: a new modular-structured system is needed to facilitate the scale of anticipated change in the years ahead. The way we manage customer information will also be improved via the introduction of a person-centric rather than passport-centric data storage arrangement.' "

Identify fraud: Home Office launches advice website / PublicTechnology, 15 July 2004

Identify fraud: Home Office launches advice website :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from: "A new Home Office website offering advice on how to protect against identity theft and what to do if you think you have been a victim has been unveiled.

Identity theft occurs when personal information is used by someone else without the owner's knowledge. It may support criminal activity, which could involve fraud, deception, or obtaining benefits and services in the victim's name. More than 100,000 people are affected in the UK every year.

The websitewww.identity-theft.org.uk explains how to keep personal information safe, how to get help, and what is being done to tackle this growing crime. It is part of a significant package of measures to tackle identity fraud. "

Media linked to asylum violence / BBC, 14 July 2004

BBC NEWS | UK | Media linked to asylum violence: "Media linked to asylum violence

By Dominic Casciani
BBC News Online community affairs reporter

Negative images: Asylum seekers stereotyped in media
Press coverage of asylum issues in the UK can be linked to racist attacks and street harassment, say academics.
The first report of its kind says negative reporting in UK newspapers triggers hostile actions because it increases community tension. "

New Law Credited For 124 Fewer Meth Labs In Oklahoma Media Awareness Project, 14 July 2004

US OK: New Law Credited For 124 Fewer Meth Labs In Oklahoma: "Oklahoma had 124 fewer methamphetamine labs during the first six months of the year, thanks to a new state law that restricts sales of common cold remedies that contain the illegal drug's key ingredient, officials said Monday.

The decline followed passage of legislation this spring that banned store sales of popular medications like Sudafed and Claritin-D that contain pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in methamphetamine.

The dramatic drop in meth labs saved Oklahoma taxpayers $434,000 in cleanup costs for removing the hazardous materials used to produce the drug, said Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.

It costs the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation an average of $3,500 to clean up a single meth lab, Woodward said. "

Parolees with guns will get no mercy Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2004

Parolees with guns will get no mercy: "Michigan news

New Granholm policy returns them to prison
July 14, 2004
BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF AND BEN SCHMITT
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
Parolees who are caught with guns -- or who hang around people with guns -- will go back to prison automatically, under new parole guidelines Gov. Jennifer Granholm will announce today.
Granholm wants to curb rising gun violence with a zero-tolerance policy for ex-inmates, said her spokeswoman, Liz Boyd. It would require gun-toting parolees who are released early to serve the rest of their maximum sentences or five additional years, whichever is less. "

Police chiefs warn of gun culture / BBC NEWS, 13 July 2004

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Police chiefs warn of gun culture: "Police chiefs warn of gun culture

By Bob Wylie
BBC Scotland's Investigations Correspondent

Effort is needed to stop the spread of a gun culture, police say
Senior police officers in Scotland believe there is an emerging threat of the gun culture seen in London coming to Glasgow and the west of Scotland.
But they said lessons have been learned from the way shootings mushroomed in England, in particular the need to stop young men using firearms. "

Biometric ID cards do little to cut fraud, warns Imis

http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=131871&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=6&liChannelID=22&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1
IT Management: Security
by Bill Goodwin
Computer Weekly, Tuesday 13 July 2004

Biometric ID cards do little to cut fraud, warns Imis

Biometric ID cards will do little to combat identity theft, fraud or terrorism, the Institute for the Management of Information Systems will tell the government next week.

Scientists Identify Gene Influencing Drug Withdrawal

http://email.wanadoo.co.uk/webmail/inbox_read.html?IDMSG=5180"Scientists Identify Gene Influencing Drug Withdrawal - Join Together,
7/13/2004

Scientists at the Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) in Oregon and the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Medicine have identified a gene that influences drug physical dependence and associated withdrawal, according to a July 9 news release from the Oregon Health & Science University."

Blunkett confirms move to tag asylum seekers - Scotsman, 13 July 2004

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=799842004
"Blunkett confirms move to tag asylum seekers

KEVIN SCHOFIELD

DAVID Blunkett, the Home Secretary, confirmed yesterday that the government planned a regime of electronic surveillance to track asylum seekers.

His announcement came after The Scotsman revealed how the Home Office was planning to electronically tag asylum seekers as part of a major security crackdown.

In the House of Commons, Mr Blunkett angrily denied suggestions that the government would consider tagging asylum seekers’ children. But he revealed that ministers were considering using tracking and "electronic methodology" to bring families out of accommodation centres such as Dungavel in Lanarkshire."

Filling station CCTV helps crime blitz Evening Times

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5028513.html
13/7/04
"Filling station CCTV helps crime blitz

Drivers at 53 filling stations will from today have their number plates read and checked against a police database.
West Yorkshire Police say it is the first time in Britain forecourts have been used to install Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems linked to the police computer."

Goal: Keep kids out of jail - Cincinnati Enquirer

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/13/loc_loc2juv.htmlTuesday, July 13, 2004
Goal: Keep kids out of jail

Agency using $300K grant to try therapy treatment

By Travis Gettys
Enquirer contributor


Placing juvenile offenders in detention is the most expensive - and least effective - way to keep young people out of the criminal justice system, says a manager at an agency that helps troubled youth and their families.

Juvenile head calls for more humane treatment for young offenders

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/9138212.htmPosted on Mon, Jul. 12, 2004

Juvenile head calls for more humane treatment for young offenders

BRENT KALLESTAD

Associated Press


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state moved Monday to a friendlier method of treating juvenile inmates, saying the new approach is a better way of rehabilitating the troubled youngsters.

Juvenile Justice Secretary Anthony Schembri said the agency has banned the use of the shoulder lock, wristlock and pressure points as restraint techniques. It had already banned use of the hammerlock technique.

"Experience has shown us that it is too easy to injure a young person when applying these holds," Schembri told his management team in a recent memo.

"We don't have to confront every child who wants to have a fight or wants to resist," he said Monday. "We need to be smarter than they are."

Speed drunk: state bans 'ultimate party toy'

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/14/1089694394888.html?oneclick=true
"Speed drunk: state bans 'ultimate party toy'
July 14, 2004 - 11:05AM

A product that promises to get people drunk 10 times faster without the punishment of a hangover or calories has been banned by the NSW government.

Promoted as the "ultimate party toy", alcoholic vapour has been a huge hit in London.

But NSW Gaming Minister Grant McBride said AWOL - alcohol without liquid - is "gimmicky" and sends an irresponsible message about alcohol consumption.

AWOL is created in a machine that mixes a shot of alcoholic spirit with oxygen, this creates a cloudy vapour and is inhaled through the mouth or nose."

Help for sex offenders - The Herald, 12 July 2004

Help for sex offenders - The Herald: "Ministers must close the counselling loophole
We appear to recognise the need for the re-education of sex criminals and the figures suggest we are rather successful at it. A Scottish Executive-sponsored report three years ago recommended all sex offenders receive counselling. It is, therefore, shocking to discover that, in 2002, 66% of those convicted for sex attacks received no help."

Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - School chiefs 'could help cut youth crime'

Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - School chiefs 'could help cut youth crime': "School chiefs 'could help cut youth crime' 12 July 2004

KEVIN SCHOFIELD
EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT


Key points
� Education officials accused of failing troubled youngsters
� No-one takes responsibility for youth crime, claims Scottish prisons chief
� However, attack by prisons chief rejected as �a clich�

Key quote
'For those children who turn to truanting, we should be asking why. Some evidence suggests that the curriculum is not being adapted to their needs' - Dan Gunn, deputy director of prisons for Scotland

Story in full A SENIOR prisons chief last night accused education officials of not doing enough to prevent unruly pupils from embarking on a life of crime. "

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent, Pa News

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent, Pa News: "By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent, Pa News

Cash secured from the Treasury will quadruple the number of civilian police wardens to 20,000 and maintain the record number of police officers, it emerged tonight.


A Home Office spokeswoman said the extra funding from the Chancellor would drive a 15% reduction in crime by 2007-2008.

It was the first time the Government had announced the new crime-reduction target.

Emphasis on civilian wardens and community support officers (CSOs) is a trend which may alarm the rank-and-file police officers, who opposed the creation of civilian ranks who do not swear an oath and have only limited powers to detain suspects."

2004 Spending Review: Home Office gets £2.1bn extra, major new IT investme:: PublicTechnology.net ::

2004 Spending Review: Home Office gets £2.1bn extra, major new IT investment :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from: "2004 Spending Review: Home Office gets £2.1bn extra, major new IT investment

The Spending Review increases spending on crime, justice and communities by £3.5 billion by 2007-08 compared with 2004-05.

This supports the Home Office, the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Attorney General's Departments in continuing to drive down crime, deliver justice and support stronger local communities.

The Home Office's budget will rise by more than £2.1 billion by 2007-08, equivalent to annual average real terms growth of 2.7 per cent, building on record increases in the 2000 and 2002 Spending Review periods. The Home Office will also realise annual efficiency savings of almost £2 billion by 2007-08. "

IHT: Key suspect chats, and gives away terror facts

IHT: Key suspect chats, and gives away terror factsElaine Sciolino and Jason Horowitz/NYT NYT Tuesday, July 13, 2004
"Man held in Rome said to have top role in Madrid bombing. For nearly three months, the Italian police have eavesdropped on Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, or 'Muhammad the Egyptian' as the 32-year-old Egyptian is known."

Violence begins at home Le Monde

Violence begins at home: "Violence begins at home
by Ignacio Ramonet
IN Europe right now the statistics of male violence against female partners are terrible. For European women aged 16-44 violence in the home is the primary cause of injury and death, more lethal than road accidents and cancer. Between 25% and 50% of women are victims of this violence. In Portugal 52.8% of women say that they have been violently treated by their husbands or partners. In Germany almost 300 women a year - or three women every four days - are killed by men with whom they used to live. In Britain one woman dies in similar circumstances every three days.
In Spain it is one every four days. In France six women die this way every month: 33% of them are knifed, 33% shot, 20% strangled and 10% beaten (1). In the 15 member states of the European Union (before enlargement to 25), more than 600 women die every year because of sexist brutality in the family (2)."

ic Birmingham - National cops to catch killers just like Huntley

ic Birmingham - National cops to catch killers just like Huntley: "National cops to catch killers just like Huntley Jul 11 2004


By Fionnuala Bourke, Sunday Mercury

Top cops are calling for a national police force to tackle the rising tide of crime, claiming that Britain's regional police forces have been rendered redundant by sophisticated criminals.
Plans put forward by the influential Police Superintendents' Association could spell the end of individual constabularies like the West Midlands, West Mercia and Staffordshire forces.
They would be replaced by one national body, a move that would have a major impact on the role of Chief Constables who currently organise policing in their own areas."

IOL: Crime & Courts - South Africa

IOL: Crime & Courts: " Judge calls for mass release of prisoners
Christelle Terreblanche
July 11 2004 at 01:01PM

'A large-scale release of prisoners or amnesty is urgently needed to bring down crime.'
"If you want to reduce crime, you start off by reducing the number of prisoners," he said.

"First, you have to change the conditions in prisons. At the moment, they are universities of crime. We simply have to get down numbers drastically. We're out of step with the world," he said, explaining that we are among the top jailers internationally."

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Correction agency plan under fire

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Correction agency plan under fire: "Last Updated: Sunday, 11 July, 2004, 16:58 GMT 17:58 UK

Correction agency plan under fire

The aim is to reduce the prison population by cutting reoffending
Plans for a single correctional agency in Scotland could be scuppered by the Liberal Democrats.
Labour wants to merge the Scottish Prison Service with the criminal justice part of local authority social work departments. "

Telegraph | Serco profits from crime

Telegraph | Money | Serco profits from crime: "Serco profits from crime
(Filed: 11/07/04)

Running prisons and associated services accounts for 12 per cent of the company's turnover. And it's growing rapidly, writes Edward Simpkins"
"There was a study done a few years ago showing that around 100,000 offenders are responsible for nearly all crime, so if you can identify and deal appropriately with these people you can manage and reduce crime much more effectively," says Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, the director of government consulting at Serco.

Kansas City infoZine - Human Trafficking Victims Need More Protection, Committee Told - USA

Kansas City infoZine - Human Trafficking Victims Need More Protection, Committee Told - USA: "Human Trafficking Victims Need More Protection, Committee Told
posted by :: infoZine Staff :: 07/09/2004 @ 06:45:14 AM :: views
by Jacquelyn Cole - Efforts to arrest criminals who force thousands of foreigners into the United States and sell them for sex and labor are improving, witnesses told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday.
Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, Washington, D.C. - But the witnesses also said federal law does not adequately protect victims - the most likely to identify their captors - who fear government punishment, making it difficult for law enforcement officials to identify either.

Criminals force an estimated 15,000 men, women and children into the United States each year under false pretenses, in a practice called human trafficking"

Scotsman.com - Refugees may go to Europe over tagging

Scotsman.com News - Politics - Refugees may go to Europe over tagging: "Refugees may go to Europe over tagging

FRASER NELSON
POLITICAL EDITOR
9 July 2004


ASYLUM seekers in Scotland who are forced to wear electronic tagging devices by the Home Office will be able to appeal to the European Court of Justice, it was claimed yesterday.

Cameron Fyfe, one of Scotland�s leading compensation lawyers, has said that only convicted criminals should be subjected to tagging - and that human rights legislation protects everyone else.

But the Home Office said it is confident of pressing ahead with its plans to use Scotland as a testing ground for plans to fit tags to asylum seekers in a deal with Reliance Monitoring Services. "

ic Huddersfield - The asylum limbo: will you help?

ic Huddersfield - The asylum limbo: will you help?: "The asylum limbo: will you help? Jul 9 2004

By Jenny Parkin, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Failed asylum seekers in Huddersfield are living in limbo - without state handouts but unable to go home. JENNY PARKIN reports
THEY would sleep on friends' floors, but housing rules ban asylum seekers from having guests.
Now a Huddersfield support group is taking the unusual step of asking kind local families to put up those who are destitute with nowhere to go."

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Positive report on youth courts - 9 July 2004

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Positive report on youth courts: "Positive report on youth courts

Scotland's pilot youth court system has received a favourable report in a study carried out at Stirling University.
Nearly 130 youths were seen at the court in Lanarkshire in the first six months of the scheme.
Ministers admit, however, that it is too early to say if it has helped to reduce reoffending. "

HoustonChronicle.com - Texas, remember what the object of prison is

HoustonChronicle.com - Texas, remember what the object of prison is: "July 8, 2004, 10:12PM

Texas, remember what the object of prison is
By ANA YANEZ-CORREA and VINCENT SCHIRALDI

According to a report released last month by the U.S. Justice Department, Texas once again holds the dubious distinction of incarcerating the largest prison population in the country. If Texas were a country in and of itself, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world, followed by the other 49 states, with the Russian Republic a distant third. With another multibillion dollar budget shortfall looming, about half of all Texas prisoners incarcerated for nonviolent offenses, and with Texas prisons on the verge of exceeding capacity again, it's time for policy-makers to retool Texas' harsh prison policies and take a more balanced approach to criminal justice. "

STUFF : New Zealand - Canterbury inmates' DNA to reopen cases

STUFF : NATIONAL NEWS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Canterbury inmates' DNA to reopen cases
10 July 2004
By YVONNE MARTIN

DNA samples given to police by more than 150 serious criminals in Canterbury prisons have provided fresh leads on some historic burglaries.

Rapists, robbers and burglars have contributed DNA samples under new legislation which came into force in April.
Kevin Harmer, David Bain and Raymond Ratima were among 43 murderers who gave samples to a police operation aimed at extending the national DNA database.
The new samples are also being compared to those gathered from crime scenes, which could potentially reopen historical cases.
Detective Inspector Malcolm Johnston said some of the fresh DNA tested has matched samples from previous crimes, particularly burglaries. "

Court Orders Hash off the Streets | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 09.07.2004

Court Orders Hash off the Streets | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 09.07.2004: " 09.07.2004

Court Orders Hash off the Streets

The hopes of three million cannabis users have gone up in smoke

The German Federal Constitutional Court has reviewed its previous ruling on the possession of cannabis and returned the carrying of small amounts to the criminal realm.

The Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) in Karlsruhe ruled Friday that the possession of small amounts of hashish and carrying cannabis paraphernalia will remain a punishable offence. "

Sydney sniffer dog ban call rejected - Australia - www.smh.com.au

Sydney sniffer dog ban call rejected - National - www.smh.com.au: "Sydney sniffer dog ban call rejected
July 9, 2004 - 11:06AM

Drug sniffer dogs would not be taken off Sydney's streets despite complaints by the city's lord mayor that their use was humiliating and inefficient, the NSW government said today.
But NSW Police Minister John Watkins said the sniffer dogs were effective and here to stay. "They prevent crime and they make the community feel safer." "

LA plans cybercafe teen curfew | The Register

LA plans cybercafe teen curfew | The Register: "LA plans cybercafe teen curfew
By John Leyden
Published Thursday 8th July 2004 11:48 GMT
Los Angeles is to impose a curfew on kids into cybercafes because the venues have become a popular hangout for truants and the focus of serious youth violence in the city. Cybercafes (or PC baangs) with more than five machines will need a police license must install video cameras for security under regulations put forward in Los Angeles City Council yesterday.
Children under 18 will be banned from cafes on school days between 08.30am and 13.30pm and after 2200pm Cyber cafe customers will be required to provide identification on request."

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tagging plan for asylum seekers

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tagging plan for asylum seekers: "Thursday, 8 July, 2004, 16:01 GMT 17:01 UK

Tagging plan for asylum seekers

Electronic tagging is to be trialled by the Home Office
Some asylum seekers in Scotland are to be electronically tagged in a new scheme being piloted by the UK Government in the coming months.
The project will work by voice verification and use satellites to track people.
The Home Office said it would also apply to people who have been refused entry at ports or who are found to be working illegally. "

German Interior Ministers Agree on Anti-Terrorism Database | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 08.07.2004

German Interior Ministers Agree on Anti-Terrorism Database | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 08.07.2004: "Interior Ministers Agree on Anti-Terrorism Database


Interior ministers from the German states concluded a two-day conference on internal security measures by agreeing on a federal database for terror suspects."

Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth

Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth: "Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth

Does prevention pay? Can an ounce of prevention avoid (at least) an ounce of cure? More specifically for public policy purposes, is there credible scientific evidence that for each dollar a legislature spends on 'research-based' prevention or early intervention programs for youth, more than a dollar?s worth of benefits will be generated?
tp://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/04-07-3901.pdf


Publication date: July 2004"

NYC Looks Beyond Shelters to Fight Chronic Homelessness

NYC Looks Beyond Shelters to Fight Chronic Homelessness: "Under Bloomberg's plan, homeless individuals who leave jails, public hospitals, and foster-care units would be provided with help in finding jobs and assistance. In addition, a database will be established to track long-term homeless individuals.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/endinghomelessness/downloads/pdf/actionbooklet.pdf"

Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth

Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth: "Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth

http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/04-07-3901.pdf


Publication date: July 2004"

The new face of underage drinking: teenage girls | USA - csmonitor.com

The new face of underage drinking: teenage girls | csmonitor.com: "from the July 08, 2004 edition

The new face of underage drinking: teenage girls

By Elizabeth Armstrong and Christina McCarroll | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor

The role that ads may play is highlighted in a study released this week by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University in Washington. The group looked at the advertising content and readership ages of popular magazines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and Sport Illustrated. The study found that underage youths saw more alcohol advertising than did adults in 2002 - and that teen girls were far more likely to be exposed to that advertising than teen boys."

Canadian Family Violence Laws

Canadian Family Violence Laws

The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail: "By CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail "

In a report on family violence, Juristat has linked police and criminal-court records and proved that very often, the more intimate the relationship between victim and criminal, the more likely is the violent offender to get a kiss of a sentence.

What the Juristat report does is demonstrate that the oft-ridiculed perception of Canadians that their courts are soft on crime is a factual reality when it comes to certain kinds of crimes and certain sorts of offenders.

Canada - The Province - Spouses less likely to receive prison term for violent crimes, says StatsCan

The Province: "Spouses less likely to receive prison term for violent crimes, says StatsCan

Maria Babbage
Canadian Press

Tuesday, July 06, 2004

TORONTO (CP) -- A new national study that says offenders convicted of most forms of violent crime against family members are less likely to get prison terms than other offenders is just the 'tip of the iceberg' and may discourage victims from speaking out, experts say."

New Zealand - Scoop: Family group conferences fail too many

Scoop: Family group conferences fail too many: " Family group conferences fail too many
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 3:23 pm
Press Release: New Zealand National Party

Tony Ryall MP
National Law & Order spokesman
6 July 2004
Family group conferences fail too many

Family group conferences are not working for too many young offenders, with latest figures showing some are attending up to 16 meetings with little or no result.

Mr Ryall says the family group conference system does not seem to work for hardcore, repeat offenders.

"We support the system for young people who do not usually get into trouble with the law, but there is limited value in using them repeatedly for those who are constantly in trouble."

Rise of Islam in jails a risk? / TheStar.com,

http://digbig.com/4hjqf
VINAY MENON
When you're in prison there's lots of time to think about God.
Salvation for the sinners has a timeless appeal. And so religion remains an enduring jailhouse phenomenon, where detained criminals are free to embrace penance, piety and prayer."

USA - HARSHBARGER COMMISSION RECOMMENDS BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM

HARSHBARGER COMMISSION RECOMMENDS BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM: "HARSHBARGER COMMISSION RECOMMENDS BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM - The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

SHIRLEY � The 15-member Governor�s Commission on Corrections Reform today presented their comprehensive findings and recommendations to Governor Mitt Romney.
The report notes that although 97 percent of inmates are eventually released back into society, the Department of Correction (DOC) inadequately prepares them for successful re-entry. The panel urges the Department to make prisoner re-entry a top priority to ensure inmates don�t re-offend once they serve their sentence and are back living in the community."

http://www.mass.gov/eops/publications/gccr2004.pdf

The Toronto Star.com - Rise of Islam in jails a risk?

TheStar.com - Rise of Islam in jails a risk?: "Rise of Islam in jails a risk?
7 Jully 2004

VINAY MENON

When you're in prison there's lots of time to think about God.
Salvation for the sinners has a timeless appeal. And so religion remains an enduring jailhouse phenomenon, where detained criminals are free to embrace penance, piety and prayer. Uses a review of a documentary to ocnsider the implications of prisoners converting to Islam."

New Zealand - National Business Review (NBR) -Immigration gets a new internet face

National Business Review (NBR) - Business, News, Arts, Media, Share Market & More: "Immigration gets a new internet face

Immigration has a new internet face, one that appears to celebrate the Asian immigrant.
The website " reflects Immigration's long term strategy called Customised Service". Definition: "Customised Service is about building relationships, understanding customer needs, tailoring the way services and information are provided, teamwork and making high quality decisions to get the best outcomes for those people who want to live and work in New Zealand and for New Zealand."

Thewebsite allows prospective immigrants to actually apply for residence online. The site will allow visitors to personalise their start points and navigation paths, while permitting them to store content of recurrent interest in an online "suitcase" -- much like a shopping cart on a commercial website."

Scotsman.com News - Asylum-Case Judge Warns Human Rights Lawyers

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Asylum-Case Judge Warns Human Rights Lawyers: "Asylum-Case Judge Warns Human Rights Lawyers

By John Aston, PA News

A senior High Court judge has called on human rights lawyers to take greater care to avoid pursuing �totally unmeritorious� legal challenges on behalf of failed asylum seekers attempting to delay their removal from the UK.

The judge made his plea as he criticised the Refugee Legal Centre for bringing an �utterly hopeless� application for judicial review in the case of a woman fleeing an allegedly violent ex-boyfriend in Jamaica."

Australian Herald Sun: Bakhtiari boys take on Straw [07jul04]

Herald Sun: Bakhtiari boys take on Straw [07jul04]: "Bakhtiari boys take on Straw
From correspondents in London
07jul04

TWO boys who escaped from the Woomera detention centre and were refused asylum at the British Consulate in Melbourne have mounted a legal challenge against Britain's foreign secretary.

Alamdar and Muntazar Bakhtiari claim Foreign Secretary Jack Straw breached their human rights when they were turned away from the consulate while on the run in 2002.
They had sought asylum there after joining a mass break-out from the outback detention facility"

The Challenges of Prison Reform - All Africa

http://allafrica.com/stories/200407060778.html

"The Challenges of Prison Reform (Lagos)

OPINION
July 6, 2004
Posted to the web July 6, 2004

Lagos

With Awaiting Trial Inmates in Nigerian Prisons said to account for between 55-75% of the prison population, Maryam Uwais looks at the prisons of tomorrow from the civil society perspective. She proffers suggestions on how the weaknesses in the criminal justice system can be strengthened, even within current constraints.

The major concerns that arise from the sorry state of the Nigerian Prisons Service and make a mockery of the enormous resources made available in efforts to ameliorate the suffering of inmates in our prisons today, include congestion in most prisons (caused by the teeming numbers of awaiting trial inmates) and the appalling neglect experienced by the officers and men of the Service itself."

Public Technology - European anti-terrorism data sharing discussed in UK by EU Ministers

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This was published: 2004-07-07 06:40:00

"Ever closer co-operation on policing, data sharing and border security was key to tackling international terrorism and organised crime, a meeting of EU ministers agreed in Derbyshire yesterday.

Following a two-day meeting, justice and home affairs ministers from the UK, Spain, Italy, France and Germany said Europol should prioritise the disruption of terrorist finance flows, identifying links between terrorism and organised crime and improving data sharing to support the EU's fight against terrorism."

ResourceShelf - Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups

ResourceShelf: "Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups
'Discussions between law enforcement, the private sector, and academia revealed that there is a lack of authoritative unclassified materials concerning the use of cyber technology by Islamic terrorist groups. To meet this need, the Technical Analysis Group at the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College has prepared a report detailing how cyber technologies are exploited by these hostile groups. There is clear, factual evidence that Islamic terrorist groups are using information technologies to facilitate propaganda, recruitment and training, fundraising, communications, and targeting operations.'
https://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/TAG/cyber-capabilities-terrorist.htm
Full Report (PDF; 3.17 MB)"

Expatica Germany, German youth becoming a 'generation of pot heads'

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in Germany, plus German news in English: "German youth becoming a 'generation of pot heads'

5 July 2004
HAMBURG - Teenagers in Germany are smoking cannabis in alarming numbers, prompting health authorities to issue stern health warnings and to call for stringent anti-drugs efforts by schools.

A national survey shows nearly one out of every four 15-year-olds (23 percent) have smoked marijuana or hashish and 15 percent do so regularly. "

Expatica Netherlands, Rotterdam to rescue drug-addicted prostitutes

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English: "Rotterdam to rescue drug-addicted prostitutes

5 July 2004
AMSTERDAM - Rotterdam City Council has opted for an unusual method to free women from prostitution: all 180 drug-addicted women working in the city's tolerated street sex zone are to be placed in residential colleges."

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence: "Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence
05 Jul 2004

In therapeutic foster care programs, youths who cannot live at home are placed in homes with foster parents who have been trained to provide a structured environment that supports their learning social and emotional skills. To assess the effectiveness of such programs in preventing violent behavior among participating youths, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature regarding these programs. "

Irish Politics from Politics.ie - - Juvenile crime requires broader response than 'fines by letter' - Costello

Irish Politics from Politics.ie - - Juvenile crime requires broader response than 'fines by letter' - Costello: "Juvenile crime requires broader response than 'fines by letter' - Costello
Monday, July 05

The suggestion from the Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, that juveniles involved in minor offences could be fined �by post� rather than going through the courts system is a proposal worth consideration, but it should not draw attention away from the wider problems of the juvenile justice system that need to be addressed by the government."

Expatica Netherlands, Dutch MPs vote to raise maximum jail terms

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English: "Dutch MPs vote to raise maximum jail terms

2 July 2004
AMSTERDAM - Dutch MPs backed a legislative proposal on Thursday increasing the maximum length of jail terms judges can impose on people convicted of serious crimes such as murder or manslaughter to 30 years.
The legislation is designed to close the gap between crimes that presently carry a 20 year maximum jail term and the life sentences that Dutch courts can impose, Dutch public news service NOS reported."

Petty offenders face public exposure - Expatica Netherlands

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Petty offenders face public exposure

29 June 2004

AMSTERDAM − Dutch privacy laws will be adjusted this year allowing photos of people suspected of petty crimes such as shop thefts, minor assault and burglaries to be placed on television, in newspapers and the internet.

The latest weapon in the fight against crime is expected to come into force in the Autumn and the Public Prosecution Office (OM) will send official instructions to all public prosecutors this summer, newspaper Trouw reported on Tuesday."

Ombudsman reports on openness of government to provide information

Ombudsman reports on openness of government to provide information :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from: "Ombudsman reports on openness of government to provide information

This was published: 2004-07-05 06:20:00

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, has published the results of her investigations over the past year into complaints that government information had been wrongly withheld from those who had asked for it under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. "

The Computer Misuse Act Inquiry - All Party Parliamentary Internet Group - APIG

All Party Parliamentary Internet Group - APIG: "The Computer Misuse Act Inquiry"

Volunteer units for 234 crime-prone areas by year-end - Malaysia

Volunteer units for 234 crime-prone areas by year-end: "Volunteer units for 234 crime-prone areas by year-end
BY STEPHEN THEN
MIRI: Neighbourhood patrol units will be set up in each of the 234 crime hotspots in the country by the year's end in a move to get the people's help to reduce the crime rate.
The move follows the successful debut of similar patrols in Seberang Prai, Penang, where the crime rate has dropped by some 50% after the introduction of the neighbourhood patrols a year ago. "

ic Birmingham - Our asylum seekers have disappeared

ic Birmingham - Our asylum seekers have disappeared: "Our asylum seekers have disappeared Jul 4 2004

By Jeanette Oldham, Sunday Mercury

A charity which helps asylum-seekers has seen its Midland caseload disappear overnight - and fears that controversial new legislation is driving refugees underground."

Delhi a centre for women trafficking: NGO

Delhi a centre for women trafficking: NGO: "Saturday , July 03, 2004

Delhi a centre for women trafficking: NGO

Express News Service

New Delhi, July 2: A REPORT by a Faridabad-based NGO claims that the Capital has become a major destination for trafficking of women and children.The report by NGO Shakti Vahini puts Delhi in �category 2� on a scale of 1 to 3 indicating the prevalence of human trafficking.
The NGO points to the increasing �globalisation� of the flesh trade in the city, with women from Russia, Africa and Europe being brought over few years"

CNN.com - Dutch back brothel 'seal of quality' - Jul 2, 2004

CNN.com - Dutch back brothel 'seal of quality' - Jul 2, 2004: "Dutch back brothel 'seal of quality'
Saturday, July 3, 2004 Posted: 0023 GMT (0823 HKT)


Prostitutes stand in brothel windows in Amsterdam's legal red light district.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Reuters) -- The Dutch government backs plans for 'seals of quality' for well-run brothels and standard contracts for prostitutes, as well as more support for those who want to leave the world's oldest profession, it said Friday."

Cops to widen web to catch cyber criminals - The Times of India

Cops to widen web to catch cyber criminals - The Times of India: "Cops to widen web to catch cyber criminals

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, JULY 03, 2004 12:26:23 AM ]

MUMBAI: Each of the 83 police stations in Mumbai will soon be adequately staffed to deal with new-age crime on the information superhighway.

Sources in the cyber crime cell said every police station will have at least two officers who will be �experts�� in dealing with cases pertaining to cyber crime.

At present, internet-related cases are generally referred to the cyber crime cell situated at the police headquarters. This cell is short-staffed and functions froman 80-sq-ft office. The office is so small that when complainants arrive, some of the officers have to vacate the room.

The training for police station personnel is being conducted at the cyber crime lab in Worli. Every week, 12 officers from each zone are being trained by IT experts who teach them the nuances of cyber crime, how to investigate such cases and the prosecution. The officers are also imparted knowledge on the IT Act. "

ic Coventry - Young offenders to see fruits of labour

ic Coventry - Young offenders to see fruits of labour: "Young offenders to see fruits of labour Jul 3 2004

By Ben Griffin

Young offenders will learn to reap what they sow as part of a new community project.
Coventry's Youth Offending Service (YOS) is getting youngsters who have been in trouble with the law to overhaul a city allotment"

NEWS.com.au | Teen pot epidemic out of control (July 4, 2004)

NEWS.com.au | Teen pot epidemic out of control (July 4, 2004): "Teen pot epidemic out of control
PAUL WESTON and MARK ALEXANDER
July 4, 2004

MORE than 4000 children and teenagers have been caught with marijuana in three years in Queensland, a new report reveals.

The youngest found with the drug was just 10, according to the review of the State Government's drug diversion initiative � where first-time offenders are given the option of a two-hour rehabilitation session rather than going to court. "

ContraCostaTimes.com | 07/03/2004 | Mexico's Fox announces crime-reduction initiative

ContraCostaTimes.com | 07/03/2004 | Mexico's Fox announces crime-reduction initiative: "Posted on Sat, Jul. 03, 2004

Mexico's Fox announces crime-reduction initiative

By Susana Hayward

MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox has proposed a new project to fight crime, saying last Sunday's huge march of Mexicans protesting rising kidnappings and other crime shows that society is 'offended and hurt' by injustice in Mexico."

ic Wales - Council questions policing policies

ic Wales - Council questions policing policies: "Council questions policing policies Jul 3 2004


Darren Devine, The Western Mail

A NORTH WALES local authority has urged the region's chief constable to reconsider his policies on speeding, drugs and community policing.
Gwynedd Council wrote to North Wales Police challenging Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom to think again on his hardline stance on the issues.
The authority urged the chief to 'reconsider the contents and implementation of his policies for policing the area, especially in relation to speeding, speed cameras, legalising drugs and community policing.'"

Islamophobic policing alienates Muslims: UK govt

Islamophobic policing alienates Muslims: UK govt: "Islamophobic policing alienating young Muslims: UK government

July 03, 2004 18:53 IST


British government has announced an inquiry into the use by police of stop-and-search powers and warned that a generation of young Muslims was being alienated by 'Islamophobic' policing.
Home Office figures released yesterday revealed the number of Asians stopped and searched under anti-terrorism laws has increased by 302 per cent in a year."

BBC NEWS | Politics | Analysis: Control of policing

BBC NEWS | Politics | Analysis: Control of policing: "Analysis: Control of policing

By Mark Easton
BBC News home editor

The High Court ruled Mr Blunkett was entitled to force suspension
David Blunkett was once asked about the relative powers of chief constables, police authorities and the home secretary.
He said the chief constable gets all the power, the police authority gets all the money and the home secretary gets all the blame.
There is perhaps some truth in that. "

Missouri Receiving Accolades for Approach to Youth Prisons

Missouri Receiving Accolades for Approach to Youth Prisons: "Missouri Receiving Accolades for Approach to Youth Prisons
7/2/2004

Rather than a punishment-oriented system, Missouri's youth prisons promote small group discussions, therapy, and caring. The approach is winning accolades and gaining interest from other states, such as California, the Los Angeles Times reported July 1.

In Missouri's youth prisons, dorms replace jail cells. Beanbag chairs, potted plants, stuffed animals, and smiley-face comforters are the norm instead of handcuffs, razor-wire fences, and uniforms. Inmates are referred to as 'kids' and guards are called 'youth specialists.'"

What's wrong with our cyber laws? - News Analysis - Express Computer India

What's wrong with our cyber laws? - News Analysis - Express Computer India: "Keane Insight
What's wrong with our cyber laws?
Three years have passed since parliament passed the IT Act, but India�s first cyber law is still hard to implement. SUSHMA NAIK looks at the loopholes in the law and the changes that need to be made
PAVAN DUGGAL says that the IT Act is completely inadequate as it has several drawbacks and grey areas
G SHYAM (name changed on request of anonymity) is a hassled chief information officer (CIO) of a leading private bank. For close to a week, the CIO has been monitoring attempts by hackers to break into the bank�s network. While the bank has succeeded in tracing the IP address of the supposed hackers, no action has been taken. Reason: the cyber crime cell in Mumbai is understaffed. Out of a total workforce of 4,400 police officers, there are only five in the cyber crime cell�a measly 0.11 percent. "

Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime | The Register

Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime | The Register: "Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime
By John Leyden
Published Friday 2nd July 2004 16:01 GMT
Analysis The publication of a review of Britain's cybercrime laws by an influential group of MPs and peers this week has been welcomed by the IT industry. Broad agreement with the All Party Internet Group's (APIG) conclusion that the Computer Misuse Act 1990 needs only minor reforms have been matched with widespread calls for tougher enforcement action against cybercriminals."

Juveniles' ankle monitors switch off

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/s1a_juvenile_0701.htmlJuveniles' ankle monitors switch off

By Kathleen Chapman
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 30, 2004

"At 12:01 this morning, the state of Florida turned off the electronic shackles that controlled hundreds of juvenile offenders on house arrest — all in the name of saving money.

It costs the state $7.96 a day for the ankle bracelet used to monitor teens confined to their home. State officials say they are now relying on parents to notify probation officers if the teen offenders run away. The alternative is to send the juvenile to a detention center at a cost of $110 a day."

Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=238Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU

By Lisa Kurbiel
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations

July 1, 2004

"The accession of 10 new Member States to the European Union on May 1, 2004 profoundly changed the political, economic, and judicial landscape in a part of the world where child trafficking is on the rise. In this newly transformed union, new policies, legislation, and efforts to establish an EU Convention Against Human Trafficking present key opportunities to provide special protection to child victims."

Treatment Professionals: Take Action to End Discrimination - JoinTogether

Treatment Professionals: Take Action to End Discrimination: "Treatment Professionals: Take Action to End Discrimination
6/30/2004

Feature Commentary
By David Rosenbloom, Ph.D.

If addiction relapse occurs, clients, families, and payers often think that treatment 'failed.' But addiction professionals know that their work may not be enough if their client has no home, job, or access to food stamps or child care. Many of the major obstacles on the road to recovery are the result of public and private policies that discriminate against people with alcohol or other drug disease. "

NEUROCOPS: TOMORROW�S DRUG WAR � New Report Warns Policing is Poised to Move Inside the Body and Brain �

PRESS RELEASE: NEUROCOPS: TOMORROW�S DRUG WAR � New Report Warns Policing is Poised to Move Inside the Body and Brain �: "NEUROCOPS: TOMORROW�S DRUG WAR � New Report Warns Policing is Poised to Move Inside the Body and Brain �
This report by the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics is the first comprehensive and critical analysis of �pharmacotherapy,� the use of new medications designed to block the effects of illegal drugs.
(PRWEB) June 30, 2004 -- A 50-page policy report released by the non-profit Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics warns that the war on drugs may be about to enter a new era �that expands the drug war battlefield from the Columbian coca farms and the Middle Eastern poppy fields, to a new terrain directly inside the bodies and brains of drug users.� The report is the first comprehensive and critical analysis of �pharmacotherapy,� the use of new medications designed to block the effects of illegal drugs. While acknowledging that such pharmacological aids may well benefit people who voluntarily chose to use them, the CCLE report raises concerns about potential coercive use."

4NI - Northern Ireland On The Internet - Switched-off' public hindering prevention, says crime survey

4NI - Northern Ireland On The Internet: "30 June 2004
'Switched-off' public hindering prevention, says crime survey

The public's 'switched-off' attitude to crime prevention campaigns is hindering community safety professionals in their efforts to deliver safer, more secure communities, according to a major study funded by the Home Office.
Nearly 1,000 Tees Valley households were surveyed to provide a picture of the public's attitudes to crime prevention. The study was commissioned by Safe in Tees Valley, the community-safety consortium operating across the Tees Valley.
The report, 'Informing the Effective Use of Publicity and Media Campaigns to Reduce Crime and the Fear of Crime', found that two-out-of-three respondents (67%) claimed they 'know all there is to know' about how to protect themselves from becoming victims of crime."

Expatica � Dutch vow to fight drugs during EU presidency

Expatica � Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English: Dutch vow to fight drugs during EU presidency

30 June 2004

"AMSTERDAM — On the eve of the Netherlands taking over the European Union presidency, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende urged on Wednesday for a crackdown on drug trafficking and called for harsher domestic and European-wide sentences.

The Netherlands is unpopular with its European neighbours for its toleration of soft drugs. The Dutch are also renowned as the world's largest producers of ecstasy and vast quantities of cocaine are smuggled through Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. "

FT.com / Call for tougher prison terms to deter hackers

FT.com / Industries / Information technology: "Call for tougher prison terms to deter hackers
By Bob Sherwood, Legal Correspondent
Published: June 30 2004 17:31 | Last Updated: June 30 2004 17:31


Computer hackers should face much stiffer sentences in the UK to encourage police and prosecutors to treat cyber crime more seriously, a parliamentary report has urged."