http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/national/31planes.html?th&emc=th
Scott Shane, Stephen Grey and Margot Williams
"When the Central Intelligence Agency wants to grab a suspected member of Al Qaeda overseas and deliver him to interrogators in another country, an Aero Contractors plane often does the job. If agency experts need to fly overseas in a hurry after the capture of a prized prisoner, a plane will depart Johnston County and stop at Dulles Airport outside Washington to pick up the C.I.A. team on the way."
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Sports | CRIENGLISH
Sports | CRIENGLISH: "Wheldon became the first driver from England to win the famed race in 29 years. "
Mideast increasingly at risk from cyber-crime / The Daily Star, 31 May 2005
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=15496
Nicholas Noe
"Although statistics on cyber crime in the Middle East are generally hard to come by, according to one recent survey by Symantec, a leading Internet security provider, among countries with a relatively low number of Internet users, five countries from the Middle East region have been classified as among the top 10 countries vulnerable to hackers' attacks."
Nicholas Noe
"Although statistics on cyber crime in the Middle East are generally hard to come by, according to one recent survey by Symantec, a leading Internet security provider, among countries with a relatively low number of Internet users, five countries from the Middle East region have been classified as among the top 10 countries vulnerable to hackers' attacks."
Crime, politics and disorder in Mexico / Mexidata Info, 30 May 2005
http://www.mexidata.info/id500.html
Barnard R. Thompson
"It is a sad fact that crime, crimes against women, kidnappings, violence and murder - especially drug gang related warfare, contract killings and mayhem, are raging out of control in far too many parts of Mexico."
Barnard R. Thompson
"It is a sad fact that crime, crimes against women, kidnappings, violence and murder - especially drug gang related warfare, contract killings and mayhem, are raging out of control in far too many parts of Mexico."
Smart Water Police Users Group - Website
http://digbig.com/4dnrg
"The purpose of the Police User Group (PUG) web area is to keep officers appraised of new developments, provide access to key information, downloadable documents and to provide guidance in relation to the implementation of the SmartWater strategy to reduce crime."
{Free Registration required)
"The purpose of the Police User Group (PUG) web area is to keep officers appraised of new developments, provide access to key information, downloadable documents and to provide guidance in relation to the implementation of the SmartWater strategy to reduce crime."
{Free Registration required)
No visa for Australia despite proposed changes to asylum seeker rules / Sydney Morning Hrald, 31 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnrf
Jane McAdam
"AUSTRALIA'S laws regulating the reception and processing of asylum seekers are uniquely draconian: Australia is the only Western country with a mandatory detention regime for those who arrive without a valid visa. The detention cannot be reviewed by the courts, and there are no limits on its duration."
Jane McAdam
"AUSTRALIA'S laws regulating the reception and processing of asylum seekers are uniquely draconian: Australia is the only Western country with a mandatory detention regime for those who arrive without a valid visa. The detention cannot be reviewed by the courts, and there are no limits on its duration."
French Vote Not the End of Europe / Deutsche Welle, 30 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1599745,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Many have already started reading the European Union the last rites after the French rejected the EU constitution on Sunday. But far from killing it off, the EU may in the long run benefit from the result."
"Many have already started reading the European Union the last rites after the French rejected the EU constitution on Sunday. But far from killing it off, the EU may in the long run benefit from the result."
ILO releases major new study on forced labour / One World net, May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnre
"A new report, entitled 'A global alliance against forced labour' (Note 1), says that nearly 10 million people are exploited through forced labour in the private economy, rather than imposed directly by states. Of these, the study estimates a minimum of 2.4 million to be victims of human trafficking."
Report - PDF - http://www.ilo.org/dyn/declaris/DECLARATIONWEB.DOWNLOAD_BLOB?Var_DocumentID=5059
"A new report, entitled 'A global alliance against forced labour' (Note 1), says that nearly 10 million people are exploited through forced labour in the private economy, rather than imposed directly by states. Of these, the study estimates a minimum of 2.4 million to be victims of human trafficking."
Report - PDF - http://www.ilo.org/dyn/declaris/DECLARATIONWEB.DOWNLOAD_BLOB?Var_DocumentID=5059
Monday, May 30, 2005
We have nothing to fear but the culture of fear itself /Sunday Times, 29 May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1632100,00.html
"Britons want protection from what they see as a rising tide of violent and immoral youth. Blair has made security against the 'yob culture' a core theme of his third term. Since his government is headline driven, the theme is easily fuelled by the press. Hence the blizzard of initiatives pouring out of Downing Street with attached targets, shaming regimes and ring-fenced spending. Hence, too, the growing protest of those struggling to administer this empire."
"Britons want protection from what they see as a rising tide of violent and immoral youth. Blair has made security against the 'yob culture' a core theme of his third term. Since his government is headline driven, the theme is easily fuelled by the press. Hence the blizzard of initiatives pouring out of Downing Street with attached targets, shaming regimes and ring-fenced spending. Hence, too, the growing protest of those struggling to administer this empire."
Students losing freedoms / [USA] The Connecticut Post, 29 May 2005
http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_2767060
"A Junior high school in northern California pins radio identification tags on its students. New Jersey high school students must hand over a urine sample before trying out for band or earning parking privileges.
While not as intrusive as other states, schools in Connecticut are part of the trend to use ever more aggressive techniques to keep track of where students are, what they bring to school and what they put in their bodies."
"A Junior high school in northern California pins radio identification tags on its students. New Jersey high school students must hand over a urine sample before trying out for band or earning parking privileges.
While not as intrusive as other states, schools in Connecticut are part of the trend to use ever more aggressive techniques to keep track of where students are, what they bring to school and what they put in their bodies."
Ten-year-olds could get £30 fines for dropping litter / Sunday Times, 29 May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1632076,00.html
"CHILDREN as young as 10 are to be given on-the-spot fines of £30 or £40 for yobbish behaviour under a controversial scheme to be launched next month. The youths will be served with penalty notices for 'nuisance' crimes such as vandalism, harassing neighbours and dropping litter. Police will be able to take fingerprints and DNA before marching the youths home to issue the penalty notices in front of their parents. "
"CHILDREN as young as 10 are to be given on-the-spot fines of £30 or £40 for yobbish behaviour under a controversial scheme to be launched next month. The youths will be served with penalty notices for 'nuisance' crimes such as vandalism, harassing neighbours and dropping litter. Police will be able to take fingerprints and DNA before marching the youths home to issue the penalty notices in front of their parents. "
Folly of ID cards : why we can't trust the Government / The Observer, 29 May 2005
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1495079,00.html
"The surrender of privacy and the cost required by such a scheme might just about be worth the supposed benefits if two conditions are met: we must have confidence in the state to use our data wisely, and we must have faith in the state to make the system work. We have neither. "
"The surrender of privacy and the cost required by such a scheme might just about be worth the supposed benefits if two conditions are met: we must have confidence in the state to use our data wisely, and we must have faith in the state to make the system work. We have neither. "
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Czech President Wants Old EU Back / Deutsche Welle, 29 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1595824,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Anyone looking for euroskeptics in the Czech Republic needn't look far. Czech President Vaclav Klaus opposes the EU constitution, and hardly a day goes by in which he doesn't remind his countrymen and women of the fact. "
"Anyone looking for euroskeptics in the Czech Republic needn't look far. Czech President Vaclav Klaus opposes the EU constitution, and hardly a day goes by in which he doesn't remind his countrymen and women of the fact. "
Website of sex offenders Reuters, 26 May 2005
http://www.crime-research.org/news/26.05.2005/1257/
"The Justice Department will launch a national sex offender registry Web site that will allow people to check state databases with a single search, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Friday.
'With this technology, every citizen and law enforcement officer will be able to search the latest information for the identity and location of known sex offenders,' he said in prepared remarks announcing the new registry."
"The Justice Department will launch a national sex offender registry Web site that will allow people to check state databases with a single search, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Friday.
'With this technology, every citizen and law enforcement officer will be able to search the latest information for the identity and location of known sex offenders,' he said in prepared remarks announcing the new registry."
Calls in Spain to Legalize Prostitution / Deutsche Welle, 28 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1597641,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"One of Spain's largest trade unions wants the government to regulate prostitution and grant prostitutes labor rights like other workers. It's a divisive issue, with feminists and prostitutes on both sides of the debate."
"One of Spain's largest trade unions wants the government to regulate prostitution and grant prostitutes labor rights like other workers. It's a divisive issue, with feminists and prostitutes on both sides of the debate."
Phishing line used to sell ID cards / ZDNet UK News, 27 May 2005
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39200381,00.htm
"Having failed to win enough support trying to sell ID cards on the basis of protection from terrorism, the government is now selling them as an anti-phishing measure
The Home Office is pressing on with the ID Cards Bill despite needing to run further tests of the technology."
"Having failed to win enough support trying to sell ID cards on the basis of protection from terrorism, the government is now selling them as an anti-phishing measure
The Home Office is pressing on with the ID Cards Bill despite needing to run further tests of the technology."
Gottcha! / [Australia] The Sunday Mail QLD, 29 Mail 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnnd
Jessica Lawrence"'The best benefit of CCTV is that it is reactive, so if an incident occurs we are able to have video evidence and if something is picked up, we are able to inform the police straight away.' "
Jessica Lawrence"'The best benefit of CCTV is that it is reactive, so if an incident occurs we are able to have video evidence and if something is picked up, we are able to inform the police straight away.' "
Youth offenders get swift justice / Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 May 2005
http://news.inq7.net/metro/index.php?index=1&story_id=38463
Angelina G. Goloy
"THE WHEELS of justice picked up speed for juvenile delinquents whose cases were decided in a court that, literally, has wheels.
Just before Christmas last year, the Supreme Court put on the road a mobile court to help address the age-old problems of slow-moving cases and congested detention centers, caused by lack of judges and courthouses."
Angelina G. Goloy
"THE WHEELS of justice picked up speed for juvenile delinquents whose cases were decided in a court that, literally, has wheels.
Just before Christmas last year, the Supreme Court put on the road a mobile court to help address the age-old problems of slow-moving cases and congested detention centers, caused by lack of judges and courthouses."
Juvenile offenders put to work crafting art, life skills / AP, 28 May 2005
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/11759643.htm
Elliott McLaughlin
"Studies have shown that children in such programs benefit personally and academically, regardless of what type of art they make. A U.S. Justice Department study conducted from 1995 to 1998 concluded that participants in arts programs are less likely to commit crimes again, less likely to skip school and tend to perform better in school."
Elliott McLaughlin
"Studies have shown that children in such programs benefit personally and academically, regardless of what type of art they make. A U.S. Justice Department study conducted from 1995 to 1998 concluded that participants in arts programs are less likely to commit crimes again, less likely to skip school and tend to perform better in school."
Activists pounce on police racism study / [Canada] The Globe and Mail, 28 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnnc
Colin Freeze
"Anti-racism activists are seizing on a new police study and urging officials to quickly stamp out 'anti-black' attitudes in Toronto and beyond -- even as some police officers continue to insist 'there is no systemic racism' lurking in the heart of the criminal-justice system. "
Colin Freeze
"Anti-racism activists are seizing on a new police study and urging officials to quickly stamp out 'anti-black' attitudes in Toronto and beyond -- even as some police officers continue to insist 'there is no systemic racism' lurking in the heart of the criminal-justice system. "
Judge awards damages to teen asylum seekers / Cambridge News, 28 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnnb
"A judge said Home Office immigration officials acted 'irrationally' in not accepting the evidence of a top paediatrician that both boys were only 16 and not lying about their age.
Both are now entitled to damages because they are victims of a breach of Home Office policy that requires unaccompanied asylum seekers under 18 to be put in the care of local authorities, and not sent to detention centres."
"A judge said Home Office immigration officials acted 'irrationally' in not accepting the evidence of a top paediatrician that both boys were only 16 and not lying about their age.
Both are now entitled to damages because they are victims of a breach of Home Office policy that requires unaccompanied asylum seekers under 18 to be put in the care of local authorities, and not sent to detention centres."
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Witnessing Violence Can Trigger Violent Behavior / Forbes.com, 26 May 2005
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/05/26/hscout525957.html
Serena Gordon
"Can exposure to gun violence make you more likely to participate in violence?
The answer is yes, according to new research that found teens who had witnessed gun violence or been victims of it were twice as likely to then commit violence."
Serena Gordon
"Can exposure to gun violence make you more likely to participate in violence?
The answer is yes, according to new research that found teens who had witnessed gun violence or been victims of it were twice as likely to then commit violence."
US wants to be able to access Britons' ID cards / the Independent, 27 May 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=641731
Kim Sengupta
"The United States wants Britain's proposed identity cards to have the same microchip and technology as the ones used on American documents."
Kim Sengupta
"The United States wants Britain's proposed identity cards to have the same microchip and technology as the ones used on American documents."
Black eye for ID cards / Blcak Information Link, 26 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnmd
"CHARLES CLARKE'S got another black eye when tests for ID cards showed iris recognition technology had a lower success rate with black people. I am a man, not a number. A trial report into ID card biometrics revealed a host of problems with fingerprint, iris and facial scans."
"CHARLES CLARKE'S got another black eye when tests for ID cards showed iris recognition technology had a lower success rate with black people. I am a man, not a number. A trial report into ID card biometrics revealed a host of problems with fingerprint, iris and facial scans."
Community service option added for juvenile offenders / [USA] Rice Lake Online, May 2005
http://www.chronotype.com/article.asp?ArticleID=8524
"The Restorative Action Plan program was started last fall after Rice Lake School District liaison officer Mark O�Brien decided that it was time for more youths to take responsibility for bad decisions that lead to municipal citations or referrals.
O�Brien said that young offenders too often fall through the cracks because they are too young to be formally charged or because their delinquent behavior doesn�t fit the definition of a crime. "
"The Restorative Action Plan program was started last fall after Rice Lake School District liaison officer Mark O�Brien decided that it was time for more youths to take responsibility for bad decisions that lead to municipal citations or referrals.
O�Brien said that young offenders too often fall through the cracks because they are too young to be formally charged or because their delinquent behavior doesn�t fit the definition of a crime. "
California turns toward rehabilitating juveniles / The Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0527/p01s03-ussc.html?s=hns
Danial B Wood
"After decades of tough policies, America's most-populous state is poised to reverse direction in its approach to the incarceration of youth - from punishment to rehabilitation. "
Danial B Wood
"After decades of tough policies, America's most-populous state is poised to reverse direction in its approach to the incarceration of youth - from punishment to rehabilitation. "
Working classes turned on to hard drugs by cheap cocaine / The Times, 27 May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1629965,00.html
Richard Ford
"More than half a million people are now using Class A drugs every month and the number of young people using cocaine has more than doubled since 1998. Cocaine use has quadrupled since 1996 and the surge is being blamed on significant increases among people over 24"
Richard Ford
"More than half a million people are now using Class A drugs every month and the number of young people using cocaine has more than doubled since 1998. Cocaine use has quadrupled since 1996 and the surge is being blamed on significant increases among people over 24"
Slain officer's gun holster failed test / [Australia] the Age, 27 May 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/26/1116950822138.html
John Silvester and Andrea Petrie
"Secret tests conducted following the murder of Senior Constable Tony Clarke, who was shot dead with his own gun on the Warburton Highway, have exposed dangerous flaws in police firearm equipment."
John Silvester and Andrea Petrie
"Secret tests conducted following the murder of Senior Constable Tony Clarke, who was shot dead with his own gun on the Warburton Highway, have exposed dangerous flaws in police firearm equipment."
Police to distribute booklets to help human trafficking victims / Japan Today - News -, 27 May 2005
http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=338359
"The National Police Agency plans to distribute a six-language booklet to human trafficking victims to urge them to go to Japanese authorities to seek shelter and help"
"The National Police Agency plans to distribute a six-language booklet to human trafficking victims to urge them to go to Japanese authorities to seek shelter and help"
Youth crime tactics not working, study reveals / {Australia] Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/26/1116950819353.html
Johnathan Pearlman
"The State Government's system of special courts and lenient punishments for young offenders is failing to prevent reoffending and should be combined with programs to combat truancy and intervene in dysfunctional families, a study has found."
Johnathan Pearlman
"The State Government's system of special courts and lenient punishments for young offenders is failing to prevent reoffending and should be combined with programs to combat truancy and intervene in dysfunctional families, a study has found."
Parole boards hit lack of youth mental services / [Australia] The Age, 27 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnmc
Gary Hughes
"Victoria's troubled juvenile justice system was under fire again yesterday, with the state's two independent youth parole boards criticising the shortage of mental health services for young offenders."
Gary Hughes
"Victoria's troubled juvenile justice system was under fire again yesterday, with the state's two independent youth parole boards criticising the shortage of mental health services for young offenders."
The Value of Libraries: Impact, Normative Data, & Influencing Funders / Sirsi OneSource, May 2005
http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000396335.cfm?x=b4TcM1g,b2rpmkgK,w
Includes links to other evaluative articles.
Includes links to other evaluative articles.
Sex offenders forced to wear tracking devices [Australia] Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/26/1116950801070.html
Johnathan Pearlman
"Serial rapists and pedophiles will wear tracking devices to prevent them from entering school areas or victims' homes while released on parole."
Johnathan Pearlman
"Serial rapists and pedophiles will wear tracking devices to prevent them from entering school areas or victims' homes while released on parole."
Russian cybercrime statistics / Crime Research, 25 May 2005
http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.05.2005/1253/
"According to the Infiormation center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, 13723 computer crimes were committed in Russia last year. It makes a twofold increase over the previous number of 7052 cyber crimes in 2003."
"According to the Infiormation center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, 13723 computer crimes were committed in Russia last year. It makes a twofold increase over the previous number of 7052 cyber crimes in 2003."
Addict gets ASBO wish / Camden Gazette, 25 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dnmb
"A CRACK addict had his wish granted- when magistrates handed him an anti-yob order. Durant Monfries, 28, asked for an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) after seeing how it helped his girlfriend clean up."
"A CRACK addict had his wish granted- when magistrates handed him an anti-yob order. Durant Monfries, 28, asked for an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) after seeing how it helped his girlfriend clean up."
Asbos 'are bringing back jail for prostitutes' / The Guardian, 25 May 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1491329,00.html
Laura Smith
"Anti-social behaviour orders are increasingly being used against prostitutes as a 'quick fix' way of clearing women off the streets, campaigners warn.
Probation officers and those who work with prostitutes say the orders have effectively brought back jail sentences for offences such as loitering and soliciting, which have been non-imprisonable for more than 10 years. Breaching the orders, brought in six years ago, is a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in jail. "
Laura Smith
"Anti-social behaviour orders are increasingly being used against prostitutes as a 'quick fix' way of clearing women off the streets, campaigners warn.
Probation officers and those who work with prostitutes say the orders have effectively brought back jail sentences for offences such as loitering and soliciting, which have been non-imprisonable for more than 10 years. Breaching the orders, brought in six years ago, is a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in jail. "
EU biometric visa trial opts for the tinfoil sleeve / The Register, 25 May 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/25/eu_bio_visa_trial/
John Lettice
"The slight snag with the single biometric identity document - as we've noted here in the past - was identified by Brussels' techies late last year. The technology is intended to use contactless chip technology, despite the obvious gotcha that it'll be perfectly feasible for unauthorised readers to lift data from your passport. But if you've got multiple travel validations using the same technology in the same passport document, having them all chattering at the same timed screws up the readers. As the techies reported last year, the original plan to have visas using contactless technology in a passport which itself uses that technology just plain doesn't work."
John Lettice
"The slight snag with the single biometric identity document - as we've noted here in the past - was identified by Brussels' techies late last year. The technology is intended to use contactless chip technology, despite the obvious gotcha that it'll be perfectly feasible for unauthorised readers to lift data from your passport. But if you've got multiple travel validations using the same technology in the same passport document, having them all chattering at the same timed screws up the readers. As the techies reported last year, the original plan to have visas using contactless technology in a passport which itself uses that technology just plain doesn't work."
UK ID scheme rides again, as biggest ID fraud of them all / The Register, 25 May 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/25/id_bill_mk2_fraud_con/
John Lettice
"Analysis Home Secretary Charles Clarke is 'aware of the genuine concerns' over the UK ID scheme, but the Bill his department reintroduced to Parliament today is, according to Home Office Minister Tony McNulty, 'in essence... the same Bill' as the one that fell prior to the general election. So, it would seem that the new-look listening Government hears the concerns, and says, 'tough'."
John Lettice
"Analysis Home Secretary Charles Clarke is 'aware of the genuine concerns' over the UK ID scheme, but the Bill his department reintroduced to Parliament today is, according to Home Office Minister Tony McNulty, 'in essence... the same Bill' as the one that fell prior to the general election. So, it would seem that the new-look listening Government hears the concerns, and says, 'tough'."
The Transition from juvenile to adult criminal careers / [Australia] BOCSAR, May 2005
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/cjb86.pdf/$file/cjb86.pdf
Shuling Chen, Tania Matruglio, Don Weatherburn and Jiuzhao Hua
"More than 68 per cent of the juvenile offenders who appeared for the first
time in the NSW Children’s Court in 1995 reappeared in a NSW criminal court
within the next eight years. More than one in 10 (i.e. 13 per cent) ended
up in an adult prison within this period."
Shuling Chen, Tania Matruglio, Don Weatherburn and Jiuzhao Hua
"More than 68 per cent of the juvenile offenders who appeared for the first
time in the NSW Children’s Court in 1995 reappeared in a NSW criminal court
within the next eight years. More than one in 10 (i.e. 13 per cent) ended
up in an adult prison within this period."
Friday, May 27, 2005
The ethical case for animal research / spiked-online, 25 May 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB67.htm
Helene Guldberg
"So how could the two-year investigation from the Nuffield Council end up with the goal of the reduction of the use of animals in research? It elevated the importance of the 'Three R's': the refinement, reduction and replacement of animals in research."
Report - http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf
Helene Guldberg
"So how could the two-year investigation from the Nuffield Council end up with the goal of the reduction of the use of animals in research? It elevated the importance of the 'Three R's': the refinement, reduction and replacement of animals in research."
Report - http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf
'Every parent's nightmare' / spiked-online, 24 May 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB64.htm
Jennie Bristow
"This story illuminates some disturbing trends in the treatment of rape claims by the police, by the criminal justice system, and by the media. The fact that an allegation of rape by a young child should be immediately accepted as fact, setting in motion a gruelling official investigation and a national child safety scare, seems to have been accepted as merely one of those things; a small price to pay to bring justice for those children who really have been subjected to appalling abuses."
Jennie Bristow
"This story illuminates some disturbing trends in the treatment of rape claims by the police, by the criminal justice system, and by the media. The fact that an allegation of rape by a young child should be immediately accepted as fact, setting in motion a gruelling official investigation and a national child safety scare, seems to have been accepted as merely one of those things; a small price to pay to bring justice for those children who really have been subjected to appalling abuses."
Asylum charities accuse Legal Services Commission of systematically denying access to justice / IRR, 25 May 2005
http://www.irr.org.uk/2005/may/ak000009.html
Anne Singh
"Campaigners are calling for the apparent lack of awareness within the LSC, the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Home Office to be vigorously challenged. "
Anne Singh
"Campaigners are calling for the apparent lack of awareness within the LSC, the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Home Office to be vigorously challenged. "
Police stop more blacks, Ont. study finds / CBC News:, 27 May 2005
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/26/race050526.html
"Although a number of police forces in the United States and Britain routinely collect statistics on race, Canadian police services have been strongly opposed to it, said Prof. Scot Wortley, a criminologist at the University of Toronto who analyzed the data. "
"Although a number of police forces in the United States and Britain routinely collect statistics on race, Canadian police services have been strongly opposed to it, said Prof. Scot Wortley, a criminologist at the University of Toronto who analyzed the data. "
ID cards technology is ready, says UK minister / The Register, 26 May 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/26/id_card_home_office_brief/
John Leyden
"Biometric technology is already used in identity documents in countries such as Hong Kong, the Philippines and Belgium. These are much smaller deployments than envisaged in the UK, where government IT schemes have a famously patchy record."
John Leyden
"Biometric technology is already used in identity documents in countries such as Hong Kong, the Philippines and Belgium. These are much smaller deployments than envisaged in the UK, where government IT schemes have a famously patchy record."
Jueteng is biggest organized, syndicated crime / [Phillipines] ABS-CBN Interactive
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=6258
WENCESLAO A. SOMBERO JR., Consultant for Investigative Reports
Links to other parts of this investigation into organised crime in the Phillipines.
WENCESLAO A. SOMBERO JR., Consultant for Investigative Reports
Links to other parts of this investigation into organised crime in the Phillipines.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Asylum policy eroding human rights, says Kirk / Scotsman, 25 May 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=570242005
Craig Brown
"THE Kirk launched a scathing attack on the government's asylum policy yesterday, accusing it of being concerned more with courting public opinion than with human rights, and of 'eroding' the Geneva Convention."
Craig Brown
"THE Kirk launched a scathing attack on the government's asylum policy yesterday, accusing it of being concerned more with courting public opinion than with human rights, and of 'eroding' the Geneva Convention."
Why we need a new policy on refugees / [Australia] The Age, 26 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dngd
Petro Georgiou
" It's time to review the policy framework established under different circumstances and adopt a more compassionate, transparent and accountable approach while maintaining the integrity of our immigration and refugee system."
Petro Georgiou
" It's time to review the policy framework established under different circumstances and adopt a more compassionate, transparent and accountable approach while maintaining the integrity of our immigration and refugee system."
Vanstone's rethink on detainees - Immigration / [Australia] The Age, 26 May 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/25/1116950759893.html
"Senator Vanstone said changes to policy, processes and legislation would be of little benefit without cultural change. 'I envisage this cultural change will include customer focus, timeliness, openness to complaints and appropriate mechanisms to identify problem areas.'"
"Senator Vanstone said changes to policy, processes and legislation would be of little benefit without cultural change. 'I envisage this cultural change will include customer focus, timeliness, openness to complaints and appropriate mechanisms to identify problem areas.'"
Id Cards Set-Up Costs Kept under Wraps / scotsman, 25 May 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4603872
David Barrett and Neville Dean
"New research also published today revealed variable results in tests of the technology used to create the so-called 'biometric' cards, which store personal details such as fingerprints on a microchip."
David Barrett and Neville Dean
"New research also published today revealed variable results in tests of the technology used to create the so-called 'biometric' cards, which store personal details such as fingerprints on a microchip."
ID cards cost soars / ThisisLondon, 25 May 2005
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/18855549?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5
Isabel Oakeshott And Ben Leapman
"The identity card scheme was plunged into turmoil today as the cost of each card rose to £93. On the day that Home Secretary Charles Clarke published a new ID cards Bill, his officials admitted they had been forced to add an expensive extra security feature. "
Isabel Oakeshott And Ben Leapman
"The identity card scheme was plunged into turmoil today as the cost of each card rose to £93. On the day that Home Secretary Charles Clarke published a new ID cards Bill, his officials admitted they had been forced to add an expensive extra security feature. "
Child Trafficking: A Thriving, $10 Billion per Year Industry / VOA News, 25 May 2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-25-voa60.cfm
"Buying and selling children is internationally recognized as a crime. Political leaders and human rights activists everywhere condemn it as a despicable, abhorrent act. Nonetheless, child trafficking is a thriving, $10 billion a year industry that spans every region of the globe. In this first of a multi-part series on child trafficking, VOA's Peter Heinlein at the United Nations examines the campaign to wipe out this social evil, and the powerful forces that keep it alive."
"Buying and selling children is internationally recognized as a crime. Political leaders and human rights activists everywhere condemn it as a despicable, abhorrent act. Nonetheless, child trafficking is a thriving, $10 billion a year industry that spans every region of the globe. In this first of a multi-part series on child trafficking, VOA's Peter Heinlein at the United Nations examines the campaign to wipe out this social evil, and the powerful forces that keep it alive."
New Program Aims to Fight Child Trafficking in Russia / PolitInfo.com , 25 May 2005
http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_05_25_1901.html
"A swiss-based non-governmental organization (NGO) known as Terre D'Homme is in the final stages of introducing a program in Russia, aimed at stopping the illegal flow of children into the country from other former Soviet nations. The group hopes the project will not only help improve the situation in Russia, but serve as a role model to other countries trying to combat child trafficking."
"A swiss-based non-governmental organization (NGO) known as Terre D'Homme is in the final stages of introducing a program in Russia, aimed at stopping the illegal flow of children into the country from other former Soviet nations. The group hopes the project will not only help improve the situation in Russia, but serve as a role model to other countries trying to combat child trafficking."
Amnesty International Report 2005 - Amnesty International
http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/index-eng
"This Amnesty International Report, which covers 149 countries, highlights the failure of national governments and international organizations to deal with human rights violations, and calls for greater international accountability. "
"This Amnesty International Report, which covers 149 countries, highlights the failure of national governments and international organizations to deal with human rights violations, and calls for greater international accountability. "
Germany Reveals World Cup Security Plan | World Cup 2006 / Deutsche Welle, 25 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1595466,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Germany's 16 regional interior ministers met on Wednesday to finalize details for the World Cup security concept which will provide policing and emergency plans for the tournament being held in Germany next year."
"Germany's 16 regional interior ministers met on Wednesday to finalize details for the World Cup security concept which will provide policing and emergency plans for the tournament being held in Germany next year."
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Double tragedy for UK asylum deportee / New Zimbabwe, 24 May 2005
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/asylumbrit23.12681.html
"Mbele's case is a sad one. She is the latest victim of a new violent form of removal of asylum seekers by hired bouncers from security firms contracted by the British Home Office. Successful removals are rewarded by the with more contracts."
"Mbele's case is a sad one. She is the latest victim of a new violent form of removal of asylum seekers by hired bouncers from security firms contracted by the British Home Office. Successful removals are rewarded by the with more contracts."
www.GovExec.com - Police chiefs say national security strategy ignores local officials / GovExec 18 May 2005
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0505/051805dk1.htm
Denise Kersten
"A new report from a group of police chiefs finds fault with the nation's anti-terrorism strategy for not including advice and guidance from state, tribal or local public safety organizations. "
From Hometown Security to Homeland Security: IACP’s Principles For A Locally Designed and Nationally Coordinated Homeland Security Strategy
PDF - http://www.theiacp.org/leg_policy/HomelandSecurityWP.PDF
Denise Kersten
"A new report from a group of police chiefs finds fault with the nation's anti-terrorism strategy for not including advice and guidance from state, tribal or local public safety organizations. "
From Hometown Security to Homeland Security: IACP’s Principles For A Locally Designed and Nationally Coordinated Homeland Security Strategy
PDF - http://www.theiacp.org/leg_policy/HomelandSecurityWP.PDF
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
British national identity card / Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_identity_card
"Although the focus of the proposal is on the identity cards themselves, not least in the title of the Bill, it is the National Identity Register database that is the key component. Due to the data stored on the Register, cards will not be essential to establish identity, since all that will be required will be to submit to a biometric scan."
"Although the focus of the proposal is on the identity cards themselves, not least in the title of the Bill, it is the National Identity Register database that is the key component. Due to the data stored on the Register, cards will not be essential to establish identity, since all that will be required will be to submit to a biometric scan."
Forum on Prisoner Education - Website
http://www.fpe.org.uk/resources/index.html
"Within the Resource Centre, you will find information and links
to materials, books and reports relating to offender education
in this country and abroad. Publications from the Forum itself
can be found in the Publications section. The Forum on Prisoner Education is at the forefront of policy and research in this area, and we add new material to the Resource Centre on a regular basis. Wherever possible, we provide links to electronic copies of the publication. "
"Within the Resource Centre, you will find information and links
to materials, books and reports relating to offender education
in this country and abroad. Publications from the Forum itself
can be found in the Publications section. The Forum on Prisoner Education is at the forefront of policy and research in this area, and we add new material to the Resource Centre on a regular basis. Wherever possible, we provide links to electronic copies of the publication. "
Terrorists and organized crime join forces / International Herald Tribune, 24 May 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/23/opinion/edlal.php
Rollie Lal
"Terrorists and criminals have long been considered separate and distinct threats, with terrorists motivated by ideology and criminals by greed. But recent attacks suggest that criminal networks and terrorist groups are teaming up with growing regularity for their mutual benefi"
Rollie Lal
"Terrorists and criminals have long been considered separate and distinct threats, with terrorists motivated by ideology and criminals by greed. But recent attacks suggest that criminal networks and terrorist groups are teaming up with growing regularity for their mutual benefi"
Mass. planning 'sobriety schools' / Berkshire Eagle, 22 May 2005
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~7514~2882642,00.html
Jennifer Fenn
"Massachusetts officials plan to open two sobriety schools within the next year for recovering student addicts, many of whom are at risk of relapsing if they stay in their old high school environment."
Jennifer Fenn
"Massachusetts officials plan to open two sobriety schools within the next year for recovering student addicts, many of whom are at risk of relapsing if they stay in their old high school environment."
Dutch to ban drug tourists from coffee shops / Reuters AlertNet, 20 May 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1923446.htm
"Tourists hoping to buy a cannabis joint in Dutch coffee shops could be in for a rude awakening this year under a test plan to curb drug tourism."
"Tourists hoping to buy a cannabis joint in Dutch coffee shops could be in for a rude awakening this year under a test plan to curb drug tourism."
Prisoners should have email and internet says new report / Public Technology, 24 May 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2949
A report published today by the Forum on Prisoner Education [ http://www.fpe.org.uk/ ]calls for all prisoners to be given unrestricted access to the internet for 'educational, resettlement, and recreational purposes'.
A report published today by the Forum on Prisoner Education [ http://www.fpe.org.uk/ ]calls for all prisoners to be given unrestricted access to the internet for 'educational, resettlement, and recreational purposes'.
Scope of Immigration Act review released / STUFF New Zealand, 24 May 2005
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3291077a10,00.html
"The Government today announced the terms of reference of a wide ranging review of the Immigration Act. Immigration Minister Paul Swain said the 18-year-old law needed to be made more relevant to New Zealand's needs and the international environment. "
"The Government today announced the terms of reference of a wide ranging review of the Immigration Act. Immigration Minister Paul Swain said the 18-year-old law needed to be made more relevant to New Zealand's needs and the international environment. "
Reuters AlertNet - A World Apart? Refugees, the Media and the Search for a Balanced View
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/237687/111686444835.htm
"A World Apart? Refugees, the Media and the Search for a Balanced View Tuesday June 21st at 7pm Gustave Tuck Theatre (off Gower Street) University College London Reception from 6.30pm in the South Cloister Admission is free but by ticket only To reserve places, please call 020 7692 2737 International Rescue Committee UK "
"A World Apart? Refugees, the Media and the Search for a Balanced View Tuesday June 21st at 7pm Gustave Tuck Theatre (off Gower Street) University College London Reception from 6.30pm in the South Cloister Admission is free but by ticket only To reserve places, please call 020 7692 2737 International Rescue Committee UK "
The future of immigration in Spain / Expatica Spain, May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmsn
"Spain's decision to offer the most liberal amnesty to immigrants in Europe has provoked more concern over the future for migration to Spain. Critics say it is opening the flood-gates, while supporters claim the government is confronting one of the country's biggest challenges. We look at what the future holds for immigrants to Spain."
"Spain's decision to offer the most liberal amnesty to immigrants in Europe has provoked more concern over the future for migration to Spain. Critics say it is opening the flood-gates, while supporters claim the government is confronting one of the country's biggest challenges. We look at what the future holds for immigrants to Spain."
Why it's not just the far-right that is racist / Expatica Germany, May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmsm
David Gordon Smith
"Germany is lagging behind other developed countries such as the UK and USA in its progress towards being a properly multi-cultural society."
David Gordon Smith
"Germany is lagging behind other developed countries such as the UK and USA in its progress towards being a properly multi-cultural society."
Will the 'mother of all treaties' end in tatters? / Expatica Belgium, May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmsj
Nicola Smith
"Brussels is watching nervously as France and other countries put the EU Constitution to public test. Looks at the document's contents - and how it is being received across Europe."
Nicola Smith
"Brussels is watching nervously as France and other countries put the EU Constitution to public test. Looks at the document's contents - and how it is being received across Europe."
Treat yobs like the criminals they are, says former Met chief / Telegraph, 23 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmsh
John Steele
"Violent and persistent teenage offenders should be punished more like adults and less like children, Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan police commissioner, said "
John Steele
"Violent and persistent teenage offenders should be punished more like adults and less like children, Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan police commissioner, said "
Sunday, May 22, 2005
REAL ID Act a tragedy for asylum seekers / [USA] Times Argus, 22May 2005
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050522/NEWS/505220332/1014
Patrick Giantonio
"The passage last week of the REAL ID Act by Congress and the White House deals a serious blow to refugees' chances to find safe haven in the United States. Sadly, REAL ID is yet one more brick in the wall of laws and policies blocking asylum seekers and indicating a sharp retreat from the United States' commitment to human rights."
Patrick Giantonio
"The passage last week of the REAL ID Act by Congress and the White House deals a serious blow to refugees' chances to find safe haven in the United States. Sadly, REAL ID is yet one more brick in the wall of laws and policies blocking asylum seekers and indicating a sharp retreat from the United States' commitment to human rights."
Charity pleads for tolerance as autistic youngsters face Asbos / Guardian, 22 May 2005
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1489778,00.html
Martin Bright
"Children with autism and other serious psychological conditions are being targetted by the government's controversial anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos), according to mental health charities and professionals"
Martin Bright
"Children with autism and other serious psychological conditions are being targetted by the government's controversial anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos), according to mental health charities and professionals"
Youth justice chief's plea for offenders / Independent, 22 May 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=640420
Sophie Goodchild
"Young offenders on community service who help clean up neighbourhoods should have their names commemorated on special plaques, according to the Government's youth justice chief"
Sophie Goodchild
"Young offenders on community service who help clean up neighbourhoods should have their names commemorated on special plaques, according to the Government's youth justice chief"
Overhaul for police internal affairs / The Australian, 23 [May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmpj
Padraic Murphy
"VICTORIA Police's internal investigations unit is facing an overhaul after a review was ordered into its failure to deal with the force's rolling corruption crisis. Ethical Standards Department sources have told The Australian that many in the unit are unhappy with the review, fearing they will be made scapegoats for the force's spate of scandals. "
Padraic Murphy
"VICTORIA Police's internal investigations unit is facing an overhaul after a review was ordered into its failure to deal with the force's rolling corruption crisis. Ethical Standards Department sources have told The Australian that many in the unit are unhappy with the review, fearing they will be made scapegoats for the force's spate of scandals. "
Stressed officers' mental health tests / [Australia] The Daily Telegraph, 23 May 2005
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1258&storyid=3165501
Charles Miranda
"POLICE officers from units including homicide and forensics will be forced to take psychological tests four times a year after an internal report found an alarming rate of stress and depression.
An officer is walking off the job every second day in NSW and being declared medically unfit on grounds of a psychological disorder."
Charles Miranda
"POLICE officers from units including homicide and forensics will be forced to take psychological tests four times a year after an internal report found an alarming rate of stress and depression.
An officer is walking off the job every second day in NSW and being declared medically unfit on grounds of a psychological disorder."
'Nonlethal' weapon / San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmph
"Taser International has plans to make a big sales push for civilians to buy a lightweight stun gun that can deliver a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity up to 15 feet. The company claims its 7-ounce stun gun -- slightly heavier than a cell phone -- can flatten and temporarily incapacitate a target with a hit anywhere on the body. "
"Taser International has plans to make a big sales push for civilians to buy a lightweight stun gun that can deliver a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity up to 15 feet. The company claims its 7-ounce stun gun -- slightly heavier than a cell phone -- can flatten and temporarily incapacitate a target with a hit anywhere on the body. "
'Crime is keeping Africa in shackles' / IOL, 21 May 2005
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=vn20050521093552890C690785
Beauregard Tromp
"Crime in Africa is leaving the continent shackled in its bid to stave off poverty and protect the most vulnerable section of its population - its youth. As many as 56 percent of children have seen someone killed in front of them and a further 80 percent have lost an immediate family member."
Why Fighting Crime Can Assist Development in Africa: Rule of Law and Protection of the Most Vulnerable
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/pdf/ART_full_report.pdf
Beauregard Tromp
"Crime in Africa is leaving the continent shackled in its bid to stave off poverty and protect the most vulnerable section of its population - its youth. As many as 56 percent of children have seen someone killed in front of them and a further 80 percent have lost an immediate family member."
Why Fighting Crime Can Assist Development in Africa: Rule of Law and Protection of the Most Vulnerable
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/pdf/ART_full_report.pdf
Taser tied to 'independent' study that backs stun gun Arizona Republic, 21 May 2005
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0521TaserDOD21.html
Robert Anglen
"Taser International was deeply involved in a Department of Defense study that company officials touted to police departments and investors as 'independent' proof of the stun gun's safety, according to government documents and e-mails obtained by The Arizona Republic and interviews with military officials."
Robert Anglen
"Taser International was deeply involved in a Department of Defense study that company officials touted to police departments and investors as 'independent' proof of the stun gun's safety, according to government documents and e-mails obtained by The Arizona Republic and interviews with military officials."
LSE Report Blasts ID Cards / The Ideal Government Project
http://www.idealgovernment.com/index.php/weblog/comments/323/
"The LSE has published a very thorough Interim Report on the UK Government's ID Project. It demolishes both the government�s published aims and their proposals. Should such repeated high profile failures raise questions about the future of the Home Office: Has the current Home Office itself become a major threat to the UK?"
Interim Report on the UK Government’s ID Project.
PDF - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/PDF/IDreport.pdf
"The LSE has published a very thorough Interim Report on the UK Government's ID Project. It demolishes both the government�s published aims and their proposals. Should such repeated high profile failures raise questions about the future of the Home Office: Has the current Home Office itself become a major threat to the UK?"
Interim Report on the UK Government’s ID Project.
PDF - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/PDF/IDreport.pdf
Identity Blog view on LSE ID work / The Ideal Government Project
http://www.idealgovernment.com/index.php/weblog/C21/
"During May and June 2005 Ideal Government is gathering feedback for the London School of Economics on its Identity Project (facilitated by EPG, supported by the FT). Please use the new LSE Identity Project category to say what we want from the identity systems that will support e-enabled society. "
"During May and June 2005 Ideal Government is gathering feedback for the London School of Economics on its Identity Project (facilitated by EPG, supported by the FT). Please use the new LSE Identity Project category to say what we want from the identity systems that will support e-enabled society. "
ID Cards in Britain / p2pnet.net, 22 May 2005
http://p2pnet.net/story/4918
Bill Thompson
"It seems that the Home Office will persevere with its plans to introduce identity cards for the UK population despite the recent reduction in its majority.
The argument is that since the measure was in the Labour manifesto, backbench Labour MPs are obliged to support it. This removes the potential for an embarrassing defeat in the House of Commons and also means that the Lords cannot block it."
Bill Thompson
"It seems that the Home Office will persevere with its plans to introduce identity cards for the UK population despite the recent reduction in its majority.
The argument is that since the measure was in the Labour manifesto, backbench Labour MPs are obliged to support it. This removes the potential for an embarrassing defeat in the House of Commons and also means that the Lords cannot block it."
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Effect of Designated Driver Programs Questioned / JoinTogether, 20 May 2005
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C577005%2C00.html
"The few existing studies of designated-driver programs offer little evidence that they are effective in reducing drunk driving, according to a new report from the U.S. Task Force on Community Preventive Services."
Elder, J., et al. (2005) Effectiveness of School-Based Programs for Reducing Drinking and Driving and Riding with Drinking Drivers: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Supplement 1, 28(5): 288-304.
"The few existing studies of designated-driver programs offer little evidence that they are effective in reducing drunk driving, according to a new report from the U.S. Task Force on Community Preventive Services."
Elder, J., et al. (2005) Effectiveness of School-Based Programs for Reducing Drinking and Driving and Riding with Drinking Drivers: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Supplement 1, 28(5): 288-304.
Marijuana-Themed Candy Leaves Bitter Taste / JoinTogether, 20 May 2005
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C577006%2C00.html
"Community leaders in North Carolina and other parts of the country are raising an outcry against candy that tastes like marijuana, including Chronic Candy and Pot Suckers"
"Community leaders in North Carolina and other parts of the country are raising an outcry against candy that tastes like marijuana, including Chronic Candy and Pot Suckers"
Judges think children more honest but less reliable than adults, says Queen's study / Medical News Today, 19 May 2005
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=24719
"Judges perceive child witnesses as being more honest than adults when testifying in court, but recognize that children's limited memory and communication skills, and greater suggestibility may make them less reliable than adults. "
"Judges perceive child witnesses as being more honest than adults when testifying in court, but recognize that children's limited memory and communication skills, and greater suggestibility may make them less reliable than adults. "
New research finds children understand the emotional benefits of following the rules / Medical News Today, 18 May 2005
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=24590
When you shouldn't do what you want to do: Young children's
rules, and emotions by Lagattuta KH
PDF - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/cdev/2005/00000076/00000003/art00012
When you shouldn't do what you want to do: Young children's
rules, and emotions by Lagattuta KH
PDF - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/cdev/2005/00000076/00000003/art00012
Smart jail cells could predict and prevent inmate violence / Medical News today, 17 May 2005
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=24567
"Holding cells fitted with specially-adapted sensors could provide early warnings if inmates become agitated or have a medical emergency"
"Holding cells fitted with specially-adapted sensors could provide early warnings if inmates become agitated or have a medical emergency"
ASBO letter condemned / Comet 24, 21 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmnm
The research was published in the May 2005 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Epidemiological Research. The letter tells residents that police officers can secure Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) against youngsters or arrest people who play ball games or games with remote control cars in the street."
The research was published in the May 2005 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Epidemiological Research. The letter tells residents that police officers can secure Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) against youngsters or arrest people who play ball games or games with remote control cars in the street."
Teen Addicts Have Mental Health Problems, Need Treatment / Join Together,
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C576994%2C00.html
"More than half of teenagers being treated for addiction have mental-health problems that also require intervention, according to researchers from the Kaiser Permanente HMO in California."
The research was published in the May 2005 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Epidemiological Research
"More than half of teenagers being treated for addiction have mental-health problems that also require intervention, according to researchers from the Kaiser Permanente HMO in California."
The research was published in the May 2005 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Epidemiological Research
ID cards to make Black communities "second class citizens" / Black Information Link, 16 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmnj
"'We feel that what will happen is that black people, asylum seekers and refugees will be asked more often to identify themselves before they can access a service.'"
"'We feel that what will happen is that black people, asylum seekers and refugees will be asked more often to identify themselves before they can access a service.'"
Worries over DNA and racial profiling / IRR, 19 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmng
Fizza Qureshi
"Black men are four times more likely than White men to be on the national DNA database and there is growing concern about racial profiling in criminal investigations."
Fizza Qureshi
"Black men are four times more likely than White men to be on the national DNA database and there is growing concern about racial profiling in criminal investigations."
No duty to save immigrant lives, rules House of Lords / IRR, 11 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmng
"On Thursday 5 May, as voters went to the polls in a general election dominated by immigration and asylum, the House of Lords issued a judgment which effectively condemns hundreds of immigrants to a premature and painful death, according to human rights lawyers."
"On Thursday 5 May, as voters went to the polls in a general election dominated by immigration and asylum, the House of Lords issued a judgment which effectively condemns hundreds of immigrants to a premature and painful death, according to human rights lawyers."
Police shelve 17,000 crimes / STUFF New Zealand, 21 May 2005
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3287440a10,00.html
Matt conway
"Sex attacks, assaults and robberies are among more than 17,000 crimes to go unpunished in the last decade � despite police knowing who committed them.
A Christchurch detective has raised ethical concerns with 'custody clearances', in which prison inmates own up to further offending without being charged.
The arrangement improves crime statistics and allows criminals to leave prison without fear of being rearrested.
Figures released by police to The Weekend Press show that 17,821 offences have been 'solved' this way since 1995. "
Matt conway
"Sex attacks, assaults and robberies are among more than 17,000 crimes to go unpunished in the last decade � despite police knowing who committed them.
A Christchurch detective has raised ethical concerns with 'custody clearances', in which prison inmates own up to further offending without being charged.
The arrangement improves crime statistics and allows criminals to leave prison without fear of being rearrested.
Figures released by police to The Weekend Press show that 17,821 offences have been 'solved' this way since 1995. "
Dutch Join French in EU Treaty Skepticism / Deutsche Welle, 20 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1590910,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"Should the EU constitution manage to win approval in France, it faces as big a battle in a Netherlands referendum just a few days later. But officials aren't worrying -- yet."
"Should the EU constitution manage to win approval in France, it faces as big a battle in a Netherlands referendum just a few days later. But officials aren't worrying -- yet."
City workers first to get hi-tech ID cards / ThisisLondon, 20 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmnf
"The cards, containing details of credit history, criminal records and immigration status, are being introduced to combat identity theft and illegal working."
"The cards, containing details of credit history, criminal records and immigration status, are being introduced to combat identity theft and illegal working."
City Firms' High-Tech Id Cards Raise Concerns / Scotsman, 20 May 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4581699
David Stringer
"Civil liberties campaigners today condemned a 'back door' ID card scheme being introduced for hundreds of London employees in a bid to crack down on illegal working. The high-tech security passes, which will provide immigration and criminal record information, have been developed by a private vetting company for blue chip City firms."
David Stringer
"Civil liberties campaigners today condemned a 'back door' ID card scheme being introduced for hundreds of London employees in a bid to crack down on illegal working. The high-tech security passes, which will provide immigration and criminal record information, have been developed by a private vetting company for blue chip City firms."
Preventing a Nightmare Scenario: Terrorist Attacks Using Russian Nuclear Weapons and Materials / [USA] The Heritage Foundation, 20 May 2005
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg1854.cfm
Arial Cohen
"As sources of unsecured nuclear weapons and material, Russia and the other former Soviet republics remain major proliferation concerns for a number of reasons. First, the Soviet Union was an empire with a strong external perimeter and weak internal safeguards."
Arial Cohen
"As sources of unsecured nuclear weapons and material, Russia and the other former Soviet republics remain major proliferation concerns for a number of reasons. First, the Soviet Union was an empire with a strong external perimeter and weak internal safeguards."
Drug addict lay dead for a week after being tagged / Evening Times, May 2005
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5039082.html
Alex robertson
"Mr Buchan, president of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, revealed many criminals continue to offend by simply removing their tag. "
Alex robertson
"Mr Buchan, president of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, revealed many criminals continue to offend by simply removing their tag. "
Questions About Police Taser Quality / wpco.com, 19 May 2005
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/05/19/tasers.html
"Questions and criticisms are being raised by cops across the country about the weapon's reliability. Hundreds have been returned locally after many of them failed to fire properly in testing, and more dangerously, in the field."
"Questions and criticisms are being raised by cops across the country about the weapon's reliability. Hundreds have been returned locally after many of them failed to fire properly in testing, and more dangerously, in the field."
Surprise for EU chiefs: voters' urge to say no / International Herald Tribune, 21 May 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/21/news/union.php
Richard Bernstein
"The referendum campaigns have unleashed powerful emotions in France and the Netherlands that are often only loosely connected to the actual text."
Richard Bernstein
"The referendum campaigns have unleashed powerful emotions in France and the Netherlands that are often only loosely connected to the actual text."
NEW ANALYSIS OF MARIJUANA INCARCERATION DATA / [USA] White House Drug Policy, May 18, 2005
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press05/051805.html
"The reality is that people are not routinely sent to prison for simply possessing small amounts of marijuana. Most people in prison for marijuana are violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the number of people in state prison solely for marijuana offenses is quite low, and only a fraction of that number are first-time offenders."
Who's Really in Prison for Marijuana - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/whos_in_prison_for_marij/
"The reality is that people are not routinely sent to prison for simply possessing small amounts of marijuana. Most people in prison for marijuana are violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the number of people in state prison solely for marijuana offenses is quite low, and only a fraction of that number are first-time offenders."
Who's Really in Prison for Marijuana - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/whos_in_prison_for_marij/
SERVING COMMUNITIES, BUILDING RESPECT: DELIVERING NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING / Noticias, May 2005
http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=67559&src=0
A firm commitment to neighbourhood policing from the Government was underlined today by Home Office Minister Hazel Blears as she unveiled a new online resource to support the police service in implementing neighbourhood policing at the ACPO Summer Conference in Birmingham"
The Guide to community engagement in policing : http://www.communityengagement.police.uk
A firm commitment to neighbourhood policing from the Government was underlined today by Home Office Minister Hazel Blears as she unveiled a new online resource to support the police service in implementing neighbourhood policing at the ACPO Summer Conference in Birmingham"
The Guide to community engagement in policing : http://www.communityengagement.police.uk
Police forces face amalgamation / icTeesside, 19 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dmnc
"Some of the 43 police forces in England and Wales will face amalgamation, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has indicated.
Announcing the way he intends to shake up policing in Labour's third term, he pledged not to shy away from tackling reform of the existing set-up."
"Some of the 43 police forces in England and Wales will face amalgamation, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has indicated.
Announcing the way he intends to shake up policing in Labour's third term, he pledged not to shy away from tackling reform of the existing set-up."
Microsoft and global Police develop Child Exploitation Tracking System / PublicTechnology, 13 Apr 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2738
Administration ends largest counterterrorism exercise ever / www.GovExec, 8 Apr 2005
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0405/040805c1.htm
"The TOPOFF 3 exercise, which ended Friday, tested the ability of participants from 27 federal agencies, state and local governments, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and other countries to prevent and respond to simulated terrorist attacks."
"The TOPOFF 3 exercise, which ended Friday, tested the ability of participants from 27 federal agencies, state and local governments, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and other countries to prevent and respond to simulated terrorist attacks."
Traffic police set points system / BBC, 12 Apr 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4437459.stm
"Traffic police in the Thames Valley are awarded points depending on who they pull over. The road policing unit has given its 120 officers 'aide-memoire-cards' with a chart apportioning different points for catching different offenders. "
"Traffic police in the Thames Valley are awarded points depending on who they pull over. The road policing unit has given its 120 officers 'aide-memoire-cards' with a chart apportioning different points for catching different offenders. "
Pubs to get spiked-drinks testing kits / icBerkshire, 12 Apr 2005
http://digbig.com/4ddhr
"POLICE and publicans are aiming to ease the drink doping fears of Reading revellers by ensuring they get home in the pink.
The scheme will put 300 drink testing kits behind bars in pubs and clubs across town and punters can use them free of charge."
"POLICE and publicans are aiming to ease the drink doping fears of Reading revellers by ensuring they get home in the pink.
The scheme will put 300 drink testing kits behind bars in pubs and clubs across town and punters can use them free of charge."
UK to use passports to build national fingerprint database / The Register, 12 Apr 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/uk_passport_fingerprints/
John Lettice
"Mandatory fingerprinting of new UK passport applicants is to begin next year, as a 'building block' for a future ID card scheme. The Government's ID Card Bill was spiked after the election was announced, but the Government is said to contend that as passports are issued under royal prerogative, it doesn't need legislation to demand fingerprints from passport applicants."
John Lettice
"Mandatory fingerprinting of new UK passport applicants is to begin next year, as a 'building block' for a future ID card scheme. The Government's ID Card Bill was spiked after the election was announced, but the Government is said to contend that as passports are issued under royal prerogative, it doesn't need legislation to demand fingerprints from passport applicants."
Neighbourhood policing to be stepped up / ePolitix.com, 18 May 2005
http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200505/f67da06f-059c-47fc-8323-cc0b24889ff1.htm
"Home secretary Charles Clarke has outlined his vision of neighbourhood policing as part of the government's commitment to restore respect in society."
"Home secretary Charles Clarke has outlined his vision of neighbourhood policing as part of the government's commitment to restore respect in society."
Probation officer reform long overdue / [Japan] Daily Yomiuri, 19 May 2005
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050519wo37.htm
Ryoji Kanno
"There are about 600 probation officers across the country for about 70,000 parolees, including those given suspended sentences and released on probation and juvenile offenders put on probation, making for about one supervising officer for every 100 parolees.
But in addition, about 50,000 unpaid part-time public servants work with the probation officers to help rehabilitate offenders. "
Ryoji Kanno
"There are about 600 probation officers across the country for about 70,000 parolees, including those given suspended sentences and released on probation and juvenile offenders put on probation, making for about one supervising officer for every 100 parolees.
But in addition, about 50,000 unpaid part-time public servants work with the probation officers to help rehabilitate offenders. "
Clarke backs uniforms for young offenders / Guardian, 18 May 2005
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1486279,00.html
"Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, tried to keep alive the idea of putting offenders on community punishment schemes into uniform by saying it was essential that community penalties were not seen as the soft option."
"Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, tried to keep alive the idea of putting offenders on community punishment schemes into uniform by saying it was essential that community penalties were not seen as the soft option."
Know your Enemy: Phishing Honeynet.org, 16 May 2005
http://www.honeynet.org/papers/phishing/
"Ddraws on data collected by the German Honeynet Project and UK Honeynet Project and focuses on picking apart real world incidents to discern the tactics of phishing fraudsters. The findings come from monitoring a network of PCs deliberately left open to attack. What emerged from the study is the most detailed technical description of the modus-operandi of phishing attacks we've seen to date. It also discovered that lax security practices by consumers and small business are giving fraudsters a base from which to launch attacks."
"Ddraws on data collected by the German Honeynet Project and UK Honeynet Project and focuses on picking apart real world incidents to discern the tactics of phishing fraudsters. The findings come from monitoring a network of PCs deliberately left open to attack. What emerged from the study is the most detailed technical description of the modus-operandi of phishing attacks we've seen to date. It also discovered that lax security practices by consumers and small business are giving fraudsters a base from which to launch attacks."
Asylum in Hungary: Crisis averted but challenges emerging / Reuters AlertNet, 18 May 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/babae6a902bdc67fa0b78b8cba17be8c.htm
"When Hungary joined the European Union in May last year, it expected a surge of people seeking asylum. While that fear has not materialised, the number of asylum claims has plunged instead, other challenges have emerged for refugees and asylum seekers in the country."
"When Hungary joined the European Union in May last year, it expected a surge of people seeking asylum. While that fear has not materialised, the number of asylum claims has plunged instead, other challenges have emerged for refugees and asylum seekers in the country."
Norway: a case study for Swiss-EU ties? / Swissinfo, 20 May 2005
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=5777167
"Norway says it has benefited from joining the European Union's passport-free Schengen area, and an initially sceptical public has embraced the idea."
"Norway says it has benefited from joining the European Union's passport-free Schengen area, and an initially sceptical public has embraced the idea."
Cyber-crime conference to explore industry's IT vulnerabilities / eGov monitor, 18 May 2005
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/980
"Preparations are underway for the third annual British Computer Society IT security conference to be held in Birmingham on Tuesday 7th June. With presentations on biometric identification, network forensics, identity theft and cyber-terrorism from some of the industry's leading practitioners, this year's conference is a must-attend event for anyone responsible for securing their organization's data."
"Preparations are underway for the third annual British Computer Society IT security conference to be held in Birmingham on Tuesday 7th June. With presentations on biometric identification, network forensics, identity theft and cyber-terrorism from some of the industry's leading practitioners, this year's conference is a must-attend event for anyone responsible for securing their organization's data."
Public to benefit from access to speeding evidence / eGov monitor, 16 May 2005
"Northgate Information Solutions today launched its new web-based 'Public Access' software, which aims to give the public secure access to evidence on alleged speeding offences.
The system, designed to be used by police forces across the UK, offers the public the opportunity to quickly access the evidence relating to alleged speeding offences for which penalty notices have been issued. By simply logging on to a secure online system, people can check all the evidence related to their alleged offence, including photographs, speed, site details and the calibration certificates of the speed camera."
The system, designed to be used by police forces across the UK, offers the public the opportunity to quickly access the evidence relating to alleged speeding offences for which penalty notices have been issued. By simply logging on to a secure online system, people can check all the evidence related to their alleged offence, including photographs, speed, site details and the calibration certificates of the speed camera."
Germany Concerned by Fundamentalism / Deutsche Welle , 18 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1587097,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"The domestic intelligence agency, the office for the protection of the constitution, presented its annual report in Berlin Tuesday. Both radical Islam and right-wing extremism continue to threaten German society. "
"The domestic intelligence agency, the office for the protection of the constitution, presented its annual report in Berlin Tuesday. Both radical Islam and right-wing extremism continue to threaten German society. "
Taser to restate first-quarter report; gets big order from Britain / Associated Press, 18 May 2005
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0518Taser18-ON.html
"The order from Britain comes despite mounting opposition to Taser's stun guns, which are being blamed for a growing list of accidental deaths."
"The order from Britain comes despite mounting opposition to Taser's stun guns, which are being blamed for a growing list of accidental deaths."
From the Schengen Information System to SIS II and the Visa Information / Statewatch, 2005
PDF - http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/analysis-sisII.pdf
"An analysis which first appeared on the Statewatch European Monitoring and Documentation (SEMDOC) website in February 2005."
"An analysis which first appeared on the Statewatch European Monitoring and Documentation (SEMDOC) website in February 2005."
EU: SIS II fait accompli? Construction of EU's Big Brother database / Statwatch, May 2005
PDF - http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/sisII-analysis-may05.pdf
* after four years of secret negotiations a host of new functions are being built into SIS II
* new categories of "violent troublemakers", "suspected terrorists" and "visa over-stayers" planned
* EU Visa Information System to share "biometrics platform" with SIS II
* fingerprints and photographs to be included widened access for law enforcement
* European and national parliaments not yet consulted
* after four years of secret negotiations a host of new functions are being built into SIS II
* new categories of "violent troublemakers", "suspected terrorists" and "visa over-stayers" planned
* EU Visa Information System to share "biometrics platform" with SIS II
* fingerprints and photographs to be included widened access for law enforcement
* European and national parliaments not yet consulted
Schools find ‘restorative justice’ more effective than expulsion / [USA] National School Boards Association, 2005
http://www.safersanerschools.org/library/schoolboardnews0505.html
Carol Chmelynski
"Covers restorative initiatives across the US, including PEASE Academy, a school in Minnesota for students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction, a pilot program in six Wisconsin school districts and the IIRP's SaferSanerSchools program."
Carol Chmelynski
"Covers restorative initiatives across the US, including PEASE Academy, a school in Minnesota for students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction, a pilot program in six Wisconsin school districts and the IIRP's SaferSanerSchools program."
Friday, May 20, 2005
Response to 'Strength in Diversity' / Institute of Ideas
PDF - http://www.instituteofideas.com/transcripts/policywatch4.pdf
Munira Mirza
"A response to 'Strength in Diversity', the Home Office consultation on its community cohesion and race equality strategy.
My main concerns focus on how policies designed to eliminate 'institutional racism' appear to have had the paradoxical effect of what I call 'racialising social experience', and over-sensitising people to the threat of 'unwitting prejudice''"
Munira Mirza
"A response to 'Strength in Diversity', the Home Office consultation on its community cohesion and race equality strategy.
My main concerns focus on how policies designed to eliminate 'institutional racism' appear to have had the paradoxical effect of what I call 'racialising social experience', and over-sensitising people to the threat of 'unwitting prejudice''"
Response to the Terrorism and Community Relations Inquiry / Institute of Ideas
PDF - http://www.instituteofideas.com/transcripts/policywatch6.pdf
Bill Durodié
'The public needs to be included and engaged. But they need to be included and engaged well before the emergence of any particular crisis, and they need to be included and engaged in matters pertaining to far broader social issues than merely fears about terrorism, or indeed any fears.'
Bill Durodié
'The public needs to be included and engaged. But they need to be included and engaged well before the emergence of any particular crisis, and they need to be included and engaged in matters pertaining to far broader social issues than merely fears about terrorism, or indeed any fears.'
Response to 'Broadcasting courts' / Institute of Ideas, 2005
PDF - http://www.instituteofideas.com/transcripts/policywatch8.pdf
Tessa Mayes
"A response to the Department for Constitutional Affairs consultation paper 'Broadcasting courts'."
Tessa Mayes
"A response to the Department for Constitutional Affairs consultation paper 'Broadcasting courts'."
The rise in crime / spiked, 19 May 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB4E.htm
Craig O'Malley
"The rise of crime and antisocial behaviour to the top of the political agenda is a relatively recent phenomenon. For much of the twentieth century crime had a minor place in political life."
Craig O'Malley
"The rise of crime and antisocial behaviour to the top of the political agenda is a relatively recent phenomenon. For much of the twentieth century crime had a minor place in political life."
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Taser Guns: The 'Less Than Lethal' Deadly Weapon / Yahoo Biz, 17 May 2005
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050517/fltu038.html?.v=1
Paul Christian Sullivan
"Since 1997, Taser International, the largest manufacturer of taser products in the United States, has sold 130,000 units to 7,000 police departments in the United States and abroad. This has resulted in the deaths of 103 people in North America after being exposed to the weapon's 50,000 volts."
Paul Christian Sullivan
"Since 1997, Taser International, the largest manufacturer of taser products in the United States, has sold 130,000 units to 7,000 police departments in the United States and abroad. This has resulted in the deaths of 103 people in North America after being exposed to the weapon's 50,000 volts."
Cops demand stun guns for beat officers / Evening Times, 17[?] May 2005
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5038904.html
"FOUR out of five cops want stun guns issued to all officers, a new study reveals. A poll by Jane's Police Review found 80% of cops want the Taser guns rolled out to frontline officers, but 53% of Scots civilians rejected the routine arming of bobbies."
"FOUR out of five cops want stun guns issued to all officers, a new study reveals. A poll by Jane's Police Review found 80% of cops want the Taser guns rolled out to frontline officers, but 53% of Scots civilians rejected the routine arming of bobbies."
Sinn Fein: 'ID cards undermine rights of Irish' / utvlive, 17 May 2005
http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=60396&pt=n
"British Government plans to introduce identification cards throughout the United Kingdom could undermine the rights of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein warned today. "
"British Government plans to introduce identification cards throughout the United Kingdom could undermine the rights of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein warned today. "
ID cards face Scots opposition / BBC, 17 May 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4552663.stm
"Proposals to introduce identity cards, laid out in the Queen's Speech, could lead to tensions between the Westminster and Holyrood governments. "
"Proposals to introduce identity cards, laid out in the Queen's Speech, could lead to tensions between the Westminster and Holyrood governments. "
Police act to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities / Scotsman, 17 May 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=535622005
MICHAEL HOWIE
"POLICE are to carry out market research to find out why so few black and Asian people want to join the service.
Senior officers have admitted that they are failing to recruit enough people from minority ethnic communities in Scotland, and pledged action yesterday to make the police service more representative.
But they have ruled out positive discrimination to redress the balance, despite pressure from senior non-white officers and campaign groups."
MICHAEL HOWIE
"POLICE are to carry out market research to find out why so few black and Asian people want to join the service.
Senior officers have admitted that they are failing to recruit enough people from minority ethnic communities in Scotland, and pledged action yesterday to make the police service more representative.
But they have ruled out positive discrimination to redress the balance, despite pressure from senior non-white officers and campaign groups."
Juvenile reform plan calls for more treatment, smaller crowds / [USA] SFGate, 17 May 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/16/state/n184101D06.DTL
Don Thompson
"California's plan is modeled most closely on a Colorado program for its most serious youth offenders, though the administration said it includes elements from successful programs in Florida, Missouri, Texas and Washington."
Don Thompson
"California's plan is modeled most closely on a Colorado program for its most serious youth offenders, though the administration said it includes elements from successful programs in Florida, Missouri, Texas and Washington."
ID cards & identity fraud action: cornerstones for Home Office tactics / Public Technology, 18 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dktp
"The Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, is putting a lot of muscle behind the ID Cards bill. New laws to tackle violent crime, terrorism, immigration abuse and identity fraud form the central planks of the Home Secretary's legislative programme, as set out in the Queen's Speech."
"The Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, is putting a lot of muscle behind the ID Cards bill. New laws to tackle violent crime, terrorism, immigration abuse and identity fraud form the central planks of the Home Secretary's legislative programme, as set out in the Queen's Speech."
Expelled by Germany, Roma face a bitter Kosovo / International Herald Tribune, 18 May 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/18/news/roma.php
"A majority of 50,000 refugees deported to Kosovo are Roma, the ethnic group commonly known as gypsies, and rights groups say the expulsions reflect deeply held prejudices in Germany's immigration system."
"A majority of 50,000 refugees deported to Kosovo are Roma, the ethnic group commonly known as gypsies, and rights groups say the expulsions reflect deeply held prejudices in Germany's immigration system."
France in turmoil over success of perfidious Albion / Times. 18 May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1616274,00.html
Charles Brember
"WHETHER French voters approve or reject the European Constitution, their referendum campaign is serving to polish the image of another nation: Great Britain.
As opinion polls yesterday showed a swing back to a 'no' majority before the vote on May 29, le royaume de Tony Blair was being cited as the model of everything that France both rejects and admires."
Charles Brember
"WHETHER French voters approve or reject the European Constitution, their referendum campaign is serving to polish the image of another nation: Great Britain.
As opinion polls yesterday showed a swing back to a 'no' majority before the vote on May 29, le royaume de Tony Blair was being cited as the model of everything that France both rejects and admires."
Points system to control immigration / ThisisLondon, 17 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dktj
"The Immigration and Asylum Bill will create a new points-based system for migrants who want to work in the UK, preventing low-skilled immigrants from settling here."
"The Immigration and Asylum Bill will create a new points-based system for migrants who want to work in the UK, preventing low-skilled immigrants from settling here."
US-VISIT Stops Murderers, Pedophiles and Immigration Violators From Entering The United States Through Biometrics and International Cooperation
17 May 2005
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050517/cgtu046.html?.v=7
"A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that collects biometric and biographic data from visa applicants and visitors to the United States has achieved unprecedented results in helping U.S. agencies identify criminals and other violators seeking entry to the country, senior DHS officials announced "
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050517/cgtu046.html?.v=7
"A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that collects biometric and biographic data from visa applicants and visitors to the United States has achieved unprecedented results in helping U.S. agencies identify criminals and other violators seeking entry to the country, senior DHS officials announced "
Cybercrime fight under-funded as millions 'wasted' on software piracy convictions / Computer Weekly, 17 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dktg
Peter Sommer
"National Hi-Tech Crime Unit should give piracy a lower priority."
Peter Sommer
"National Hi-Tech Crime Unit should give piracy a lower priority."
Community Policing: The Past, Present, and Future / Police Executive Research Forum, 2005
PDF - http://policeforum.mn-8.net/~docs/Public%20Documents/Community%
"There has been tremendous speculation about the future of community policing. Can it flourish in agencies that are still in the early stages of implementation? In agencies that have demonstrated their commitment to community policing, can it be sustained and even advanced beyond current models when there are so many challenges facing innovative policing professionals? This book addresses these important questions. The authors provide valuable information on the implementation of community policing as well as informed opinions about what community policing may one day become. These national experts and leaders in policing speak out on critical issues and evaluate a decade of survey data."
"There has been tremendous speculation about the future of community policing. Can it flourish in agencies that are still in the early stages of implementation? In agencies that have demonstrated their commitment to community policing, can it be sustained and even advanced beyond current models when there are so many challenges facing innovative policing professionals? This book addresses these important questions. The authors provide valuable information on the implementation of community policing as well as informed opinions about what community policing may one day become. These national experts and leaders in policing speak out on critical issues and evaluate a decade of survey data."
By the Numbers:A Guide for Analyzing Race Data fromVehicle Stops / Police Executive Research Forum, 2005
http://policeforum.mn-8.net/r.asp?a=5&id=42703
"a detailed “how to” guide for analyzing race data from vehicle stops. It provides a social science framework for understanding the challenges of trying to measure racial bias in policing and presents an array of methods for law enforcement professionals, researchers and other stakeholders to consider when interpreting the vehicle-stop data. The primary audience for this technical guide includes the people who will actually be conducting the analyses, though police professionals at all levels, policy makers and others have much to gain by reading the preliminary and final chapters. Following these introductory chapters, By the Numbers provides step-by-step guidance for implementing various benchmarking methods. Forthcoming is a shorter document entitled "Understanding Race Data from Vehicle Stops: A Stakeholder's Guide" which will target policy makers and other concerned stakeholders and highlight the key themes of By the Numbers."
"a detailed “how to” guide for analyzing race data from vehicle stops. It provides a social science framework for understanding the challenges of trying to measure racial bias in policing and presents an array of methods for law enforcement professionals, researchers and other stakeholders to consider when interpreting the vehicle-stop data. The primary audience for this technical guide includes the people who will actually be conducting the analyses, though police professionals at all levels, policy makers and others have much to gain by reading the preliminary and final chapters. Following these introductory chapters, By the Numbers provides step-by-step guidance for implementing various benchmarking methods. Forthcoming is a shorter document entitled "Understanding Race Data from Vehicle Stops: A Stakeholder's Guide" which will target policy makers and other concerned stakeholders and highlight the key themes of By the Numbers."
Solutions and strategies: Drug problems and street sex markets. Guidance for partnerships and providers, 2004
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icpr/publications/COI-Sex%20Workers.pdf
Hunter, G., May, T.and the Drug Strategy Directorate (2004) . London: Home Office.
Hunter, G., May, T.and the Drug Strategy Directorate (2004) . London: Home Office.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Forensic Science Service launches mobile crime lab to retrieve phone data / Public Technology, 17 May 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2910
"Forensic Science Service (FSS) is taking forensic science to the scene of the crime with the launch of the world�s first mobile laboratory that will travel to crime scenes and enable real-time forensic investigation and analysis. "
"Forensic Science Service (FSS) is taking forensic science to the scene of the crime with the launch of the world�s first mobile laboratory that will travel to crime scenes and enable real-time forensic investigation and analysis. "
HUMAN RIGHTS: SLAVERY AND RACISM TOP SUMMIT AGENDA / adnkronointernational, 17 May 2005
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.167338570&par=0
"Heads of state from the 46 members of Europe's longest-established human rights body - the Council of Europe - gathered in Warsaw for a two-day summit. They are debating ways to strengthen the European Court of Human Rights and to combat human trafficking, terrorism and racism. Three major conventions - on the prevention of terrorism, money laundering, financing of terrorism, and the trafficking of human beings - will be opened for signature by member states and subsequent ratification by national parliaments.
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"Heads of state from the 46 members of Europe's longest-established human rights body - the Council of Europe - gathered in Warsaw for a two-day summit. They are debating ways to strengthen the European Court of Human Rights and to combat human trafficking, terrorism and racism. Three major conventions - on the prevention of terrorism, money laundering, financing of terrorism, and the trafficking of human beings - will be opened for signature by member states and subsequent ratification by national parliaments.
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Report finds Malaysia's police corrupt and abusive / International Herald Tribune, 17 May 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/16/news/malaysia.php
Nick Cumming-Bruce
"A damning report on Malaysia's police issued Monday by a government-appointed commission of inquiry, asserts that the country's law enforcers constitute the government's most corrupt department and are guilty of 'extensive and consistent abuse of human rights"
Nick Cumming-Bruce
"A damning report on Malaysia's police issued Monday by a government-appointed commission of inquiry, asserts that the country's law enforcers constitute the government's most corrupt department and are guilty of 'extensive and consistent abuse of human rights"
ThisisLondon
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/18655650#
Paul Waugh
"A proposal to force convicted yobs to clean the streets wearing orange boiler suits looks to have been killed off a day after it was floated by a minister. Within hours the Home Office was pouring cold water on the idea, making clear that it was "not a firm policy proposal". "
Paul Waugh
"A proposal to force convicted yobs to clean the streets wearing orange boiler suits looks to have been killed off a day after it was floated by a minister. Within hours the Home Office was pouring cold water on the idea, making clear that it was "not a firm policy proposal". "
ID card retreat to placate rebel MPs / ThisisLondon, 16 May 2005
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/18655904
Paul Waugh
"Controversial plans for ID cards and anti-terror measures are being scaled back by the Government in a bid to head off a rebellion by Labour MPs. "
Paul Waugh
"Controversial plans for ID cards and anti-terror measures are being scaled back by the Government in a bid to head off a rebellion by Labour MPs. "
United Kingdom: Rising Numbers, Rising Anxieties / Migration Information Source, May 2005
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=306
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah ; Francesca Hopwood Road
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah ; Francesca Hopwood Road
Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity / Migration Information Source, May 2005
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=307
Betsy Cooper
"Norway's migration policy is similar to its attitude towards the European Union (EU). Though it has not joined the EU and remains outside the reach of most EU policy, many of its independent decisions, particularly regarding its relationship to European borders and migration policy management, have a uniquely European character. "
Betsy Cooper
"Norway's migration policy is similar to its attitude towards the European Union (EU). Though it has not joined the EU and remains outside the reach of most EU policy, many of its independent decisions, particularly regarding its relationship to European borders and migration policy management, have a uniquely European character. "
Youth With Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: Prevention and Intervention Strategies / Issue Brief, Vol4, on 1, 2005
PDF - http://www.ncset.org/publications/issue/NCSETIssueBrief_4.1.pdf
Pam Stenhjem
"Transition planning for youth with disabilities has not focused extensively on involvement with the juvenile justice system. Increased attention is needed on the growing number of youth with disabilities involved in the juvenile and adult correctional systems."
Pam Stenhjem
"Transition planning for youth with disabilities has not focused extensively on involvement with the juvenile justice system. Increased attention is needed on the growing number of youth with disabilities involved in the juvenile and adult correctional systems."
Justice Under the Microscope / New York Times, 16 May 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/opinion/16mon3.html?th&emc=th
"Television viewers relishing crime-show denouements based on airtight DNA evidence had best get a grip on reality: DNA is only as reliable as the humans testing it. Virginia's once highly touted crime lab has starkly demonstrated this in an error-ridden death-row case that was propped up repeatedly by botched DNA studies from the state's supposed experts. "
"Television viewers relishing crime-show denouements based on airtight DNA evidence had best get a grip on reality: DNA is only as reliable as the humans testing it. Virginia's once highly touted crime lab has starkly demonstrated this in an error-ridden death-row case that was propped up repeatedly by botched DNA studies from the state's supposed experts. "
Sensible immigration / Press-Telegram - Opinion, 17 May 2005
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21479~2869851,00.html
Congress finally has before it a plan to reform immigration policy in a way that actually makes sense. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate last week would fundamentally improve the way the United States handles its migrant worker population."
Congress finally has before it a plan to reform immigration policy in a way that actually makes sense. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate last week would fundamentally improve the way the United States handles its migrant worker population."
Australia’s immigration policies failed Michael Howard / On Line Opinion, 12 May 2005
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3434
Howard Glenn
"Putting aside the needless misery Australia's immigration policy has caused to a bunch of Afghanis and Iraqis since 1999, let's look at the Australian model, which was on offer to Britain in the Conservative Manifesto."
Howard Glenn
"Putting aside the needless misery Australia's immigration policy has caused to a bunch of Afghanis and Iraqis since 1999, let's look at the Australian model, which was on offer to Britain in the Conservative Manifesto."
Full list of the Bills before Parliament, following Queen's speech / Public Technology, 17 May 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2919
"The full list of bills before Parliament is detailed below, to be introduced during this Parliamentary session. Further bills could be introduced as private members' bills, in draft, or as government bills in future."
"The full list of bills before Parliament is detailed below, to be introduced during this Parliamentary session. Further bills could be introduced as private members' bills, in draft, or as government bills in future."
Queen's speech: Highlights identity cards legislation / Public Technology, 17 May 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2918
This is the full text of the post-election Queen's speech delivered in the House of Commons Tuesday 17th May 2005.
This is the full text of the post-election Queen's speech delivered in the House of Commons Tuesday 17th May 2005.
The impact of outsourcing in immigration detention / [Australia] ASydney Morning Herald, 14 May 2005
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/margo_kingston/001011.html
"The Court findings in the case of S v. Secretary, DIMIA [2005] FCA 549, where the Government failed to meet its duty of care towards two detainees suffering severe mental illness, raises many issues. Whilst the entire policy of mandatory long-term detention is at the heart of the problems, one aspect of the policy that is currently very relevant but has received little attention is the outsourcing of the management of immigration detention."
"The Court findings in the case of S v. Secretary, DIMIA [2005] FCA 549, where the Government failed to meet its duty of care towards two detainees suffering severe mental illness, raises many issues. Whilst the entire policy of mandatory long-term detention is at the heart of the problems, one aspect of the policy that is currently very relevant but has received little attention is the outsourcing of the management of immigration detention."
Uniform sentences - Comment - Times Online, 16 May 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-1613937,00.html
"The call by Hazel Blears at the weekend for yobs serving community punishments to be visibly identifiable is not new. A similar policy was introduced in Scotland in 1996, was abolished by Labour in 1997, and has since been proposed again by both Paul Boateng and Martin Narey, the head of the merged Prison and Probation Service. Dusting off the idea again reflects government frustration that the public remains sceptical about the value of community penalties, despite considerable amounts of money being spent to persuade them otherwise. "
"The call by Hazel Blears at the weekend for yobs serving community punishments to be visibly identifiable is not new. A similar policy was introduced in Scotland in 1996, was abolished by Labour in 1997, and has since been proposed again by both Paul Boateng and Martin Narey, the head of the merged Prison and Probation Service. Dusting off the idea again reflects government frustration that the public remains sceptical about the value of community penalties, despite considerable amounts of money being spent to persuade them otherwise. "
Punishment Uniforms A "Nasty Gimmick" / Scotsman, 15 May 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4558944
"Proposals to force teenage yobs to wear US-style uniforms while carrying out community service punishments were attacked today as a 'nasty gimmick'.
The idea was revealed by Home Office minister Hazel Blears, who said public confidence could be boosted if people could see 'justice being done'.
A Home Office spokesman said: "This is something we would consider, but it is not a firm policy proposal"
"Proposals to force teenage yobs to wear US-style uniforms while carrying out community service punishments were attacked today as a 'nasty gimmick'.
The idea was revealed by Home Office minister Hazel Blears, who said public confidence could be boosted if people could see 'justice being done'.
A Home Office spokesman said: "This is something we would consider, but it is not a firm policy proposal"
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Stepping in to rescue Durban's youth/ [south Africa] The Independent on Saturday, 14 May 2005
http://www.tios.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2519904&fSectionId=1015&fSetId=
"Our kids are in crisis, but there are concrete steps being taken by local authoritie "
"Our kids are in crisis, but there are concrete steps being taken by local authoritie "
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Germany's Anti-Terror Laws Under Review / Deutsche Welle, 13 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1581662,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"German Interior Minister Otto Schily has given the first review of the country�s anti-terror laws. He said they were successful and should be expanded, but politicians say they infringe on personal freedom."
"German Interior Minister Otto Schily has given the first review of the country�s anti-terror laws. He said they were successful and should be expanded, but politicians say they infringe on personal freedom."
Belgium's battle against youth crime / Expatica Belgium, 14 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dkfr
Renee Cordes
"Belgium is trying to clamp down on juvenile offenders. But are the law reforms propsed the right way to go about it?"
Renee Cordes
"Belgium is trying to clamp down on juvenile offenders. But are the law reforms propsed the right way to go about it?"
Study Says Tasers Don't Cause Heart Rhythm Disturbances / New York Times, 14 May 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/14/business/14taser.html
Alan Berenson
"An independent academic study of Taser electric stun weapons has found that they do not cause heart rhythm disturbances when used for short periods on healthy adults."
Abnstract - http://www.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/12/5_suppl_1/71
Alan Berenson
"An independent academic study of Taser electric stun weapons has found that they do not cause heart rhythm disturbances when used for short periods on healthy adults."
Abnstract - http://www.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/12/5_suppl_1/71
The Trouble with Tasers / The Progressive, April 2005
http://www.progressive.org/april05/cusac0405.php
Anne-Marie Cusac
"High-powered tasers are the new fad in law enforcement. They are becoming ever more prevalent even as their safety is increasingly in question. The proliferation of tasers in police departments across the country has led to unconventional uses. Among those hit by tasers are elderly people, children as young as one year old, people apparently suffering diabetic shock and epileptic seizures, people already bound in restraints, and hospital mental patients."
Anne-Marie Cusac
"High-powered tasers are the new fad in law enforcement. They are becoming ever more prevalent even as their safety is increasingly in question. The proliferation of tasers in police departments across the country has led to unconventional uses. Among those hit by tasers are elderly people, children as young as one year old, people apparently suffering diabetic shock and epileptic seizures, people already bound in restraints, and hospital mental patients."
Frontline police 'want stun guns' / BBC, 13 May 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4542635.stm
"Eight out of 10 police think all officers on frontline duties should be issued with stun guns, a poll suggests"
"Eight out of 10 police think all officers on frontline duties should be issued with stun guns, a poll suggests"
Immigration isn't the issue / spiked-online, 13 May 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB3A.htm
Brendan O'Neill
"It seems safe to say that 'the immigration issue' - which involved so little debate about the facts, figures or politics of immigration - is about something other than immigration."
Brendan O'Neill
"It seems safe to say that 'the immigration issue' - which involved so little debate about the facts, figures or politics of immigration - is about something other than immigration."
The end of the EU romance / spiked-politics, 11May 2005
http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB1E.htm
"A year ago, European politicians described the enlargement of the European Union (EU) as an historic moment. A year later, as the EU of 25 celebrates its first anniversary, the attitude towards enlargement is a mixture of hubris and fatigue. EU enlargement is presented as both a panacea to the continent's ills, and as a source of its many problems. "
"A year ago, European politicians described the enlargement of the European Union (EU) as an historic moment. A year later, as the EU of 25 celebrates its first anniversary, the attitude towards enlargement is a mixture of hubris and fatigue. EU enlargement is presented as both a panacea to the continent's ills, and as a source of its many problems. "
Spycam Force / Wired 13.05: May 2005
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.05/crime.html
"Chicago's two-fisted street cops have a new kind of backup: a point-and-click surveillance network tied to a citywide crime-fighting database. (Smile for the camera.)"
"Chicago's two-fisted street cops have a new kind of backup: a point-and-click surveillance network tied to a citywide crime-fighting database. (Smile for the camera.)"
Faces of the Dead / Wired 13.04: May 2005
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/start.html?pg=11
"FastSCAN Cobra can digitally reproduce a skull in the lab or, even better, right at the crime scene. The portable laser scanner, bundled with new whiz-bang 3-D tissue-rendering software, is a huge leap forward for forensics. Until now, making a 3-D image of a skull and adding flesh involved toting it to a hospital for a CT scan. "
"FastSCAN Cobra can digitally reproduce a skull in the lab or, even better, right at the crime scene. The portable laser scanner, bundled with new whiz-bang 3-D tissue-rendering software, is a huge leap forward for forensics. Until now, making a 3-D image of a skull and adding flesh involved toting it to a hospital for a CT scan. "
Anti-social behaviour work Blazes a Trail through Bristol / Avon and Somerset Constabulary, 12 May 2005
http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/newsroom2/news_display.asp?NewsStoryID=4789
"Vandalism, graffiti, criminal damage, loutish behaviour, intimidation, these were all random acts of anti-social behaviour which blighted many communities around Bristol. However, following 18 months of work by the Safer Bristol Partnership - Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Bristol City Council, Housing and other agencies - many estates and areas are transformed and Bristol has been highlighted by the Government as a national example of best practice."
NB - This story starts halfway down the page, continues at the top!
"Vandalism, graffiti, criminal damage, loutish behaviour, intimidation, these were all random acts of anti-social behaviour which blighted many communities around Bristol. However, following 18 months of work by the Safer Bristol Partnership - Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Bristol City Council, Housing and other agencies - many estates and areas are transformed and Bristol has been highlighted by the Government as a national example of best practice."
NB - This story starts halfway down the page, continues at the top!
Should the law treat cowboys like yobbos? / Telegraph, 14 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dkfc
Roland Gribbne
"Should Anti-Social Behaviour Orders be extended to cover rogue traders? The Federation of Master Builders thinks they should, but other professional bodies in the firing line over consumer complaints are far from enthusiastic. One described the idea as 'a bit mad'."
Roland Gribbne
"Should Anti-Social Behaviour Orders be extended to cover rogue traders? The Federation of Master Builders thinks they should, but other professional bodies in the firing line over consumer complaints are far from enthusiastic. One described the idea as 'a bit mad'."
GOP anti-gang bill approved by House / San Bernardino County Sun , 14 May 2005
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2864715,00.html
"Reacting to spreading street violence, Republicans pushed legislation through the House to make gang attacks federal crimes and put gang members in line for long federal prison sentences or even the death penalty. In addition to mandatory minimum sentences, the bill creates a federal racketeering statute similar to the one used to prosecute Mafia members that treats street gangs as an organized crime network."
"Reacting to spreading street violence, Republicans pushed legislation through the House to make gang attacks federal crimes and put gang members in line for long federal prison sentences or even the death penalty. In addition to mandatory minimum sentences, the bill creates a federal racketeering statute similar to the one used to prosecute Mafia members that treats street gangs as an organized crime network."
Germany Approves EU Constitution / Deutsche Welle, 12 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1581297,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
"German parliamentarians overwhelmingly approved the EU constitution on Thursday. While the treaty has been at the center of impassioned public debate in France, it has failed to ignite similar interest in Germany."
"German parliamentarians overwhelmingly approved the EU constitution on Thursday. While the treaty has been at the center of impassioned public debate in France, it has failed to ignite similar interest in Germany."
Asylum queue ‘disappears’ from Lunar House / Croydon Guardian, 12 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dkfn
Kerry McQueeney
"The queues which typically snake around the side of Lunar House had mysteriously vanished. This was the sight that met the community organisation South London Citizens yesterday (Tuesday) morning prompting claims that the Home Office hid asylum seekers from view to offset accusations of incompetence and inefficiency."
Kerry McQueeney
"The queues which typically snake around the side of Lunar House had mysteriously vanished. This was the sight that met the community organisation South London Citizens yesterday (Tuesday) morning prompting claims that the Home Office hid asylum seekers from view to offset accusations of incompetence and inefficiency."
Counterfeiting is out of control / International Herald Tribune, 13 May 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/12/opinion/edcattaui.php
Maria Livanos Cattaui
"The theft of intellectual property has become as serious for society as the theft of physical property. Not only has the problem grown in size - now accounting for $600 billion per year in counterfeit goods worldwide - but also in the range of products and the geographic scope"
Maria Livanos Cattaui
"The theft of intellectual property has become as serious for society as the theft of physical property. Not only has the problem grown in size - now accounting for $600 billion per year in counterfeit goods worldwide - but also in the range of products and the geographic scope"
Congress Rekindles Battle on Mandatory Sentences / New York Times, 11 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dkfn
"Just months after the Supreme Court struck down federal sentencing formulas, the House is moving to institute new mandatory minimum sentences, beginning with a sweeping bill to fight street gangs"
"Just months after the Supreme Court struck down federal sentencing formulas, the House is moving to institute new mandatory minimum sentences, beginning with a sweeping bill to fight street gangs"
Reducing the Prison Population : Penal Policy and Social Choices / SCCCJ Publications, 2005
PDF - http://www.scccj.org.uk/documents/Reducing_Prison_Population_.pdf
Scottish consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice
Scottish consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice
Victims of human trafficking / / NewsFromRussia, 12 May 2005
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/05/12/59702.html
"More than 12 million people around the world are being forced to work against their will and most of them live in Asia. The International Labor Organization says that altogether they generate $32 billion a year for those who exploit them. "
A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour - http://digbig.com/4dkfb
"More than 12 million people around the world are being forced to work against their will and most of them live in Asia. The International Labor Organization says that altogether they generate $32 billion a year for those who exploit them. "
A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour - http://digbig.com/4dkfb
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Dutch academics declare research free-for-all / The Register, 11 May 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/11/open_access_research/
Jan Libbenga
"Scientists from all major Dutch universities officially launched a website on Tuesday where all their research material can be accessed for free. Interested parties can get hold of a total of 47,000 digital documents from 16 institutions the Digital Academic Repositories. No other nation in the world offers such easy access to its complete academic research output in digital form, the researchers claim. Obviously, commercial publishers are not amused."
Website: http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/home
Jan Libbenga
"Scientists from all major Dutch universities officially launched a website on Tuesday where all their research material can be accessed for free. Interested parties can get hold of a total of 47,000 digital documents from 16 institutions the Digital Academic Repositories. No other nation in the world offers such easy access to its complete academic research output in digital form, the researchers claim. Obviously, commercial publishers are not amused."
Website: http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/home
New Zealand Police : Communications Centres Service Centre Independent External Review Final Report
http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/2005/comm-centres-review/
PDF - http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/2005/comm-centres-review/comm-centres-review.pdf
PDF - http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/2005/comm-centres-review/comm-centres-review.pdf
Police visits for busy Canterbury crims / STUFFNew Zealand, 12 May 2005
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3277305a11,00.html
Jarrod Booker
"Police have so far written to 30 of the 100 most prolific criminals identified in Canterbury, to advise them they are in the group and their habits have to change.
This has been followed up with home visits by police and police officers have been assigned to keep an eye on each of them. "
Jarrod Booker
"Police have so far written to 30 of the 100 most prolific criminals identified in Canterbury, to advise them they are in the group and their habits have to change.
This has been followed up with home visits by police and police officers have been assigned to keep an eye on each of them. "
Belgium shamed again over asylum-seekers / Expatica Belgium, 10 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4djyp
"Belgian has again been criticised for detaining asylum seekers in the transit zone of Brussels National Airport.
A new annual report on Belgium's human rights record published by a group of 25 experts, commissioned by the European Commission, has lambasted the country for continuing to hold rejected asylum-seekers at the airport, the French-language daily Le Soir reported on Tuesday."
"Belgian has again been criticised for detaining asylum seekers in the transit zone of Brussels National Airport.
A new annual report on Belgium's human rights record published by a group of 25 experts, commissioned by the European Commission, has lambasted the country for continuing to hold rejected asylum-seekers at the airport, the French-language daily Le Soir reported on Tuesday."
Corrections Professionals and Reformers Debate Effects of Public Policies on U.S. Prisons and Punishment
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050511/law083.html?.v=10
"On June 13 and 14, 2005, the American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (AAFCP) will host 'The National Debate on Prisons & Punishment' in Alexandria, Virginia. The debate is intended to open up discussions between corrections professionals, reformers, scholars, civil rights groups, crime victims, and the general public regarding public policies surrounding the U.S. corrections system and its role within the community at large"
"On June 13 and 14, 2005, the American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (AAFCP) will host 'The National Debate on Prisons & Punishment' in Alexandria, Virginia. The debate is intended to open up discussions between corrections professionals, reformers, scholars, civil rights groups, crime victims, and the general public regarding public policies surrounding the U.S. corrections system and its role within the community at large"
If police are too busy, then we need a whole lot more / The New Zealand Herald, 12 May 2005
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125009
Roland Hide
"What can police be so busy doing? Police Minister George Hawkins, on Monday's Perspectives page, told us crime was coming down and police numbers were going up. Hang on. Crime down; police numbers up. How can they be too busy? The answer is that our police are overstretched combating ever-increasing violent crime. "
Roland Hide
"What can police be so busy doing? Police Minister George Hawkins, on Monday's Perspectives page, told us crime was coming down and police numbers were going up. Hang on. Crime down; police numbers up. How can they be too busy? The answer is that our police are overstretched combating ever-increasing violent crime. "
Police hit streets with their answer to 'Snitch' DVD / [USA] Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2005
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.md.dvd11may11,1,7548036.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Ryan Davis
"Officers in bright blue windbreakers stood in the middle of high-crime East Baltimore, around the corner from a block with eight vacant homes, and handed out copies of the Police Department's debut production, Keep Talking.
'The point,' said police spokesman Matt Jablow, 'is to let the criminals know that we're in charge, and to let the good people know we're winning the fight.'"
Ryan Davis
"Officers in bright blue windbreakers stood in the middle of high-crime East Baltimore, around the corner from a block with eight vacant homes, and handed out copies of the Police Department's debut production, Keep Talking.
'The point,' said police spokesman Matt Jablow, 'is to let the criminals know that we're in charge, and to let the good people know we're winning the fight.'"
US creates special visa for Australian workers / [Australia] The Age, 12 May 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/11/1115585028662.html
Michael Gawenda
"The US Congress has passed legislation that creates thousands of working visas for Australians and their spouses in what is seen in Washington as a sign of the special relationship with Australia.
'I don't think any other country at the moment would have been able to get this sort of visa concession in the current climate,' an official said."
Michael Gawenda
"The US Congress has passed legislation that creates thousands of working visas for Australians and their spouses in what is seen in Washington as a sign of the special relationship with Australia.
'I don't think any other country at the moment would have been able to get this sort of visa concession in the current climate,' an official said."
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Rethinking a legal sex trade /The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0511/p15s02-woeu.html?s=hns
Isabelle de Pommereau
"When it legalized prostitution two years ago, Germany sought to bring the industry under state control, providing sex workers with labor rights and greater health protection. But some Germans are now saying the law has failed to achieve its objective. "
Isabelle de Pommereau
"When it legalized prostitution two years ago, Germany sought to bring the industry under state control, providing sex workers with labor rights and greater health protection. But some Germans are now saying the law has failed to achieve its objective. "
Crime blitz across five boroughs / eGov monitor, 10 May 2005
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/863
"A series of one-day co-ordinated stings to further reduce crime across five-north London boroughs is entering its second phase. Commander Alf Hitchcock, who is leading Operation Resolve, said:'The first stage of Operation Resolve has achieved its primary objective of putting the fear of crime back where it belongs, in the mind of the criminal. 'Through pooling information and resources across north London, police and partner agencies minimised the opportunity for travelling criminals to use the area as a crime corridor."
"A series of one-day co-ordinated stings to further reduce crime across five-north London boroughs is entering its second phase. Commander Alf Hitchcock, who is leading Operation Resolve, said:'The first stage of Operation Resolve has achieved its primary objective of putting the fear of crime back where it belongs, in the mind of the criminal. 'Through pooling information and resources across north London, police and partner agencies minimised the opportunity for travelling criminals to use the area as a crime corridor."
Commission agrees 5 year Roadmap for Freedom Justice and Security / EUROPA , 10 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4djnt
"The European Commission today launched its 5 year Action Plan for Freedom, Justice and Security � with detailed proposals for EU action on terrorism, migration management, visa policies, asylum, privacy and security, the fight against organised crime and criminal justice.
This is a major policy initiative and a cornerstone of the Commission's Strategic Objectives for 2010 - built around prosperity, solidarity and security. "
"The European Commission today launched its 5 year Action Plan for Freedom, Justice and Security � with detailed proposals for EU action on terrorism, migration management, visa policies, asylum, privacy and security, the fight against organised crime and criminal justice.
This is a major policy initiative and a cornerstone of the Commission's Strategic Objectives for 2010 - built around prosperity, solidarity and security. "
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Commentary: Charles de Yeltsin / World Peace Herald, 9 May 2005
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050509-095716-8631r
Arnaud de Borchgrave
"From bleeding-heart liberals to cold-hearted conservative realists, everyone professed shock and awe when Russia's President Vladimir Putin called the breakup of the former Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. Yet it was a statement of the obvious, because that's precisely what it was. "
Arnaud de Borchgrave
"From bleeding-heart liberals to cold-hearted conservative realists, everyone professed shock and awe when Russia's President Vladimir Putin called the breakup of the former Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. Yet it was a statement of the obvious, because that's precisely what it was. "
Weak PM forced to negotiate changes to team / Guardian Unlimited Politics | Election 2005 |
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1479554,00.html
"The Home Secretary, Charles Clarke discovered that a central resposibility of his department - antisocial behaviour - was to be removed from his control. Mr Blair argued, as he has before, that the Home Office has too much to deal with, including terrorism, penal law, prisons, immigration and asylum, volunteering and identity cards."
"The Home Secretary, Charles Clarke discovered that a central resposibility of his department - antisocial behaviour - was to be removed from his control. Mr Blair argued, as he has before, that the Home Office has too much to deal with, including terrorism, penal law, prisons, immigration and asylum, volunteering and identity cards."
ID cards may test Blair\'s reduced majority / silicon.com, 6 May 2005
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39130187,00.htm
Andy McCue
"The majority - down from 166 seats in 2001 to a likely 66 seats means that any renewed opposition to the ID cards proposal could lead to the bill being watered down or voted down. "
Andy McCue
"The majority - down from 166 seats in 2001 to a likely 66 seats means that any renewed opposition to the ID cards proposal could lead to the bill being watered down or voted down. "
National Night Out — fun way to fight crime /[USA] Coppell-Valley Ranch News, 6 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4djgw
Officer R.J. Harr / Coppell Police Department
"National Night Out is a nationwide event designed to heighten crime-prevention awareness. It encourages people to get out of the house and meet their neighbors. It strengthens neighborhood spirit and generates neighborhood participation in other anti-crime programs, such as a neighborhood watch. If everyone in the neighborhood is committed to reducing crime, then crime will go down. Reducing crime in the neighborhoods is the main goal of National Night Out. When neighborhoods participate in this program by having a neighborhood block party, it sends a message to criminals that the neighborhoods are fighting back against crime. "
Officer R.J. Harr / Coppell Police Department
"National Night Out is a nationwide event designed to heighten crime-prevention awareness. It encourages people to get out of the house and meet their neighbors. It strengthens neighborhood spirit and generates neighborhood participation in other anti-crime programs, such as a neighborhood watch. If everyone in the neighborhood is committed to reducing crime, then crime will go down. Reducing crime in the neighborhoods is the main goal of National Night Out. When neighborhoods participate in this program by having a neighborhood block party, it sends a message to criminals that the neighborhoods are fighting back against crime. "
CPS cybercrime training pays off / CPS, 6 May 2005
http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/pressreleases/122_05.html
"To cope with the anticipated growth in cybercrime, the CPS launched its High Tech Crime Strategy in 2002. Over 110 prosecutors and 15 caseworkers have now been trained to deal with hi-tech crime as part of a wider strategy and there are national specialists with the necessary expertise to effectively prosecute cases. During the case this training helped the CPS understand:
The methodology used by the criminals
The evidence presented for prosecution use and expert evidence
How to sift through the vast quantities of computer data that these cases generate to decide which material could remain unused but disclosed to the defence "
"To cope with the anticipated growth in cybercrime, the CPS launched its High Tech Crime Strategy in 2002. Over 110 prosecutors and 15 caseworkers have now been trained to deal with hi-tech crime as part of a wider strategy and there are national specialists with the necessary expertise to effectively prosecute cases. During the case this training helped the CPS understand:
The methodology used by the criminals
The evidence presented for prosecution use and expert evidence
How to sift through the vast quantities of computer data that these cases generate to decide which material could remain unused but disclosed to the defence "
Another "Three Strikes" Travesty: Why is Santo Reyes Facing Life in Prison? / [USA] CounterPunch, 6 May 2005
http://www.counterpunch.org/yoshioka05062005.html
Erin Yoshioka
"The financial burden the three-strikes law is incredible. 'Since the law was implemented in 1994, the 10-year sum of nonviolent offenders is costing and will cost the state more than $4.7 billion,' according to a study by the Justice Policy Institute. Taxpayers spend about $30,000 a year to imprison each person, including medical care. This amount increases with the age of each prisoner. People over the age of 55 cost approximately $50,000 to 75,000 a year to incarcerate. "
Erin Yoshioka
"The financial burden the three-strikes law is incredible. 'Since the law was implemented in 1994, the 10-year sum of nonviolent offenders is costing and will cost the state more than $4.7 billion,' according to a study by the Justice Policy Institute. Taxpayers spend about $30,000 a year to imprison each person, including medical care. This amount increases with the age of each prisoner. People over the age of 55 cost approximately $50,000 to 75,000 a year to incarcerate. "
REFUGEES: SINGLE EU ASYLUM SYSTEM BY 2010, SAYS FRATTINI / adnkronosinternational, 10 May 2005
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Trends&loid=8.0.163637719&par=0
"European Union member states need a single asylum system to govern the status of people who are legally recognised as refugees, and this will be achieved by 2010, said EU Justice and Security Commissioner, Franco Frattini. 'By this I mean an asylum system which includes a common procedure and a single status for those who have obtained asylum,' said Frattini, speaking at a conference on asylum seeker rights in Rome. "
"European Union member states need a single asylum system to govern the status of people who are legally recognised as refugees, and this will be achieved by 2010, said EU Justice and Security Commissioner, Franco Frattini. 'By this I mean an asylum system which includes a common procedure and a single status for those who have obtained asylum,' said Frattini, speaking at a conference on asylum seeker rights in Rome. "
How Alcohol Outlets Affect Neighborhood Violence / Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2005
http://resources.prev.org/documents/AlcoholViolenceGruenewald.pdf
"When bars, liquor stores and other businesses that sell alcohol are located close together in neighborhoods, more assaults and other violent crimes occur in those neighborhoods, according to a growing body of research examined in a newly released white paper."
"When bars, liquor stores and other businesses that sell alcohol are located close together in neighborhoods, more assaults and other violent crimes occur in those neighborhoods, according to a growing body of research examined in a newly released white paper."
Sex Trafficking: Zero Tolerance / Mother Jones, May 2005
http://www.motherjones.com/news/dailymojo/2005/05/sex_trafficking.html
Lisa Katayama
"By some counts, up to 40 million women have been enslaved worldwide, often sold by parents or boyfriends into bondage, poverty, and degradation. Nevertheless, the issue is not always as simple as it appears, and all too often crackdowns on trafficking end up cracking down on�and hurting�women who are simply trying to make a living in the sex industry, insisting on the right to ply their trade."
Lisa Katayama
"By some counts, up to 40 million women have been enslaved worldwide, often sold by parents or boyfriends into bondage, poverty, and degradation. Nevertheless, the issue is not always as simple as it appears, and all too often crackdowns on trafficking end up cracking down on�and hurting�women who are simply trying to make a living in the sex industry, insisting on the right to ply their trade."
Gangsters targeted by new squads / [Australia] the Age, 5 May 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/04/1115092561851.html
John Silvester
"Melbourne's major gangsters will be pursued by new mini-taskforces as part of a big overhaul of crime investigation practices in the Victoria Police.
Detectives were notified yesterday of changes that are expected to radically alter their work practices in the biggest restructure of serious crime investigations since 1971."
John Silvester
"Melbourne's major gangsters will be pursued by new mini-taskforces as part of a big overhaul of crime investigation practices in the Victoria Police.
Detectives were notified yesterday of changes that are expected to radically alter their work practices in the biggest restructure of serious crime investigations since 1971."
Sounds good in theory, but in practice? / [Australia] The Age, 5 May 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/04/1115092561564.html
John Silvester
"When experienced detectives found their traditional roles were to be examined by a group of bright young things from an international consulting firm there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the process. Many police feel that outsiders have no idea about policing and no business telling them their business."
John Silvester
"When experienced detectives found their traditional roles were to be examined by a group of bright young things from an international consulting firm there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the process. Many police feel that outsiders have no idea about policing and no business telling them their business."
Alleged Al-Zarqawi Letter Shows Low Morale / The Atlanta Journal-Contsitution, May 2005
http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/ap/Middle_East/Iraq_Al_Zarqawi_Letter.html
"The U.S. military released on Tuesday a letter it believes was addressed to terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from an underling complaining that incompetence of leaders in his al-Qaida in Iraq network is hurting morale among his fighters."
"The U.S. military released on Tuesday a letter it believes was addressed to terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from an underling complaining that incompetence of leaders in his al-Qaida in Iraq network is hurting morale among his fighters."
Critiquing Capitalism Across Europe / Deutsche Welle, 4 May 2005
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1573149,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
Rafael Heiling
"How much capitalism is too much? The debate has taken on a particularly strident tone in Germany, but it also rages on in many other European countries."
Rafael Heiling
"How much capitalism is too much? The debate has taken on a particularly strident tone in Germany, but it also rages on in many other European countries."
That classified US military report's secrets in full / The Register, 3 May 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/03/military_report_secrets/
Kieren McCarthy
"In an incredible online cock-up, the full details of a classified US military report into the shooting of Italian secret agent Nicola Calipari in Iraq have been made widely and publicly available. The error was caused by the US military itself, which posted an unclassified version of the report on the internet as a PDF file with large chunks blacked out. However, the Pentagon had failed to save the file with the edit lines in place so a simple copy-and-paste of the document into a word processing application revealed the report in full."
Kieren McCarthy
"In an incredible online cock-up, the full details of a classified US military report into the shooting of Italian secret agent Nicola Calipari in Iraq have been made widely and publicly available. The error was caused by the US military itself, which posted an unclassified version of the report on the internet as a PDF file with large chunks blacked out. However, the Pentagon had failed to save the file with the edit lines in place so a simple copy-and-paste of the document into a word processing application revealed the report in full."
Friday, May 06, 2005
Drinking age back on the ballot / The New Zealand Herald, 5 May 2005
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123936
Ainsley Thomson
Since the age was lowered from 20 to 18 in 1999, the issue of teen drinking and its social and health effects has never been far from the headlines. Studies have linked the law change to a rise in the number of teens ending up in hospital with alcohol-related problems. "
Ainsley Thomson
Since the age was lowered from 20 to 18 in 1999, the issue of teen drinking and its social and health effects has never been far from the headlines. Studies have linked the law change to a rise in the number of teens ending up in hospital with alcohol-related problems. "
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Reefer madness? Link warned between early pot smoking & mental illness: / South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 3 May 2005
http://digbig.com/4dhqk
Pauline Jelinek
"Past medical studies have linked marijuana with a greater incidence of mental disorders such as depression or schizophrenia. But questions remain about whether people who smoke marijuana at a young age are already predisposed to mental disorders, or whether the drug caused those disorders.
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Pauline Jelinek
"Past medical studies have linked marijuana with a greater incidence of mental disorders such as depression or schizophrenia. But questions remain about whether people who smoke marijuana at a young age are already predisposed to mental disorders, or whether the drug caused those disorders.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Public sector should see information as critical strategic resource says Bichard/ Public Technology, 4 May 2005
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2847
"Public sector chief executives need to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the value of their information resources, the role information can play in delivering improved performance and of the systems, including IT systems on which critical services depend."
"Public sector chief executives need to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the value of their information resources, the role information can play in delivering improved performance and of the systems, including IT systems on which critical services depend."
EU cross-border security systems to fight terrorism and crime: contract awarded :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news from
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2849
"The European Commission has signed contractors to develop two important central information systems, the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the Visa Information System (VIS)."
"The European Commission has signed contractors to develop two important central information systems, the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the Visa Information System (VIS)."
Church leaders say asylum system endangers lives / Ekklesia, 4 May 2005
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_05054asylum.shtml
"Leaders from across Britain's denominations have condemned the current handling of asylum applications as 'unjust' and said that the asylum system endangers the lives of genuine refugees.
A letter signed by a wide range of church figures including the Bishop of Oxford, the Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, and the leaders of Baptist, Methodist and URC denominations, appears in today's Times newspaper."
"Leaders from across Britain's denominations have condemned the current handling of asylum applications as 'unjust' and said that the asylum system endangers the lives of genuine refugees.
A letter signed by a wide range of church figures including the Bishop of Oxford, the Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, and the leaders of Baptist, Methodist and URC denominations, appears in today's Times newspaper."
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
New York Governor Announces Aggressive New Crime-Fighting Plan For 2005 ' All American Patriots, 2 May 2005
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-9890.html
"An gressive, new crime fighting plan is aimed at continuing New York's historic 10-year crime reduction and helping to make New York the safest of any state in the nation. he plan includes the launch of Project SAF-T, a new initiative to target New York's 100 Most Dangerous Fugitives, and the expansion and enhancement of Operation IMPACT."
"An gressive, new crime fighting plan is aimed at continuing New York's historic 10-year crime reduction and helping to make New York the safest of any state in the nation. he plan includes the launch of Project SAF-T, a new initiative to target New York's 100 Most Dangerous Fugitives, and the expansion and enhancement of Operation IMPACT."
Getting to grips with the new policing system / [South Africa] IOL:, 2 May 2005
IOL: Crime & Courts:
Sheena Adams
"Policing in South Africa is no longer a matter just for the South African Police Service (SAPS). Since the launch in 1999 of the country's elite crime-busting unit the Scorpions, formally known as the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), a number of other high-profile law enforcement agencies have flourished. These include equally deadly Cobras (Willie Hofmeyr's special investigating unit), the Green Scorpions (environmental management inspectorate) and the NIBs - the National Immigration Branch. We take a look at the different units including the City Police, in Cape Town fondly referred to as the Penguins."
Sheena Adams
"Policing in South Africa is no longer a matter just for the South African Police Service (SAPS). Since the launch in 1999 of the country's elite crime-busting unit the Scorpions, formally known as the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), a number of other high-profile law enforcement agencies have flourished. These include equally deadly Cobras (Willie Hofmeyr's special investigating unit), the Green Scorpions (environmental management inspectorate) and the NIBs - the National Immigration Branch. We take a look at the different units including the City Police, in Cape Town fondly referred to as the Penguins."
Migration Information Source - United Kingdom: Rising Numbers, Rising Anxieties
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=306
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah and Francesca Hopwood
"Net immigration to the United Kingdom (UK) has risen dramatically over the last decade. With sustained economic growth and historically low unemployment rates generating demand for migrant workers, large increases in asylum applications during the 1990s, international student numbers growing, and more people reuniting with family members, immigration levels have risen to unprecedented levels. "
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah and Francesca Hopwood
"Net immigration to the United Kingdom (UK) has risen dramatically over the last decade. With sustained economic growth and historically low unemployment rates generating demand for migrant workers, large increases in asylum applications during the 1990s, international student numbers growing, and more people reuniting with family members, immigration levels have risen to unprecedented levels. "
Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity / Migration Information Source, 1 May 2005
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=307
Betsy Cooper
The country's carefully regulated effort to allow only selected migrants to be admitted, together with its commitment to ensuring social equality for those who arrive, closely fits the model to which many other European countries (with varying degrees of success) aspire.
Betsy Cooper
The country's carefully regulated effort to allow only selected migrants to be admitted, together with its commitment to ensuring social equality for those who arrive, closely fits the model to which many other European countries (with varying degrees of success) aspire.
Searching Books Between the Covers / Infotoday, Vol.29. No. 3 May/June, 2005
http://www.infotoday.com/online/may05/OnTheNet.shtml
Greg R Notess
"To find information inside a printed book, people traditionally rely on an index or, for a few works, a concordance. With the advent of e-books, however, people could search the entire text, assuming they bought the e-book. Although a growing number of copyright-free books are now on the Web, those still under copyright remained unsearchable�until now. "
Greg R Notess
"To find information inside a printed book, people traditionally rely on an index or, for a few works, a concordance. With the advent of e-books, however, people could search the entire text, assuming they bought the e-book. Although a growing number of copyright-free books are now on the Web, those still under copyright remained unsearchable�until now. "
Investigating the Issue of Racial Profiling
PDF - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1462
"A Suggested Approach to Analyzing Racial Profiling: Sample Templates for Analyzing Car-Stop Data" (28 pp.) (NCJ 209524) describes the general approaches used and illustrates them with sample templates of the analytical output. These templates represent examples of how to display and evaluate results from various analysis methods.
"A Suggested Approach to Analyzing Racial Profiling: Sample Templates for Analyzing Car-Stop Data" (28 pp.) (NCJ 209524) describes the general approaches used and illustrates them with sample templates of the analytical output. These templates represent examples of how to display and evaluate results from various analysis methods.
Enhancing Problem-Solving Projects Through Offender Interviews / COPS, 2005
PDF - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1464
"Using Offender Interviews to Inform Police Problem Solving" (62 pp.) (NCJ 209525), a new COPS POP Guide, is the third guide in the Problem-Solving Tools Series. It provides a summary of the most important findings from offender interviews and concrete recommendations on how to conduct offender interviews for problem-oriented policing projects.
"Using Offender Interviews to Inform Police Problem Solving" (62 pp.) (NCJ 209525), a new COPS POP Guide, is the third guide in the Problem-Solving Tools Series. It provides a summary of the most important findings from offender interviews and concrete recommendations on how to conduct offender interviews for problem-oriented policing projects.
Adapting Successful Responses to Problem-Oriented Policing / COPS, 2005
PDF - http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1463
"Researching a Problem" (72 pp.) (NCJ 209526), a new COPS POP Guide, is the second guide in the Problem-Solving Tools Series designed to summarize knowledge about information gathering and analysis techniques that might assist police at any of the four main stages of a problem-oriented project: scanning, analysis, response, and assessment.
"Researching a Problem" (72 pp.) (NCJ 209526), a new COPS POP Guide, is the second guide in the Problem-Solving Tools Series designed to summarize knowledge about information gathering and analysis techniques that might assist police at any of the four main stages of a problem-oriented project: scanning, analysis, response, and assessment.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Aptitude for Destruction / Rand Corporation
"Intelligence and law enforcement agencies can combat terrorism more effectively if they understand how terrorists learn and adapt, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. Such understanding can enable authorities to assess terrorist threat levels more accurately and design and implement effective counterterrorist strategies — especially in allocating resources against terrorists — according to the report."
Volume 1: Organizational Learning in Terrorist Groups and Its Implications for Combating Terrorism
PDF - http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG331.pdf
Volume 2: Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups
PDF - http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG332.pdf
Volume 1: Organizational Learning in Terrorist Groups and Its Implications for Combating Terrorism
PDF - http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG331.pdf
Volume 2: Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups
PDF - http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG332.pdf
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