http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996357
"Tracking the recent whereabouts of suspected criminals or uncovering the true origins of asylum-seeking immigrants might come down to a single hair, says a UK researcher.
Stuart Black and his colleagues at the University of Reading are testing a new method of determining where people have lived by measuring the ratios of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in their tissues or fluids. They presented their results at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival in Exeter, UK.
The isotopes, absorbed into the body from water, have predictable values for different local areas and leave a telltale signature in tissues. "Hair is particularly good because it grows about a centimetre a month," says Black. "So it actually grows a record of not only where you have been but what you have been eating and drinking.""
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004
�2m computer to back crime fight / Manchester Online, 6 Sep 2004
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/129/129558_2m_computer_to_back_crime_fight.html
£2 MILLION computer system to help the authorities identify and share information about crime hotspots was launched today. The Greater Manchester Against Crime system (GMAC) enables agencies such as the ambulance service, fire service, police, council and drug workers to contribute and access information."
£2 MILLION computer system to help the authorities identify and share information about crime hotspots was launched today. The Greater Manchester Against Crime system (GMAC) enables agencies such as the ambulance service, fire service, police, council and drug workers to contribute and access information."
Monday, September 06, 2004
Police test recruits for party drugs / [Australia] NEWS.com.au, 6 Sep 2004
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10677743%5E421,00.html
"ASPIRING police officers would be forced to undergo random drug testing as the state's crime-fighting agencies come to terms with recruits who have grown up as part of the so-called 'chemical generation'.
Police Commissioner Ken Moroney told The Daily Telegraph the generation of party drug users, who might continue their use once in the force, was a 'new age' threat to policing in NSW.
Mr Moroney wants to introduce drug tests at Goulburn police academy as a three-year inquiry into drug use among the state's officers comes to a close.
He will tell the Police Integrity Commission's Operation Abelia he also wants students to get a doctor's certificate saying they are free from illicit drugs before being accepted to the academy. "
"ASPIRING police officers would be forced to undergo random drug testing as the state's crime-fighting agencies come to terms with recruits who have grown up as part of the so-called 'chemical generation'.
Police Commissioner Ken Moroney told The Daily Telegraph the generation of party drug users, who might continue their use once in the force, was a 'new age' threat to policing in NSW.
Mr Moroney wants to introduce drug tests at Goulburn police academy as a three-year inquiry into drug use among the state's officers comes to a close.
He will tell the Police Integrity Commission's Operation Abelia he also wants students to get a doctor's certificate saying they are free from illicit drugs before being accepted to the academy. "
Newcomers to Canada could be fingerprinted / The Globe and Mail, 5 Sep 2004
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040905.wfprint0905/BNStory/National/
"Virtually every newcomer to Canada would be fingerprinted and photographed under ambitious federal security proposals, The Canadian Press has learned.
A newly obtained report shows the government is looking at the collection and use of biometric data of about one million people annually, from visitors and refugee claimants to permanent residents and new citizens.
The personal identification effort could also extend to millions more who are born Canadian, possibly reviving the idea of a national identity card, indicates the report released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Access to Information Act."
"Virtually every newcomer to Canada would be fingerprinted and photographed under ambitious federal security proposals, The Canadian Press has learned.
A newly obtained report shows the government is looking at the collection and use of biometric data of about one million people annually, from visitors and refugee claimants to permanent residents and new citizens.
The personal identification effort could also extend to millions more who are born Canadian, possibly reviving the idea of a national identity card, indicates the report released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Access to Information Act."
Newcomers to Canada could be fingerprinted / The Globe and Mail, 5 Sep 2004
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040905.wfprint0905/BNStory/National/ "Virtually every newcomer to Canada would be fingerprinted and photographed under ambitious federal security proposals, The Canadian Press has learned.
A newly obtained report shows the government is looking at the collection and use of biometric data of about one million people annually, from visitors and refugee claimants to permanent residents and new citizens. The personal identification effort could also extend to millions more who are born Canadian, possibly reviving the idea of a national identity card, indicates the report released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Access to Information Act."
A newly obtained report shows the government is looking at the collection and use of biometric data of about one million people annually, from visitors and refugee claimants to permanent residents and new citizens. The personal identification effort could also extend to millions more who are born Canadian, possibly reviving the idea of a national identity card, indicates the report released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Access to Information Act."
Courts rebel on paid evidence / [Australia] Sydney Mornign Herald, 6 Sep 2004
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/05/1094322646202.html
Jonathan Pearlman
"The rise of professional experts and no-win, no-fee witnesses is clogging courts with biased evidence and has been condemned by judges.
Expert witnesses earn millions of dollars a year in NSW, with doctors, accountants and engineers charging up to $10,000 a day to give evidence.
The chief judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Jim Spigelman, told the Herald the court planned to clamp down on the unfettered use of experts whose evidence was 'at the extremes of legitimate opinion'.
'The cost of expert witnesses is the biggest single cost in litigation after legal fees,' he said.
Thousands of experts are advertised in online directories and by universities. Experts claim to have specialties in up to 20 different areas.
Some are charging on a no-win, no-fee basis - a practice outlawed in the US because it led to exaggeration and lying. "
Jonathan Pearlman
"The rise of professional experts and no-win, no-fee witnesses is clogging courts with biased evidence and has been condemned by judges.
Expert witnesses earn millions of dollars a year in NSW, with doctors, accountants and engineers charging up to $10,000 a day to give evidence.
The chief judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Jim Spigelman, told the Herald the court planned to clamp down on the unfettered use of experts whose evidence was 'at the extremes of legitimate opinion'.
'The cost of expert witnesses is the biggest single cost in litigation after legal fees,' he said.
Thousands of experts are advertised in online directories and by universities. Experts claim to have specialties in up to 20 different areas.
Some are charging on a no-win, no-fee basis - a practice outlawed in the US because it led to exaggeration and lying. "
Dereham firms help tackle computer crime / Computer Crime, 2 Sep 2004
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.09.2004/607/
Nick Parker
"According to EDP24, the business community in a Norfolk town is helping police tackle computer crimes such as child pornography and online fraud.
Detectives from Dereham CID are seeking funds to buy equipment for their burgeoning Hi-tech Crime Unit.
Officers have appealed to local firms to dig deep to help buy the £2000 server needed to cope with the volume of data that they have to sift through.
Without the extra capacity, equipment seized in West Norfolk has to be sent out of the county for analysis when the computer crime unit at the force headquarters at Wymondham is full."
Nick Parker
"According to EDP24, the business community in a Norfolk town is helping police tackle computer crimes such as child pornography and online fraud.
Detectives from Dereham CID are seeking funds to buy equipment for their burgeoning Hi-tech Crime Unit.
Officers have appealed to local firms to dig deep to help buy the £2000 server needed to cope with the volume of data that they have to sift through.
Without the extra capacity, equipment seized in West Norfolk has to be sent out of the county for analysis when the computer crime unit at the force headquarters at Wymondham is full."
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