" class="left_link">» Text Here“Graffiti ‘fixed’ before visit” Courier
“Tackle anti-social scourge” Evening Telegraph
“Council paints over vandalised square” Evening Telegraph
“First Minister issues rallying cry ” Grampian TV
Press release
“Tayside leading way against antisocial behaviour” Scot. Exec.
“MSP fights change to 999 drugs overdose policy” Evening News
“Ambulance crews deserve protection ” Evening News. Article by David Forbes, regional officer Unison.
Motion.
S2M-3189 Stewart Stevenson: Police Attendance at Incidents of Drugs Overdosing – That the Parliament notes with concern the intention that police no longer attend reported incidents of drug overdoses; believes that police can provide direct assistance in the often difficult circumstances surrounding such incidents; understands that lives have been saved through police attendance, and calls for reinstatement of previous policy and practice.
“Council rejects prison plan” Herald
“Council throws out plans for new prison” Evening Times
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HMP Low Moss
Also
CjScotland 18.11.04: Private-build/SPS managed prison plans under discussion to replace HMP Low Moss
“Ban on violent net porn planned ” BBC
“Possessing violent porn punishable by prison sentence” Telegraph
“Jamieson targets ‘abhorrent’ web snaps” Daily Record
“Bid to crack down on violent net porn” Evening Times
“China leads way in policing cyberspace” Times
“Word police spell bad news for e-mail bigots” Scotland on Sunday
Press release
“Possession of ‘extreme’ pornography to be outlawed” Scot. Exec.
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Possession of Extreme Pornographic Material Consultation . Closes 2.12 05.
Update
“MSP sees how Viper takes the stress out of line-ups ” Evening Telegraph
Following posted on 24.3.05
“Force starts virtual ID parades ” BBC
“New computer system avoids ‘fear factor’ of witnesses confronting culprits ” Scotsman
Press release
“Viper Video Identification Parade” Strathclyde Police
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CjScotland 5.1.05: Virtual ID parades (VIPER) to be extended
Press release
“International Association of Prosecutors” Scot. Exec.
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Conference web site
The Prison Statistics for Scotland covering the year 2004/5 were published on Friday to negligible media comment (on-line) and no Scottish Executive press release. The imprisonment rate on the 1st September 2004 was 135 per 100,000. Scotland therefore has the second highest rate of imprisonment in western Europe (with Portugal), only topped by England and Wales at 142 per 100,000.
Press release
“Prison statistics 2004/5” SPS
“Shocking rise in numbers recalled to prison” Scottish Tories 2.9.05
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Prison Statistics Scotland 2004/5
“Liberals should beware of giving rights to people who hate us” Times
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“Human rights and terrorism. The Human Rights Act is a welcome constraint on government. But can it threaten our ability to fight terrorism?” Prospect magazine
Justice
“FBI [. . .] agency for Scotland to help combat drugs and fraud” Evening News
“Changes at Scotland’s drug agency” Times
“Senior police officer calls for root-and-branch reform of force” Sunday Herald
“New moves in battle against drugs” BBC
Press release
“New name for drug enforcement agency” Scot. Exec.
“Early guilty pleas helping to cut jail terms” Herald
“Delivering swift justice” Herald
“Criminals slash their jail terms by pleading guilty” Evening Times
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High Court of Justiciary - Introduction
Du Plooy, Allerdice, Crooks, O’Neill against Her Majesty’s Advocate. (October 2003).