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“Growing DNA database ‘turning Britain into a nation of suspects’” Independent
“The Big Question: What is the DNA database, and why do we have so many people on it?” Independent
“DNA pioneer accuses the police of being overzealous” Times
Press release
“Ethical questions over police use of DNA” Nuffield Council on Bioethics
See also
Online consultation on the forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues
Update
“We’ve taken our streets back” Evening Times
“Dispersal order is sending neds my way” Evening Times
Following posted on 17.10.06
“No-go for neds ” Evening Times
Following posted on 6.10.06
“Dispersal order will be enforced to make streets safe” Herald
“Police target youth gang disorder” BBC
“Gang crackdown as cops force thugs off streets” Evening Times
Press release
“Police Enforce Dispersal Order In Glasgow’s East End” Strathclyde Police
“Lockerbie appeal set for Scotland” Evening Times
“Lockerbie case appeal to be heard in Scotland” Herald
“Scots court for Lockerbie appeal” BBC
“Lockerbie sentence appeal to be heard in Scotland” Law Society Journal Online
Update
“Prisons inspector under fire over policy proposals” Herald
“McConnell attacked on reoffending” BBC
“Re-offending rates generate a lot of hot air ” Evening Times
“No to jail queues” Daily Record 3.11.06
Following posted on 01.11.06
“Reoffending rates rise” Holyrood.com
“Almost half are re-offending” Courier
“Half of criminals re-offend in 2 years” Evening Times
“Criminal reoffending going up” Herald
“Recidivism on the rise” Herald
“Jamieson in dock over rise in number of criminals reoffending” Scotsman
“Cathy crime set back” Daily Record 1.11.06
“Latest figures show 45% of offenders reoffending” Law Society Journal Online
Press releases
“Management of re-offenders” Scot. Exec.
“‘Appalling’ figures could now be even worse” Scottish Conservatives
“Lib-Lab governments crime strategy failing” SNP
“It’s Time to Address the Causes of Crime” SNP
See also
Reconvictions of Offenders Discharged from Custody or Given Non-Custodial Sentences in 2002/03, Scotland
2.11.06: Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con): To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister and what issues they will discuss.
“Young drink-driver surge concern” BBC
Press release
“Police call time on drink drivers” Dumfries and Galloway
“Claims 35,000 sex offenders may be living in Scotland” Courier
“Officers against release of sex offender details” Evening News
“Top police officer opposes public disclosure of paedophiles” Herald
“‘Underground’ paedophile concerns” BBC
“Police warning over new sex law” BBC
The Justice 2 Sub-Committee (Child-Sex Offenders) met on Tuesday 31st October at 9.30am in Committee Room 4 and heard evidence from Alan Baird, Director of Social Work, Dundee City Council and convener for the ADSW Criminal Justice Standing Committee and Jane Martin, Manager, Criminal Justice Services, Dundee City Council, Association of Directors of Social Work, Detective Superintendent James Cameron, Chair of the ACPOS Risk Management Working Group and Detective Inspector Ailsa Farmer - Lead on the ACPOS ViSOR Implementation Team both under the ACPOS Crime Business Area - Offender Management Portfolio, Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland
Derek McGill, Deputy Director (Prisons) and Ewan Lundie, SPS Psychology Advisor, Scottish Prison Service and Diana MacLean, Scottish Borders Housing Association, Chartered Institute of Housing, Liz Burns, Policy and Practice Officer, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Alan Davidson, Head of Housing at Fife Council, Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers.
Agenda and Papers
The Local Government and Transport Committee met on Tuesday 31st October at 2pm in Committee Room 2 and heard evidence from Leslie Brown, Community Safety Strategist, Aberdeen City Council, Ann Hamilton, Principal Policy Officer Corporate Policy, Glasgow City Council, Councillor Kingsley Thomas, City of Edinburgh Council, Assistant Chief Constable John Neilson, Strathclyde Police, Assistant Chief Constable Neil Richardson, Lothian and Borders Police, Detective Superintendent James Cameron, Tayside Police and Chief Inspector Mark Cooper, Grampian Police, Dr Teela Sanders, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Leeds University and Dr Marina Barnard, Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow Professorial Research Fellow.
Agenda and Papers
“Prostitution Bill ready, but no-one’s buying” Evening News 2.11.06
“Prostitution law ‘will be less effective than before’” Evening News
“Police say vice law too soft” Evening Express
“Change of prostitution laws ‘could be pointless in managed zone’” Press and Journal
“Vice Bill must be tougher on kerb-crawlers” Evening News
“Executive should heed police appeal on prostitution” Evening News
“Prostitution laws ‘will increase Scottish vice trade’” Evening News
“Police warning over new sex law” BBC