" class="left_link">» Text Here“Minor attacks fuel huge rise in levels of violent crime” Scotsman
“Booze to blame as violent crime rate soars 40%” Evening News
“Many living in fear of crime” Evening Telegraph
“One third of Scots have taken illegal drugs” Herald
“Violent crime increases to record level” Herald
“Lives blighted by fear of crime and attack” Courier
“Scots violent crime figures increase by a third in two years” Evening Times
“Violent crime on the increase” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“Scottish Crime Survey 2006” Scot. Gov.
See also
2006 Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey: Main Findings
Drugs Misuse in Scotland: Findings From the 2006 Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey
Also
CjScotland: Crime Surveys in Scotland
Posted by MM on Fri 28th Sep 2007 at 7:05 am“Tackling the issue of under-age drinkers” Sunday Herald 21.10.07
“Festive safety campaign” Holyrood.com
“New crackdown on violence” Courier
“The gang busters” Evening Times
“£1m announced to tackle Scottish street violence” Herald
“The detective who wants to see a rise in crime figures” Herald
“£1m to fight ‘carnage and crime’ on night streets” Herald
“Violence figures ‘meaningless’, says police chief in appeal for public aid” Scotsman
“Police chief reveals knife fears” BBC
“Campaign to cut street violence launched” STV
“£1m to cut festive season violence” Courier
Press release
“Funding to improve community safety” Scot. Gov.
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Posted by MM on Wed 26th Sep 2007 at 8:25 pm“The main justice event to take place this week in Parliament was a debate on penal policy in which the Justice Secretary announced the creation of an independent Prisons Commission” More . . .
Posted by MM on Wed 26th Sep 2007 at 7:16 am“SNP urged to ditch DNA store” Evening News
“Police may keep children’s DNA” Herald
“Review held of DNA holding powers” BBC
“Kids’ DNA may be kept by police” Evening Times
“DNA retention comes under review” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“Review to strengthen forensics power to fight crime” Scot. Gov.
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Update
“Police union to hold Salmond to extra officers pledge” Holyrood.com
Following posted on 18.09.07
“Scottish police underfunded according to study” Holyrood.com
“Funding of police lower in Scotland” Courier
“Scots spending on police ‘£40 per head less than England’” Herald
“Scots police funding 20% less than England” Scotsman
“Call to increase police spending” BBC
“Use common sense, police told” Courier
“Support for common sense move by Tayside Police” Evening Telegraph
Update
“It’s time to start tackling our drinking culture” Scotsman. Article by Shirley-Anne Somerville, an SNP MSP for the Lothians.
Following posted on 17.09.07
“SNP drink drive plan is non-starter” Scotsman
“Drive addicts off our roads” Scotland on Sunday
Following posted on 12.09.07
“Little Olivia, another victim of a society blighted by drugs” Scotsman
“Drugs policy must be rethought” Scotsman
“Day when two worlds collided and a child died” Evening News
“Drug-driving test kits get green light” Scotland on Sunday
“Tories back MacAskill in bid to implement ‘drugalyser’” Scotsman
“Call to drive down drinking limit” BBC
Posted by MM on Mon 24th Sep 2007 at 8:34 amUpdate
“I always feel like somebody’s watching me …” Sunday Herald
Following posted on 18.09.07
“DNA database ‘puts innocent under suspicion’” Times
“Innocent people’s DNA ‘must not be kept on national database’” Daily Mail
“Police must not store DNA details of the innocent - report” Guardian
“Ministers urged to scrap DNA records of innocent people” Independent
“Experts call for DNA restrictions” BBC
See also
Nuffield Bioethics (September 2007) The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues
Posted by MM on Mon 24th Sep 2007 at 7:10 amUpdate
“Killing in company: The main provisions and likely practical impact of the new legislation on corporate homicide” Law Society Journal Online. Article by Aisha Anwar.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 received the Royal Assent on 26.7.07.
“Corporate manslaughter law to cover deaths in custody” Guardian
“Manslaughter bill fight continues” BBC
See also
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Posted by KM on Mon 24th Sep 2007 at 7:00 am