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| Faith-based prisons are effective tools in improving moral and cutting he numbers of re-offenders, a report by the Washington-based think tank, the Urban Institute reports. The Oct 19 paper found that “Florida’s Faith and Character Based Institution Program”(FCBI) resulted in lower rates of inmate recidivism and better adjustment to civilian life. Six months after leaving North Florida’s Lawtey prison, none of the 189 inmates who took part in the FCBI program were back behind bars, whereas 2.1 percent of a comparison group had re-offended. | |
| Crime | The Church of England Newspaper - 26th October 2007 |
| A new campaign against criminals force trafficked women into the sex trade will be launched today. All 55 police forces in the UK and the Republic of Ireland will take part in the project, named Pentameter 2 after a successful operation last year. Pentameter’s initial four-month campaign led to more than 200 arrests and rescued children who had been forced into sex slavery. Officers executed warrants in 515 brothels, massage parlours, homes and other premises during the project. More than 80 women and girls were rescued – about half from a range of eastern European countries and the rest from the Far East, Africa and South America. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - October 3rd, 2007 |
| Motorists who break the law will face stiffer penalties as new road laws come into effect today. The number of penalty points for failing to provide information on the identity of a driver, applying mainly to offences detected by speed cameras, has now been increased from three to six. The maximum fine for careless driving has gone up from £2,500 to £5000. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - September 24th, 2007 |
| Half the police forces in England and Wales are poor at compiling figures on anti-social behaviour in their areas, official watchdogs said today. A report by the Audit commission and the Wales Audit Office rated only 12 police authorities and forces as good or excellent at recording anti-social behaviour. In all, 21 were rated as poor and 10 as fair, although individual forces were not identified. Shadow home affairs minister James Brokenshire said: “This report shows that we don’t have reliable data on the scale of the problem. “This weakness is compounded by the Government’s failure to assess it’s numerous eye-catching initiatives.” | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - September 20th, 2007 |
| Two of England’s prisons are wholly occupied by foreigners, it was revealed today. Men convicted of crimes in the UK are being held there with a view to some of them being deported. Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said specialist services – such as those aimed at language needs family contact and immigration, were available in the prisons. The first is Bullwood Hall, in Hockley, Essex, which holds 154 prisoners, while the second is Canterbury Prison, which holds 284 foreign nationals serving less than four years. Ms. Owers said it was easier to provide specialist services in one place than have people spread around. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - October 24th, 2007 |
| More than seven websites touting sickening images of child abuse are reported to police ever 24 hours, a leading online charity said today. Four out of five of these sites are commercial operations aiming to cash in on the shocking trade among paedophiles, the Internet Watch Foundation said. The charity has passed the details of 2,092 sites to Interpol, national police forces and other authorities so far this year. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - October 24th, 2007 |
| Business fraud has gone up by 42% compared with the same period last year. The increase has been attributed to an explosion in so-called carousel fraud where criminals charge retailers VAT on imported items but do not hand the tax to the Government. Reported business fraud amounted to £538 million for the first half of 2007. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - 13th August 2007 |
| Brazil grabs headlines as the homicide centre of the world. The figures make shocking reading: 35% of male teenage deaths are caused by gun crime, and there’s an average of 45,000 deaths through firearms every year. That’s one every 12 minutes. Organised gangs wield colossal power, and outbreaks of violence are common both inside and outside the country’s seriously overcrowded prisons. | |
| Crime | Interact, July-September 2007 |
| The number of British tourists falling victim to credit and debit card fraud overseas is on the rise. Around 1.3 million UK holidaymakers have been fraud victims over the last five years, with a third of them being defrauded in the last 12 months, a survey by travel insurance firm InsureandGo found. Of the 2,214 people polled, 23 per cent had more than £1,000 stolen. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel, Monday June 4, 2007 |
| Shoplifters and drunks could escape on-the-spot fines if they promise to behave themselves, it was revealed today. Criminals can have their £80 fixed penalty notices deferred if they agree to sign an Acceptable Behaviour Contract this can last as little as 12 weeks. The scheme provoked an angry reaction from the retail trade and opposition from politicians. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - May 30th, 2007 |
| A rise in the number of murders in Scotland can be linked to a spiritual and moral vacuum the Catholic Church has said. Figures obtained by The Scotchman newspaper showed there were 120 murders in Scotland in 2006-7, an increase of 29 percent on the previous period and the equivalent of one murder every three days. Of the 120 murders, 47 people had been stabbed to death – a disturbing figure for the Scottish Executive which has tried to tackle Scotland’s growing knife-carrying culture. However, a spokesman for the Catholic Church said the number of knife killings had not been caused by a lack of knife control but by a spiritual and moral vacuum. | |
| Crime | The Universe – April 29th 2007 |
| A police officer is assaulted every 20 minutes, according to new research. Some 126,860 officers – five out of six – have been subjected to an assault in the past five years, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show. They revealed there were 25,368 assaults on police officers in 2006, up from 24,559 in 2002. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – April 26th 2007 |
| The number of internet sites showing the most severe forms of child sex abuse has quadrupled in three years. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said 29 per cent of the web pages reported to it last year showed children being raped or youngsters forced to suffer sadism or bestiality. It compared with just seven per cent in 2003. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 17th April 2007 |
| A quarter of internet users are at serious risk from "suburban hackers" who can get hold of passwords to commit fraud, according to a study. Internet company moneysupermarket.com conducted an undercover operation to expose security lapses in residential wireless routers, and managed to tap into a quarter of the householders’ PCs using just a laptop. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 4th April 2007 |
| Britain is the number one destination for human traffickers in Lithuania. People mainly women are enticed from impoverished areas with the promise of a good job and a high salary. They are sold as slaves, either into the sex industry or hard labour. An estimated 1,500 people are trafficked from the Baltic States to the rest of Europe every year. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 7th March 2007 |
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