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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Homophobic crimes have risen across the UK by 23%, according to an Independent on Sunday survey of Britains police forces.
Crime	The Independent on Sunday - 7th November 2004



France have launched a pilot plan to offer rapists and paedophiles chemical treatment to inhibit their sex drive. The aim is to reduce the population of French prisons where 8,200 men or 22% of male inmates are convicted sex offenders. Of these 3 out of 4 have been jailed for crimes of paedophilia.
Crime	The Independent - 11th November 2004



Britain has been accused of weakening the rule of law by wrongly detaining foreign terror suspects under emergency powers rushed through Parliament in the aftermath of September 11th attacks. No justification could be found for the internment without trial of 10 men in Belmarsh prison and other prisons for nearly 3 years.
Crime	The Independent - 12th November 2004



One in 20 of the 866 murders in England and Wales last year around 43 were attributed to mental care patients. That figure rose to 1 in 10 for the 211 murders in London. The mental health charity SANE estimated that between 15 and 20 killings a year are carried out by mental patients whose dangerous condition and release into society have been kept seceret under confidentiality rules.
Crime	Daily Mail - 25th September 2004



Nearly 1,000 young people aged from 10 to 20 have been punished with Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) over the past year. A total of 3,069 ASBOs have been handed out in England and Wales since they were introduced five years ago, 2,600 of these in the past year alone.
Crime	The Independent on Sunday - 31st October 2004



Euthanasia and killings by abused partners could be downgraded to manslaughter under a wide ranging review of the law on murder announced by the Home Office.
Crime	The Independent - 28th October 2004



Over 50% of women jailed have suffered domestic abuse and one in three has experienced sexual abuse. Two years ago, the average female prison population was 1,611, but in September this year, the number has risen to 4,420.
Crime	The Church of England Newspaper - 5th November 2004



An average of 30 people are shot on Britains streets each and every day. In Merseyside shootings nearly quadrupled in 2003; in Manchester the figure increased by 23%, and in London, it almost trebled.
Crime	Christianity - October 2004



Three moviegoers were caught recording The Day After Tomorrow with hand held cameras in US and Canadian theatres. Video piracy enables copies of films to be released illegally worldwide within hours or days of their release. In 2003, more than 52 million illegal discs were seized.
Crime	Just Right - Issue 11



Three out of four motorists feel more vulnerable than five years ago, with many fearful of being road rage victims. Younger drivers, aged 26-35 are the most worried, with 52% believing that they are at risk.
Crime	The Sentinel – 27 October 2004



More than a third of antisocial behaviour orders, the Governments flagship attempt to curb louts and vandals, are breached, according to official figures released yesterday. Between June 2000 and December 2002, 305 out of 855 Asbos issued in England were flouted, a total of 36%. Of those who broke the terms of the orders, 152 were given a custodial sentence, 93 received community sentences and 60 received other sentences, according to a spokeswoman for the Home Office.
Crime	The Independent – 27 October 2004



Children as young as 6 are undergoing therapy in Staffordshire to stop them sexually abusing other youngsters. Experts are dealing with scores of cases in which boys and girls have harmed other minors. More than 80 children were seen by specialists in one year alone and they say demand for help from desperate parents and carers is remaining 'consistently high'. Some older youngsters have been convicted by the courts and most children using the service are boys, aged between 8 and 17. But girls are also being referred for help by families and professionals, including social workers, and some clients are as young as 6. The Sexually Harmful Behaviour Service, based in Stafford, had an average of between 55 and 70 cases open at any one time from Newcastle, the Staffordshire Moorlands and other county areas.
Crime	The Sentinel – 23 October 2004



Gun crime has risen to a record level, while violent offences recorded by the police have increased by 11%, according to new figures revealed yesterday. Firearms offences rose by 3% to 10,590 in the year to June 2004, compared with the same period in the previous year. Although the number of people shot dead had dropped from 82 to 70 in the past year, there were a further 430 incidents involving serious injuries, as well as a big jump in minor injuries and in the use of imitation guns. However, general crime is continuing to fall, with a 5% drop in the number of recorded offences to 1,477,700 in the second quarter of this year compared with the same 3 months in 2003. Among those figures there was a remarkable 23% decline in domestic burglaries and a 15% fall in robbery. Yet acts of violence against the person rose by 14%, to a total of 265,800. Although around half of all recorded violent crime does not result in an injury, and includes things like pushing and shoving, more serious offences such as homicide and serious wounding were up by 16% to 12,000.
Crime	The Independent – 22 October 2004



Home Office ministers praised a crackdown on hooligans as statistics revealed a 10% fall in football related arrests. Arrests for football related disorder dropped to 3,982 during the 2003/04 season compared to 4,413 in 2002/03, despite record crowds at the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal. The fall in arrests is thought to have been secured by a record use of banning orders, which prevent potential troublemakers attending games. The number of bans was up 45% from 1,794 in August 2003 to 2,596 in October.
Crime	The Sentinel – 23 October 2004



The United States trade authorities have mounted their first successful legal action against "spyware" operators, who create and distribute software that infiltrates computers, and covertly tracks people's internet use.
Crime	The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004

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