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Sex Killers Not Who You Think They Are
October 01, 2012 - Drawing from the largest-ever sample of sex-related homicide cases in Canada, a pair of researchers have developed what they say is one of the clearest portraits yet of the people who commit these unusual crimes and their victims. Contrary to previous studies that suggested sexual murderers were socially inept individuals who "blitzed" unsuspecting victims, many sexual murderers are not socially isolated and often utilize a ruse to make contact with their victim, the researchers found. "The current study uncovers very important differences that could prove useful for the investigation and profiling of these crimes by the police," the researchers wrote. The release of the study in the International Journal...
Misuse of Data Banks Could Put Police in Jail
September 01, 2012 - Systems that law enforcement agencies use to run background checks on suspects are strictly for investigative purposes, and inappropriate use could...
London Magistrate Court Update
September 01, 2012 - A brand new state-of-the-art magistrates' court opened its doors in Marylebone on after a multi-million pound refurbishment. Built on the s...
Costco Shoppers Want "Americans Only" Hours
September 01, 2012 - If you've ever shopped at Costco on a weekend, you know it's like an endurance sport, with tough parking, packed crowds and competitive lin...
Israel To Charge Parents For Child's Crimes
September 01, 2012 - In the wake of a recent violent beating of an Arab teen by several Jewish youths in Jerusalem, an existing law that places responsibility for child...
Local Tokyo Prefectures Passing The Buck
September 01, 2012 - Local governments are demanding the central government take greater responsibility in managing lists of people with criminal records, saying the se...
Fake Resumes Not Unique Problem in Asia
September 01, 2012 - Jobseekers who tout inflated resumes is a problem that exists in both emerging and mature Asian markets, according to recruiters who suggest ways t...
New Fingerprint Technique Determines Gender, Drug Use
September 01, 2012 - The gender of suspects can now be determined from latent fingerprints. Peptides and proteins left behind in fingerprints can be processed usi...
Most Dangerous Television Towns
September 01, 2012 - If you're looking for somewhere peaceful to spend a holiday, you might think of Oxford, somewhere quiet in Scandinavia or perhaps quaint Cabot...
Straightline International Offers Upgrade For Free
August 01, 2012 - Upgrade for Free Most pre-employment companies want the best search for their money spent. Especially in this economy. But what if you...
Criminal Records Will Be Issued In Mall
August 01, 2012 - Abu Dhabi: You can now shop and also get a criminal record certificate at Marina Mall shopping centre. For the first time across the UAE, the c...
China To Create National Database
August 01, 2012 - China will establish an unified criminals record system to better hold criminals' information and promote social administration, an official fr...
Mounties Admit CPIC Records Back A Mess
August 01, 2012 - A whopping backlog in the RCMP?s national crime records database shows no sign of getting better soon, the force has admitted. A spokesman for...
South Korean Sex Offenders Poorly Monitored
August 01, 2012 - The government has come under criticism for poorly managing a sex offender registry following the murder of a 10-year-old girl by a repeat sex crim...
Nigerian Legal Sector Scores Access Breakthrough
July 01, 2012 - The Nigerian legal community marked yet another break in technological development, as the LawPavilion, one of Nigeria's foremost online resour...
Reality Show Helps Close Murder Case
July 01, 2012 - A casual remark made by a teenager during a reality show on television led to the detection of a gruesome triple murder, committed in 2008 in Villu...
CRB (Engalnd) Gets Raves From Public In New Survey
July 01, 2012 - Earlier this year, the CRB commissioned Ipsos Mori (a market research company) to conduct two strands of customer research to find out what registe...
Early Jail Release Might Be A Bad Thing
July 01, 2012 - A prisoner who was granted a special remission of sentence is back behind bars after breaking into a house and raping a woman because he was bored....
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