News tagged with proactive policing
UK youth justice system treats ethnic groups differently
Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the research shows that black and mixed-race youths are over-represented in the youth ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2010 |
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The hidden cost of cannabis
(Phys.org) -- Around £200m of electricity is being stolen every year to run illegal cannabis farms across the UK. Phil Butler, Co-Director of Newcastle University’s Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security (CCCS), ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 01, 2012 |
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Hacker 'command' servers seized in US: Microsoft (Update)
Microsoft on Monday said that cyber crime "command" servers in two US states were seized in an ongoing campaign to sever online crooks from infected computers used as virtual henchmen.
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Smartphones, laptops easy to trace but hard to recover
The stolen laptop sent its owner a hopeful message just hours after it had been spirited out of his south Minneapolis home. The message included the exact spot where the laptop had been taken and, conveniently, a photo covertly ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Simulator computes evacuation scenarios for major events
Predicting how large numbers of visitors to major events will behave is difficult. To prevent disasters, however, the police, rescue services and event organizers have to be able to identify dangerous bottlenecks, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Study shows first responders will report to duty, but need assistance with family matters
Headlines screamed in the days following Hurricane Katrina: Police Quitting, Overwhelmed by Chaos. Pundits squawked about the flight of the "notoriously corrupt" New Orleans police force. City and emergency ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Your computer could open door to cyberpredators
They're hacking into computers, secretly watching girls on webcams, and using sophisticated techniques to disguise child pornography and thwart law enforcement. Across the globe, men with advanced computer and Internet skills ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Baby at the buzzer: Older couples race against their biological clocks to start families
Kim Harper started a career before starting a family. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, she traveled, earned a law degree and began working as an attorney. When Harper married in 2006, she and her husband, ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Chill out, your computer knows what’s best for you
Computers are starting to become more human-centric, anticipating your needs and smoothly acting to meet them. Much of the progress can be attributed to work done by European researchers.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Beware of eBay deadbeats, author warns
Imagine buying vintage Spiderman comics for $16,000 and receiving instead, a box of printer paper or losing a whopping $27,000 in purchasing a big rig that didn't exist in the first place. These are just many ...
Mar 01, 2006 |
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Facebook connecting more than students
The Facebook, the fashionable online college social directory, may be connecting more than fellow classmates. With the growing popularity of the Web site, and the sometimes controversial content on student's profiles, schools ...
Dec 02, 2005 |
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