State: Thousands fail background checks for Uber, Lyft
Massachusetts officials say more than 10 percent of drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have failed a required background check.
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Online predators still loom charge, new research warns
Results from a three-year EU-funded study into the methods and behaviours of sex offenders show that online paedophiles who seek out children in chat rooms are abandoning the traditional 'grooming process'; instead, they ...
Internet
Apr 19, 2012
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Desire for excitement fuels young offenders to commit crime, then skill takes over
Young burglars are driven by a desire for excitement when they initially commit crime, new research from the University of Portsmouth has found.
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2020
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Australia warns of 'bespoke' online child sex abuse
Australian police warned Thursday that paedophiles were using Internet live-streaming sites to order "bespoke" child sex crimes for real-time viewing, from countries including the Philippines.
Internet
May 17, 2012
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Sex offenders are on the move
Convicted sex offenders continue to move freely within communities, including in restricted areas, despite laws designed to limit their movements. A new study, by Alan Murray from Arizona State University and colleagues, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2013
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Researchers create new method to classify dangerous sex offenders
UBC researchers have developed a new classification system that could help police solve sex crimes.Using classified anonymous police case files and court records, researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus uncovered new subtypes ...
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2016
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Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
Last week, the Victorian government announced a new surveillance monitoring scheme directed at young criminal offenders aged 16 and older.
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2018
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States seek to make it safer to find love online
(AP) -- Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car, leaving hers behind at the bar.
Internet
Apr 21, 2011
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Sex offender registries don't prevent re-offending (and vigilante justice is real)
Calls for public access to information about convicted child sex offenders occur often in Australia. It may seem like common sense that allowing the public to know the whereabouts of dangerous people should increase community ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2019
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Researchers find black offenders more likely to be arrested than white offenders when committing violent crime together
Racial disparities at every level of the criminal justice system in America are well documented. Now, a new study by Florida State University researchers reveals it also exists at the initial level of arrest, even when the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2019
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