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Cities Turn to Analytics for Targeting Habitual Criminals
Mark Cleverley, IBM's director of global public safety, said the software will help identify duplications in criminal records, which helps law enforcement target who is committing crimes. New police records can be associated with older records,
Updated: 01/25/2012 07:37P
119 Individuals Charged in Three Countywide Law Enforcement Operations
This coordination provides better intelligence about street gangs and violent crime within our communities. And better intelligence means better law enforcement and prosecutions.” FBI Special Agent in Charge Keith Slotter commented, “Today's arrests
Updated: 01/25/2012 06:36P
Financial Crimes Unit Announced By Obama Reminds Some Of His Financial Fraud
One difference is that the new unit will pool state and federal resources to leverage impact, said an official with the Department of Justice. "Given that there are federal, state, civil, and criminal components to these investigations, marshaling our
Updated: 01/25/2012 06:33P
Crime booms as Central Americans fear police switched sides
This month, a nonprofit group in Mexico, the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, said San Pedro Sula had overtaken Ciudad Juarez on Mexico's border with Texas as the most murderous city in the Americas. The 1143 homicides that San
Updated: 01/25/2012 06:30P
Crime booms as Central Americans fear police switched sides
This month, a nonprofit group in Mexico, the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, said San Pedro Sula had overtaken Ciudad Juarez on Mexico's border with Texas as the most murderous city in the Americas. The 1143 homicides that San
Updated: 01/25/2012 06:30P
'Gay panic' change
THE State Government is set to change the Criminal Code to remove doubts about the use of the so-called "gay panic" sexual advance defence. Attorney General Paul Lucas yesterday said the government had last week received a recommendation from a special
Updated: 01/25/2012 05:43P
After Penn State, states reconsider sex abuse laws
"Many states are going to be prompted to strengthen not only their criminal laws, but their civil laws as well, which is what we're doing." States, including Pennsylvania, are setting up task forces or holding informational public hearings in an
Updated: 01/25/2012 05:32P
Casey Anthony: Appeal's delays let her keep mum in civil cases
Normally, civil and criminal matters remain on distinct sides of the court system, but in Anthony's many ongoing cases, they're intertwined. Anthony's appeal of four misdemeanor convictions for lying to law enforcement has allowed her to largely avoid
Updated: 01/25/2012 05:30P
Nation's legislatures consider revising child sex abuse laws in response to
“Many states are going to be prompted to strengthen not only their criminal laws, but their civil laws as well, which is what we're doing.” States, including Pennsylvania, are setting up task forces or holding informational public hearings in an
Updated: 01/25/2012 05:26P
Kibaki suspends Baraza
Godfrey Musila- He is an international criminal lawyer and Director at African Center for International Legal and Policy Research. He has also lectured at Kenyatta University. He holds PhD in International Criminal Law and Justice from the University
Updated: 01/25/2012 05:23P
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