New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...king with CapWIN, an integrated transportation and criminal justice information wireless network across Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. WISER has been added as a resource to this network, providing easy access to authoritative chemical information. WISER is also being incorporated into trai...Training could remove racial bias from police reactions
Racial biases in a police officer's response to criminal suspects, although present among some officers, are not inevitable. A study publishing in the latest issue of Psychological Science finds that extensive training with a computer simulation where the race of a suspect is unrelated to the presence of ...Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
...lation of impulse. That can lead to antisocial and criminal behavior," reported Herbert L. Needleman, M.D., professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, at the 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. "The government needs to...Violence in the media can lead to aggressive behaviour in young children
...out whether violence in the media leads to violent criminal behaviour. Currently, there is only weak evidence linking media violence directly to crime. Professor Browne concludes: "Parents and caregivers might be recommended to exercise the same care with adult media entertainment as they do medication or ch...Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior
...g mental health problems in youth. "Their rates of criminal activity, delinquency and antisocial behaviors were much lower compared to aggressive boys who did not receive the intervention The Good Behavior Game also increases the likelihood that these high-risk males will complete high school. "The experimen...Methamphtetamine's ruinous effects on children documented in Midwest study
...e of the drug, and parents teaching their children criminal behavior and a paranoid distrust of authority. The same rural isolation that makes it easier to hide the manufacture of the drug also makes it easier to hide evidence of child abuse and neglect, the researchers noted. They heard stories of 10-year-ol...Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase HIV risk
...o fear of those involved in drug economy and other criminal activities may be a constant threat to self and self-concept for some neighborhood residents. As it not feasible or desirable to treat large numbers of depressed individuals with therapy or medication, preventive interventions are needed to address i...Authors warn of inaccuracies concerning use of race in health & social science research
...es in research." The authors point to the field of criminal justice as an area in which the use of genetic markers for race is gaining popularity. However genetic information that might be used in an attempt to explain behavior or link suspects to crimes can be highly inaccurate and will not necessarily lead...Drinking and spousal abuse by male US Army soldiers
...f perpetrators that have examined populations with criminal backgrounds or those in treatment programs, this study population is relatively high functioning in that they're fully employed, have full access to healthcare, and hold a wide range of different occupations within the Army such as truck drivers, coo...Undertreatment spurs new arrests among drug ofenders diverted under California's Proposition 36
...sion than clients entering treatment through other criminal justice diversion procedures, and 65 percent more likely than clients who report no criminal justice diversion to treatment. Researchers found no difference in arrest rates for property or viol...Hepatitis C at epidemic levels among young injectors in London
...t drug treatment, especially through referral from criminal justice. However, there is a need now to re-invigorate harm reduction policies that prevent transmission of HCV and HIV." The researchers believe a number of factors may have contributed to the rise in the incidence of HCV and HIV. These include a ...Mentally ill offender treatment and crime reduction act becomes law
...practice. "It will improve collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, mental health and substance abuse treatment systems. It will ensure that both adult and juvenile non-violent offenders with mental health disorders are identified properly and receive the treatment they need from the point ...Northwestern researchers pinpoint how false memories are formed
...nd about the credibility of eyewitness accounts in criminal trials. Because memories are imperfect under ordinary circumstances -- forming, storing and retrieving them, with great variations in factors influencing those processes -- it is unlikely that a one-answer-fits-all will settle those controversies s...Call for randomised criminal-justice trials
... that has been used as a basis for implementing UK criminal justice policy on drug-dependent offenders. She outlines the ideal scientific approach for the criminal justice system: "Formal experiments, including the randomisation of sufficient numbers of offenders,...Action needed to tackle drug related crime
...tcomes. This integration should be extended to the criminal justice system, say the authors. The costs to the criminal justice system of drug related crime are enormous. Interventions to reduce the risk of violence in p...Not guilty! Evidence exonerates 328, but many still falsely imprisoned
...e that are not detected," said Gross, an expert on criminal procedure and capital punishment. "The exonerations we see are just the tip of an iceberg. It is clear that there are many more false convictions that are never discovered." The research indicates that the justice system must continue to improve its...Alcohol use and victimization among college women
...s, there is a relationship between alcohol use and criminal activity, and violence against spouses is also associated with alcohol use. However," she added, "research should never be dismissed as just 'common sense.' A lot of things that appear to be 'commonsensical' are not based on data, and one of the th...New bill 'will ultimately fail the public'
...t "incidental to the diagnostic process" will be a criminal offence unless "appropriate" consent has been obtained. Possible penalties include three years in jail. But politicians have underestimated the size of this problem, say the authors. Across the United Kingdom, about 150 million samples from living pa...Antisocial behaviour schemes may fail to deliver
... of or already involved in antisocial behaviour or criminal activities. The findings also highlight the potential dangers of rolling out national programmes based on inadequate evidence. "Research and development in health and social care needs huge investment if we are to develop adequate social intervention......k to others. It will also be necessary to clarify criminal justice liabilities for reckless transmission of the disease. However, steps must also be taken to protect patients' rights, for example by protecting them against intrusion from the press. Dr Bird also argues that the case has implications for tests...