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Forensic Crime Lab Scandals May Be Due To Oversight - WBUR

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Forensic Crime Lab Scandals May Be Due To OversightWBURGreg Taylor holds up his release papers after he was unanimously exonerated by a three judge panel, on Feb. 17, 2010, in Raleigh, N.C. Taylor had been in prison since 1993 for murder.
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Stockholm Internet Forum: Balancing rights and security | Index on Censorship

Stockholm Internet Forum: Balancing rights and security | Index on Censorship | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
RT @Kirsty_Index: My blog on #sif13 so far http://t.co/YL5DhULf8U
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High-tech crime fighting tool now defunct

High-tech crime fighting tool now defunct | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
Five years ago, the New Orleans Police Department thought itself at the forefront of technology.
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Crime at Sea: The World's Most Dangerous Waters

Crime at Sea: The World's Most Dangerous Waters | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
Get a look here at the world’s most pirate-infested waters, and learn about individual attacks from each brigand-infested place. (Crime at Sea: The World's Most Dangerous Waters - Yahoo!
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SEPTA police chief using Twitter to fight crime - 6abc.com

SEPTA police chief using Twitter to fight crime - 6abc.com | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
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... of SEPTA's Transit Police is using Twitter to get the word out when a criminal strikes on the Broad Street Line.
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Town council steps in to save Newquay's CCTV monitoring service - This is Cornwall

Town council steps in to save Newquay's CCTV monitoring service - This is Cornwall | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
This is Cornwall Town council steps in to save Newquay's CCTV monitoring service This is Cornwall NEWQUAY'S CCTV cameras will continue to be monitored around the clock this summer after the town council saved the seven-man observation team from...
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Abdel Hakim Belhaj torture case may be heard in secret court

Abdel Hakim Belhaj torture case may be heard in secret court | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
Claim against Jack Straw, brought by Gaddafi victim and his wife, may be heard in secret under new Justice and Security Act (RT @UK_HumanRights: Belhaj torture case against Jack Straw may become first case heard in secret court under new Justice...
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BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Middle Class Enclaves and Escapes

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Middle Class Enclaves and Escapes | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it

Privatised neighbourhoods and lifestyle migration are a global phenomenon. Increasingly, it seems, middle class people with sufficient capital are choosing to 'opt out'.

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Suicide and self-harm in the immigration detention network

Suicide and self-harm in the immigration detention network | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it

Australia's immigration detention network has been subject to numerous reviews in recent years. This was due to the unprecedented strain on the network arising from increased Irregular Maritime Arrivals and the subsequent unrest and increase in suicide and self-harm incidents in 2010 and 2011. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (the department) and its service providers have undertaken, and are continuing to undertake, significant work to address the problems that these reviews have highlighted.

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Drones: Myths And Reality In Pakistan - International Crisis Group

Drones: Myths And Reality In Pakistan - International Crisis Group | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
Drone strikes alone will not eliminate the jihadi threat in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Extension of Pakistani law and full constitutional rights to the region is the only long-term solution.
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Children pay a terrible price for 'care' - Telegraph

Children pay a terrible price for 'care' - Telegraph | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
The Oxford sex-grooming case reveals the glaring failures of our child-protection system (RT @JWilliamson1234: Children pay a terrible price for 'care' via @Telegraph#article http://t.co/k4QRV5TbWN)...
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2013 Data Breach Investigations Report

2013 Data Breach Investigations Report | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
Download the 2013 #DBIR from Verizon for the latest on data security threats.
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How I Caught Alcoholism | The Fix

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It takes a lot for some people to realize that addiction and alcoholism are the same thing: A sleazy date finally taught me what even a wise counselor could not.

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Ghost camera catches underage sex - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Ghost camera catches underage sex - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
A Hobart court has heard a woman was recorded having sex with a teenage boy on a camera set up to capture paranormal activity.
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Masked axemen caught on CCTV plead guilty to £730k heist at Rox jewellery ... - Scottish Daily Record

Masked axemen caught on CCTV plead guilty to £730k heist at Rox jewellery ... - Scottish Daily Record | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
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Masked axemen caught on CCTV plead guilty to £730k heist at Rox jewellery ...
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CCTV showed Jorgensen, of Salford, Manchester, dragging Samera to another part of the store.
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Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media

Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and (#Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree...
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Alleged Hit-and-Run Driver Brags on Twitter, Joins other 'Crime Braggers' - Yahoo! Music (blog)

Alleged Hit-and-Run Driver Brags on Twitter, Joins other 'Crime Braggers' - Yahoo! Music (blog) | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
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Alleged Hit-and-Run Driver Brags on Twitter, Joins other 'Crime Braggers'
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Emma Way. Photo: Twitter via Spothaber.comThe criminal mind can be cunningly brilliant—or stunningly foolish.
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How Teens Are Really Using Facebook

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The Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 802 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 last September to produce a 107-page report on their online habits.
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One Horned Rhinos in Assam: Drones to the Rescue | Fair Observer°

One Horned Rhinos in Assam: Drones to the Rescue | Fair Observer° | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
In India, elite forces on the ground and drones in the sky aim to safeguard Assam's wildlife. (RT @myfairobserver: Surveillance #drones in defense of… rhinos?
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Guantanamo Bay Prison: Pentagon Wants More Than $450 Million For Maintenance, Upgrades On Facility

Guantanamo Bay Prison: Pentagon Wants More Than $450 Million For Maintenance, Upgrades On Facility | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
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Big Data becomes 2013's scariest fad - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Big Data becomes 2013's scariest fad - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
In technology, business and government circles there’s much hype about the potential that may come from harvesting huge amounts of online data.
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FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime

FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter's personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a...
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New CCTV signs go up in Nowra - South Coast Register

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New CCTV signs go up in Nowra South Coast Register A lack of adequate signage prevented the CCTV cameras being switched back on last Friday as planned, despite the NSW Government gazetting an amendment to the Privacy and Personal Information...
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AFL wants access to police intelligence: Demetriou | theage.com.au

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Doing blog research: the computational turn

Doing blog research: the computational turn | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it
Blogs and other online platforms for personal writing such as LiveJournal have been of interest to researchers across the social sciences and humanities for a decade now.
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"Gruff Love" in AA vs. "Tough Love" in Rehab | The Fix

"Gruff Love" in AA vs. "Tough Love" in Rehab | The Fix | Surveillance Studies | Scoop.it

Some things done in 12-step meetings may be humiliating or hurtful—but when done in treatment programs, they're toxic to mental and physical health. The difference is about power.

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