Tuesday 31 March 2015

But You Can Rarely Beat The System



Time for these guys to take one?

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31/03/2015

Beating the Detector

"Anjana Ahuja asks if polygraphs - or lie detectors - should be used to monitor sex offenders in the UK, when it can reportedly take just five minutes to learn how to beat them.

After successful trials, where sex offenders made more disclosures after their use, legislation was brought in to implement polygraph testing for those with a high risk of reoffending. The tests are now being introduced nationally with members of the police undergoing polygraph training.

However, interpretation of the science is under dispute and, according to critics, the test is not only unreliable, but it can easily be beaten. Two of the United States' most notorious serial killers both passed polygraphs. Former US policeman Doug Williams, who has been teaching people how to beat the detector for decades, claims it can be done in just five minutes. He is currently awaiting trial in the United States accused, according to the FBI, of "training customers to lie and conceal crimes during polygraph examinations".

Science columnist for the Financial Times, Anjana Ahuja, argues that the introduction of polygraphs for sex offenders in the UK requires further ethical scrutiny and academic oversight.

The programme includes interviews with Doug Williams, psychologist Professor Chris French, polygraph historian Ken Alder, Jeremy Wescombe from the British Polygraph Association, Professor of forensic psychiatry Don Grubin, Professor of criminal justice Phil Rumney and DC Andrew Tinker from South Yorkshire Police, one of the first police forces to trial the use of polygraphs with sex offenders."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nvg7p

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Published on Mar 17, 2015

Man V Expert S01E02 HD 

29:00 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IpLAAKhys

Monday 16 March 2015

'Sarah's 'Law'' Advert For March


Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm

Area woman convicted for harassing sex offender

"All she wanted to do, Delores Ann Harris told a jury Friday, was to protect herself and her granddaughter from a man who had been convicted 21 years ago of aggravated sexual battery, a man who has been on the state’s sex offender registry since 1997.

But the convicted sex offender in the courtroom was the victim in the jury trial. And Harris, 61, was the defendant, charged with misusing information from the sex offender registry.

It took the jury only 23 minutes to find Harris guilty and even less time to impose a $1,500 fine on her for actions that the prosecution described as a campaign of harassment against SC, 43.

“The commonwealth realizes that Mr. C is not a sympathetic victim,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Fleming told the six-member jury during closing arguments.

But, Fleming said, the state law is clear: The state sex offender registry, including details about C, can be easily viewed on a website but the information displayed must not be used “for purposes of intimidating or harassing” another person. Violations are categorized as class one misdemeanors carrying penalties of up to one year in jail and a maximum penalty of $2,500.

Harris represented herself at the trial. In an interview after the jury verdict, she continued to deny she had done anything wrong.

“I was dumb for thinking the judicial system would work,” Harris said."

http://www.nvdaily.com/beck/2015/03/area-woman-convicted-for-harassing-sex-offender

Tuesday 10 March 2015

Look Who Is Helping Spread The Fear, Danger and Lies, Once Again (Yup, Murdoch's Victim Puppet And The NSPCC) - Same Old, Same Old




(p.s. Mr Whiting is not a Paedophile.)

 No media work .... (?) ....


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9.00 am 10/3/15

“Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing” – How worried should we be?

"So, without the profiles of those who are missing, it is hard to know how dangerous, or otherwise, these people are.

In addition, 97% of people on the Register have been assessed as ‘low risk’. It’s not a exact science, but the police would tend to err on side of caution for obvious reasons. If those are reflected in the missing, then it is likely that only 12 will not be classified as low risk.

Conclusion

Whenever there is a story like this, among the questions that it is always worth asking are; what the figures mean, whether it is a big number in real terms, what information is missing, and what the explanation for the figures are?

What is missing is any details of how many people who were previously missing were found because they committed other sexual or violent offences, as well as an analysis of the people who are missing.

To critically approach these questions is not to dismiss the seriousness of the issue, or the concerns of those raising this as an issue. But, in answer to the question of how worried we should be, perhaps the answer is ‘not as much as you’d think when you read the headline’."

https://danbunting.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/hundreds-of-convicted-sex-offenders-are-missing-how-worried-should-we-be/


ACPO watches its back ...

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Tuesday 10 March 2015

Nearly 400 registered sex offenders are reported as missing in the UK, police figures show

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nearly-400-registered-sex-offenders-are-reported-as-missing-in-the-uk-police-figures-show-10097170.html

 Even without including VISOR, 394 represents ca. 1% of the cohort.
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Published at 12:01AM, March 10 2015


Hundreds of sex offenders go missing

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4377556.ece

4:30AM GMT 10 Mar 2015

Hundreds of sex offenders on the run in the UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11459180/Hundreds-of-sex-offenders-on-the-run-in-the-UK.html

06:19, UK, Tuesday 10 March 2015

Police Forces Lose Track Of 396 Sex Offenders

http://news.sky.com/story/1441777/police-forces-lose-track-of-396-sex-offenders

Published: 09:10, 10 March 2015 | Updated: 09:10, 10 March 2015

Hundreds of sex offenders missing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2987263/Hundreds-sex-offenders-missing.html

Tuesday 10 March 2015 00.01 GMT

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing, new figures show

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/10/hundreds-of-convicted-sex-offenders-are-missing-new-figures-show

10 March 2015 Last updated at 08:25

Hundreds of sex offenders missing, police figures show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31804999

06:17, 10 March 2015

Convicted sex offenders have been going missing in Wales, police confirm

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/convicted-sex-offenders-been-going-8806445

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So, how does the USA compare, with its even more draconian and invasive system  ...

August 7, 2011, edited August 8, 2011

Addressing the 100,000 Missing Sex Offenders myth once and for all 


http://www.oncefallen.com/100000missing.html

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Schengen Information System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Information_System

https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/investigations/european-investigations/schengen-information-system

http://www.acpo.police.uk/documents/criminaljustice/2008/200810CJUSIS01.pdf 

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This is for reference, we may reconstruct it, chronologically, later ...



https://twitter.com/mwilliamsthomas/status/575228008010743808

Friday 6 March 2015

'Sarah's 'Law'' Advert For The New Year



This could be you.




Please note the vocal input, from the 'askers', in the mob.

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March 5, 2015

Springbank residents put [innocent] pervert out

"RESIDENTS of a Poleglass housing estate have tonight picketed the house of an alleged paedophile [sic].

Forty-seven-year-old FM of Springbank Drive was caught with ten indecent photographs of a child and subsequently charged on May 31, 2012.

He appeared in court on February 16, 2015. M's defence team did not submit any evidence to contradict the charge and he made no response when the charges were put to him.

He was released on bail to appear at Craigavon Court on March 24, 2015 to enter his plea.

Neighbours were unaware of the allegations until recently. Since being caught with the images three years ago, M continued to live peacefully in the family orientated housing estate.

Prior to being asked to leave [sic], M who uses a wheelchair – lived in a bungalow for around fifteen years and was described by neighbours as a nice person. One neighbour took pity on him because of his disability and even made his dinner. Others cleared his over grown back garden for him because they knew he couldn’t do it himself.

A taxi man who frequently picked him up and helped him in with his messages was surprised to hear of him being put out as he came across as ‘a normal fare’.

On Wednesday evening, a team of armed officers arrived in the estate to escort M out for his own safety. As he was driven away, he was jeered at and attempts made to take his photograph."

https://youngcarson.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/springbank-residents-put-pervert-out/

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Of course - you can see the usual and expected responses, at the usual places, from the usual types ...

 











 Joe Mccloskey; https://www.facebook.com/joe.mccloskey.54






CarlMemomo's Curran; https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=870540676340932

CarlMemomo's Curran; https://www.facebook.com/carl.d.curran?fref=photo

Sunday 1 March 2015

It Never Stops Getting Worse - But, Then, Who Thought It Ever Would?




Mary: Let me ask you something.

Mary: Why are you alive? 

John Preston: I'm alive... I live... to safeguard the continuity of this great society. 

To serve Libria.

Mary: It's circular. You exist to continue your existence. What's the point? 

John Preston: What's the point of your existence? 

Mary: To feel. 'Cause you've never done it, you can never know it. 

But it's as vital as breath. 


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Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/contents

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The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015

Provisions coming into force on 8th March 2015

2. The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 8th March 2015—

(a) section 113 (sexual harm prevention orders and sexual risk orders, etc); 

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PART 9

Protection from sexual harm and violence

Protection from sexual harm

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/part/9

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(b) section 114 (saving and transitional provision);

(c) section 115 (use of premises for child sexual offences);

(d) section 181(1) (amendments), insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 11 specified in paragraph (g);

(e) Schedule 5 (amendments of Parts 2 and 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(2)); 

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SCHEDULE 5 

Amendments of Parts 2 and 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003

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Background ...

October 2013 

Home Office announcement on new powers protect vulnerable from sexual predators [sic]

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/2013/10/10/home-office-annoucement-on-new-powers-protect-vulnerable-from-sexual-predators/#comments

October 2013

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill; Fact Sheet: Protection from sexual harm and violence

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251341/27__28_sexual_offences_and_VOO_fact_sheet.pdf

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ooATE_B86wYJ:https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251341/27__28_sexual_offences_and_VOO_fact_sheet.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk

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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/schedule/5

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(f) Schedule 6 (amendments of Part 2A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003); and 

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SCHEDULE 6 

Amendments of Part 2A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/schedule/6 

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(g) in Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments), the following paragraphs—

(i) paragraphs 51 to 79; and

(ii) paragraphs 81 and 82.

Provisions coming into force on 8th March 2015 in relation to England and Wales

3. The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 8th March 2015 in England and Wales—

(a) section 181(1) (amendments), insofar as it relates to the provision of Schedule 11 specified in paragraph (b); and

(b) in Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 80.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/373/made

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103B Section 103A: supplemental

"“sexual harm” from a person means physical or psychological harm caused—

(a) by the person committing one or more offences listed in Schedule 3, or

(b) (in the context of harm outside the United Kingdom) by the person doing, outside the United Kingdom, anything which would constitute an offence listed in Schedule 3 if done in any part of the United Kingdom;"

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/schedule/5

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Posted on March 11, 2015

Sexual Offences Prevention Orders repealed: All change? 

"Sexual Harm Prevention Orders

This is a preventive order enabling a court to impose prohibitions on an individual where the court deals with them in respect of an offence listed in Sch.3 (sexual offences such as rape and sexual assault) or Sch.5 (other offences, such as GBH with intent and manslaughter). The order may also be made upon complaint to the magistrates’ court.

The provisions of the SHPO are very similar to its predecessor, the SOPO, however the test for imposing a post-conviction order has been lowered.

Formally, the test was that the court “is satisfied that it is necessary to make such an order, for the purpose of protecting the public or any particular members of the public from serious sexual harm from the defendant”, however, under the new provisions the term “serious sexual harm” has been omitted, in favour of “sexual harm”. The new test is therefore that the court:

“is satisfied that it is necessary to make a sexual harm prevention order, for the purpose of—

(i) protecting the public or any particular members of the public from sexual harm from the defendant, or

(ii) protecting children or vulnerable adults generally, or any particular children or vulnerable adults, from sexual harm from the defendant outside the United Kingdom.”

In practice, this is likely to have little effect; the number of borderline cases where the issue is whether or not the defendant is likely to commit serious sexual harm or merely sexual harm are likely to be few.

The Foreign Travel Order has in effect been subsumed into the SHPO (see SOA 2003 s.103D) and such a prohibition will now form a part of the main order.

Sexual Risk Orders

This order is available on complaint to a magistrates’ court where the defendant has, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, done an act of a sexual nature as a result of which there is reasonable cause to believe that it is necessary for a sexual risk order to be made.

The order may prohibit the defendant from doing anything described in the order

The provisions are slightly widened in that the former Risk of Sexual Harm Order specified behaviour which the individual had to have engaged in on two occasions prior to the application (engaging in sexual activity involving a child or in the presence of a child etc.) whereas the replacement provision merely requires that the individual has “done an act of a sexual nature” giving rise to a reasonable belief an order is necessary. Again, as with the SHPO, this change is unlikely to have a profound effect.

Commencement and transition

The provisions were commenced on 8 March 2015 and from that date the repealed orders cannot be imposed, save for where an application was made prior to the repeal. The new orders can be imposed irrespective of the date of conviction. Existing orders are subject to transitional provisions and will of course continue in force as per the terms of the individual orders."

http://thesexualoffenceshandbook.com/2015/03/11/sexual-offences-prevention-orders-repealed-all-change

18/3/15

Sexual Harm Prevention Orders

"On 8 March 2015, SOPOs, Foreign Travel Orders and Risk of Sexual Harm Orders were repealed. See Sexual Offences Prevention Orders for details. The orders are available from 8 March 2015 irrespective of the date of the offence, save for where an application was made for a SOPO prior to that date, in which case the saving provisions preserve the power of the court to impose a SOPO and an SHPO is not available.

A sexual harm prevention order prohibits the defendant from doing anything described in the order, SOA 2003 s.103C(1).

The order may specify that some of its prohibitions have effect until further order and some for a fixed period. Different periods for different prohibitions may be specified, SOA 2003 s.103C(3).

Prohibitions

Prohibitions must be necessary for the purpose of:

a) protecting the public or any particular members of the public from sexual harm from the defendant, or

b) protecting children or vulnerable adults generally, or any particular children or vulnerable adults, from sexual harm from the defendant outside the UK, SOA 2003 s.103C(4).

Length of the order

A prohibition may have effect:

a) for a fixed period of at least five years, or

b) until further order, SOA 2003 s.103C(2).

Foreign travel prohibition

A prohibition on foreign travel contained in an order must be for a fixed period of not more than five years, SOA 2003 s.103D(1). A prohibition on foreign travel is one that prohibits travel to any country outside the UK, to any country outside the UK as specified or other than specified. Where an order prohibits travel to any country outside the UK, the order must also require the defendant to surrender all his passports, SOA 2003 s.103D(1)-(4). This is in essence bringing the now repealed Foreign Travel Order within the SOPO, simplifying the regime.

Notification requirements

Where a sexual harm prevention order is made in respect of a defendant who was subject to notification requirements under SOA 2003 immediately before the making of the order, and the defendant would cease to be subject to those notification requirements while the order has effect, the defendant remains subject to the notification requirements, SOA 2003 ss.80(2) and 103G(1).

Where a sexual harm prevention order is made in respect of a defendant who was not subject to notification requirements under SOA 2003 immediately before the making of the order the order causes the defendant to become subject to the notification requirements under SOA 2003 from the making of the order until the order (as renewed from time to time) ceases to have effect, SOA 2003 s.80(2) and 103G(2).

Appeals

A defendant may appeal against the making of an order “as if the order were a sentence”, SOA 2003 s.103H(1). 

Variations and renewals

An order may be renewed, or varied so as to impose additional prohibitions on the defendant, only if it is necessary to do so for the purpose of:

a) protecting the public or any particular members of the public from sexual harm from the defendant, or

b) protecting children or vulnerable adults generally, or any particular children or vulnerable adults, from sexual harm from the defendant outside the UK.

A defendant may appeal against the variation or renewal or the refusal to make such an order:

(a) where the application for such an order was made to the Crown Court, to the Court of Appeal;

(b) in any other case, to the Crown Court, SOA 2003 s.103H(3). Interim orders

An interim order is not available in post-conviction cases, see SOA 2003 s.103F.

Breach

A person who, without reasonable excuse, does anything prohibited by a sexual harm prevention order. This includes a requirement to surrender all passports where a foreign travel prohibition prohibiting travel to any country outside the UK is included in an order, SOA 2003 s.103I(1) and (2). The maximum sentence is five years’ imprisonment, SOA 2003 s.103I(3)."

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/2015/03/18/sexual-harm-prevention-orders