What goes around, comes around.
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Showing posts with label Forensics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forensics. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Time To Expose The Hunters, Once Again - Secrecy Is Toxic (Part 1f)
As you abuse the law, so the law will be used against you ...
What goes around, comes around.
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What goes around, comes around.
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Monday, 3 October 2016
A Load Of Bails
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How long should a person reasonably be allowed to ask to wait in limbo until a charge/wait for Forensics?— Valium Boy........ (@humanitystears) October 3, 2016
@humanitystears I would have thought 3 months would be a ceiling. Check bail act— Drew Scapegoat (@Drewscapegoat) October 3, 2016
@humanitystears oh, about two years !!!! https://t.co/W6tGB2Emy2— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@Drewscapegoat @humanitystears It will be 2 years for me in January 2017, rebail, rebail, until they get tired, when ...— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@Drewscapegoat @humanitystears ... call and say we will call you when we have something to tell you. That is often the reality ...— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
— 🌺Katy🌺 (@33ang3lcuddles) October 3, 2016
— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@GhandisOBlocked @Drewscapegoat @humanitystears exactly. And punishes not only the target but their loved ones too!!! 😢😢😢😢😡😡😡— 🌺Katy🌺 (@33ang3lcuddles) October 3, 2016
Dirty Tories 😡😡😡😡😡😡 https://t.co/ABZAsGjtJ5— 🌺Katy🌺 (@33ang3lcuddles) October 3, 2016
@33ang3lcuddles credit where credit due, at least they kicked it off !!!— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@GhandisOBlocked yes that's true!!— 🌺Katy🌺 (@33ang3lcuddles) October 3, 2016
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@Drewscapegoat @humanitystears Unfortunately, our illustrious PMs promise is not yet in operation ... https://t.co/EfCCnI9suo— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@33ang3lcuddles @GhandisOBlocked Be fair, we are talking about the Bail Act 76 and no Government since then has sought to impose a time cap— Gerard Francomb (@EnorMouseUK) October 3, 2016
— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
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@GhandisOBlocked thought your 'offence' was way back in 2003, was there more apart from the usual SO stamp?— Patrick Simmons (@petrolhead104) October 3, 2016
@petrolhead104 yes, there was another incident in Jan 2015, which I cannot yet report, ongoing legal etc, no charges at this time :) in time— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@GhandisOBlocked when you were attacked?— Patrick Simmons (@petrolhead104) October 3, 2016
@petrolhead104 No, unconnected - attack was August 2015— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@GhandisOBlocked ah ok— Patrick Simmons (@petrolhead104) October 3, 2016
@petrolhead104 my machines etc were taken, the day after the attack, but they were clean and it was NFAd - all returned— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@GhandisOBlocked they took your HD after you were attacked, how did they justify that?— Patrick Simmons (@petrolhead104) October 3, 2016
@petrolhead104 ah, a longer story, to be reported, quite soon ;) pic.twitter.com/Yy2zwm5SPK— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@GhandisOBlocked who is that?— Patrick Simmons (@petrolhead104) October 3, 2016
@petrolhead104 to follow :)— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
@petrolhead104 @GhandisOBlocked if I say what I think about those two...creatures...I think twitter will probably ban me, so I'll keep quiet— 🌺Katy🌺 (@33ang3lcuddles) October 3, 2016
— GhandiOBlocked (@GhandisOBlocked) October 3, 2016
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September 30, 2016
The unintended consequences of bail reform
"What of those simply released but still subject to investigation? The police must start with a presumption that all suspects can be treated in this way, so we must expect a great number of people will find themselves in this position.
They include those the police do not fear fleeing or committing other offences. And these are likely to be the people that would find the delay and lack of information most distressing – the elderly, children, those with clean records and the most to lose. I fear they will end up suffering more from delay and lack of information, than even those bailed under our present system."
http://thejusticegap.com/2016/09/unintended-consequences-bail-reform
October 2016
Bail reform could lead to ‘endless investigation’
"According to the report by the College of Policing, there is a danger of investigations ‘without deadlines’. It reported that the average length of time individuals spent on pre-charge bail, including extensions, was 53 days; and that more than four out of 10 of all cases involving violence and sexual offences (41%) were bailed for more than 28 days.
Time allowed for forensic analysis was one of the main reasons for long periods of pre-charge bail with phone downloads being the most frequent type. The study found that six out of 10 cases involving suspects who were bailed for more than 90 days involved some form of forensic analysis."
http://thejusticegap.com/2016/10/13831
Policing and Crime Bill 2015-16 to 2016-17
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/policingandcrime.html
Friday, 22 November 2013
Expect No Privacy
November 21, 2013 5:58 PM
Google’s Role In Woodland Child Pornography Arrest Raises Privacy Concerns
"The FBI says the investigation began in March when Google’s hashing technology found two child porn pictures in his Picasa library. Picasa is a cloud-sharing platform for images owned by Google.
From there, the company notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which says it found more images on a Tumblr account owned by G. That’s when the feds took over."
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/11/21/googles-role-in-woodland-child-pornography-arrest-raises-privacy-concerns/
PUBLISHED: 17:04, 24 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:06, 24 November 2013
Google technology catches out man accused of uploading over 3,000 child porn images and he is arrested by the FBI
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2512752/Google-technology-catches-man-accused-uploading-3-000-child-porn-images-arrested-FBI.html
Google’s Role In Woodland Child Pornography Arrest Raises Privacy Concerns
"The FBI says the investigation began in March when Google’s hashing technology found two child porn pictures in his Picasa library. Picasa is a cloud-sharing platform for images owned by Google.
From there, the company notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which says it found more images on a Tumblr account owned by G. That’s when the feds took over."
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/11/21/googles-role-in-woodland-child-pornography-arrest-raises-privacy-concerns/
PUBLISHED: 17:04, 24 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:06, 24 November 2013
Google technology catches out man accused of uploading over 3,000 child porn images and he is arrested by the FBI
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2512752/Google-technology-catches-man-accused-uploading-3-000-child-porn-images-arrested-FBI.html
Monday, 18 November 2013
The Day The Whole Internet Was Censored, Using 'CP' As The Excuse (Again)
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Here We Go Again - Bing, Bong, Google, Giggle
http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/here-we-go-again-bing-bong-google-giggle.html
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Of course, anyone who is not lying, or has a modicum of knowledge and/or principles, knows, that these search terms would never bring up any potentially-illegal images, and have not been able to do so, for many years; knowing that, there is no intention, here or elsewhere, to do so. We do know, that they will be on 'the list'.
Bing, first. SafeSearch off. We could turn images off, but, we will take Microsoft's word for it, as a newbie will.
Web search ...
Much as before, now image/videos/news search ...
We have no idea what the 100,000 possible search terms could be !!!
Now, the zealots, profiteers and simpletons, will be jumping up-and-down, for joy, about that result (not that it stops anything, that really matters, of course).
However, the bonafide researcher and Libertarian should be very concerned, indeed.
Image searches lead, often more rapidly, to very valuable (re)sources ... for example, court documents, media reports, related cases and issues etc. etc. etc.
This is, of course, the (predicted and usual) danger of knee-jerk, blanket, censorship.
This is a private company, Microsoft, throwing the baby out with the bath water, for popularity and profit.
This is the false flag, which is (and has been, for a long time) to be used, for all topics, which are, or will be, deemed to be unacceptable, for our consumption.
This is where we are in 2013 ... and it has little to no point (as suggested), at all.
Next time, Google.
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(Embedded Tweets - click date).
Published 18 November 2013
Internet safety summit at Downing Street: communiqué
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/internet-safety-summit-at-downing-street-communique
Published 18 November 2013
PM hosts internet safety summit
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-hosts-internet-safety-summit
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Posted on November 18, 2013
Online child safety [sic] – big things [sic] happening
"Pulling out the stops
Google and Microsoft have really pulled out the stops. This is a very impressive initiative. It is narrowing the spaces in which paedophiles [sic] and collectors of child abuse images [sic] can operate. The challenge now is to work out how to gauge the effectiveness of and learn from the various measures that are being put in place but I am sure there is a will so we can find a way.
The beginning of a new phase
This is unlikely to be the end of the story but there is no question we have reached an important milestone. There are still anxieties about the Darknet and the true extent to which it and the use of encryption may continue to frustrate law enforcement’s and everybody’s efforts. But we don’t always have to do the really hard stuff first. Dealing with the more open parts of the internet has to be a key priority precisely because it is so accessible and therefore has the greater potential to draw in new offenders. All the companies involved deserve a great deal of credit for their willingness to sail into these uncharted waters and so does Claire Perry MP and the Government as a whole for sticking with the issue in the way that they have. I await with interest to see how what is happening in the UK starts to roll out or impact other jurisdictions."
http://johnc1912.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/online-child-safety-big-things-happening
8:55PM GMT 18 Nov 2013
Child abuse: the net is closing
"Corporate promises to block child abuse images will not affect the 'deep web’, where most transactions take place. However, in this murky realm old-fashioned police work is starting to win against the criminals "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10457423/Child-abuse-the-net-is-closing.html
October 5, 2013
Child abuse images – developments in the UK
http://johnc1912.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/child-abuse-images-developments-in-the-uk
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7:20am, Mon 18 Nov 2013
Search engines already block abuse images, says lawyer
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-11-18/search-engines-already-do-child-abuse-block
Google's block of child-abuse search terms is "hype"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/385444/googles-block-of-child-abuse-search-terms-is-hype
David Cameron’s grand plan is actually a sham
http://bcm666.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/david-camerons-grand-plan-is-actually_18.html
Child abuse image policies risk looking like cynical manipulation
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2013/child-abuse-image-policies-risk-looking-like-cynical-manipulation
Net crackdown 'won't stop abusers' [sic]
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/net-crackdown-wont-stop-abusers-29762233.html
Google block will not stop child porn, experts warn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10456902/Google-block-will-not-stop-child-porn-experts-warn.html
Stopping child exploitation needs more policing
https://audioboo.fm/boos/1739478-stopping-child-exploitation-needs-more-policing
Making images of paedophilia [sic] harder to find on Google is no bad thing, but it doesn’t tackle the abuse itself
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/making-images-of-paedophilia-harder-to-find-on-google-is-no-bad-thing-but-it-doesnt-tackle-the-abuse-itself-8947575.html
Pornography filters on or off? That's a conversation couples will have to have, says David Cameron
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/pornography-filters-on-or-off-thats-a-conversation-couples-will-have-to-have-says-david-cameron-8947800.html
Search engines take on child abuse: The 'massive breakthrough' where little has changed
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/search-engines-take-on-child-abuse-the-massive-breakthrough-where-little-has-changed-8948583.html
Child porn predators [sic] will bypass new measures to stop paedophilia [sic] online, warn Scots experts
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/child-predators-bypass-new-measures-2806223
Google barriers ‘won’t prevent’ paedophiles [sic] downloading child abuse images
http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/18/google-barriers-wont-prevent-paedophiles-downloading-child-abuse-images-4191840/
Twitter accused by MPs of not doing enough to prevent online abuse and trolling
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/twitter-accused-mps-not-doing-2809733?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Addendum (23/12/13)
Published 23 December 2013 14:16
Cameron's internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that was always the plan
"Through secretive negotiations with ISPs, the coalition has divided the internet into 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable' categories and cut people off from huge swathes of it at the stroke of a key."
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/12/camerons-internet-filter-goes-far-beyond-porn-and-was-always-plan
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Here We Go Again - Bing, Bong, Google, Giggle
http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/here-we-go-again-bing-bong-google-giggle.html
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Of course, anyone who is not lying, or has a modicum of knowledge and/or principles, knows, that these search terms would never bring up any potentially-illegal images, and have not been able to do so, for many years; knowing that, there is no intention, here or elsewhere, to do so. We do know, that they will be on 'the list'.
Bing, first. SafeSearch off. We could turn images off, but, we will take Microsoft's word for it, as a newbie will.
Web search ...
Much as before, now image/videos/news search ...
We have no idea what the 100,000 possible search terms could be !!!
Now, the zealots, profiteers and simpletons, will be jumping up-and-down, for joy, about that result (not that it stops anything, that really matters, of course).
However, the bonafide researcher and Libertarian should be very concerned, indeed.
Image searches lead, often more rapidly, to very valuable (re)sources ... for example, court documents, media reports, related cases and issues etc. etc. etc.
This is, of course, the (predicted and usual) danger of knee-jerk, blanket, censorship.
This is a private company, Microsoft, throwing the baby out with the bath water, for popularity and profit.
This is the false flag, which is (and has been, for a long time) to be used, for all topics, which are, or will be, deemed to be unacceptable, for our consumption.
This is where we are in 2013 ... and it has little to no point (as suggested), at all.
Next time, Google.
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Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images http://t.co/6eJ0dRRge1 #r4today
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) November 18, 2013
Jim Gamble says Google and Microsoft's measures are "an improvement", but adds: "It's no silver bullet." http://t.co/6eJ0dRRge1 #r4today
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) November 18, 2013
PM welcomes search engines, ISPs, @NCA_UK & @NSPCC to Downing St for internet safety summit #SaferNet pic.twitter.com/1sdfu9hm7z
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) November 18, 2013
#OSC #Darknet You have no idea what you are up against ... I am in your way pic.twitter.com/8kZZXvFzA8
— Shy Keenan (@ShyKeenan) November 19, 2013
(Embedded Tweets - click date).
Published 18 November 2013
Internet safety summit at Downing Street: communiqué
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/internet-safety-summit-at-downing-street-communique
Published 18 November 2013
PM hosts internet safety summit
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-hosts-internet-safety-summit
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Posted on November 18, 2013
Online child safety [sic] – big things [sic] happening
"Pulling out the stops
Google and Microsoft have really pulled out the stops. This is a very impressive initiative. It is narrowing the spaces in which paedophiles [sic] and collectors of child abuse images [sic] can operate. The challenge now is to work out how to gauge the effectiveness of and learn from the various measures that are being put in place but I am sure there is a will so we can find a way.
The beginning of a new phase
This is unlikely to be the end of the story but there is no question we have reached an important milestone. There are still anxieties about the Darknet and the true extent to which it and the use of encryption may continue to frustrate law enforcement’s and everybody’s efforts. But we don’t always have to do the really hard stuff first. Dealing with the more open parts of the internet has to be a key priority precisely because it is so accessible and therefore has the greater potential to draw in new offenders. All the companies involved deserve a great deal of credit for their willingness to sail into these uncharted waters and so does Claire Perry MP and the Government as a whole for sticking with the issue in the way that they have. I await with interest to see how what is happening in the UK starts to roll out or impact other jurisdictions."
http://johnc1912.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/online-child-safety-big-things-happening
8:55PM GMT 18 Nov 2013
Child abuse: the net is closing
"Corporate promises to block child abuse images will not affect the 'deep web’, where most transactions take place. However, in this murky realm old-fashioned police work is starting to win against the criminals "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10457423/Child-abuse-the-net-is-closing.html
October 5, 2013
Child abuse images – developments in the UK
http://johnc1912.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/child-abuse-images-developments-in-the-uk
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7:20am, Mon 18 Nov 2013
Search engines already block abuse images, says lawyer
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-11-18/search-engines-already-do-child-abuse-block
Google's block of child-abuse search terms is "hype"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/385444/googles-block-of-child-abuse-search-terms-is-hype
David Cameron’s grand plan is actually a sham
http://bcm666.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/david-camerons-grand-plan-is-actually_18.html
Child abuse image policies risk looking like cynical manipulation
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2013/child-abuse-image-policies-risk-looking-like-cynical-manipulation
Net crackdown 'won't stop abusers' [sic]
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/net-crackdown-wont-stop-abusers-29762233.html
Google block will not stop child porn, experts warn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10456902/Google-block-will-not-stop-child-porn-experts-warn.html
Stopping child exploitation needs more policing
https://audioboo.fm/boos/1739478-stopping-child-exploitation-needs-more-policing
Making images of paedophilia [sic] harder to find on Google is no bad thing, but it doesn’t tackle the abuse itself
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/making-images-of-paedophilia-harder-to-find-on-google-is-no-bad-thing-but-it-doesnt-tackle-the-abuse-itself-8947575.html
Pornography filters on or off? That's a conversation couples will have to have, says David Cameron
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/pornography-filters-on-or-off-thats-a-conversation-couples-will-have-to-have-says-david-cameron-8947800.html
Search engines take on child abuse: The 'massive breakthrough' where little has changed
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/search-engines-take-on-child-abuse-the-massive-breakthrough-where-little-has-changed-8948583.html
Child porn predators [sic] will bypass new measures to stop paedophilia [sic] online, warn Scots experts
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/child-predators-bypass-new-measures-2806223
Google barriers ‘won’t prevent’ paedophiles [sic] downloading child abuse images
http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/18/google-barriers-wont-prevent-paedophiles-downloading-child-abuse-images-4191840/
Twitter accused by MPs of not doing enough to prevent online abuse and trolling
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/twitter-accused-mps-not-doing-2809733?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Addendum (23/12/13)
Published 23 December 2013 14:16
Cameron's internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that was always the plan
"Through secretive negotiations with ISPs, the coalition has divided the internet into 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable' categories and cut people off from huge swathes of it at the stroke of a key."
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/12/camerons-internet-filter-goes-far-beyond-porn-and-was-always-plan
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Cameron's internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that was always the plan - by @mjrobbins - http://t.co/iixMQI4Pkk
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) December 23, 2013
(Embedded Tweet - click date)
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Here We Go Again - Bing, Bong, Google, Giggle
Talk About False Reporting
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PUBLISHED: 00:02, 18 November 2013 | UPDATED: 00:49, 18 November 2013
Google block on child porn: At last! Internet giant axes links to vile sex-abuse websites in stunning victory for Mail campaign [hahahahaha]
>World's biggest media firm has agreed to introduce changes to engine,
>Google will now prevent depraved images and videos from appearing,
>Company chairman Eric Schmidt says in today's Mail: 'We've listened',
>Restrictions are designed to apply in English-speaking countries,
>But they'll be expanded to cover 158 other languages over six months,
>David Cameron said move represents 'a really significant step forward',
>But the PM warns it was not enough – and more needs to be done.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509036/Google-block-child-porn-At-Internet-giant-axes-links-vile-sex-abuse-websites-stunning-victory-Mail-campaign.html
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November 17, 2013 6:09 PM
Laboring In The Shadows To Keep The Web Free Of Child Porn
"Internet search providers like Google and Microsoft are also investing in similar programs."
"The Microsoft system, known as PhotoDNA, was co-developed by a team at Dartmouth and has since been donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Earlier this year, Twitter began using it to scan every photo that's uploaded to its site.
The program works by scanning known images of child pornography and giving them a unique signature that goes into a database. If that image appears on another site, it is instantly flagged and removed. Google has its own proprietary tagging system that works in a similar way.
But in order for an image to be identified as child pornography in the first place, a person has to review it. The people who do that work for tech companies are employed all over the world, and very little is known about them, says Sarah Roberts of Western University in Ontario, Canada."
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/17/245829002/laboring-in-the-shadows-to-keep-the-web-free-of-child-porn
Google to 'block' child abuse [that would be quite a trick - it was altered, later]
http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-11-18/search-engines-google-child-porn-child-abuse-images
Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images
"As many as 100,000 [hardly any?] search terms will now return no results that find [potentially] illegal material [hahahahahahaha], and will trigger warnings that child abuse imagery is illegal [potentially, but, not all]."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24980765
UK newspaper review: Google child abuse block in headlines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-24981864
Child abuse videos will be wiped from web
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3924816.ece
Google says it WILL block child abuse search results
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/google-block-child-abuse-search-2803690
Google, Microsoft ramp up fight against online child pornography
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57612735-93/google-microsoft-ramp-up-fight-against-online-child-pornography
Google Agrees To Block Child Abuse Images
http://news.sky.com/story/1169994/google-agrees-to-block-child-abuse-images
Google and Microsoft take steps to block Internet search results linked to child porn
http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/18/google-and-microsoft-take-steps-to-block-internet-search-results-linked-to-child-porn
Google removes child sexual abuse search results, global roll out in the next six months
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/17/google-stop-child-sexual-abuse-results-in-search/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi
Google and Microsoft to Block Abuse Images
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/google-and-microsoft-to-block-abuse-images-18-11-2013
Google targets 100,000 terms linked with online child sexual abuse
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/18/uk-us-dark-web-online-child-abuse-internet
Google and Bing to block online child abuse searches
http://www.channel4.com/news/google-bing-child-abuse-images-internet
Child abuse: the net is closing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10457423/Child-abuse-the-net-is-closing.html
Filtering CAM
http://www.childwatch.ie/blockingcam.php
Child porn sites blocked as Irish drive prompts new war on abuse
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/child-porn-sites-blocked-as-irish-drive-prompts-new-war-on-abuse-29764914.html
Google to warn users of 13,000 [dropping in number, as we type] search terms associated with child pornography
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2064520/google-to-warn-users-of-13000-search-terms-associated-with-child-pornography.html
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MAIL FRONT PAGE "Google block on child porn" #skypapers pic.twitter.com/snGhcXmN8u
— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 17, 2013
Our pressure on search engines to help stop child abuse imagery and extreme pornography online has delivered - more details tomorrow.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) November 17, 2013
@CraigHarper19 @SkyNews IIOC not CSEM - CP is one subdivision, of IIOC.
— TheOSC (@OSCP2) November 17, 2013
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Posted on October 29, 2013
Efforts to end child pornography have been ineffective
"In continuing this internet blockade against child pornography, Google has also proposed a solution, a database of “encrypted” child porn images that is said to enable some companies and law enforcement to further collaborate on detecting and removing these photos from the possession of predators.
Google uses technology known as “hashing,” which is similar to Facebook’s photo tagging capabilities.
The software allows the company to tag images with an identification code that is reported and blocked by other companies when locating a duplicate image elsewhere on the web.
Ironically, Google, which is in the business of making news and information widely available, is creating a content blockade."
http://www.dailytitan.com/2013/10/efforts-to-end-child-pornography-have-been-ineffective/
*****
Monday 18 November 2013
UK and US target 'dark web' in joint crackdown on online child abuse
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/18/uk-us-dark-web-online-child-abuse-internet
Monday 18 November 2013
David Cameron wins FBI support for 'dark web’ war on paedophiles [sic]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10456108/David-Cameron-wins-FBI-support-for-dark-web-war-on-paedophiles.html
Monday 18 November 2013 20.09 GMT
Online child abuse [sic] monitor to tackle peer-to-peer networks
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/18/online-child-abuse-peer-to-peer
i.e. The actual Problem: Reaction: Solution ... and it is has nothing to do with 'paedophiles', images or the like, at all.
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Sometimes Of Dubious Quality, At Least
Last updated 12:35 02/10/2013
Criminal assessments 'utterly useless'
"Assessment tools used to predict how likely a psychopathic prisoner is to re-offend if freed from jail are "utterly useless" and parole boards might just as well flip a coin when deciding such risks, psychiatrists say.
Publishing a study that found risk score tools were only about 46 per cent accurate on how likely psychopathic convicts were to kill, rape or assault again, they said probation officers and judges should set little or no store by such tests.
They warned that clinicians carrying out such classifications must be aware of their severe limitations, and make sure prisoners undergo comprehensive psychiatric diagnosis before any risks assessment is made.
"If you apply these (tests) to somebody who is a psychopath, they're utterly useless, you might as well toss a coin," said study leader Jeremy Coid, director of the forensic psychiatry research unit at Queen Mary University of London.
"They will not predict accurately at all," he told reporters at a briefing in London about his findings.
Coid and other forensic psychiatrists said the findings - which also showed the tools performed only moderately well in prisoners with disorders like schizophrenia, depression, drug and alcohol dependence - could have major implications for risk assessment in criminal justice systems."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/9235045/Criminal-assessments-utterly-useless
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/predicting-violence-in-psychopaths-utterly-useless-psychiatrists-say/article14654568/?service=mobile#!/
Criminal assessments 'utterly useless'
"Assessment tools used to predict how likely a psychopathic prisoner is to re-offend if freed from jail are "utterly useless" and parole boards might just as well flip a coin when deciding such risks, psychiatrists say.
Publishing a study that found risk score tools were only about 46 per cent accurate on how likely psychopathic convicts were to kill, rape or assault again, they said probation officers and judges should set little or no store by such tests.
They warned that clinicians carrying out such classifications must be aware of their severe limitations, and make sure prisoners undergo comprehensive psychiatric diagnosis before any risks assessment is made.
"If you apply these (tests) to somebody who is a psychopath, they're utterly useless, you might as well toss a coin," said study leader Jeremy Coid, director of the forensic psychiatry research unit at Queen Mary University of London.
"They will not predict accurately at all," he told reporters at a briefing in London about his findings.
Coid and other forensic psychiatrists said the findings - which also showed the tools performed only moderately well in prisoners with disorders like schizophrenia, depression, drug and alcohol dependence - could have major implications for risk assessment in criminal justice systems."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/9235045/Criminal-assessments-utterly-useless
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/predicting-violence-in-psychopaths-utterly-useless-psychiatrists-say/article14654568/?service=mobile#!/
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Sex Offender Scapegoats, Used To Justify Everyone's Loss Of Liberty
11 September 2013
New DNA database will have profiles of 1,000 sex offenders
"THE new DNA database will contain profiles of over 1,000 sex offenders.
It will allow the Gardai to match a DNA profile from a persona to an unidentified DNA crime scene profile – and also to quickly eliminate other suspects.
The new DNA database will also include past and present samples from crime scenes – in a move which may help to resolve unsolved cases.
It will operate using software supplied by the FBI at the Forensic Science Laboratory – which is based in Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park.
Justice Minister Alan Shatter said that the database would include all those on the sex offenders register once the legislation came into effect. There are currently 1,280 people on the sex offenders register.
Gardai will be allowed to take mouth swabs or hair follicles from convicted criminals and criminal suspects so that DNA profiles can be created and entered onto the database to check for possible matches against crime scene samples.
As well as sex offenders, most of the samples taken will be from suspects arrested in connection with serious offences carrying sentences of five years or more."
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-dna-database-will-have-profiles-of-1000-sex-offenders-29571368.html
New DNA database will have profiles of 1,000 sex offenders
"THE new DNA database will contain profiles of over 1,000 sex offenders.
It will allow the Gardai to match a DNA profile from a persona to an unidentified DNA crime scene profile – and also to quickly eliminate other suspects.
The new DNA database will also include past and present samples from crime scenes – in a move which may help to resolve unsolved cases.
It will operate using software supplied by the FBI at the Forensic Science Laboratory – which is based in Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park.
Justice Minister Alan Shatter said that the database would include all those on the sex offenders register once the legislation came into effect. There are currently 1,280 people on the sex offenders register.
Gardai will be allowed to take mouth swabs or hair follicles from convicted criminals and criminal suspects so that DNA profiles can be created and entered onto the database to check for possible matches against crime scene samples.
As well as sex offenders, most of the samples taken will be from suspects arrested in connection with serious offences carrying sentences of five years or more."
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-dna-database-will-have-profiles-of-1000-sex-offenders-29571368.html
Thursday, 5 September 2013
The Field Of Risk Assessment Would Benefit From Routine Disclosure And Registration Of Research Studies
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Risk assessment tools plagued by 'authorship bias,' study finds
"Reported predictive validity higher in studies by an instrument's designers than by independent researchers
The use of actuarial risk assessment instruments to predict violence is becoming more and more central to forensic psychology practice. And clinicians and courts rely on published data to establish that the tools live up to their claims of accurately separating high-risk from low-risk offenders.
But as it turns out, the predictive validity of risk assessment instruments such as the Static-99 and the VRAG depends in part on the researcher's connection to the instrument in question.
Publication bias in pharmaceutical research has been well documented
Published studies authored by tool designers reported predictive validity findings around two times higher than investigations by independent researchers, according to a systematic meta-analysis that included 30,165 participants in 104 samples from 83 independent studies."
http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/risk-assessment-tools-plagued-by.html
Are Forensic Experts Biased by the Side That Retained Them?
"Abstract
How objective are forensic experts when they are retained by one of the opposing sides in an adversarial legal proceeding? Despite long-standing concerns from within the legal system, little is known about whether experts can provide opinions unbiased by the side that retained them. In this experiment, we paid 108 forensic psychologists and psychiatrists to review the same offender case files, but deceived some to believe that they were consulting for the defense and some to believe that they were consulting for the prosecution. Participants scored each offender on two commonly used, well-researched risk-assessment instruments. Those who believed they were working for the prosecution tended to assign higher risk scores to offenders, whereas those who believed they were working for the defense tended to assign lower risk scores to the same offenders; the effect sizes (d) ranged up to 0.85. The results provide strong evidence of an allegiance effect among some forensic experts in adversarial legal proceedings."
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/08/21/0956797613481812.abstract
Aug. 29
Letters: Psychiatry's diagnosis bloat
"Diagnosis bloat is rampant in the medical profession, and it would be healthy if we took a skeptical view and consider how much of this is simply one group attempting to increase its market share of struggling humanity."
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters/la-le-0901-sunday-male-depression-20130901,0,2696115.story
*****
Treatment Outcome and the Risk Principle
http://sajrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/treatment-outcome-and-risk-principle.html
Risk assessment tools plagued by 'authorship bias,' study finds
"Reported predictive validity higher in studies by an instrument's designers than by independent researchers
The use of actuarial risk assessment instruments to predict violence is becoming more and more central to forensic psychology practice. And clinicians and courts rely on published data to establish that the tools live up to their claims of accurately separating high-risk from low-risk offenders.
But as it turns out, the predictive validity of risk assessment instruments such as the Static-99 and the VRAG depends in part on the researcher's connection to the instrument in question.
Publication bias in pharmaceutical research has been well documented
Published studies authored by tool designers reported predictive validity findings around two times higher than investigations by independent researchers, according to a systematic meta-analysis that included 30,165 participants in 104 samples from 83 independent studies."
http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/risk-assessment-tools-plagued-by.html
Are Forensic Experts Biased by the Side That Retained Them?
"Abstract
How objective are forensic experts when they are retained by one of the opposing sides in an adversarial legal proceeding? Despite long-standing concerns from within the legal system, little is known about whether experts can provide opinions unbiased by the side that retained them. In this experiment, we paid 108 forensic psychologists and psychiatrists to review the same offender case files, but deceived some to believe that they were consulting for the defense and some to believe that they were consulting for the prosecution. Participants scored each offender on two commonly used, well-researched risk-assessment instruments. Those who believed they were working for the prosecution tended to assign higher risk scores to offenders, whereas those who believed they were working for the defense tended to assign lower risk scores to the same offenders; the effect sizes (d) ranged up to 0.85. The results provide strong evidence of an allegiance effect among some forensic experts in adversarial legal proceedings."
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/08/21/0956797613481812.abstract
Aug. 29
Letters: Psychiatry's diagnosis bloat
"Diagnosis bloat is rampant in the medical profession, and it would be healthy if we took a skeptical view and consider how much of this is simply one group attempting to increase its market share of struggling humanity."
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters/la-le-0901-sunday-male-depression-20130901,0,2696115.story
*****
Treatment Outcome and the Risk Principle
http://sajrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/treatment-outcome-and-risk-principle.html
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
A Pair Of Trainers Outside A Door
19/08/2013
A view from… the police interview room
"My view from the Police Interview Room, by Tracey McMahon
I’ve always had an interest in law and the wheels of justice. I’ve watched crime dramas such as The Bill, Prime Suspect and a plethora of television programmes. I have commented on many forums reviewing such shows. I’ve read court reports, followed high profile cases and shouted with the rest of them when a case which raises hackles is presented to the public by the media. I can tell you first-hand that being on the wrong side of the law is nothing as it portrayed by drama serials.
I am known as an offender. This is the modern-day; politically correct term for a criminal. I’ve had my name in the press, on Twitter, on Facebook and well, I wouldn’t be surprised if my name doesn’t crop up on some people’s lips as they have their morning cup of tea. Particularly those who I have done harm to; my family.
I was never arrested as procedures have now changed. I was ‘invited’ to attend the police station on a voluntary basis. Had I not accepted this invitation then I would likely have been arrested and brought in for questioning. Off I marched at 10.00am on Monday 12 March to my police interview, dressed as if I was going to be sitting on the board of a global conglomerate."
http://ukcrime.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/a-view-from-the-police-interview-room/
A view from… the police interview room
"My view from the Police Interview Room, by Tracey McMahon
I’ve always had an interest in law and the wheels of justice. I’ve watched crime dramas such as The Bill, Prime Suspect and a plethora of television programmes. I have commented on many forums reviewing such shows. I’ve read court reports, followed high profile cases and shouted with the rest of them when a case which raises hackles is presented to the public by the media. I can tell you first-hand that being on the wrong side of the law is nothing as it portrayed by drama serials.
I am known as an offender. This is the modern-day; politically correct term for a criminal. I’ve had my name in the press, on Twitter, on Facebook and well, I wouldn’t be surprised if my name doesn’t crop up on some people’s lips as they have their morning cup of tea. Particularly those who I have done harm to; my family.
I was never arrested as procedures have now changed. I was ‘invited’ to attend the police station on a voluntary basis. Had I not accepted this invitation then I would likely have been arrested and brought in for questioning. Off I marched at 10.00am on Monday 12 March to my police interview, dressed as if I was going to be sitting on the board of a global conglomerate."
http://ukcrime.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/a-view-from-the-police-interview-room/
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Things Are Rarely What They Appear To Be
Published: 11 August 2013
Ask.fm: ‘Hannah sent hate notes to herself’
"David Smith and daughter Hannah David Smith says daughter Hannah was ‘desperate'.
THE website Ask.fm, on which Hannah Smith, 14, received hate messages before she was found hanged, has provoked further controversy by claiming she posted many of the comments herself.
Ask.fm executives are understood to have said privately that the company has analysed the profiles of the senders of the bullying messages and concluded that Hannah had set up most of the anonymous identities herself and sent the vast majority of the messages.
“With the Hannah case, the company have looked at every identity — the IP addresses are trackable. She posted the anonymous things herself. The police has all that data,” a source claimed.
In private briefings last week, the company said “98%” of the messages had come from the same IP address as Hannah’s, with about four posts that had not."
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Tech/article1298958.ece
Ask.fm: 'Bullied girl sent hate messages to herself'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10236272/Ask.fm-Bullied-girl-sent-hate-messages-to-herself.html
Suicide girl’s father rejects ask.fm self-post claim
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/suicide-girls-father-rejects-askfm-selfpost-claim-8756497.html
Hannah Smith's death can't be blamed on monsters: frenzied moral panics only compound the tragedy
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/micwright/100009730/hannah-smiths-death-cant-be-blamed-on-monsters-frenzied-moral-panics-only-compound-the-tragedy/
Shame on the Hearse-Chasers Who Are Exploiting Hannah Smith's Suicide for Political Gain
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/brendan-oneill/hannah-smith-suicide-exploitation_b_3743199.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Ask.fm: ‘Hannah sent hate notes to herself’
"David Smith and daughter Hannah David Smith says daughter Hannah was ‘desperate'.
THE website Ask.fm, on which Hannah Smith, 14, received hate messages before she was found hanged, has provoked further controversy by claiming she posted many of the comments herself.
Ask.fm executives are understood to have said privately that the company has analysed the profiles of the senders of the bullying messages and concluded that Hannah had set up most of the anonymous identities herself and sent the vast majority of the messages.
“With the Hannah case, the company have looked at every identity — the IP addresses are trackable. She posted the anonymous things herself. The police has all that data,” a source claimed.
In private briefings last week, the company said “98%” of the messages had come from the same IP address as Hannah’s, with about four posts that had not."
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Tech/article1298958.ece
Ask.fm: 'Bullied girl sent hate messages to herself'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10236272/Ask.fm-Bullied-girl-sent-hate-messages-to-herself.html
Suicide girl’s father rejects ask.fm self-post claim
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/suicide-girls-father-rejects-askfm-selfpost-claim-8756497.html
Hannah Smith's death can't be blamed on monsters: frenzied moral panics only compound the tragedy
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/micwright/100009730/hannah-smiths-death-cant-be-blamed-on-monsters-frenzied-moral-panics-only-compound-the-tragedy/
Shame on the Hearse-Chasers Who Are Exploiting Hannah Smith's Suicide for Political Gain
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/brendan-oneill/hannah-smith-suicide-exploitation_b_3743199.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Friday, 26 July 2013
BBC 'Paedo' Propaganda, In Regards To The IWF/CEOP
25/07/2013
Child online protection [sic]
"Duration: 06:47
There are an estimated 1 million unique images of child abuse [sic - do you mean indecent, like you say, in your interviews?] online.
Two agencies are on the frontline in the fight against child abuse [sic], the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d8sr0
Crimewatch - 25/07/2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b037mmcz/Crimewatch_25_07_2013/
BBC Crimewatch
https://twitter.com/BBCCrimewatch
*****
DM Paedo [sic] shops himself: Store sign in background of sick photo leads police to pervert's [offensive and inflammatory] house
http://background-images.rsspump.com/?topic=david-mellor-paedo-shops-himself-store-sign-in-background-of-sick-photo-leads-police-to-pervert-s-house&key=20121229001238_a144fe5c42b808f110758df76b20558d
Dangerous [sic] Sex Offender [sic] Jailed
http://www.lincs.police.uk/News-Centre/News-Releases-2012/Dangerous-Sex-Offender-Jailed.html
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2012/12/dangerous-lincoln-sex-offender-jailed/
Paedo [sic] shops himself: Store sign in background of sick [sic] photo leads police to pervert's [offensive and inflammatory] house
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-mellor-paedophile-jailed-after-1509228
Paedophile [sic] snared by police after he takes picture of a girl at his home with shop sign in the background
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254538/Paedophile-snared-police-takes-picture-girl-home-shop-sign-background.html
'Dangerous' [inverted commas, indeed] Lincoln sex offender [sic] jailed over child images
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Dangerous-Lincoln-sex-offender-jailed-child/story-17671038-detail/story.html#axzz2aB5V5jaJ
Lincoln man 'had 8,000 indecent images of children'
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Lincoln-man-8-000-indecent-images-children/story-16559082-detail/story.html#axzz2aB5V5jaJ
*****
Comment:
Did you hear the IWF/CEOP/court say 'Paedophile', once?
*****
New presenter Martin Bayfield joins Crimewatch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dy80q
Martin Bayfield
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ppmq/profiles/martin-bayfield
Martin Bayfield
http://www.martinbayfield.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bayfield
https://twitter.com/MartinBayfield
Child online protection [sic]
"Duration: 06:47
There are an estimated 1 million unique images of child abuse [sic - do you mean indecent, like you say, in your interviews?] online.
Two agencies are on the frontline in the fight against child abuse [sic], the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d8sr0
Crimewatch - 25/07/2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b037mmcz/Crimewatch_25_07_2013/
BBC Crimewatch
https://twitter.com/BBCCrimewatch
*****
DM Paedo [sic] shops himself: Store sign in background of sick photo leads police to pervert's [offensive and inflammatory] house
http://background-images.rsspump.com/?topic=david-mellor-paedo-shops-himself-store-sign-in-background-of-sick-photo-leads-police-to-pervert-s-house&key=20121229001238_a144fe5c42b808f110758df76b20558d
Dangerous [sic] Sex Offender [sic] Jailed
http://www.lincs.police.uk/News-Centre/News-Releases-2012/Dangerous-Sex-Offender-Jailed.html
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2012/12/dangerous-lincoln-sex-offender-jailed/
Paedo [sic] shops himself: Store sign in background of sick [sic] photo leads police to pervert's [offensive and inflammatory] house
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-mellor-paedophile-jailed-after-1509228
Paedophile [sic] snared by police after he takes picture of a girl at his home with shop sign in the background
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254538/Paedophile-snared-police-takes-picture-girl-home-shop-sign-background.html
'Dangerous' [inverted commas, indeed] Lincoln sex offender [sic] jailed over child images
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Dangerous-Lincoln-sex-offender-jailed-child/story-17671038-detail/story.html#axzz2aB5V5jaJ
Lincoln man 'had 8,000 indecent images of children'
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Lincoln-man-8-000-indecent-images-children/story-16559082-detail/story.html#axzz2aB5V5jaJ
*****
Comment:
Did you hear the IWF/CEOP/court say 'Paedophile', once?
*****
New presenter Martin Bayfield joins Crimewatch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dy80q
Martin Bayfield
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ppmq/profiles/martin-bayfield
Martin Bayfield
http://www.martinbayfield.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bayfield
https://twitter.com/MartinBayfield
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Too Late Now
Thursday 27 June 2013
Child pornography trial collapse
"The trial of one of Scotland's most successful Highland Football League managers, who was charged with downloading child pornography, has collapsed.
GC went on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court facing three charges relating to child porn.
Mr C, 41, from Aberdeen, was accused of downloading more than 200 photographs of youngsters on computers at his city home. But the former football manager – who retired from Buckie Thistle last year – denied the offence.
Forensic experts admitted the images could have got on to his equipment without his knowledge and could not prove he had seen them."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/child-pornography-trial-collapse.21455564
Child pornography trial collapse
"The trial of one of Scotland's most successful Highland Football League managers, who was charged with downloading child pornography, has collapsed.
GC went on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court facing three charges relating to child porn.
Mr C, 41, from Aberdeen, was accused of downloading more than 200 photographs of youngsters on computers at his city home. But the former football manager – who retired from Buckie Thistle last year – denied the offence.
Forensic experts admitted the images could have got on to his equipment without his knowledge and could not prove he had seen them."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/child-pornography-trial-collapse.21455564
Friday, 12 July 2013
SARNwich Anyone?
July 2013
The non-sense of prison psychology
"Anthony Boden uncovers the inconsistencies of a ‘pseudoscience’
I am a post-tariff IPP. Along with many others in the same position to say that I am frustrated by this sentence would be a gross understatement. My biggest complaint is the government-prescribed, psychological abuse delivered in the form of Offending Behaviour Programmes. There is no scientific basis behind OBPs, which are nothing more than psychological experiments. This country condemned the Nazi’s for conducting psychological experiments on prisoners during World War II, and yet we allow this travesty to continue upon our own shores and in our own prisons. Every intelligent being should ask themselves how this inexcusable position has arisen and what can be done to resolve the issue. I have already formulated my own theories, which I will explain with the help of some of the greatest minds in history.
It was Marie Curie who said, ‘Nothing in life is to be feared, only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that you may fear less ...’"
http://www.insidetime.org/articleview.asp?a=1515&c=the_nonsense_of_prison_psychology
*****
4/7/2013
"As a forensic (though not prison) psychologist, I have a great deal of sympathy with Anthony's frustrations. However, quoting Feynman is a bit risky, partly because he wasn't a psychologist, and partly because his views must be somewhat out of date as he is somewhat dead (25 years ago this year). Also, he is somewhat wrong - for example, in stating that psychological experiments don't get repeated. Anyway, none of this actually bears on the scientific status (or otherwise) of present day UK risk assessment.
There has actually been some respectable scientific investigation of risk assessment techniques. For example, a couple of studies have recently investigated the SARN, and demonstrated that the allegedly "dynamic" factors assessed do not have any predictive power over and above that of the static factors of the Risk Matrix 2000. In other words, if someone is assessed using the SARN, this cannot tell us anything at all about his risk before "treatment", his risk after "treatment", or any improvement during it. Therefore, assessments of alleged "unmet treatment needs" which depend upon the SARN are scientifically invalid. I have seen such an assessment successfully challenged in a parole hearing (the man was released) and am astonished that no one has apparently challenged it in the High Court. This is even more astonishing, because studies have been available for as long as 15 years showing that certain "risk factors" routinely assessed in sex offenders are in fact not risk factors at all. A 2005 study concluded: “Many of the variables commonly addressed in sex offender treatment programs (e.g., psychological distress, denial of sex crime, victim empathy, stated motivation for treatment) had little or no relationship with sexual or violent recidivism.” Yet people carry on as if nothing had happened.
Another practice which has been scientifically investigated, and shown to be invalid, is the practice of "adjusting" static risk assessments in the light of clinical information. For example, saying something like "the Risk Matrix 2000 says this man is low risk, but in the light of XYZ I would estimate his risk as medium". A number of studies have shown that altering a static risk assessment in this way reduces its accuracy. Always. This is mathematically inevitable, because clinical estimation of risk has been scientifically demonstrated to be very poor, and mixing a poor predictor with a better one reduces the overall accuracy to the level of the poor one. Static risk predictors are not fantastic, but they are about 65 to 70% accurate, which may sound impressive until you realise that you can get 50% accuracy by tossing a coin. Still, they do better than chance.
What worries me is that those doing the risk assessment seem very often not to be aware of how limited it is. They should be."
http://www.insidetime.org/articleview.asp?a=1515&c=the_nonsense_of_prison_psychology
SARN and SOTP useless: Official
https://sites.google.com/site/forpsychadvice/home/anns/sarnandsotpuselessofficial
The non-sense of prison psychology
"Anthony Boden uncovers the inconsistencies of a ‘pseudoscience’
I am a post-tariff IPP. Along with many others in the same position to say that I am frustrated by this sentence would be a gross understatement. My biggest complaint is the government-prescribed, psychological abuse delivered in the form of Offending Behaviour Programmes. There is no scientific basis behind OBPs, which are nothing more than psychological experiments. This country condemned the Nazi’s for conducting psychological experiments on prisoners during World War II, and yet we allow this travesty to continue upon our own shores and in our own prisons. Every intelligent being should ask themselves how this inexcusable position has arisen and what can be done to resolve the issue. I have already formulated my own theories, which I will explain with the help of some of the greatest minds in history.
It was Marie Curie who said, ‘Nothing in life is to be feared, only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that you may fear less ...’"
http://www.insidetime.org/articleview.asp?a=1515&c=the_nonsense_of_prison_psychology
*****
4/7/2013
"As a forensic (though not prison) psychologist, I have a great deal of sympathy with Anthony's frustrations. However, quoting Feynman is a bit risky, partly because he wasn't a psychologist, and partly because his views must be somewhat out of date as he is somewhat dead (25 years ago this year). Also, he is somewhat wrong - for example, in stating that psychological experiments don't get repeated. Anyway, none of this actually bears on the scientific status (or otherwise) of present day UK risk assessment.
There has actually been some respectable scientific investigation of risk assessment techniques. For example, a couple of studies have recently investigated the SARN, and demonstrated that the allegedly "dynamic" factors assessed do not have any predictive power over and above that of the static factors of the Risk Matrix 2000. In other words, if someone is assessed using the SARN, this cannot tell us anything at all about his risk before "treatment", his risk after "treatment", or any improvement during it. Therefore, assessments of alleged "unmet treatment needs" which depend upon the SARN are scientifically invalid. I have seen such an assessment successfully challenged in a parole hearing (the man was released) and am astonished that no one has apparently challenged it in the High Court. This is even more astonishing, because studies have been available for as long as 15 years showing that certain "risk factors" routinely assessed in sex offenders are in fact not risk factors at all. A 2005 study concluded: “Many of the variables commonly addressed in sex offender treatment programs (e.g., psychological distress, denial of sex crime, victim empathy, stated motivation for treatment) had little or no relationship with sexual or violent recidivism.” Yet people carry on as if nothing had happened.
Another practice which has been scientifically investigated, and shown to be invalid, is the practice of "adjusting" static risk assessments in the light of clinical information. For example, saying something like "the Risk Matrix 2000 says this man is low risk, but in the light of XYZ I would estimate his risk as medium". A number of studies have shown that altering a static risk assessment in this way reduces its accuracy. Always. This is mathematically inevitable, because clinical estimation of risk has been scientifically demonstrated to be very poor, and mixing a poor predictor with a better one reduces the overall accuracy to the level of the poor one. Static risk predictors are not fantastic, but they are about 65 to 70% accurate, which may sound impressive until you realise that you can get 50% accuracy by tossing a coin. Still, they do better than chance.
What worries me is that those doing the risk assessment seem very often not to be aware of how limited it is. They should be."
http://www.insidetime.org/articleview.asp?a=1515&c=the_nonsense_of_prison_psychology
SARN and SOTP useless: Official
https://sites.google.com/site/forpsychadvice/home/anns/sarnandsotpuselessofficial
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Alrighty Then, Now To Get It Applied To Every Complainant, In Court - If it Is So Reliable And Useful, And All
Monday 1 July 2013 19.05 BST
Lie detector [sic] tests set to be introduced to monitor sex offenders
"Politicians expected to approve law allowing compulsory polygraph tests of sex offenders released into community [well, of course they are].
MPs are expected to clear the way for the introduction of compulsory lie detector tests to monitor convicted sex offenders across England and Wales from next January.
The national rollout of US-style mandatory polygraph tests for serious sex offenders who have been released into the community after serving their prison sentence follows a successful pilot scheme. The trial was carried out from 2009-11 in two Midlands probation areas and found that offenders taking such tests were twice as likely to tell probation staff they had contacted a victim, entered an exclusion zone or otherwise breached terms of their release licence.
Continuing concerns about the reliability of the tests and misinterpretation of the results mean they still cannot be used in any court in England and Wales.
But it is expected that the compulsory polygraph tests will be used to monitor the behaviour of 750 of the most serious sex offenders, all of whom have been released into the community after serving a sentence of at least 12 months in jail ..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jul/01/lie-detector-tests-sex-offenders
Sex Offenders To Face Lie Detector Tests
http://news.sky.com/story/1110557/sex-offenders-to-face-lie-detector-tests
*****
"The whole process smacks of 20th century witchcraft."
U.S. Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985)
https://antipolygraph.org
*****
09.07.2013
Polygraph Screening for Sex Offenders: Bad Science, Even Worse Policy
"Of the many variations on Martin Niemoller’s famous ‘First they came for…’ speech I’ve seen kicking around the Internet none, so far as I can recall, has ever started with the line ‘First they came for the sex offenders ...”
http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2013/07/09/polygraph-screening-for-sex-offenders-bad-science-even-worse-policy/
*****
Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/16/199590/seeing-threats-feds-target-instructors.html#.Ug-353-RA1K
'Beat the lie detectors' trainer sentenced to 8 months in jail
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/09/polygraph_countermeasures_man_jailed
Eight months in prison for man who taught sex offenders, aspiring agents to trick lie detectors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/eight-months-in-prison-for-man-who-taught-sex-offenders-aspiring-agents-to-trick-lie-detectors/2013/09/06/6da0afa8-16f3-11e3-a2ec-b47e45e6f8ef_story.html
*****
Published: 31 July 2012
Sense About Lie Detectors
"Lie detectors have been around for nearly 100 years. Despite debates over their accuracy and the ethics and legality of their use, the public and professionals remain intrigued by them.
Lie detectors mainly consist of polygraphs, voice analysis or brain imaging. These technologies are different but three points are relevant to all:
>They are not accurate.
>They do not measure lies but rather something that could be a proxy for lies.
>They all rely on the deterrent effect (that is, fear of being caught lying)."
http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/resources/101/SA-lie-detectors-2012.pdf
http://www.senseaboutscience.org/resources.php/101/sense-about-lie-detectors
Lie detector [sic] tests set to be introduced to monitor sex offenders
"Politicians expected to approve law allowing compulsory polygraph tests of sex offenders released into community [well, of course they are].
MPs are expected to clear the way for the introduction of compulsory lie detector tests to monitor convicted sex offenders across England and Wales from next January.
The national rollout of US-style mandatory polygraph tests for serious sex offenders who have been released into the community after serving their prison sentence follows a successful pilot scheme. The trial was carried out from 2009-11 in two Midlands probation areas and found that offenders taking such tests were twice as likely to tell probation staff they had contacted a victim, entered an exclusion zone or otherwise breached terms of their release licence.
Continuing concerns about the reliability of the tests and misinterpretation of the results mean they still cannot be used in any court in England and Wales.
But it is expected that the compulsory polygraph tests will be used to monitor the behaviour of 750 of the most serious sex offenders, all of whom have been released into the community after serving a sentence of at least 12 months in jail ..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jul/01/lie-detector-tests-sex-offenders
Sex Offenders To Face Lie Detector Tests
http://news.sky.com/story/1110557/sex-offenders-to-face-lie-detector-tests
*****
"The whole process smacks of 20th century witchcraft."
U.S. Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985)
https://antipolygraph.org
*****
09.07.2013
Polygraph Screening for Sex Offenders: Bad Science, Even Worse Policy
"Of the many variations on Martin Niemoller’s famous ‘First they came for…’ speech I’ve seen kicking around the Internet none, so far as I can recall, has ever started with the line ‘First they came for the sex offenders ...”
http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2013/07/09/polygraph-screening-for-sex-offenders-bad-science-even-worse-policy/
*****
Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/16/199590/seeing-threats-feds-target-instructors.html#.Ug-353-RA1K
'Beat the lie detectors' trainer sentenced to 8 months in jail
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/09/polygraph_countermeasures_man_jailed
Eight months in prison for man who taught sex offenders, aspiring agents to trick lie detectors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/eight-months-in-prison-for-man-who-taught-sex-offenders-aspiring-agents-to-trick-lie-detectors/2013/09/06/6da0afa8-16f3-11e3-a2ec-b47e45e6f8ef_story.html
*****
Published: 31 July 2012
Sense About Lie Detectors
"Lie detectors have been around for nearly 100 years. Despite debates over their accuracy and the ethics and legality of their use, the public and professionals remain intrigued by them.
Lie detectors mainly consist of polygraphs, voice analysis or brain imaging. These technologies are different but three points are relevant to all:
>They are not accurate.
>They do not measure lies but rather something that could be a proxy for lies.
>They all rely on the deterrent effect (that is, fear of being caught lying)."
http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/resources/101/SA-lie-detectors-2012.pdf
http://www.senseaboutscience.org/resources.php/101/sense-about-lie-detectors
We Are Bringing Keyzsexyplace Back
Created on 06/28/2013 11:37 AM by Editor
Updated on 06/28/2013 01:14 PM by Editor
Were you accused of visiting Keyzsexyplace?
"David Stanley lost his life because of this web site. Hundreds of others have been ruined by it. During the failed Operation Ore High Court appeal in 2010, the police expert witness [Dr Nick Sharples] finally admitted that subscriptions to this web site were fraudulent. There is in existence an instruction to the police to ignore alleged subscribers to this web site.
If you were cautioned because of this site your reputation and career may be in ruins, because you are on the SOR and other police records.
Now is the time to fight back and recover your honour.
This is just one of the many loose bricks in the discredited edifice of Operation Ore, which ruined thousands. Despite official resistance, it is being slowly and painfully dismantled. The successes to date ..."
http://www.inquisition21.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=308
Message to those cautioned under Operation Ore
http://www.inquisition21.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=307
Updated on 06/28/2013 01:14 PM by Editor
Were you accused of visiting Keyzsexyplace?
"David Stanley lost his life because of this web site. Hundreds of others have been ruined by it. During the failed Operation Ore High Court appeal in 2010, the police expert witness [Dr Nick Sharples] finally admitted that subscriptions to this web site were fraudulent. There is in existence an instruction to the police to ignore alleged subscribers to this web site.
If you were cautioned because of this site your reputation and career may be in ruins, because you are on the SOR and other police records.
Now is the time to fight back and recover your honour.
This is just one of the many loose bricks in the discredited edifice of Operation Ore, which ruined thousands. Despite official resistance, it is being slowly and painfully dismantled. The successes to date ..."
http://www.inquisition21.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=308
Message to those cautioned under Operation Ore
http://www.inquisition21.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=307
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Fallacious?
Published: 10 hrs ago
Jeopardy law rapist gets life
"Coward ... rapist WB
A MAN who raped an OAP 16 years ago was jailed for life yesterday — after the double jeopardy law was overturned.
WB, 56, beat and raped a mum of one, 66, in her home in Stratford, East London, in 1997.
He was cleared in 1999 after a judge ruled DNA evidence against him could not be used against him.
Back then, a person could not be tried a second time for the same crime and builder B thought he had got away with it.
But changes to the law in 2005, to allow those cleared of a serious offence to be put on trial for the crime again, meant B could be retried for the rape.
Jurors at London’s Old Bailey were told a one-in-a-billion DNA match linked the grandfather of six, of Walthamstow, to the attack.
Coward B refused to come up from the cells to be sentenced.
Ordering he serve a minimum 10½years, Judge Peter Rook said he had committed a crime of “extreme violence and depravity”.
B beat his victim so badly she was unrecognisable. She died in 2002. Her family said: “She never got over it.”"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4989218/Jeopardy-law-rapist-gets-life-in-prison-after-being-originally-cleared-in-1999.html
*****
Prosecutor's fallacy
"The prosecutor's fallacy is a fallacy of statistical reasoning, typically used by the prosecution to argue for the guilt of a defendant during a criminal trial. Although it is named after prosecutors it is not specific to them, and some variants of the fallacy can be utilized by defence lawyers arguing for the innocence of their client.
At its heart the fallacy involves assuming that the prior probability of a random match is equal to the probability that the defendant is innocent.
For instance, if a perpetrator is known to have the same blood type as a defendant and 10% of the population share that blood type; then to argue on that basis alone that the probability of the defendant being guilty is 90% makes the prosecutors's fallacy, in a very simple form.
The terms "prosecutor's fallacy" and "defense attorney's fallacy" were originated by William C. Thompson and Edward Schumann in the 1987 article Interpretation of Statistical Evidence in Criminal Trials, subtitled The Prosecutor's Fallacy and the Defense Attorney's Fallacy.
The fallacy can arise from multiple testing, such as when evidence is compared against a large database. The size of the database elevates the likelihood of finding a match by pure chance alone; i.e., DNA evidence is soundest when a match is found after a single directed comparison because the existence of matches against a large database where the test sample is of poor quality may be less unlikely by mere chance.
The basic fallacy results from misunderstanding conditional probability and neglecting the prior odds of a defendant being guilty before that evidence was introduced.
When a prosecutor has collected some evidence (for instance a DNA match) and has an expert testify that the probability of finding this evidence if the accused were innocent is tiny, the fallacy occurs if it is concluded that the probability of the accused being innocent must be comparably tiny.
If the DNA match is used to confirm guilt which is otherwise suspected then it is indeed strong evidence. However if the DNA evidence is the sole evidence against the accused and the accused was picked out of a large database of DNA profiles, the odds of the match being made at random may be reduced, and less damaging to the defendant.
The odds in this scenario do not relate to the odds of being guilty, they relate to the odds of being picked at random."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor's_fallacy
The Prosecutor’s Fallacy
http://buchanan.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/the-prosecutors-fallacy/?_r=0
Jeopardy law rapist gets life
"Coward ... rapist WB
A MAN who raped an OAP 16 years ago was jailed for life yesterday — after the double jeopardy law was overturned.
WB, 56, beat and raped a mum of one, 66, in her home in Stratford, East London, in 1997.
He was cleared in 1999 after a judge ruled DNA evidence against him could not be used against him.
Back then, a person could not be tried a second time for the same crime and builder B thought he had got away with it.
But changes to the law in 2005, to allow those cleared of a serious offence to be put on trial for the crime again, meant B could be retried for the rape.
Jurors at London’s Old Bailey were told a one-in-a-billion DNA match linked the grandfather of six, of Walthamstow, to the attack.
Coward B refused to come up from the cells to be sentenced.
Ordering he serve a minimum 10½years, Judge Peter Rook said he had committed a crime of “extreme violence and depravity”.
B beat his victim so badly she was unrecognisable. She died in 2002. Her family said: “She never got over it.”"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4989218/Jeopardy-law-rapist-gets-life-in-prison-after-being-originally-cleared-in-1999.html
*****
Prosecutor's fallacy
"The prosecutor's fallacy is a fallacy of statistical reasoning, typically used by the prosecution to argue for the guilt of a defendant during a criminal trial. Although it is named after prosecutors it is not specific to them, and some variants of the fallacy can be utilized by defence lawyers arguing for the innocence of their client.
At its heart the fallacy involves assuming that the prior probability of a random match is equal to the probability that the defendant is innocent.
For instance, if a perpetrator is known to have the same blood type as a defendant and 10% of the population share that blood type; then to argue on that basis alone that the probability of the defendant being guilty is 90% makes the prosecutors's fallacy, in a very simple form.
The terms "prosecutor's fallacy" and "defense attorney's fallacy" were originated by William C. Thompson and Edward Schumann in the 1987 article Interpretation of Statistical Evidence in Criminal Trials, subtitled The Prosecutor's Fallacy and the Defense Attorney's Fallacy.
The fallacy can arise from multiple testing, such as when evidence is compared against a large database. The size of the database elevates the likelihood of finding a match by pure chance alone; i.e., DNA evidence is soundest when a match is found after a single directed comparison because the existence of matches against a large database where the test sample is of poor quality may be less unlikely by mere chance.
The basic fallacy results from misunderstanding conditional probability and neglecting the prior odds of a defendant being guilty before that evidence was introduced.
When a prosecutor has collected some evidence (for instance a DNA match) and has an expert testify that the probability of finding this evidence if the accused were innocent is tiny, the fallacy occurs if it is concluded that the probability of the accused being innocent must be comparably tiny.
If the DNA match is used to confirm guilt which is otherwise suspected then it is indeed strong evidence. However if the DNA evidence is the sole evidence against the accused and the accused was picked out of a large database of DNA profiles, the odds of the match being made at random may be reduced, and less damaging to the defendant.
The odds in this scenario do not relate to the odds of being guilty, they relate to the odds of being picked at random."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor's_fallacy
The Prosecutor’s Fallacy
http://buchanan.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/the-prosecutors-fallacy/?_r=0
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
When A Few Anecdotes Sell More BS
24 Jun 2013 12:27
Inside the mind of a murderer: Forensic psychology expert reveals key tools to solving crime
"DR Kathy Charles explains how analysing what's going on in suspect's head gives psychologists vital clues in the approach to securing a conviction.
Dr Kathy Charles has studied hundreds of brutal cases
UNDERSTANDING what makes a person commit murder or a sex crime is never an easy task but forensic psychologist Dr Kathy Charles knows exactly how their minds work [hahahahaha].
She has worked alongside police to profile criminals and dedicates her time to helping young offenders understand the reasoning behind their actions.
Now Dr Charles, 34, from Edinburgh, is passing on her expert knowledge to Scotland’s next generation of forensic psychologists. She is set to host a series of fascinating lectures detailing her experiences on a number of cases.
She said: “I’ve always wanted to know why some people commit crimes and others don’t.
“It’s important to know how the mind works, especially if the focus of a police investigation is a serial killer, rapist or stalker.
“I worked on profiling Ipswich prostitute murderer Steve Wright and have profiled rapists and stalkers, too.
“Committing the offence is one thing but understanding why is completely different.
“That’s where logic [hahahahahahaha] comes in and I often say it’s like piecing a jigsaw together.
“In some cases there is no obvious suspect and that’s where profiling becomes useful.
“By looking at the type of crime, the way it happened and the timeline, you can profile the type of person likely [figures?] to be responsible.
“In many cases [and there lies the proof of your errors - mere chance], when the suspect is caught the profile is almost spot-on.”"
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/inside-mind-murderer-forensic-psychology-1987828
*****
Dr Kathy Charles
http://www.napier.ac.uk/fhlss/slsss/staff/pages/kathy_charles.aspx
http://napier.academia.edu/KathyCharles
http://www.beltanenetwork.org/discover-beltane/fellowship-programme/beltane-fellows/dr-kathy-charles/
Facebook stress linked to number of ‘friends’
http://www.napier.ac.uk/media/Pages/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=187
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12479660
Inside the mind of a murderer: Forensic psychology expert reveals key tools to solving crime
"DR Kathy Charles explains how analysing what's going on in suspect's head gives psychologists vital clues in the approach to securing a conviction.
Dr Kathy Charles has studied hundreds of brutal cases
UNDERSTANDING what makes a person commit murder or a sex crime is never an easy task but forensic psychologist Dr Kathy Charles knows exactly how their minds work [hahahahaha].
She has worked alongside police to profile criminals and dedicates her time to helping young offenders understand the reasoning behind their actions.
Now Dr Charles, 34, from Edinburgh, is passing on her expert knowledge to Scotland’s next generation of forensic psychologists. She is set to host a series of fascinating lectures detailing her experiences on a number of cases.
She said: “I’ve always wanted to know why some people commit crimes and others don’t.
“It’s important to know how the mind works, especially if the focus of a police investigation is a serial killer, rapist or stalker.
“I worked on profiling Ipswich prostitute murderer Steve Wright and have profiled rapists and stalkers, too.
“Committing the offence is one thing but understanding why is completely different.
“That’s where logic [hahahahahahaha] comes in and I often say it’s like piecing a jigsaw together.
“In some cases there is no obvious suspect and that’s where profiling becomes useful.
“By looking at the type of crime, the way it happened and the timeline, you can profile the type of person likely [figures?] to be responsible.
“In many cases [and there lies the proof of your errors - mere chance], when the suspect is caught the profile is almost spot-on.”"
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/inside-mind-murderer-forensic-psychology-1987828
*****
Dr Kathy Charles
http://www.napier.ac.uk/fhlss/slsss/staff/pages/kathy_charles.aspx
http://napier.academia.edu/KathyCharles
http://www.beltanenetwork.org/discover-beltane/fellowship-programme/beltane-fellows/dr-kathy-charles/
Facebook stress linked to number of ‘friends’
http://www.napier.ac.uk/media/Pages/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=187
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12479660
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
The Viral Nature Of Online Hate Makes Legal Policing An Unrealistic Challenge
26 Mar 2013
Police forces need to face social media challenges
"Social media experts should work with police forces across the UK in ‘hubs’ to help the service grapple with new issues, a new report has claimed.
“Social media use is likely to continue to grow and, on balance, the advantages of social media use by the police far outweigh the disadvantages.”"
http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=16023
Police forces need to face social media challenges
"Social media experts should work with police forces across the UK in ‘hubs’ to help the service grapple with new issues, a new report has claimed.
“Social media use is likely to continue to grow and, on balance, the advantages of social media use by the police far outweigh the disadvantages.”"
http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=16023
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Reinforces Social Group Divisions And Perpetuates Essentialist Stereotypes
13 March, 2013
SpotOn NYC: Communication and the brain – Don’t Worry, It’s Science: There’s A Brain Scan
"When writing about anything pertaining to psychology or human nature, people love nothing more than a brain image lit up like a Christmas tree. These omnipresent images have been mockingly termed “brain porn”, defined by journalist Alissa Quart as a “willingness to accept seemingly neuroscientific explanations for nearly everything.”
According to a team of British scientists led by Cliodhna O’Connor, many popular science articles will include “logically irrelevant neuroscience information” intended to “imbue an argument with authoritative, scientific credibility” (McCabe & Castel, 2008; O’Connor et al., 2012). You might see scientists or science writers displaying neuroimaging data as proof that their claims are objective or real."
http://www.nature.com/spoton/2013/03/spoton-nyc-communication-and-the-brain-dont-worry-its-science-theres-a-brain-scan/
The Brain Scan Image and the Dangers of Brain Porn
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-brain-scan-image-and-the-dangers-of-brain-porn
25 March 2013
Brain scans predict which criminals are more likely to reoffend
"Neuroimaging 'biomarker' linked to rearrest after incarceration
Activity in a particular region of the cortex could tell whether a convict is likely to get in trouble again.
In a twist that evokes the dystopian science fiction of writer Philip K. Dick, neuroscientists have found a way to predict whether convicted felons are likely to commit crimes again from looking at their brain scans. Convicts showing low activity in a brain region associated with decision-making and action are more likely to be arrested again, and sooner."
http://www.nature.com/news/brain-scans-predict-which-criminals-are-more-likely-to-reoffend-1.12672
03.26.13 3:40 PM
Brain Scans Predict Which Criminals Are Most Likely to Reoffend
"Brain scans of convicted felons can predict which ones are most likely to get arrested after they get out of prison, scientists have found in a study of 96 male offenders.
“It’s the first time brain scans have been used to predict recidivism,” said neuroscientist Kent Kiehl of the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who led the new study. Even so, Kiehl and others caution that the method is nowhere near ready to be used in real-life decisions about sentencing or parole."
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/brain-scans-predict-which-criminals-will-reoffend/
SpotOn NYC: Communication and the brain – Don’t Worry, It’s Science: There’s A Brain Scan
"When writing about anything pertaining to psychology or human nature, people love nothing more than a brain image lit up like a Christmas tree. These omnipresent images have been mockingly termed “brain porn”, defined by journalist Alissa Quart as a “willingness to accept seemingly neuroscientific explanations for nearly everything.”
According to a team of British scientists led by Cliodhna O’Connor, many popular science articles will include “logically irrelevant neuroscience information” intended to “imbue an argument with authoritative, scientific credibility” (McCabe & Castel, 2008; O’Connor et al., 2012). You might see scientists or science writers displaying neuroimaging data as proof that their claims are objective or real."
http://www.nature.com/spoton/2013/03/spoton-nyc-communication-and-the-brain-dont-worry-its-science-theres-a-brain-scan/
The Brain Scan Image and the Dangers of Brain Porn
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-brain-scan-image-and-the-dangers-of-brain-porn
25 March 2013
Brain scans predict which criminals are more likely to reoffend
"Neuroimaging 'biomarker' linked to rearrest after incarceration
Activity in a particular region of the cortex could tell whether a convict is likely to get in trouble again.
In a twist that evokes the dystopian science fiction of writer Philip K. Dick, neuroscientists have found a way to predict whether convicted felons are likely to commit crimes again from looking at their brain scans. Convicts showing low activity in a brain region associated with decision-making and action are more likely to be arrested again, and sooner."
http://www.nature.com/news/brain-scans-predict-which-criminals-are-more-likely-to-reoffend-1.12672
03.26.13 3:40 PM
Brain Scans Predict Which Criminals Are Most Likely to Reoffend
"Brain scans of convicted felons can predict which ones are most likely to get arrested after they get out of prison, scientists have found in a study of 96 male offenders.
“It’s the first time brain scans have been used to predict recidivism,” said neuroscientist Kent Kiehl of the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who led the new study. Even so, Kiehl and others caution that the method is nowhere near ready to be used in real-life decisions about sentencing or parole."
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/brain-scans-predict-which-criminals-will-reoffend/
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Snooping Through Our Entire Lives, Not So Much
3/5/2013 2:19pm
The technology used to catch a Catholic deacon’s child porn
http://americablog.com/2013/03/catholic-deacon-arrested-for-child-porn.html
Mar 5 2013, 4:51pm GMTST
Updated: How Verizon found child pornography in its cloud
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/how-verizon-found-a-child-pornographer-in-its-cloud/
Man arrested for child porn in cloud; viewing on iPad
http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3433213&olo=rss
Undercover child porn sting: Six arrested in Hillsborough County
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_hillsborough/undercover-child-porn-sting-six-arrested-in-hillsborough-county
The technology used to catch a Catholic deacon’s child porn
http://americablog.com/2013/03/catholic-deacon-arrested-for-child-porn.html
Mar 5 2013, 4:51pm GMTST
Updated: How Verizon found child pornography in its cloud
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/how-verizon-found-a-child-pornographer-in-its-cloud/
Man arrested for child porn in cloud; viewing on iPad
http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3433213&olo=rss
Undercover child porn sting: Six arrested in Hillsborough County
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_hillsborough/undercover-child-porn-sting-six-arrested-in-hillsborough-county
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