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IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
Community Policing: Lessons From Four Cities A new study reviews the experience of cities in Brazil, Colombia and Guatemala. |
IDB America March 2002 Daniel Drosdoff |
Prompt justice Venezuela undertakes a sweeping reform of its courts... |
IDB America November 2002 |
IDB supports judicial reform in Honduras The IDB approved a $30 million soft loan that will support the second phase of a program to modernize the administration of justice in Honduras. |
Salon.com April 14, 2001 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Cincinnati's killer cops Black leaders want the feds to investigate the city's trigger-happy police. They shouldn't hold their breath... |
CIO July 1, 2001 Beth Stackpole |
To Catch a Thief CIOs are moving integrated criminal justice systems to the top of the priority list. But even with political support, funding is problematic... |
IDB America August 2003 Paul Constance |
Your court or mine? A primer on differences between inquisitorial and adversarial trials |
IDB America June 2004 Mayra Buvinic |
Against the Odds Bogota proves that violence prevention can work, even in the toughest settings. |
Popular Mechanics February 18, 2010 Tyghe Trimble |
Can Sophisticated Mathematical Models Help Police Fight Crime? Is it possible to predict crimes from studying human behavior? A new paper from researchers at the University of California shows how mathematical modeling may soon lead to truly predictive police work. |
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 David Murphy |
Fighting Crime in Real Time In one technological shot, the NYPD is solving its two biggest problems: paper and perpetrators. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
IDB America Jul/Aug 2000 Paul Constance |
Police we deserve How one city reversed a rising spiral of crime and restored public trust in law enforcement... |
Salon.com November 1, 2000 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Killer cops The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues... |
Salon.com June 27, 2002 Robert Capps |
Crime without punishment Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People Take Back Their Plaza In the barrios of Bogota, a unique type of neighborhood watch is improving security and making police work more effective. |
Job Journal October 28, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication. |
IDB America July 2004 Charo Quesada |
Citizen Auditors Bogota asks taxpayers to take responsibility for overseeing how the municipality spends its money. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Sweet & Cass |
How to Fight Crime in Real Time New York City's Real Time Crime Center enables officers to extract information from integrated databases and send it immediately to investigators in the field. Displays are tailored to the situation at hand. |
CRM November 1, 2007 Graham Dawson |
Policing Better Data A U.K. police department relies on Informatica to handcuff dirty data. |
Reason October 2001 Rhys Southan |
DNA on Demand Scotland's Strathclyde Police don't blink twice when it comes to slighting privacy for crime detection. In March, Scotland's largest police department announced that officers would take DNA samples from everyone they arrest, no matter how minor the crime... |
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Rebecca Trager |
Massachusetts crime lab scandal explodes The arrest of another forensic lab chemist has prosecutors scrambling to check drug cases she worked on. |
National Defense October 2009 Tessa Gellerson |
Law Enforcement Needs Guidance To Root Out Terrorist Plots, Says Report Good old fashioned police work has been far more effective in thwarting terrorist plots than high-tech data mining schemes. |
IDB America May 2003 |
IDB supports judicial oversight in Colombia The IDB approved a $14 million loan to strengthen the judicial office in charge of oversight and discipline of public agencies in Colombia. |
Chemistry World January 27, 2015 Maria Burke |
Fears for forensic quality in England and Wales There is a real danger of forensic science standards slipping in the UK, according to a report from the National Audit Office. Concerns include a lack of transparency in police spending and a regulator that is virtually powerless. |
Searcher September 2003 Kenneth Fink |
Criminology Web Sites: An Annotated "Webliography" This list may serve as an introduction to the many Web sites devoted to both the prosaic and exotic in the field of criminology. |
ifeminists January 6, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Prosecutor Grandstanding Undermines Justice If the goal in a rape trial, like any other law enforcement action, is to protect the innocent, the obvious solution is to name neither party until after a trial verdict. But police and prosecutors do not advocate this remedy. |
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Police Want Unpiloted Aircraft for Routine Tasks, Not Snooping, Former Chief Asserts Police departments would probably use them for more routine tasks, said Donald Shinnamon, a business development executive at UAV-maker Institu Inc., and one-time chair of the aviation committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. |
AskMen.com |
To Protect, But Not To Serve Columbus, Ohio city council members are hearing complaints that police officers are saying citizens who are fed up with crime in their neighborhoods should move out. |
CIO February 15, 2004 Richard Pastore |
Taking IT to the Street How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner. |
InternetNews September 22, 2009 |
Canada Uses IBM BI Software to Fight Crime Edmonton police are the latest to use business intelligence apps to identify crime hot spots. |
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft Talks Data Tools for Law Enforcement Taking a page from its business intelligence and enterprise collaboration tools, Microsoft releases a suite of data-sharing and analysis software for law enforcement agencies |
Salon.com July 10, 2002 Karin Halperin |
Black-and-blue in ones and zeros Digital photography is revolutionizing the prosecution of domestic violence cases. |
Fast Company September 2004 Keith H. Hammonds |
"Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It." A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force. |
Salon.com July 9, 2001 David Horowitz |
Cops are not to blame Who is responsible for the recent killings of blacks in Cincinnati? Liberals and "civil rights" crusaders... |
Mother Jones Nov/Dec 2001 Julie Wakefield |
A Face in the Crowd Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops? |
National Defense March 2009 Magnuson & Rusling |
Noted Police Chief Slams Federal-Local Partnerships The man who led the local police response to the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon hopes the new administration does a better job of coordinating counterterrorism efforts with local law enforcement. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Driving While Armed The ACLU defends gun rights. |
Reason June 2002 Jesse Walker |
Policing Dissent Political spying rears its ugly head in Denver... |
Chemistry World July 12, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
GSK under investigation over corruption in China Chinese police are investigating GlaxoSmithKline over claims of bribery and tax-related crimes. |
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Fresno Cops to Get Broadband Wireless IBM will build a next-generation communications system for real-time images and communications. |
AskMen.com |
Crime: A Family Thing? Although its legality has not been tested in court, a growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide are considering whether to adopt a technique that entails looking through the database for a near-match rather than an exact match. |
IDB America May 2005 Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
Proven Tactics for the War on Corruption International experts trade tips on fighting fraud and abuse in the public sector. |
CRM October 2010 Koa Beck |
To Predict and Serve Predictive analytics helps a police department make better use of limited resources. |
ifeminists December 2, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Media Fails Public in Jackson Case Should the public pass judgment on Michael Jackson's recent arrest for child molestation? Or should he be "innocent until proven guilty"? |
National Defense May 2009 Magnuson & Rusling |
First Responders: To Fight Terror, Cross-Training Needed First responders should be trained to deal with a myriad of emergencies, from nuclear to biological attack. |
IDB America October 2002 Daniel Drosdoff |
A different way to rebuild When Colombia set out to rebuild its coffee-growing region, the government let civil society take the lead. |
Salon.com July 26, 2000 Valeria Russ |
My son loves cops How and when do I tell him about Amadou Diallo? |
Salon.com September 29, 2000 Sarah Ferguson |
Keeping an eye on protesters International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists... |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Susan Berfield |
Bill Bratton, Globocop He tamed crime in New York and Los Angeles. Next stop... Kabul? |
Salon.com October 19, 2000 Ashley Fantz |
Fatal mistake In a outrageous example of police incompetence, cops burst into the wrong home during a drug raid and kill an elderly African-American man... |