News tagged with offence
US experts call for rethink of trend to bar smokers from employment
Jan 22, 2009 |
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The increasing trend for employers, particularly in the US, to bar smokers from applying for jobs or staying in post should be stopped, until the appropriateness of such policies has been properly evaluated, argue experts ...
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Seriously ill Briton wins landmark ruling on assisted suicide
Jul 30, 2009 |
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A British multiple sclerosis sufferer won a landmark victory Thursday in her long-running legal battle to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
Dutch court orders Pirate Bay to remove links
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A Dutch court Thursday ordered Sweden's The Pirate Bay filesharing website to remove links to works of members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group.
Legislation restricting Internet access
Aug 15, 2009 |
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Laws aimed at tackling illegal use of wireless internet connections are restricting attempts to increase broadband access, according to research published today.
How do filicide offenders differ from other murderers?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 29, 2009 |
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People who commit filicide, the killing of their own child, are no more psychotically disordered than other homicide offenders. Research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry has shown that prevention of fil ...
Female sex offenders often have mental problems
May 14, 2008 |
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Women who commit sexual offences are just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals. This according to the largest study ever conducted of women convicted of sexual offences in ...
South African epidemic of schoolboy sexual abuse
Jul 29, 2008 |
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By the age of 18 years, two in every five South African schoolboys report being forced to have sex, mostly by female perpetrators. A new study, reported in BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal for Eq ...
Stranger homicide by people with schizophrenia is rare -- and unpredictable
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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International study led by Sydney researchers shows homicides of strangers by people with schizophrenia are exceptionally rare and unpredictable events
Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.
Sex offenders register provides limited protection for children
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Jun 11, 2008 |
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The UK's Sex Offenders Register is failing to protect vulnerable children, according to a psychologist at the University of Liverpool.
Scientist Claims Most Accurate Speed Detector
Oct 13, 2007 |
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A scientist has won a court battle over a speeding ticket using a speed detector he invented, which may soon be available on a commercial basis.
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