'Tough moves' against knife crime
11766
People carrying knives illegally in Northern Ireland could face tough new penalties, the government warns.
576122
TORONTO (CP) - The fatal stabbing of a young man trying to eject unwanted party guests from his family home, the third such knifing in just weeks, has police worried about a potentially fatal holiday recipe: teens, alcohol and knives.
417246
The Scottish Conservative Party issues a call for reforms to the bail system in a bid to crack down on knife crime.
412052
Police have been questioning a man in connection with a spree of knife attacks, which killed one person and seriously injured five others just days before Christmas.
447693
A new study challenges conventional wisdom,  suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.
554449
School policies on knives and drugs are to be reviewed following the Jodi Jones murder trial.
632123
A new study challenges conventional wisdom, suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.
156290
A special operation to try to halt the rise in teenage murders is announced by the Head of the Metropolitan Police.
315160
The fear of gun and knife crime affects people across the UK, even those in rural areas, reports a think tank.
154319
Knife amnesties have no real impact on reducing knife crime, a Met Police report obtained by the BBC says.
288988
Tony Blair is set to announce measures aimed at tackling the wave of gun crime sweeping British cities.Comment
552243
New measures to fight crime, terror and drugs are at the heart of the UK Government's plans for the next year.
258788
By Michael Fitzgerald, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 23--Imagine police announcing a new crime-fighting strategy: Instead of patrolling, they will send all citizens a checklist allowing them to "self-certify" they are law-abiding.
62426
A raft of new measures to tackle violent crime is to be announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
185521
U.K. prosecutors have received guidance on interpreting amendments to a&#160;computer crime law&#160;that introduce stronger penalties for computer hacking.A six-page document published on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) gives prosecutors pointers for handling offenses under soon-to-change provisions of the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990.The amendments were passed into law in November 2006 but have not yet come into force. The changes are designed to strengthen the government&#39;s ability to prosecute and punish hackers, and increase penalties for accessing systems without authorization.Computer security professionals have expressed concern&#160;about the drafting of the changes, however.The most-discussed change, contained in Section 3A of the CMA, makes it illegal for someone to create an application that is &quot;likely&quot; to be used for hacking. But the precise definition of &quot;likely&quot; has prompted fears the law could potentially target those undertaking activities such as penetration testing.According to the CPS document, prosecutors should look at what an application does and who its creator thought would use it. Conditions to consider would be whether the hacking tool was given to a &quot;closed and vetted list of IT security professionals or was posted openly,&quot; CPS said.Prosecutors should also find out whether the tool has a legitimate purpose, if it has a large installation base and whether it&#39;s commercially sold.Some applications will &quot;have a dual use, and prosecutors need to ascertain that the subject has a criminal intent,&quot; CPS said. Possession of a program is not enough to prosecute, it said.Computer security researchers &quot;might find some comfort in this guidance&quot; since criminal intent must be demonstrated, said Struan Robertson, senior associate with law firm Pinsent Masons.The guidance is generally acceptable, wrote Richard Clayton, a computer scientist at the University of Cambridge, on his blog. But using the criterion of whether a hacking program is available for sale ignores the fact that much software is free, Clayton said.On another issue, the document also clarifies what constitutes unauthorized access to a computer, a crime under Section 1 of the amended CMA. The defendant must know that the intended access wasn&#39;t permitted, and prosecutors must show that the person intended to improperly access information from the computer.&#160;
390885
South Yorkshire Police has commissioned a mini film to raise awareness of the dangers of gun and knife crime.   Gameover is being uploaded onto youth websites including You Tube, Google Video and MySpace as part of the force's 'Guns and Knives Take Lives' drive.
35283
Schools in England are given the legal right to search pupils who are suspected of carrying knives.