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Sex Offenders:74 percent of contacted minors met internet sex offenders

December 10, 2009

Gentlereaders: There is widespread speculation regarding child sex predators on the internet. Some of the accounts seem to be purely sensational and exploitative.
The Library of Congress just released (October, 2009) a bibliography and summation of the research. While not speaking for the Library of Congress, please note that methodologically correct (well done) research can still [...]

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Social Media and the Murder of Four Police Officers

December 3, 2009

Gentlereaders: The article below addresses the use of Google Wave and other aspects of social media by the Seattle Times to apprehend the shooter of four Seattle police officers. Google Wave is essentially a community-wide message board in real time.  
What this says is that media is searching for new tools in a diminished capacity (See Washington [...]

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Sex Offender Tracking–Can States Keep Up?

November 23, 2009

Dear readers: This article from the Washington Post is a continuation of news coverage detailing growing complexities of justice administration coupled with severe budget difficulties in 35 of the 50 states. At what point do the “complexities” simply overwhelm the capacities of states to deal with crime issues?
Crime in America.Net staff.
Violator registry is growing as tech-savvy [...]

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Criminal Offenders on the Internet and Social Media Sites-DC Public Safety

November 22, 2009

Http://media.csosa.gov –See Radio Shows
Welcome to DC Public Safety–Blog, radio, television shows and transcripts on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.
We now average 228,000 requests per month.
We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.
The show interviews Shannon Blalock, Parole and Probation Officer for the Kentucky Department of Corrections-Parole and [...]

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Criminal Offenders on the Internet and Social Media Sites

November 16, 2009

DC Public Safety–230,000 Requests a Month
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments

 
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Welcome to DC Public Safety–radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.
See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 228,000 requests [...]

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Government Video Website of the Week: DC Public Safety

July 21, 2009

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The (Washington, D.C.) Court Services and Offender Supervision agency (what’s normally called Probation and Parole in most jurisdictions) is using media to not just get the word out about what it does, but also to get the job done.
The agency has been making TV and radio for four years. But in the last few years, [...]

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