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Restorative justice: would you face your offender?
IN THE UK, 775 homes are broken into and half of the offenders come out of prison and strike again (UK Crime Statistics).
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Channel 4’s Top Boy: On top of its game?
CHANNEL 4 HAS ANNOUNCED the return of Top Boy – a four-part gripping drama on inner city youth gang culture. The successful first series is leading to a second four-part production due next year. But the first run failed to reflect a gaping hole in society: the dismantled relationship between youths and authorities.
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Court Reporting: Nothing but the truth
WATCHING THE START of the Stephen Lawrence trial, plus a murder trial with a recording of someone killed with a red hot poker, brought the crime world too close for (dis)comfort.
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English riots: Hundreds of rioters roaming free
PANORAMA’S INSIDE THE RIOTS reported that hundreds of culprits from August’s England riots are yet to be caught by police.
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Kaleidoscopic India by artist Natasha Kumar
Coca-doodle-do “IN INDIA, IF IT STAYS STILL long enough to be painted, it will be…” says Natasha Kumar, a distinguished UK-born artist who has explored and depicted her Indian heritage using her creative talent.
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World population 7 billion and counting. So where’s the worst place to be living?
The United Nations estimated that on 31 October, the global population reached 7 billion. So in such a packed out world, where’s the worst part we could be living in?
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Teach a man to fish: Can aid restrict a country’s ability to grow?
AS THE ANCIENT CHINESE proverb goes, “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” Are the effects of huge fundraising efforts temporary? Does aid actually help or hinder?
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Former News of the World employee asks: What if phone hacking produces positive results?
Bob Satchwell – the Executive Director of the Society of Editors and a former assistant editor at News of the World– asked two thought-provoking questions in a talk at the University of Westminster yesterday, that may be on the minds of many but voiced by few: What if, as a result of Milly Dowler’s phone being hacked, she had been found…
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Smooth Criminals: The sophisticated tiger trade
The tiger trade is one of the largest criminal networks in the world, fetching around $10 billion a year. Comparatively, the cocaine trade is worth $70 billion, placing the two infamous industries on a similar scale. The tiger parts trade is extremely complex and highly sophisticated, making it a tricky trade to understand and eradicate. And…
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Chocolate Unwrapped this Weekend: From farming to flavours
EXCUSE ME WHILE I find my way out of the mound of chocolate I am buried under right now. Chocolate Week was seven days of pure indulgence, culminating this weekend with the Chocolate Unwrapped event.
Monica Sarkar 