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Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP)...
“‘Surveillance society’ centre launches at Stirling University” BBC See also Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy
View ArticleUse of aerial cameras (drones) for surveillance under discussion
Update “Rise of drones in UK airspace prompts civil liberties warning” Guardian Following posted on 30.3.10 “Sneaky flying spy cameras provoke civil liberty fears” Express “Skyway patrol” Scottish Sun...
View ArticlePolice use of social networking sites
Update “‘Mmmmm doughnuts’ — Tayside Police defend Twitter efforts despite chequered start” Courier Following posted on 29.10.12 “Campaigners’ fear as every cop gets smartphone in twitter drive”...
View ArticleBig Brother Watch publishes report on CCTV costs by local authority
“Council blasted for refusing CCTV cameras at Greenock prison to combat crime” Daily Record Following posted on 21.2.12 “Campaigners slam ‘out of control surveillance culture’ as councils spend £515m...
View ArticleCourier series on ‘Big Brother Society’ this week
“Big Brother Society – call for new focus on cost of CCTV” Courier Following posted on 6.11.12 “Sheriff should ‘do a Secret Millionaire’ to get handle on anti-social behaviour” Courier “Big Brother...
View Article‘Sobriety tag’ pilot discussed at VRU conference
Update “Sobriety tag bid to curb drunken crime in Scotland” Daily Express Following posted on 21.8.11 “Gangbusters will force thugs to wear booze band if they want to stay out of jail” Sunday Mail See...
View ArticleFilming Police
“Police officers probed after being accused of grabbing mobile phones from people trying to film them” Daily Record “Police officer under investigation for smashing man’s mobile phone after wrongly...
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Extraordinary rendition and Scotland: some headlines 2005 to present
Update “Prestwick Airport “crucial staging post” in rendition and torture” The Firm Magazine “CIA rendition report author believes UK could face human rights court” Guardian “Rendition: How 54 nations...
View ArticlePolice Investigations and Review Commissioner replaces Police Complaints...
Update “Former officers dominate at new police watchdog” Sunday Herald “Ensuring trust in police watchdog” Sunday Herald Following posted on 14.2.13 “Police watchdog chief appointed” Herald Following...
View ArticleEvidence, research and the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act: first year...
Update “Professor: football fans need list of songs that pass sectarian law” Herald “Clash over sectarianism law one year on” Law Society Journal Online “New legislation helps tackle sectarianism”...
View ArticleScotsman critical of proliferation of CCTV
“Rise of CCTV in ‘Big Brother’ Scotland” Scotsman “Time for a check on the industry of CCTV” Scotsman
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Police stop and search and knife crime
Update “Stop and search powers to be used to catch knife carriers” Courier “Police set to stop and search people in a bid to cut knife crime across Scotland” Daily Record “Police Scotland stop and...
View ArticleGlasgow, CCTV and the future cities demonstrator
“Glasgow to install 400 hi-tech security cameras in move council chiefs say will make city ‘smarter and safer” Daily Record “Glasgow to get new CCTV system to prevent bridge suicides” Evening Times...
View ArticleOperation Rubicon: Strathclyde Police phone hacking and perjury inquiry
Update “Law at a crawl: The slow process of justice has become a punishment in itself” Scottish Review Following posted on 5.7.12 “Aamer Anwar on Rubicon and Leveson” The Firm Magazine Following posted...
View ArticleMacAskill on responses to Woolwich murder: terrorism
“All extremism will be fought, says Scotland’s Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill in the wake of Lee Rigby’s murder” Daily Record “MacAskill: Scotland will not allow terrorism to win” Scotsman Attended...
View ArticlePolice Scotland and the press: Sunday Mail on investigation of ‘whistleblowers’
“Mail Opinion: A chilling threat to a free press” Daily Record “Top cops probe councillors to try to find sources of Sunday Mail reports that embarrassed police chiefs” Daily Record
View ArticleAberdeen (and Glasgow) begging policy: criminalisation debate
Update “Aberdeen begging by-law consultation backed” BBC “Councillors expected to back by-law banning begging in city centre” STV Following posted on 6.8.13 “Patrick Harvie: Glasgow Commonwealth Games...
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Sex Offender Community Disclosure Scheme roll out: sceptism over use reported
Update “Fears sex offender disclosure scheme not taken seriously” Herald Following posted on 9.4.12 “Police refuse three-quarters of calls to identify paedophiles” Scotsman Following posted on 2.4.12...
View ArticleOn the physical punishment of children in Scotland
Update “Smacking laws put Scotland ‘out of step’ with Europeans” Herald “Scottish childrens’ groups in plea to change law on smacking” Daily Record Children's campaigners call for change to 'ambiguous'...
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