UK: Police Target Dangerous Suspects Before They Can Offend
Lucy Bannerman writes on The TimesOnline.co.uk.
Criminal profilers are drawing up a list of the 100 most dangerous murderers and rapists of the future even before they commit such crimes, The Times has learnt.More here.
The highly controversial database will be used by police and other agencies to target suspects before they can carry out a serious offence. Pilot projects to identify the highest-risk future offenders have been operating in five London boroughs for the past two months.
The Soham murderer Ian Huntley and the serial rapist Richard Baker have been used as examples of the type of man police will identify.
However, the database will increase concerns at the growth of official surveillance and anxieties that innocent men are being singled out for offences they have no intention of committing.
(Props, Flying Hamster.)
posted by Fergie @ 11/26/2006 08:29:00 PM
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