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improve policy making, decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and aims, to provide the public and Parliament with inform a t i o n necessary for informed debate and to publish information for future use. Findings are produced by the

As the telecommunications industry wavers, a global grassroots movement is building the next-generation wireless network. While wireless carriers around the world have battled through the telecom bust, a grassroots movement has quietly deployed no-cost open wireless hotspots in cities across the globe. In the process, these activists have transformed 802.11b wireless local area network (WLAN) technology from an indoor novelty for cable replacement to an outdoor amenity that transforms the urban landscape—key developments of this grassroots wireless movement are highlighted here. The community-based open wireless movement that has taken root in cities around the world in the last two years has demonstrated an alternative model for the widespread diffusion of wireless broadband networks. The experiences of early efforts in this area offer many insights

this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy)

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy).

, Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. The Home Office was given responsibility for running Broadmoor Hospital, as well as Rampton and Moss Side Hospitals in the north of England, which opened subsequently. The setting up of the National Health Service in 1948 saw the transfer of ownership of these three high

Are special measures working? Evidence from surveys of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses Becky Hamlyn, Andrew Phelps, Jenny Turtle and Ghazala Sattar The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy).

Configuration of the computing and communications systems found at home and in the workplace is a complex task that currently requires the attention of the user. Recently, researchers have begun to examine computers that would autonomously change their functionality based on observations of who

concerned with fostering problem-oriented policing. Fifty-nine projects were funded at a cost of some £30 million, over two rounds. This paper outlines the ways in which projects were agreed and reviews the analyses contained in the bids for funding. As with previous British and American accounts of analysis in problem-oriented policing, the extent and quality of the work undertaken was found to be rather limited. Several possible implications of this pattern of findings are outlined and discussed. First, despite the difficulties uncovered, it does not follow that problem-oriented policing is fundamentally flawed and should be abandoned. Second, problem-oriented policing may require substantial increases in agencies ' capacities for the required forms of analysis. Third, the Crime Reduction Programme may have provided inadequate and inappropriate support for problem-oriented policing, and thus comprises a flawed test of police analytic potential. Fourth, differing types of problem addressed by a problem-focused police agency may require varying types of analytic skill, not all of which could realistically be expected within a police agency. Crime Prevention Studies, vol. 15 (2003), pp. 147-181. Karen Bullock and Nick Tilley

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