Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland
The latest report of HM Inspectorate of Probation on the Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland is now published.
Observatoire de l’Afrique
http://www.obsafrique.eu/ A network of European and African institutes and experts on peace and security issues in Africa. Partners include such high profile organisations as African Studies Centre University of Oxford, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center & The Nordic Africa Institute. The website provides free access to information from the network of members plus its […]
Hate Crime USA
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/violence-crime/comparison-hate-crime-rates-update/ According to a new study from the Williams Institute, gay men face higher rates of hate-motivated physical violence than lesbians, bisexuals or other federally protected groups with high rates of hate crimes. The Study is the first to consider FBI data on hate crimes against lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals separately The bibliography includes […]
Arab social media report
http://www.dsg.ae/en/asmr3/index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Dubai University has been conducting surveys of the use of social media in the Arab uprising. It includes mappings by age gender and use of specific tools such as Twitter and Facebook.
Social Science Bites
Podcasts of interviews with leading social scientists on different aspects of the social world. Published by Sage. http://www.socialsciencebites.com/
Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide. Its latest publication analyses global TV networks coverage of peace and conflict. The full 42 page text can be downloaded from the website: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Measuring-Peace-in-the-Media-2011-Report.pdf Its Global Peace Index ranks 153 nations according to 23 dimensions of […]
KOFI Annan Syria peace plan
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sc10583.doc.htm See the UN special envoy for Syria web page for details of the role of Kofi Annan http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/undpa/main/activities_by_region/middle_east/syria See related UN Security Council decisions and press releases relating to the situation in Syria. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41856&Cr=syria&Cr1= Biography of Annan from the Nobel Prize website: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2001/annan-bio.html
Seven Days of Social Sciences Research
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/seven-days/?dm_i=XZA,S380,4OC413,2A2UK,1 New feature on the ESRC website. From 23rd April they will be posting videos text on their website reflecting the breadth of ESRC funded research based on the Monday’s child nursery rhyme. The first instalment fair of face has materials relating to image and identity. http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/seven-days/monday.aspx
Technology and protest
Tell Dave protests: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/britains-web-monitoring-plan-draws-comparisons-to-1984-and-kafka/2012/04/02/gIQAbNB5qS_blog.html This month, to protest against new internet monitoring plans, twitter users utilised hashtag #TellDaveEverything. The protest took the form of listing mundane events that they thought they should tell the prime minister about to make the point that the new laws would ‘snoop into everything’. Coverage from CBC Canada captured examples. There […]
Year in Hate and Extremism 2011
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring Released by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Sobering reading on the extent of racism and extremism (both left and right wing in USA). The website also has an online map of active US hate groups http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
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