Fall in UK Crime Rate Baffles Experts

Published January 24, 2013

Fall in UK crime rate baffles experts

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Professor Mike Hough, who was in the team that started the Home Office's then British crime survey in the early 1980s, says the fact that both the key yardsticks – the official crime survey and the police statistics – point in the same direction …
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Walmart jobs plan calls attention to vets' plight, but for some it's not an …

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But he doesn't have a piece of paper certifying he completed a formal apprenticeship in the use of such equipment. It's been enough to keep the father of four from … The unemployment rate among Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans age 24 and under …
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Indiana County panel offers tips to combat drugs at Homer City meeting

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Courtney Hankinson, prevention specialist with the Armstrong, Indiana, Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission, said statistics indicate alcohol is the top drug of choice locally. The commission's … of the drug known as Molly. Hankinson mentioned some …
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A Pep Talk for Those With Treatment-Resistant Depression

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They are better than the statistics released by a large, six-year, four-step government study called the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression trial, or STAR*D. STAR*D looked at the use of popular antidepressants in people with chronic …
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Drug abuse rising in Myanmar – A region that is notorious for its international drug trade, Myanmar’s Golden Triangle has developed a drug problem in its backyard as well. Although the government keeps a tight lid on drug abuse and HIV infection statistics, experts say that up to half of the young people in the area are battling drug addiction. The name of Al Jazeera’s correspondent has been withheld to secure her safety as international journalists are banned from reporting from inside Myanmar.