[privacy] UK: Police Target Dangerous Suspects Before They Can Offend

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The TimesOnline.co.uk.

[snip]

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.

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.

[snip]

More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2473501,00.html

- - ferg

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