Campaigner Sara Payne, whose daughter Sarah was murdered, has criticised the government's decision to break up the Forensic Science Service.
She said Sarah's killer, Roy Whiting, would be free without its work. Her comments come after 33 leading forensic scientists warned the UK's justice system would take a "backward step" if the service closed.
The University of Glamorgan has teamed up with American company AccessData to offer the first courses in the world to be accredited by the leading Computer Forensic software company.
From September 2009 both the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Computer Forensics will carry the unique accreditation from AccessData.
Guidance Software had to do a forensic investigation on its own systems after a hacker broke in and accessed records, including credit card data, of thousands of customers.
The attack occurred in November, but wasn't discovered until Dec. 7, John Colbert, chief executive officer of Guidance, said in an interview Monday. The attack exposed data on thousands of the company's customers, including 3,800 whose names, addresses and credit card details were exposed, he said.
"Off-label" prescription practices are increasingly used in the treatment of symptoms related to mental illness. In support of this conclusion, evidence is reviewed on the antidepressant treatment of numerous non-depressive disorders and on the antipsychotic drug treatment of non-psychotic disorders.
The emotional needs of 230 law enforcement personnel in the urban Midwest were compared with a control group of 316 persons using the Contextual Needs Assessment, an instrument designed to assess the emotional needs of persons in accordance with William Glasser's Choice Theory.
