Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Indicators of School Crime, 2005
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has just released the report, "Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005", which presents data on crime and safety at school. View the report here. [Via DocuTicker]
Monday, January 23, 2006
2005 Fraud Trends
The National Consumers League has announced its list of top Internet and Telemarketing scams for 2005. From the press release (which can be viewed here):
[Via ResourceShelf's DocuTicker]
"Based on information that consumers provided last year to NCL’s National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch program, the average loss to telemarketing fraud rose from $1,974 in 2004 to $2,892 in 2005, and Internet fraud losses more than doubled, from an average of $895 in 2004 to $1,917. The number of scams reported rose by 39 percent for telemarketing fraud and 12 percent for Internet fraud."
[Via ResourceShelf's DocuTicker]
FBI Releases 2005 Computer Crime Survey
The FBI has issued the results of its largest "cyber-crime" survey to date. It is based on responses from a cross-section of more than 2,000 public and private organizations in four states. View the summary here. More information from the report can be viewed here. [Via ResourceShelf]
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Library Research Session at CRJ 4860
Wednesday, Jan. 18 we talked to the CRJ 4860 Class about how they can better use the library to accomplish their class projects. More feedback to come...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
New Criminal Infractions Database
Verified Person (VP) has created the largest real-time database of criminal infractions in the country, entitled "VPassure". The database was developed to help employers deal with workplace violence, internal theft or fraud, and aid in compliance with The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For more information, see the article in Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Welcome!
This weblog will highlight new developments in information as they affect the faculty, staff and students of the Wayne State University Department of Criminal Justice, the WSU Library System, and the campus community at large. We'll highlight new books, new electronic resources, changes in policies and procedure, and developments that impact teaching, learning, and research at Wayne State.
You can find this blog directly at http://wsucrjlib.blogspot.com or through a link from the library's Criminal Justice Subject Guide. The site feed for this blog is: http://wsucrjlib.blogspot.com/atom.xml.
As the acting library subject specialist for Criminal Justice, I will do my best to facilitate information sharing and problem solving for faculty, staff and students of Criminal Justice. I look forward to working with you!
Michael Sensiba
Criminal Justice Subject Specialist
134 Purdy/Kresge Library
ao9754@wayne.edu
You can find this blog directly at http://wsucrjlib.blogspot.com or through a link from the library's Criminal Justice Subject Guide. The site feed for this blog is: http://wsucrjlib.blogspot.com/atom.xml.
As the acting library subject specialist for Criminal Justice, I will do my best to facilitate information sharing and problem solving for faculty, staff and students of Criminal Justice. I look forward to working with you!
Michael Sensiba
Criminal Justice Subject Specialist
134 Purdy/Kresge Library
ao9754@wayne.edu
