The latest edition of the Security Journal, edited by staff at the internationally renowned University of Leicester Scarman Centre, is published today, providing leading insights into major issues of security and crime prevention. Professor Ron Clarke and colleagues argue that while technology is giving rise to a range of 'hot products' such as mobile phones, criminals are exploiting the opportunity for illegal profit. Moreover, Government investment is insufficient to meet the challenge. Centre Director Dr Martin Gill says, 'The authors provide some support for the Government's Foresight programme, although the real problem is that business is geared to profit, and that means that they do not always take crime too seriously especially where the consumer is the loser'. Adrian Beck, a lecturer in the Scarman Centre notes, 'These findings have important implications, and they are not good for investigators.
Much more research is needed'.
Dr Martin Gill adds, 'the time has come to think about who suffers from some people's quite negligent attitude to protecting their homes. Charging those who are negligent is probably a better option than handing over responsibility to the private sector because the police would lose an important source of contact with the public'. This document has been approved by the head of department or section. If you are an authorised user you may edit this document through your Web browser.