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Crime and justice

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    Biometric data: Misuse, use, and collation

    Monday, 23 September, 2024

    Biometric data is a type of personal information that allows the unique identification of a person. This POSTnote outlines the benefits and risks of using biometric data in society.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Security and defence
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    Housing insecurity in the private rented sector in England: drivers and impacts

    Wednesday, 18 September, 2024

    This POSTnote outlines the extent and nature of housing insecurity in the private rented sector, and outlines risk factors and impacts on tenants and landlords.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Health and social care
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • POSTnote

    Digital disengagement and impacts on exclusion

    Monday, 05 August, 2024

    This briefing outlines motivational reasons for not being online or using digital devices, and how this can contribute to digital exclusion and other forms of inequality.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • POSTnote

    Social and psychological implications of fraud

    Monday, 29 April, 2024

    This POSTnote outlines the social and psychological factors affecting risk and impact of fraud against individuals, and policy implications for victim support and prevention.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Health and social care
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • POSTnote

    Disinformation: sources, spread and impact

    Friday, 26 April, 2024

    This briefing explains how and why disinformation is spread. It evaluates real-world impact and outlines counter-initiatives and policy considerations.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • POSTnote

    Policy implications of artificial intelligence (AI)

    Tuesday, 09 January, 2024

    This POSTnote provides an overview of the potential policy issues that AI raises. These include economic and societal benefits, and risks, such as relating to privacy, intellectual property and disinformation. It also outlines the current regulatory landscape and potential future regulations.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Health and social care
  • POSTbrief

    Prison population growth: drivers, implications and policy considerations

    Wednesday, 03 January, 2024

    This POSTbrief examines the drivers and implications of prison population growth in England and Wales, as well as future policy considerations.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • POSTnote

    What is a just transition for environmental targets?

    Monday, 16 October, 2023

    This POSTnote considers transitions to meet environmental targets and how their costs and benefits for different members of society can be distributed fairly.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Food security
    • Security and defence
  • POSTbrief

    The use of short prison sentences in England and Wales

    Thursday, 27 July, 2023

    This POSTbrief summarises the most recent and relevant evidence on the use and effectiveness of short prison sentences. It outlines the key trends, alternative sentencing options and wider considerations.

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    • Crime and justice
  • POSTnote

    Problem-solving courts

    Friday, 14 July, 2023

    This POSTnote outlines the key components of Problem-solving courts (PSC) and summarises the key outcomes of different PSC. It concludes with highlighting the opportunities and challenges to implementation of PSC across England and Wales.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
  • POSTnote

    Trust in the police

    Tuesday, 25 April, 2023

    This POSTnote summarises trends in levels of public trust in the police and research on barriers to trust in the police and approaches to increasing trust.

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    • Crime and justice
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    States’ use of cyber operations

    Thursday, 27 October, 2022

    States are increasingly engaging in cyber operations to support their strategic aims. This POSTnote considers hostile state-backed cyber activities against the UK. It looks at how and why states use cyber operations against other nations and the threats these pose to the UK. It also considers mitigation measures, both internationally and in the UK.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Security and defence
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • POSTnote

    Automation in military operations

    Friday, 07 October, 2022

    Advances in robotics and digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), are enabling greater levels of automation across many sectors, including defence. The UK Government expects automation to be crucial to maintain military advantage in the future. In June 2022, the Ministry of Defence published its Defence AI Strategy, which sets out how it plans to adopt and exploit AI; automation was cited as a key application. This POSTnote discusses current and future applications of automation and AI, their impact on militaries and global stability, and the challenges around their development and implementation.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Security and defence
  • POSTbrief

    Assisted dying

    Monday, 26 September, 2022

    This POSTbrief provides a brief overview of assisted dying, including ethical debate and stakeholder opinion. It examines how assisted dying functions within health services in countries where it is a legal option, focusing on jurisdictions where most data are available on outcomes: Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Oregon (United States), Switzerland and Victoria (Australia). It also covers evidence and expert opinion on key practical considerations that are raised in the context of assisted dying.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Health and social care
  • POSTnote

    Green steel

    Monday, 23 May, 2022

    Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the iron and steel industry make up 14% of industrial emissions in the UK. Decarbonisation of the steel industry is needed if the UK is to meet its target of net zero GHG emissions by 2050. This POSTnote outlines current steelmaking processes in the UK, the technologies and measures that can be used to reduce CO2 emissions, and the supporting infrastructure and policies that could enable a ‘green steel’ industry in the UK.

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    • Crime and justice
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Transport and infrastructure

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