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Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
Warner, a former Fifa vice-president, is a well-known figure in the Caribbean
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Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
Police in Trinidad and Tobago have been ordered to stop releasing murder statistics.
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
National Security Minister Jack Warner said reports of violence encouraged people
to commit more crime......
hocked:
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams said that he would ignore the order.
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
"The intent of this measure is to seek to ensure that crime statistics are not
sensationalised, thereby acting as a domino effect in certain hot spot areas,"
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
"The issue is not about withholding the statistics.
It is about the management of the sensitive information that has the potential to
to inflame additional crime - particularly when treating the issue of gangs."
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
Bad news stories, such as those about murder, seem to alter the way women respond
to stressful situations, according to a small study.
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
Women produced more stress hormones in tests if they had read negative newspaper stories.
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
The study published in the journal PLoS One
showed there was no equivalent effect in men.
Re: Bans Trinidad and Tobago murder figures ! - ketchim - 10-11-2012
That is what Jack should have said ::rofl::