Home Secretary David Blunkett is meeting police on Wednesday to discuss ways of tackling knife crime.

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In a separate statement also aimed at improving consumer confidence, the Commission said it was looking at ways of fighting computer crime following the damage caused by Thursday's Love Bug virus.

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The government focuses on policies to improve the education of second-generation Muslims, get more of them to work and find ways to reduce crime.

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He said the Obama administration is focused on more effective policing at the state and local levels, using intelligence-based strategies to target law enforcement resources to areas where they're most needed and seeking new ways to help crime victims especially victims of sexual assault to make their lives whole again.

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In many ways, the scene resembled more of a war-time situation than a domestic crime scene as civilian law enforcement relied heavily on military tactics and equipment to end the six-day ordeal.

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It is at least possible, for instance, that the coming of the mobile phone helped drive drug dealing indoors, in ways that helped drive down crime.

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