This paper explores crime risk within and around major transit systems, specifically by investigating theft of personal property offences on the London Underground.
The societal stigma associated with excess weight means that weight status terms may be misunderstood, cause offence and risk upsetting patient-professional relationships.
However, Ofcom which had received eight complaints from listeners said Moyles's language "had the potential to cause considerable offence" and risked "being imitated by children, for instance in the playground, causing unnecessary distress".
Contribute with Guardian Witness The Australian government's proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act put dual citizens accused of terrorism-related offences at risk of losing their citizenship, prompting questions about what it means to be a citizen.
Contribute with Guardian Witness The Australian government's proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act, which would see dual citizens accused of terrorism-related offences at risk of losing their citizenship, have raised questions about what it means to be a citizen.
A willingness to risk offence communicates all too clearly: "I care more about my book than your feelings".
"Channel 4 has a leading role to play in defending TV's right to risk offence - that means creative risk taking with a clear purpose, responsibly considered before transmission and robustly defended post".
The European court said that keeping DNA material from those who were "entitled to the presumption of innocence" as they had never been convicted of an offence, carried "the risk of stigmatisation".
They are seeing defendants falling foul of a perverse incentive to plead guilty and swallow a £150 charge for a summary offence rather than risk conviction and a £520 charge after trial.
We therefore encourage professionals to pay attention to how family members refer to the body: if they talk about it by name or use a personal pronoun this should alert clinicians to the continuing sense of social bond, and it would be advisable to follow suit rather than speak of the "body," "remains," or "deceased" and risk offence.
