Site Policies
Terms of Use (use of this blog constitutes acceptance of terms of use)
Use of the Rethinking Crime and Punishment (RECAP) weblog is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. By viewing the blog or registering as a user on this blog you agree to be bound by these terms. Rethinking Crime and Punishment has the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions without notice. Any changes to these “Terms of Use” shall be effective immediately following the posting of such changes on this blog.
This blog is for the submission and reading of opinion and comment by RECAP and its approved contributors and is designed to be a place of open discussion.
The opinions expressed on this site are the opinions of the participating user. RECAP acts only as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted material, content and/or links and expressly DOES NOT endorse any user-submitted material, content and/or links or assume any liability for any actions of the participating user.”
It is provided to you solely for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may link to and refer to this web log but not use any content from the weblog or the RECAP website for any other purpose. Use of any content whatsoever is subject to copyright and requires prior permission from RECAP.
You agree not to post any material that is copyrighted unless (a) you are the copyright owner, (b) have the express, written permission of the copyright owner to post the copyrighted material on this blog.
RECAP does not guarantee the accuracy of any information in this blog.
We encourage you to express your opinions on the weblog however restrictions are in place and you may not at any time contribute comments that in the opinion of the moderators are:
• Offensive
• Aggressive
• Defamatory
• Abusive
• Obscene
• Illegal
You agree not to post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or any other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, or information
RECAP reserve the right to accept, modify or delete any comment submitted to the blog prior to publishing or at any time in the future.
RECAP reserve the right at its sole discretion to disable your login at any time
RECAP reserve the right to modify, disable access to or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any part or this entire web log or any information contained thereon without liability or notice to you.
All comments submitted to the RECAP web log will be queued for moderation (we want to keep the dialogue positive). Your comment will not appear immediately and will only appear once approved by a moderator. We make no guarantee of the time frame in which your comment will appear or not, however we seek to do it within 24 hours.
Moderators are governed by a strict set of guidelines and any acceptance, editing or rejection of a comment is at the discretion of the moderator and their understanding of those guidelines.
You agree to follow all applicable laws and regulations when using this web log. We recommend that you do not include your email address in any comment on the web log and you agree that any email address that is shown on the web log may not be used to transmit junk mail, chain letters, or other unsolicited bulk e-mail or used for any malicious purpose or any such thing that may breach the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007.
Third Parties and Links
You may not include in your comments any personal details about anyone or contact information.
Any links to other website you add to your comments are part of your contribution and are not the responsibility of RECAP.
Proprietary Rights
Our policy is to comply with all intellectual property laws and to act quickly upon receiving any notice of claimed infringement. If you believe that your work has been reproduced on this website in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please let us know immediately.
Privacy Policy
You accept that by registering as a user with a user name and password on the RECAP blog that we will contact you by email specifically and limited to contact about your account and use of the blog. We will not contact you for any other purpose or make any information you submit available to any third party.
We retain the information you provide such as your user name and email address and will not disclose this to any third party. We also retain any other information you provide when registering or updating your profile except your password. We do not know your password and records of this are secure, if you forget your password we will not provide you with a new one manually, you must request this via the login panel and the system will generate a new password which you can access your account with and subsequently change details if you wish.
Your anonymity to other users is determined by you, you can choose a user name which is a pseudonym or your actual name. What ever user name you do choose at registration is who you will be known as on the blog to other users.
Confidentiality of Transmissions
The transmission of data or information (including communications by e-mail) over the Internet or other publicly accessible networks is not always secure, and is subject to possible loss, interception or alteration while in transit. Accordingly, we do not assume any liability for any damage you may experience or costs you may incur as a result of any transmissions over the Internet or other publicly accessible networks, such as transmissions involving the exchange of e-mail with us (including those which may contain your personal information).
Third Parties and Links
You may not include in your comments any personal details about anyone else or contact information.
Any links to other website you add to your comments are part of your contribution and are not the responsibility of RECAP.