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Sarah's law a tokenistic gesture

In his latest comment piece on our website the Centre's director Richard Garside argues that Sarah's law, which allows parents to ask the police if a person who has contact with their child has a record of child sexual offences, is a 'tokenistic drop in a very big ocean of child abuse'.

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23 December 2013
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Anti-gang strategy unevidenced and contradictory

Jon Shute and Juanjo Medina argue in a comment piece on our website that the government's 'Ending gang and youth violence' strategy is a 'shameful and appalling' waste of taxpayers' money.

They write:

'In... the era of austerity, £10 million of taxpayers’ money has been

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20 December 2013
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'Best in the business' bidding for probation work

The Ministry of Justice has announced that 30 bidders have passed the first stage of a competition to win regional probation service contracts.

Bids come from a range of private firms, charities, British and multinational business. The contracts will for the first time require every...

19 December 2013
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'Almost certain' police fiddle crime statistics, MPs told

It is 'almost certain' that the police fiddle crime figures, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Tom Winsor, told the House of Commons Home Affairs yesterday.

Mr Winsor is the latest figure to question the accuracy of police crime data....

18 December 2013
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Government policy 'inhumane' and 'dysfunctional'

The offender management system in prisons in England and Wales is dysfunctional and should be subject to a fundamental review, the Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation have concluded...

17 December 2013