One in four will need to take the anti-paedophile test / Civitas, 26 June 2008
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"The scope of child protection has become immense. Since its formation in 2002 the Criminal Records Bureau has issued 15 million disclosures, but the whole operation has now been ratcheted up several notches by the passage of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. This has led to the creation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority which, when it is rolled out in October 2009, will require CRB checks of 11.3 million people - over one quarter of the adult population of England."
Licensed to Hug: How child protection policies are poisoning the relationship between the generations and damaging the voluntary sector by Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow is published by Civitas, 77 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2EZ, tel. 020 7799 6677, £6.00 inc. pp. [No electronic version available]