CRB checks are regrettable – but necessary / New Statesman, 26 June 2008
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/06/child-checks-narey-abuse
Martin Narey
"Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow highlight some of the current suspicions around adult-child relationships which worry so many of us. Over time it can affect our own behaviour. I am likely to usher my wife forward if a child falls over in the street, lest my picking up the child be misinterpreted. We need to address that. Adults – particularly men – should not routinely be seen as potential child abusers. And we need urgently to expose the nonsense of “stranger danger” and convince parents that, although the risk of a child of theirs being abused at all is small, that risk comes not from lurking strangers, but from people known by their children – often relatives – who are able to exploit a child’s trust."