Thou shalt not hug / New Statesman, 26 June 2008
http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/06/vetting-adults-scheme-children
Frank Furedi & Jennie Bristow
"British society no longer trusts adults to interact with children. Since 2002, growing numbers of people have found themselves required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check simply because their work or voluntary activities bring them into contact with children. This includes football coaches, cricket umpires, Guiders and Scoutmasters, volunteers in churches, charities and community centres, parents who volunteer for school trips or after-school clubs, and members of parent-teacher associations - as well as a host of others whose work is not to do with children, but might just involve having contact with them, such as bus drivers, or plumbers who fix school radiators."
"Licensed to Hug" is published by Civitas (£5)