rejecting it on public protection grounds (Dodd, 2000, July 24: Guardian.co.uk; Morris, 2000, July 31: Guardian.co.uk; Plotnikoff & Woolfson, 2000), then reconsidered and provisionally agreed to implement it (Assinder, 2006, June 20: Law to Start in 2007, April 9:TheSun.co.uk), before bbc.co.uk; ‘Sarah’s Months’, being quickly backtracking and discounting the scheme (Travis, 2007, April 11: Guardian.co.uk). It was then agreed that the partial public disclosure of sex offender information was a more realistic alternative (Home Office, 2007), resulting in the addition of to MAPPA panels, an increased use of CRB checks, an ‘lay advisers’ increased use of CEOP to publically disclose the names of dangerous, prolific sex offenders, and the introduction of circles of support and accountability pilot schemes. Recently the government has agreed and started to implement the limited public disclosure of sex offender information in England & Wales, dismissing the need for full public disclosure similar to America (Home Office, 2010). This move is based upon the results of a pilot study revealing low inquiry rates by the public, high degrees of public confidentiality and no public disorder or vigilantism (Kemshall et al, 2010). However, there does seem to be differences in the piloting of, support for and implementation of the current limited public disclosure scheme throughout the four countries of the UK (i.e., England, Scotland, Wales and Hence, even though the scheme was piloted in England and Northern Ireland). Wales, all the police forces where English and none welsh; with the scheme having clearly delineated roll out dates in England, but not Wales instead only having a general implementation target of early 2011 (Home office, 2010); a similar pilot study was undertaken in Scotland leading to a rapid implementation of a similar scheme prior to the end of disclosure 2009, 27 May: 2010 (‘Sex Offender Pilot’, Scotland.gov.uk; Chan, Homes, Murray & Treanor, 2010); and there are no plans to
rejecting it on public protection grounds (Dodd, 2000, July 24: Guardian.co.uk; Morris, 2000, July 31: Guardian.co.uk; Plotnikoff & Woolfson, 2000), then reconsidered and provisionally agreed to implement it (Assinder, 2006, June 20: bbc.co.uk; ‘Sarah’s Law to Start in Months’, 2007, April 9:TheSun.co.uk), before being quickly backtracking and discounting the scheme (Travis, 2007, April 11: Guardian.co.uk). It was then agreed that the partial public disclosure of sex offender information was a more realistic alternative (Home Office, 2007), resulting in the addition of ‘lay advisers’ to MAPPA panels, an increased use of CRB checks, an increased use of CEOP to publically disclose the names of dangerous, prolific sex offenders, and the introduction of circles of support and accountability pilot schemes. Recently the government has agreed and started to implement the limited public disclosure of sex offender information in England & Wales, dismissing the need for full public disclosure similar to America (Home Office, 2010). This move is based upon the results of a pilot study revealing low inquiry rates by the public, high degrees of public confidentiality and no public disorder or vigilantism (Kemshall et al, 2010). However, there does seem to be differences in the piloting of, support for and implementation of the current limited public disclosure scheme throughout the four countries of the UK (i.e., England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Hence, even though the scheme was piloted in England and Wales, all the police forces where English and none welsh; with the scheme having clearly delineated roll out dates in England, but not Wales instead only having a general implementation target of early 2011 (Home office, 2010); a similar pilot study was undertaken in Scotland leading to a rapid implementation of a similar scheme prior to the end of 2010 (‘Sex Offender disclosure Pilot’, 2009, 27 May: Scotland.gov.uk; Chan, Homes, Murray & Treanor, 2010); and there are no plans to
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