New report from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has just published its annual report. This specialist police unit monitors how well civil court orders work in preventing sex offenders from re-offending after being released from prison. The report states in no uncertain terms that the current measures fail to protect children, and suggests a simplification of what is currently on offer would help prevent further abuses.

To view how the BBC are currently reporting the issue then go here or to view the full-text CEOP report click here.

If you need help with referencing this kind of report (especially if you think it would be appropriate for a late insertion into your dissertation!) then email me as soon as possible.

BBC1 programme on the prison system.

I watched the first episode of a four part series on the prison service this week.
I didn't really intend to watch it all, but I found myself wanting to know what would happen to the individuals who featured in the show. It highlighted many of the usual issues relating to short stay prisoners; drug problems, homelessness, lack of support on leaving prison. Despite that, it was on the whole a surprisingly optimistic programme (maybe overly so?) and I'll be watching the other episodes.

Have a look here to visit the BBC website for the programme and to view last week's episode.