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Child protection: has it gone too far? |
29th January 2008 |
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Are the new vetting procedures for adults interacting with children necessary or counterproductive?
Since the Criminal Records Bureau was set up in 2002 and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act became law in 2006, any adult who interacts with a child – whether as a nursery school teacher or in an informal capacity such as a weekend football coach – is subject to new vetting procedures. Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas, believes that this has resulted in an excess of red tape and a climate of moral panic. Relationships between adults and children are, she says, more fraught and alienated as a result. She puts her case to Jenni, and Sean Kelly, who is responsible for child protection at the children’s charity NCH, responds.
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