Under Clare’s law – named after Clare Wood, 36, who was murdered in 2009 by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton – people have a right to ask police whether a partner or ex-partner has a history of abusive behaviour. Public bodies can also apply to warn people who may be in danger.
Hurrah! Job done, everyone off to the pub to celebrate!
But an analysis of official data has found dramatic variations in the implementation of Clare’s law, which is officially known as the domestic violence disclosure scheme, with some forces supplying information in up to 75% of cases, while others reject almost all requests.
Ah. Maybe not.
Experts said there were multiple reasons why police forces could have drastically different disclosure rates, including that some did not prioritise Clare’s law requests, took different approaches to perpetrators’ privacy rights, or applied different standards when assessing whether applications met the threshold.
*sighs* Back to the drawing board...
Yeah, that ol' data protection stuff gets in the way of some good other stuff. Basically can be used to stuff us any which way.
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen any publicity on male requests to ensure they're not dating a bunny boiler.
ReplyDeleteBunny Boiler Register...... there's a thought... 🤔
DeleteI wonder if the law allows that? Or perhaps men just like living dangerously?
DeleteAs anon above implies:
ReplyDelete"people have a right to ask police whether a partner ..." but only if it's a (non homo) male partner right (wink, wink). [what's the betting that all those "different standards" and "priorities" were ... because the partner wasn't a white, british, hetero male?].
We'll just gloss over the fact that rather than needing some spurious 'documentation', in 'every' case there 'will' have been multiple 'signs' (and being honest if such scrotes were required to wear badges proclaiming their violent penchants, they'd ... probably end up with even 'more' slappers lining up to shack up with them). It's not just that 'everyone will have known from the outset' (especially the "victim") but ... they chose to throw themselves at such a scrote precisely 'because' of those signs.
I could repeat the fact that (as anyone who'd ever worked A&E knows) most "domestic violence" is 'mutual', usually started by the woman, and is actually mostly (about 60/30 split) 'by' women (when only one side is ever blamed, you get what you reward). [almost all "deaths due to domestic violence" are ... men, but we only ever hear of the rare woman].
So? "Clare's Law" is merely another case of finding an excuse, any excuse, to justify women's bad choices as ... someone else's fault (and can women have some more money please!). SSDD.
"...in 'every' case there 'will' have been multiple 'signs' .."
DeleteOh, indeed!