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Wife beater register
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Or husband beater, presumably. Serial abusers of partners may have to sign a register similar to the sex offenders register under new plans. What does everyone reckon?
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I certainly agree with the sentiments behind it, but I'm not entirely sure about the practicalities.
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Serial wife-beaters could be forced to register with police under new proposals by senior officers.
Men who repeatedly abuse women face having their movements and activities tracked under plans to combat domestic violence.
Vulnerable women and girls may also be given a "right to know" about persistent offenders if police feel they are at risk.
The moves are among several recommendations expected to be unveiled by Wiltshire Chief Constable Brian Moore on Monday.
He was asked to review powers held by police and the courts for dealing with domestic violence offenders by former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
Mr Moore will call for a change in the law to permit the registration and tracking of wife-beaters by police. But he will stop short of supporting a separate register, similar to measures that track paedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders.
The senior officer, national lead on tackling domestic violence at the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), will also call for the creation of a new criminal offence.
Senior officers want to charge abusers who repeatedly physically and psychologically torment women after evidence emerges of a "course of conduct". They believe this could put offenders in the dock who may currently avoid prosecution through being responsible for a string of less substantial crimes.
Other measures will focus on making witness statements immediately available, the creation of specialist protection orders and widening the use of conditional cautioning.
Mr Moore was asked to look at what more could be done to control violent criminals who often move between relationships and prove difficult to bring to justice. His report was part of a wider review that included the creation of an advisory group to look at how schools can combat domestic violence and an inquiry into the increasing sexualisation of teenage girls.
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I certainly agree with the sentiments behind it, but I'm not entirely sure about the practicalities.
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yep, unfortunately it seems to be going in that direction
Lol, so should the fox hunting debate. For population control - yes. For sport - no. Move along gentlemen, there is nothing else to see here. But no, the bloody topic ran onto 18 pages!
If the goal is to lessen husband hitting their wives or wives hitting their husbands then social change is needed, better education in schools with lessons in relationships and how to deal with stress, etc
This country is all about recording crimes, rather then actually trying to deal with the root causes.
It's just like why UK has one of the highest numbers of teenage girls pregnant, when it's plain to see other countries like Holland that educate their kids better and at an earlier ages have far fewer.