A Clear Case of Neglect

I can see no obvious problems with the way the criminal law on child cruelty has operated in the chilling case of a boy from Blackpool locked in a coal bunker. The parents have pleaded guilty to neglect and are likely to receive custodial sentences.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/21/parents-face-jail-child-cruelty

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147689/Boy-11-left-hungry-freezing-filthy-coal-bunker-YEAR-bullying-parents.html

I remain utterly puzzled why some children’s charities seem to want to expend so much effort on changing the criminal law.

http://chrismillsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bad-idea-gets-air-time.html

http://chrismillsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/wooden-thinking-and-bad-policy.html