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Infringing child rights with stop and search to be ended

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  • Monday, September 28, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The Scottish government has announced that all non-statutory - or "consensual" - stop and search by police officers in Scotland is to end, which I strongly welcome. Non-statutory searches, as the name suggests, have no basis in Scots law. They rely on people voluntarily consenting to a search by a police officer. There is no requirement for an officer to have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, nor for the officer to justify the reason for carrying out the search. These searches infringe children's and young people's rights. The inherent power imbalance between a police officer and a child or young person makes it unlikely that the tactic could ever truly be called "consensual".

Police use of stop and search undermines trust

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  • Monday, August 18, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Police powers of stop and search have been high on the agenda in Scotland since the publication earlier this year of a report on the subject from Edinburgh University. It contained some surprising figures and highlighted police practice that remains a concern.

Youth justice roundup

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  • Thursday, January 16, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Children held in cells overnight; early intervention scheme in Lancashire; and gang violence falling in Islington, all in this week's youth justice roundup.

Youth justice roundup

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  • Thursday, October 31, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Police use of tasers on children rising, application launched to combat "sexting", and Ministry of Justice commits to maintaining family relationships of female inmates, all in the news in the past seven days.

Youth justice roundup

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  • Thursday, September 12, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Troubled families progress, inspection of young offender institution for young women, and child sexual exploitation, all in the news in the past seven days.

Daily roundup: Policing, teachers and youth crime

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  • Thursday, April 18, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Nottinghamshire will not get a youth police commissioner; Michael Gove wants teachers to do more admin, and a briefing highlights adult social services' youth justice role, all in the news today.

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