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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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Child protection database 'will be used to prosecute young people'
'A flagship database intended to protect every child in the country will be used by police to hunt for evidence of crime in a "shocking" extension of its original purpose, The Daily Telegraph has learned. It has always been portrayed as a way for professionals to find out which other agencies are working with a particular child, to make their work easier and provide a better service for young people.
However, it has now emerged that police officers, council staff, head teachers, doctors and care workers will use the records to search for evidence of criminality and wrongdoing to help them launch prosecutions against those on the database - even long after they have reached adulthood.
It comes amid growing concern about the increasing criminalisation of Britain's youth and the extent of the country's surveillance society. '
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... 'They say they're using child protection to impose Big Brother, honey, what is the world coming to? What's on the TV tonight, honey, is there a gameshow on ...?'
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