Some Recent Stories You May Have Missed
Posted by News Editor
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Our attention has been drawn to the following articles which appeared in the Times recently.

• Obituary: Dr Jim MacKeith - Forensic Scientist.
  Dr MacKeith had a lifelong interest in miscarriages of justice and false in particular.
• Paedophile Helpline May Reduce Risk of Offence
  This article written by Rosemary Bennett reports on the efforts of the Lucy Faithful Foundation to treat offenders convicted of sexual abuse against children.
• The Forgotten Victim in the McCann Case
  This article written by Matthew Parris will strike a chord with people falsely accused of child abuse especially in high profile cases. In the article he talks about the disgraceful hounding of Robert McCann.
• Guilty of Child Abuse! (Well, our version.)
  In this article Camilla Cavendish reports on the increasing numbers of children being taken into care on the grounds of emotional abuse. In the article she suggests that in some cases the very act of doing so causes more emotional abuse than was said to have occurred in the first place. 

Their is also an interesting letter by Trevor Jones in the Camden New Journal concering the impact secrecy in Family Courts has on childrens' outcomes.

• An Urgent Need to Abolish Secrecy in the Family Courts