British parents will be allowed to trace paedophiles
21 February 2008British Home Office is going to allow parents to check to in police, whether the person, who has access to their children, was condemned earlier as a pedophile, informes BBC News.
In particular, single mothers can check their new boy-friend. Also it would be possible to get the information on the neighbors who agree to look after children.
In the British government have emphasized, that policemen in each separate case will decide, which information to disclose; however, if children will be threatened with danger, their parents will be informed by all means.
“Great Britain is one of the advanced countries in sphere of the control above condemned for sexual crimes, and for the last years we have made a lot in this area. But I am sure, we can do more”, - has declared Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
New rules will be approved in police districts in Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Cleveland and Warwickshire. If experiment will be successful, the norms will take effect in England and Wales.