Product Description: Since the establishment of the Criminal Records Bureau in 2002 millions of adults have had to vetted to say they are safe to be near children. When Licensed to Hug was first published in June 2008, this system of police vetting was hardly a public policy issue...read more

Product Description: This book challenges the cult of 'parent-blaming' so prevalent today, in which parents are held directly responsible for everything from youth crime to the crisis of education. It argues that the alleged crisis of childhood (and therefore parenting) is often overstated, the unfortunate outcome being to increase parents' insecurities further...read more

Product Description: Since the establishment of the Criminal Records Bureau in 2002, more than a third of British adults have had to get a certificate to say they are safe to be near children, and the numbers affected are increasing. Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow argue that the growth of police vetting has created a sense of mistrust...read more