Why is the NSPCC opposed to the new law?
It fails to give children equal legal protection from assault • We want the law to recognise that assaulting children should be just as unlawful as assaulting adults – no more, no less. • If the assault of children were treated in the same way as the assault of adults, then mild hitting would not normally be prosecuted because – as with mild hitting between adults at present – prosecuting such matters is considered to be a waste of police and prosecution services’ time. (This is known as the de minimus principle.) It is unfair on parents and children • There is a risk that parents and children will not be treated equally. It will be hard for there to be a consistent interpretation of the law across the country. • Some children bruise more easily than others. Also, bruising shows in different ways on black children and white children. • Both these factors make the law discriminatory, in potentially offering more protection to some children than others It will not work to change the cult
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