05/12/2022: Online safety bill returns to parliament after five-month delay

The online safety bill, the government’s flagship internet regulation, returns to parliament on Monday, after a five-month delay prompted by Conservative party factional warfare threatened to kill it . . . off.
Guardian

05/12/2022: Children growing up in households with domestic abuse to be recognised as victims

Children who grow up amid domestic abuse will be treated as victims and given specialist support even if they were not present during violent attacks. Changes to Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) . . . guidance mean they will get automatic access to mental health treatment, other support services and protective measures in court.
Independent

05/12/2022: A New Framework For Drug Possession

Last week (30 November 2022), the Centre for Justice Innovation launched a new framework for the use of pre-court disposals for possession of drug cases. The framework, which is based on existing best . . . practice was written in anticipation of significant changes that police forces are making to their use of pre-court disposals more generally, due to the changes to the adult formal, statutory out of court disposal framework as outlined in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
Russell Webster

05/12/2022: Girl, 7, who eats so little ‘you can see her ribcage’ among children needing help in cost crisis

The cost of living crisis is having a deeply damaging impact on children’s play, with parents living on the breadline electing to cut back on children’s leisure activities, according to a west London . . . community group.
Independent

05/12/2022: Calls for domestic abuse register to stop ‘chilling’ numbers of women killed by partners

A domestic abuse register must be introduced to stop the “chilling” numbers of women killed by their partners, a shadow justice minister has warned.

Independent

05/12/2022: Risky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people, says study

Risky and criminal online behaviour is in danger of becoming normalised among a generation of young people across Europe, according to EU-funded research that found one in four 16- to 19-year-olds . . . have trolled someone online and one in three have engaged in digital piracy.
Guardian