Clare's law - proposal for police to disclose offenders' details.

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Info here

What do you think? Although I hate anything called '

Whilst I can kind of see the reasoning behind it I am struggling to see what it would actually achieve.

Clare Wood knew her partner was an abusive, violent man. She had reported him to the police on several occassions prior to her murder and (as I understand it from that report) continued to have a relationship with him. I cannot understand then in those circumstances how her knowing that he had been violent to other women would have assisted her.

Her murder raised lots of questions about the way in which police tackle domestic violence and my gut feeling is campaigning for better treatment of the victims of DV/ improved police training on how to deal with DV / m,ore funding for those organisations that provide practical help to woman who want to leave DV situations would be more appropriate and beneficial than this law.

I agree with the Queen. However, there should be law changes to enable the police to do more. So often their hands are tied.

I see what you are saying. Perhaps had she known how many times he had been violent towards other women at the very start of their relationship then maybe she would have not got involved with him? Doesn't the law make it an obligation for the police to inform new partners in certain circumstances - like when kids are involved?

Though it sounds like it would be hard to put it into practice I guess. I do agree that changes need to be made in the treatment of the victims. :(

just reading more about Clare Wood. I hadn't realised that she wasn't in a relationship with him any more when the threats started. She had actually already ended the relationship.

In which case the law still wouldn't help because presumably in her case the first opportunity the police had to tell her that her ex was a violent bastard was when she made the initial complaint at which point she was presumably doing everything she could to avoid him anyway.

This looks increasingly like a piece of legistlation proposed to stiffle debate on the real issue: namely when a woman makes a complaint of violence about someone she has previously had sex with the police simply shrug their shoulders and say "nowt we can do love"

good discussion here

But at what point would you go to find out whether your partner had previous for violence?

After all if it's at the start of a relationship then that's hardly condusive to building a good solid trusting relationship with a man who has probably never abused anyone in his life is it?

If it's at the point where the man has become violent then really what does his past matter? If he's violent to you then you get rid of him, surely?

thank you for that blog slug, I have now completely changed my mind and can see it's a massive backwards step. I do feel so terribly sorry for her dad though.

I have contacted 3 girlfriends of my ex husband to inform them of his past. V violent.

All 3 thanked me,but carried on seeing him. all 3 suffered worse than I ever did. 2 had kids. Last one had ss involvement and her kids on at risk register until she removed him from her house