The government will move to ban people from appealing if their working with children check is denied, after media reports highlighting cases where sex offenders and other criminals had been granted the checks on appeal.

So the article only seems to raise these two cases, and it’s not clear to me that either of these two people hurt any kids after appealing their check.

Is it just me or is this cooked? The right to appeal decisions seems fundamental to help reduce malfunctions or biases in a system. If the appeals process is too lax (doesn’t seem like it?) then strength it sure but wtf is this move?

      • Fuse Views@infosec.exchange
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        19 hours ago

        @Taleya

        Thanks.

        However, that report relates to ‘filicide’, and this thread is discussing ‘working with children’.

        Are you aware of any studies that show that women (who are NOT the mother of a child victim) “are more likely to just straight up kill kids”.

        The report you provided seems related to ‘domestic violence’, and unrelated to the ‘child care’ sector.

        • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          16 hours ago

          The original claims were not restricted to childcare, so i’m not playing move the goalposts.

          • Fuse Views@infosec.exchange
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            16 hours ago

            @Taleya

            I’ve not moved the goal posts.

            This thread relates to ‘working with children’ and policies regarding background checks of those who do.

            One toot read, in part, “Statistically women are the outlier offenders, around 5% or less for known sexual abuse.”

            You replied, “Statistically, women are more likely to just straight up kill kids so there goes your harm mitigation theory.”

            I asked for more information regarding your “statistics” and you provided a report related to ‘filicide’ in the context of ‘domestic violence’. This is outside the scope of any “working with children” checks.

            You wrote, “The original claims were not restricted to childcare…”

            I haven’t moved the goal posts at all.

            This isn’t a game. I am genuinely interested if you know of any statistical evidence that women, in a capacity for which they require a “working with children” background check, “are more likely to just straight up kill kids”.