Article here. Excerpt:
'A VICTIM of domestic abuse has welcomed proposals that would give police powers to warn women if new partners have violent histories.
Abusive partners could be placed on a register and monitored by police if a new Government plan gets the go-ahead.
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“At least we would know about it. I think we should name and shame them.”
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has asked Wiltshire Police chief constable Brian Moore to consider what powers police need to crack down on wife beaters.'
