Sarah's Law

The law was introduced in response to the murder of Sarah Payne.

Sarah's Law

1. In England and Wales, the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, under which the police can tell parents, carers, and guardians if someone has a record for child sexual offences.
   • 2008 August 2, Patrick McGreevy, “‘Sarah’s Law’ would not have aided ‘Sarah’”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 October 2020:

     Backers of a ballot measure that would require parents to be notified before an abortion is performed on a minor acknowledged Friday that the 15-year-old on which “Sarah’s Law” is based had a child and was in a common-law marriage before she died of complications from an abortion in 1994.

   • 2011 July 22, Lucy Reed, “Why Clare's Law won't prevent domestic violence”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 November 2013:

     It is unclear what such a scheme might look like but "Sarah's Law", recently rolled out nationally, may provide a model. Under that scheme, which is intended to prevent sexual abuse of children, parents can request a check for information about an individual with access to their child.

   • 2011 July 28, Ravi Somaiya, “New Hacking Case Outrages Britain”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 September 2015:

     In recent testimony on the scandal in Parliament, Ms. [Rebekah] Brooks cited the measure named after Mrs. [Sara] Payne’s daughter, Sarah’s Law, as evidence of the good she had done in her years at the tabloid’s helm.

• Megan's Law (a similar law in the United States)

• murder of Sarah Payne § Sarah's Law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia