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Its evidence also said that policing the provision requiring evidence of a "course of behaviour" may prove problematic in practice-
If we consider for a moment the police attending an incident where B alleges A behaved in a particular manner, and then states that A behaved in the same manner last week, is this a course of behaviour for the purposes of this legislation?
The SPSO has information on its website 'What to do if you have a complaint about antisocial behaviour or neighbour nuisance'1Scottish Public Services Ombudsman . (2024).
As well as criminalising specific behaviour such as violent behaviour, the new offence will criminalise other types of behaviour by reference to its effect on the partner, or ex-partner.
S6W-00070 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government how many arrests were made by Police Scotland following the behaviour of some Rangers football fans on 15 May 2021 in Glasgow.
Football (Women and Girls) To ask the Deputy First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to recent figures showing that the number of women and girls playing football in Scotland has almost doubled in the last five years.
Executive Summary
The Disclosure (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") seeks to amend the law governing how the state discloses previous offending behaviour and the Protecting Vulnerable Groups ("PVG") scheme.
He said—
From the findings of the electronic monitoring working group, it is clear that electronic monitoring on its own is not an effective mechanism for helping someone to address their offending behaviour. It needs to be seen as part of a package of measures and used alongside those other measures to address people's offending behaviour and promote desistance.