Mark Johnson

In his latest piece for The Guardian, published and posted online today, Mark tackles the problem of scaremongering in the media that was fuelled by last week’s Centre for Social Justice report.

“The CSJ deserves credit for expanding thinking in this area and recognising the huge underlying problems. But I admit to reading the report with a sinking feeling. Here we go again … a lot of stuff about enforcement, but nothing about incentives to change or about the power of the community to change itself from within. And there just isn’t enough emphasis on the emotional deprivation at the heart of the problem.”

Read the rest of Mark’s latest article for the Guardian newspaper