How campaigns affect policy making

Question 1

Name one newspaper campaign

Answer 1

Sarah’s law

Question 2

Sarah’s law…

Answer 2

• Sarah Payne was 8-years-old when she was abducted by Roy whiting who had been previously jailed for kidnapping as assaulting a 9-year-old girl.
• Sarah’s parent allowed for her and her siblings to play by themselves and this is when she was abducted, her family claimed that if they had known about Whiting being in the area they would have taken steps to protect her
• Sarah’s parents started a campaign to have information about known sex offenders made available to the public