Funding has been awarded by the Scottish Government to 23 organisations working across Scotland to help break the cycle of reoffending.
...All registered sex offenders in England and Wales now face much tougher checks. The new measures are intended to tighten areas of the current law that could be open to exploitation by offenders who seek to cause harm.
The changes, which the government announced in March this year following a 12 week consultation, will make it mandatory for sex offenders to notify the police: