A studyby AdamThomasandIsabel Sawhillconcludedthatif the blackfamilyhad notcollapsed between 1960 and 1998, the black child-poverty rate would have been 28.4% rather than 45.6%.
Ch Insp AdamThomas of West Mercia Police said he wanted to reassure the public that offences of rape and sexual abuse were low across the county but believed HRSASC would prove to be an "invaluable local resource".
With Hard Times (1854) - a critique of the political theory of utilitarianism which holds that the proper course of action is the one that seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people - Dickens set himself against thinkers like Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith and their influence on government policy.