DSDavid Spencer — no licensed photograph is available, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.

Sector leader

David Spencer

head of crime and justice at Policy Exchange

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Mental health

Last quoted

Sept 2026

David Spencer: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
head of crime and justice at Policy Exchange
Quoted on
Mental health
Press citations held
1
Most recently quoted
30 Sept 2026

“Restricted patients are, by definition, offenders with a mental illness who pose a risk of serious harm to the public – as this data shows, over 70 per cent have already committed violent or sexual offences.”

Where David Spencer has been quoted

  1. Dangerous criminals released from psychiatric hospitals in record numberstelegraph.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026

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