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