Four in 10 rapes in Wales are against children, says report
Children are the victims of more than four in 10 rapes reported in Wales annually, new figures show. In every year since 2009, at least 42% of rapes recorded by police in Wales were against those aged...
View ArticleRecord numbers of children referred to social services in England, says NSPCC
Record numbers of children were referred to social services in England last year, as 570,800 minors were identified as at risk in England in a single year, NSPCC research shows. Social services are...
View ArticlePoor police record on child cases
Only a third of police cases involving vulnerable children are handled to a good standard, inspectors have found. Of the 576 cases involving vulnerable children across eight forces in England and Wales...
View ArticleJail terms proposed for those who 'neglect' sex abuse victims
Senior public officials who fail to protect children would face up to five years in jail under new measures being considered by the government. Under the proposals, being unveiled by PM David Cameron,...
View ArticleSex crimes against young children rise, research suggests
Recorded sex crimes against children under 11 in England and Wales went up by 16% last year, research suggests. There were 5,547 incidents, against the previous year's 4,772, according to data from 41...
View ArticlePM unveils tough new measures to tackle child sexual exploitation (British...
(Source: British Prime Minister's Office) New criminal sanctions for those who fail to protect children from sexual exploitation are at the heart of a package of new measures to be announced today by...
View ArticleWhen we look, we find
The sexual abuse of children was, until relatively recently in Britain, a subject rarely discussed in public. Now, hardly a day goes by without some new horror hitting the headlines. We are witnessing...
View ArticlePM unveils tough new measures to tackle child sexual exploitation (DH - UK...
(Source: DH - UK Department of Health) New criminal sanctions for those who fail to protect children from sexual exploitation are at the heart of a package of new measures to be announced today by...
View ArticlePM unveils tough new measures to tackle child sexual exploitation (HO - UK...
(Source: HO - UK Home Office) New criminal sanctions for those who fail to protect children from sexual exploitation are at the heart of a package of new measures to be announced today by Prime...
View ArticleTheresa May announces details of independent inquiry into paedophile network...
Accusations that sex abuse victims were betrayed by all sections of society – including police, courts, the National Health Service, schools and the BBC – are to be examined by a Hillsborough-style...
View ArticleCelebrities who use fame to commit sex offences face severer sentences
New guidelines place more emphasis on long-term impact of sex crimes on victims, and sets higher starting points for jail terms ...
View ArticleChild Abuse : Should Covering-Up Become a Crime? (YouGov plc)
(Source: YouGov plc) Few people would deny that the sexual abuse of children is one of the most heinous of crimes. But in the light of the revelations of Jimmy Savile's career as a sexual predator,...
View ArticleJillings Report: Abuse 'still not being tackled' at childrens' homes in...
Campaigners have warned that the authorities are still failing to tackle the epidemic of child abuse in Britain following the publication of a suppressed report into “bestial” cruelty carried out at...
View ArticleThe historical child abuse inquiries and what happens next
4 February 2015 From the section UK Politics There have been claims for many years about paedophiles in powerful places and establishment attempts to cover-up their actions. The government's principal...
View ArticleChild abuse investigations
Continue reading the main story Child abuse investigations Butler-Sloss: I won't quit inquiry NSPCC wants law on covering up abuse Why are abuse allegations in news? Timeline: Historical child abuse...
View ArticleNSPCC Wales: Children reported for sex offences
Children as young as 10 are being reported for sexual offences against other children, says the NSPCC. The charity said with offences involving very young children "we have to question the environment...
View ArticleDavid Cameron ‘considering child abuse law change’ amid more claims of...
David Cameron has said he is prepared to introduce new laws that make it illegal not to report suspicions of child abuse, as new claims continued to emerge of links to paedophile networks at the...
View ArticleThree UK MPs named in Westminster paedophile ring
LONDON: In what could be the biggest sexual scandal to hit Westminster, three British members of parliament (MPs) and three members of the House of Lords are believed to have been named in a dossier...
View Article3 UK MPs named in Westminster paedophile ring
LONDON: In what could be the biggest sexual scandal to hit Westminster, three British members of parliament (MPs) and three members of the House of Lords are believed to have been named in a dossier...
View ArticleReported child sexual abuse has risen 60% in last four years, figures show
At the same time the number of arrests for child sexual abuse offences in England and Wales has fallen by 9%, freedom of information request reveals ...
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