An in-depth review of the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) in Scotland has found they are working effectively and making a critical contribution to public protection. In the review carried
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is supporting a new report launched by the charity One in Four that reveals the devastating long-term impact of child sexual abuse on
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The prevalence of child sexual abuse in England has been vastly underestimated after a major new study suggested only one in eight victims come to the attention of authorities. Around
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The Centre for Children’s Rights, based in the School of Education at Queen’s University Belfast will be presenting a new video and accompanying booklet about child sexual exploitation and abuse
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The most senior judge in England and Wales has expressed concern over the rise in the number of sex crimes, but welcomed improvements that have meant more victims are willing
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Child abuse victims will begin giving testimonies for the first time next week about their ordeal as part of the huge independent inquiry into alleged sexual abuse in Westminster and
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Specialist police units that analyse phones and computers in suspected child abuse cases are grappling with lengthy backlogs of more than a year, according to new data. A freedom of
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Campaigners have welcomed the publication of landmark figures revealing 154 child rapes reported per 100,000 people in parts of England and Wales. An investigation by the multi-agency Rape Monitoring Group
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Many teenage victims of sex crimes in England and Wales are not reporting them because they fear not being believed and are suspicious of the justice system, according to a
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An inquiry into historical institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland will recommend that victims are paid compensation for the trauma they endured, its chairman has said. Retired judge Sir Anthony
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