There are still children at risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation who have not been identified by authorities, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) has warned. In a
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The number of children being counselled through ChildLine about online sexual abuse has more than doubled, according to the charity. ChildLine said it carried out 2,842 counselling sessions on the
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A former children’s home manager has been charged with committing 11 historical sexual offences. Warwickshire Police said Robert Brown, 67, has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault, one
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Two in five girls, some aged just 13, have experienced sexual violence from a partner, according to a new study into teenage relationships. The research, led by academics at the
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Some 4,500 women in conflict zones and poor communities are to be asked to detail their life experiences as part of an international project to count the cost of violence
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A Scotland-wide review into how well the public is protected by arrangements for assessing and managing sex offenders is set to begin fieldwork. The review, carried out by the Care
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The new head of a long-delayed inquiry into institutionalised child sex abuse has suggested it could take up to four years to complete and hopes to start work in early
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Children who are sent to jail could be more likely to commit sex offences later in life, prison reform campaigners have warned. A report by the Commission on Sex in
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Ministers are asking Chancellor George Osborne for extra money for public prosecutors so they can deal with a spike in historic sex abuse cases. Attorney General Jeremy Wright confirmed that
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Angelina Jolie has said “there is no stable future for a world in which crimes committed against women go unpunished” as she opened the UK’s first academic centre on women,
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