‘Unacceptable delays’: Police leaving vulnerable children at risk of sexual abuse online Officers are taking up to 18 months to make an arrest after becoming aware that a youngster is at risk The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Police leaving vulnerable children at risk of sexual abuse online, report finds Time between police becoming aware that a child is at risk and an arrest being made can be as long as 18 months Wales Online · Apr 5, 2023
Police ‘take up to 18 months’ to make arrests in online child sexual abuse cases Poor investigative practices and unacceptable delays leave children vulnerable, official report finds The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023
Not even Suella Braverman’s own department agrees with her about ‘grooming gangs’ Child sexual abuse in the UK is rife and requires multiple solutions. All our home secretary gives us is baseless prejudice, writes Ella Cockbain, an associate professor of crime science The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023
Extension granted for Tassie child abuse inquiry report Tasmania's inquiry into child sexual abuse in government institutions has been granted a four-month extension for its final report. AAP · Apr 4, 2023
Kansas lawmakers pass bill to help child sex abuse survivors Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill that would make it easier to pursue criminal charges or file lawsuits over childhood sexual abuse years after the abuse occurred The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023
The Guardian view on Sunak’s grooming crackdown: blunt tools will do more harm than good Editorial: Child sexual abuse victims deserve more from ministers than divisive stereotypes and inflammatory language The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023
No 10 denies using dog-whistle politics in grooming gangs crackdown Rishi Sunak claims victims previously ignored ‘due to cultural sensitivity and political correctness’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023
Malka Leifer found guilty of sexual abuse of former students Malka Leifer, former principal of the Orthodox Jewish Adass Israel school in Melbourne, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two former students. The Conversation · Apr 3, 2023
Kentucky Attorney General's office announces nearly $220K in grants for child advocacy centers Thursday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office announced nearly $220,000 in grants for child sexual abuse prevention efforts around the state. Heather Wagers is the executive director of the A-Gs Office of Trafficking and Abuse Prevention and Prosecution. WEKU · Apr 3, 2023
Grooming gangs don’t just come ‘from one ethnic background’, Tories warned ‘Vast majority of sexual abuse cases do not involve ethnic minorities’, says Keir Starmer The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023
Rishi Sunak pledges to end ‘political correctness’ over grooming gangs The Prime Minister was warned against focusing on race as Labour said the ‘vast majority’ of sexual abuse cases do not involve ethnic minorities. The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023
Rishi Sunak refuses to back Braverman’s widely criticised claim about racial nature of grooming gangs – as it happened Prime minister says offenders have been protected by ‘political correctness’ as he announces ‘grooming gangs taskforce’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to visit Greater Manchester today The PM is launching a new taskforce to tackle child grooming gangs Manchester Evening News · Apr 3, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023 NSPCC warns against framing grooming gangs problem as ethnicity-based Sir Peter Wanless welcomes creation of taskforce but says ‘there must be a focus on more than just race’
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023 Sunak announces grooming gang crackdown as Tories accused of ‘dog whistle’ politics Government wants ethnicity data to be used by new police taskforce
The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023 Victorian court upholds ruling finding Catholic church liable for sexual abuse by paedophile priest Landmark decision expected to help countless other survivors achieve more compensation for abuse suffered from clergy
The New Daily · Apr 3, 2023 Child abuse is ‘disturbingly prevalent’ across nation The physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children is "disturbingly prevalent" across the nation with long-term impacts on victims through life,
AAP · Apr 3, 2023 Disturbing scale of child abuse delivers 'wake-up call' One in three Australian children suffer physical abuse while one in four suffer sexual abuse, according to a new nationwide study.
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023 ‘Political correctness’ will not stop crackdown on grooming gangs, says PM Ministers are promising tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from abuse.
The Conversation · Apr 2, 2023 Major study reveals two-thirds of people who suffer childhood maltreatment suffer more than one kind The following story deals with reports of childhood maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse.
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023 Sunak promises crackdown on grooming gangs with new police taskforce The Prime Minister will travel to northern England on Monday to announce the measures.
Wales Online · Apr 2, 2023 New police taskforce to tackle grooming gangs using 'ethnicity data', says PM Ministers will argue that using ethnicity data is necessary to ensure “cultural sensitivities” are not used to prevent criminals being caught
The National (Scotland) · Apr 2, 2023 Home Secretary accused of 'parroting far-right myths' about British Pakistani men Suella Braverman blamed 'political correctness' for authorities failing to tackle grooming gangs during a media round on Sunday morning.
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023 Suella Braverman claims Labour councils’ ‘political correctness’ failed to stop grooming gangs Labour councillors failed to act because of ‘not wanting to come across as racist’, says home secretary