UNITED KINGDOM
Nursery World
05 July 2017 by Meredith Jones Russell
A new report calling for regular data on child sexual abuse and exploitation has been published today.
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse has compiled local authority and criminal justice data in England and Wales to conclude that 15 per cent of girls and 5 per cent of boys experience some form of sexual abuse.
However, the study highlights ‘significant gaps’ in data and says that improving understanding of the scale and nature of child sexual abuse is essential to tackling the problem effectively.
The report, entitled ’Measuring the Scale and Changing Nature of Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation’, finds that recording of key information, including about victims and perpetrators, is often incomplete or inconsistent.
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