Puppet on a String - New Report Launched by Barnardos
Martin Narey, the new chief executive of Barnardo’s, has called for Education Secretary Michael Gove to identify a minister to take responsibility for the problem of child sexual exploitation.
Barnardo’s is now calling for child sexual exploitation to be treated as a child protection issue. The charity says the statutory response and specialist services need to be improved along with the evidence that is currently held on the issue and the prosecution procedures to increase the number of cases that lead to conviction. See Barnado’s report Puppet on a string: The urgent need to cut children free from sexual exploitation.
CYP now has reported on the story giving details of some of the stories that have hit the headlines recently.
Also worth taking a look at for information and guidance is the website of the charity CROP (The Coalition for the Removal of Pimping).
