Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

Jess Brown
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England concludes that many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported because children's professionals struggle to recognise and act on the signs of in-family abuse.

Analysis from the children’s commissioner suggests that up to two-thirds of abuse incidents happen in and around the family. Picture: fasphotographic/shutterstock.com posed by model
Analysis from the children’s commissioner suggests that up to two-thirds of abuse incidents happen in and around the family. Picture: fasphotographic/shutterstock.com posed by model

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