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Mini police get to grips with cybercrime

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Police-led scheme raises awareness of cybercrime.

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

News

Friday, October 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A drug dealer has been jailed for 14 years in the first successful prosecution under legislation to tackle "county lines" crime, in which gangs exploit vulnerable children to establish drug networks.

Two thirds of police forces report issue with 'county lines' child exploitation

News

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Children are being exploited by drugs gangs through so-called "county lines" crime, in at least two thirds of police force areas a National Crime Agency report has found.

Children to be bailed rather than detained in custody

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Children who have been charged with an offence will be released on bail "whenever possible" as part of Home Office efforts to reduce the number of young people being detained in police stations.

Lessons from Serious Case Reviews: Police and law enforcement

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has analysed evidence from serious case reviews to identify learning. In this issue, we look at the risk factors and lessons for police and law enforcement professionals working with children.

Inspectors slam Met Police for 'inexcusable' child protection failures

News

Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Fundamental deficiencies in the way the Metropolitan Police (Met) understands and responds to child abuse and child sexual exploitation (CSE) are placing children in London at risk, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has warned.

Children 'left traumatised' by police raids

News

Monday, November 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Children who are at home during police raids to arrest a parent or family should get more support to help them deal with the trauma, a charity has said.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

Children in residential care are being criminalised at excessively high rates compared with other boys and girls, a campaign group has claimed.

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

News

Friday, February 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Uncertainty over the future of serious case reviews (SCRs) is damaging local safeguarding arrangements, local safeguarding children board (LSCB) leaders have warned.

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

News

Friday, January 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to harm themselves, latest figures show.

Big rise in 'missing' fostered children

News

Thursday, December 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children going missing from foster care has rocketed by 19 per cent over the last year.

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

News

Monday, November 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Police must be given greater discretion when dealing with children who share explicit pictures of themselves so that their future life chances are not harmed, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

News

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Police, councils, youth services, and schools should be working with children as young as seven to prevent them getting involved with gangs or violent youth crime, it has been claimed.

Historical abuse cases 'stretching police resources', says former police chief

News

Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces will need to increase the resources they spend on investigating historical child sex abuse cases, a former police child protection expert has said.

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

News

Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Olivia Pinkney, the National Police Chiefs Council's lead officer for children and young people.

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) will develop a new system to intervene in unofficial Islamic schools where there are concerns about the way children are being taught, it has been announced.

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Mini police get to grips with cybercrime

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

Two thirds of police forces report issue with 'county lines' child exploitation

Children to be bailed rather than detained in custody

Lessons from Serious Case Reviews: Police and law enforcement

Inspectors slam Met Police for 'inexcusable' child protection failures

Children 'left traumatised' by police raids

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

Big rise in 'missing' fostered children

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

Historical abuse cases 'stretching police resources', says former police chief

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

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