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'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

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

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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

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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.

Inspectors slam Met Police for 'inexcusable' child protection failures

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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.

One in three young people in custody are in care system

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

More than a third of under-18s in young offender institutions (YOI) are in the care system, it has emerged.

Police chiefs unveil strategy to treat under-18s as 'children first'

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Police officers dealing with under-18s should treat them as "children first" rather than potential criminals, the organisation representing police chiefs has said.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The police force criticised last year over its handling of child sexual exploitation (CSE) allegations in Rotherham is not doing enough to improve its child protection procedures, a report has found.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Sexual offences against children rise by a third, finds NSPCC

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Reports of sexual offences against children have risen dramatically, latest figures obtained from police forces across England and Wales show.

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Local safeguarding children's boards (LSCB) are at "breaking point" because their health, criminal justice and education members are failing to provide enough funding or attend meetings, according to a damning report.

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

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'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

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

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

One in three young people in custody are in care system

Police chiefs unveil strategy to treat under-18s as 'children first'

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Sexual offences against children rise by a third, finds NSPCC

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

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