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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/16/mps-call-for-action-over-expected-rise-in-child-sexual-abuse-during-coronavirus-pandemic Europol said it had seen “increased online activity by those seeking child abuse material”. The UK will cease to belong to Europol, which helps member states combat serious international crime and terrorism, once the transition period for leaving the EU ends. Christine Jardine, the Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson,Continue Reading

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New laws proposed to tackle social media companies streaming child abuse, extremism, terrorist attacks and cyberbullying have been welcomed by senior police and children’s charities. Launched on Monday, the Online Harms white paper outlines what the government says are tough new laws for internet companies and the ability to enforceContinue Reading

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17542863.2016.1264440 Child abuse and neglect negatively impact both neurological and psychological development. Patterns of abuse are learned and repeated in families. Adverse childhood experiences are a risk factor for psychopathology later in life, including borderline personality disorder (BPD). Borderline personality disorder is prevalent in clinical populations in the USA, butContinue Reading

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https://apnews.com/83a3961a3808451193b7982b411d2774 The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday rejected a recommendation by a government inquiry that priests be required to report evidence of child sex abuse disclosed in the confessional. The recommendation that priests be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of pedophilia heard in the confessional was a keyContinue Reading

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17542863.2016.1264440 Child abuse and neglect negatively impact both neurological and psychological development. Patterns of abuse are learned and repeated in families. Adverse childhood experiences are a risk factor for psychopathology later in life, including borderline personality disorder (BPD). Borderline personality disorder is prevalent in clinical populations in the USA, butContinue Reading

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https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html In the 9th century, a Persian doctor published one of the first written accounts of measles disease. Francis Home, a Scottish physician, demonstrated in 1757 that measles is caused by an infectious agent in the blood of patients. In 1912, measles became a nationally notifiable disease in the UnitedContinue Reading

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12015509 Dame Lesley says it can’t always be ascribed to poverty, so we need to dig deeper. It was only a couple of weeks ago we also had big news in the papers about the worrying statistics around child abuse: one in four children under 17 years old in thisContinue Reading

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Wider access to smartphones and super-fast internet access are giving rise to a disturbing trend: a surge in on-demand, live-streaming online child sexual abuse, according to a report published by a children’s welfare group founded by former Facebook executive Joanna Shields. The report by WeProtect, published Wednesday, shows such advancesContinue Reading

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11988847 Set up last year as the replacement for Child, Youth and Family, one of Oranga Tamariki’s main stated objectives is to put the safety of children first. Those wanting to report cases of abuse or neglect are directed to the agency’s website to call a special toll free number.Continue Reading

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/31/plea-for-criminals-who-were-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-to-access-redress-scheme “What I’m leading to here is the fact that I would have been all right in life if it hadn’t been for the sexual abuse committed against me, and rejections by the system, so how can you, Mr Turnbull, judge me as not being eligible for compensation on theContinue Reading