Brexit damages ability of UK to catch child abuse offenders

Brexit damages ability of UK to catch child abuse offenders

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, who wrote the letter to…

U.K. legislates social media companies to eliminate child abuse

U.K. legislates social media companies to eliminate child abuse

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 enforce them. The white paper, which…

The global problem of child maltreatment

The global problem of child maltreatment

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, but its prevalence has not been…

Australian state governments increasing pressure on church to report child abuse

Australian state governments increasing pressure on church to report child abuse

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 key finding in December of Australia’s…

The global problem of child maltreatment

The global problem of child maltreatment

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, but its prevalence has not been…

Science denial & anti-vaxxers is child abuse

Science denial & anti-vaxxers is child abuse

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 United States, requiring U.S. healthcare providers…

Dame Lesley says it can’t always be ascribed to poverty

Dame Lesley says it can’t always be ascribed to poverty

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 this country will be the subject…

Cheaper mobile data linked to rise in child exploitation

Cheaper mobile data linked to rise in child exploitation

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 advances have led to a drop…

After waiting for 31 minutes to report child abuse, caller gave up

After waiting for 31 minutes to report child abuse, caller gave up

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. Jane said she had gone…

Australia: abuse survivors committing serious crimes barred from accessing redress

Australia: abuse survivors committing serious crimes barred from accessing redress

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 the grounds of criminality?” he wrote….