UK care system leaves kids at risk of sexual abuse Children who run away from care homes are being abused and groomed for sex, while teenagers are routinely placed in rough areas far from home and in care homes known to pedophiles, a cross-party report by British Parliamentarians has found...
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We continued our investigation by getting in touch with whistle-blower and retired Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer, Jon Wedger, who has a background working in the vice squad and in child abuse cases, and who had recently stated to theDaily Starthat: I investigated a pi...
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Rose (left) and Winnie were both abused in the home "I was forced, and so was another child, to abuse each other. We'd be thrown like animals into the freezing cold bath, we'd physically - out of fear - wet ourselves." She alleges they were held under the water until they compl...
Sexuality is considered an important aspect of holistic care, but research has shown that it is often not considered, as it should be, in health services. Addressing clients’ sexuality requires a multidisciplinary approach and is not the responsibility
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…The Swedes are also seriously weighing concerns that have been taken as inevitable, if unfortunate, collateral damage in other countries, such as the mental health risks of being stuck inside, rising rates of abuse, and substance use disorders. …Other countries, including the UK and the ...
substance abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, parental or family dysfunction, absent parenting, and severe illness. In the UK, 18%, or only a minority of children, are given up voluntarily with consent from biological parents or are in situations where no parental responsibility exists...
Most researchers studying elder abuse have used scales that include potentially abusive items of a range of severities with a cut-point so that people only experiencing psychologically abusive acts or having their needs neglected very occasionally are not identified as abuse cases (Cooper et al., ...