Just a third of police cases involving vulnerable British children are being handled to a satisfactory standard, a watchdog says.<\/p>\n
Police forces are still failing too many young victims of sexual abuse, according to a series of new reports – with only one in three cases involving vulnerable children being handled to a good standard.<\/p>\n
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has warned senior officers “risk failing another generation of children” if they don’t reassess their approach.
\nThe police watchdog’s inspections found a case where it took three months to interview a man whose nine-year-old grandson accused him of rape.<\/p>\n
In another case, police and social workers agreed, without consulting a doctor, that vaginal bleeding in a four-year-old girl was eczema – despite the child saying she had been sexually assaulted by a relative.<\/p>\n
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, National Policing Lead for Child Protection, said: “The scale of child sexual abuse is staggering.<\/p>\n
“By the end of 2015, we anticipate that police will be investigating over 70,000 cases of child sexual abuse – an increase of 88% from 2012.
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