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Rotherham child sex abuse could be tip of an iceberg, say campaigners
TheGuardian.com/uk ^ | Alexandra Topping

Posted on 08/28/2014 1:38:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Rotherham has been labelled a town of shame in the wake of revelations that 1,400 children were sexually exploited over a 16-year-period, but experts and campaigners argue the same abuse is continuing to happen across the country, and is hidden in other boroughs that refuse to acknowledge the problem.

"When you look at the Rotherham report – nature of the abuse, the failures – you could write the same report about any number of different places," said Dr Helen Beckett, of the International Centre, which researches child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking at the University of Bedfordshire. "What we see time and time again is that young people are not treated as victims, there is a real failure to see the vulnerability of these young people and instead write them off as out of control, problematic teenagers."

There is mounting evidence that the shocking revelations in the Rotherham report could provide a glimpse of the scale of childhood sexual abuse across the country, and not just in one town.

In an extensive report into the nature of child sexual exploitation, the Office of the Children's Commissioner identified 2,409 victims over a 14-month period and estimated that 16,500 children were at risk of a specific type of abuse that can see gangs of abusers grooming children as young as 11 in order to rape, sexually abuse and, in some cases, traffic them among other men and between cities.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: rotherham
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1 posted on 08/28/2014 1:38:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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You just know it’s all across the country. This is an explosive issue, to put it mildly.


2 posted on 08/28/2014 1:39:48 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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3 posted on 08/28/2014 1:49:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I know she wasn’t a teen, and this is not Portugal, but the story made me immediately think of Madeleine McCain. She’d d be 11 now.


4 posted on 08/28/2014 1:50:27 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: BenLurkin

What’s the German word for a face that’s demanding to be punched?


5 posted on 08/28/2014 1:51:04 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living insult to islam since 1959.)
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To: RoosterRedux

As the moral structures in URP, the US and Central and South America crumbles..
It’s always been so in Asia.. AND the MidEast..

Sodom was once a city.. BUT has become the World..


6 posted on 08/28/2014 1:54:40 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: SlowBoat407

The German word for that is: Behaartemuslimgesichtgeshlossaenmussen


7 posted on 08/28/2014 1:54:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Gesundheit!”


8 posted on 08/28/2014 2:00:08 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Where are the class action Lawyers when they’re really needed ?


9 posted on 08/28/2014 2:02:54 PM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: RoosterRedux

ISLAM.

MOHAMMED WAS A CHILD RAPIST, ALDUTERER, ETHINC CLEANSER AND MURDERER.


10 posted on 08/28/2014 2:04:04 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: RoosterRedux

The Netherlands has been a hotbed of child sex trafficking for decades.

Their lax attitude toward sex makes it the go to place for pervs.


11 posted on 08/28/2014 2:07:31 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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From the article: "perpetrators have been mainly Asian"

This is part of the problem.

The UK news media refuses to identify perps as Muslims. They refer to them as "Asians".

When I first read of this crime in an online UK newspaper, I thought it was odd. I realize that actual Asian immigrants do sometimes commit crimes; but it seemed out of character that a gang of Asians (I'm thinking; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc) would commit this type of crime.

Then, a later article finally showed a photo of the perps. Guess what? None of them were "Asian". They were all Muslims from the Middle East or North Africa. Most appeared to be Arabic and some were obviously black.

The news media has failed us miserably and dangerously. With their left-wing notions of "fairness" and their fear of being labelled "racist"; their lack of truthful reporting puts people in danger, by refusing to report the truth.

12 posted on 08/28/2014 2:19:17 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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Kinda like perps are often referred to as Amish around here but without anyone really thinking, hey they’re not really Amish.


13 posted on 08/28/2014 2:28:06 PM PDT by infool7 (The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
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I thought this was about Hollywood when I first read the headline on the 1,400 story


14 posted on 08/28/2014 2:29:09 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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That would be funny if it wasn’t so sad. It has been going on for much longer in Hollyweird so the number is probably much higher than 1400.


15 posted on 08/28/2014 2:35:51 PM PDT by infool7 (The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
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very true


16 posted on 08/28/2014 2:38:43 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: RoosterRedux

!


17 posted on 08/28/2014 3:55:48 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: ChicagahAl

In the UK, people know exactly what is meant by the term “Asian” - although it can be confusing to Americans.


18 posted on 08/28/2014 4:40:51 PM PDT by BobL
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To: BenLurkin

How about arseloche?


19 posted on 08/28/2014 6:15:12 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Islam must be destroyed.


20 posted on 08/28/2014 6:33:07 PM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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