child sexual offences

Revised sentencing guidelines that clarify how courts in England and Wales should sentence offenders convicted of arranging or facilitating sexual offences against a child have been announced and will come into effect at the end of the month.

Under the revised guidelines announced by The Sentencing Council, judges and magistrates will consider the intended sexual [...]

Better analysis on the characteristics of offenders of child sexual exploitation such as ethnicity and other factors are required to ensure the factors and context of offending are understood and confronted, a paper published by the Home Secretary has found.

The paper on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation offending make it clear that more [...]

The NSPCC is calling for police officers to have support and training in safeguarding procedures after the number of child sexual offences rose by 15% last year.

The children’s charity states that there were 64,667 recorded child sexual offences reported last year meaning a sexual offence is carried out against a child every eight minutes [...]

Supporting sex offenders’ reintegration into society is key to preventing re-offending

Sex offenders need far greater support to reintegrate into communities following release from their sentences and treatment, a criminal justice expert has warned.

Linsey Marsh, risk assessment consultant who specialises in working with sex offenders, says communities can play a far greater role in helping [...]

The number of child on child sex offences has risen by almost 80% shocking new figures have revealed.

Recorded cases of children committing sexual offences against other children increased by 78 per cent in England and Wales between 2013 and 2016, figures obtained by Barnardo’s shows.

Last summer the children’s charity warned that child on child sexual [...]