General Article We have to learn more about the victims of child exploitation

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Mistakes were made, warning signs ignored and a general ignorance of and, in some cases, indifference to, child sexual exploitation meant that the grooming of young girls for sex had become ‘widespread’ and ‘organised’ in places such as Oxford and Rochdale, a home affairs committee report has found.

Child sexual exploitation has emerged in public discourse as a new category of ‘crime’. A series of high-profile cases in areas such as Rochdale and Oxford have gained the public’s attention. The...

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