How to make sure the new grooming gangs inquiry is the last

By Aisha K. Gill, Professor of Criminology, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol

Louise Casey’s recent report on grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation in the UK lays bare institutional failings. It highlights that, at present, victims cannot rely upon the criminal justice system – and that it has badly let them down in the past.

One of Lady Casey’s 12 recommendations is a new national inquiry into child sexual exploitation. This inquiry would review reported cases that did not result in…

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