We need a public enquiry, not to indulge loud politicians who've just discovered the issue but to ask how the British state failed thousands of vulnerable girls, many in its care
Social services were ignoring under age girls having sex here in Derby years back. A friend's granddaughter kept going out at night to see an Asian boyfriend in a nearby town. Social services who had care of her, because she put herself into care, wouldn't bring her back and wouldn't involve the police. She did get out of it eventually, in part possibly because she had family who genuinely cared for her.
Good piece. There's a broader context here, which is if you live in these areas, there's been no single issue that has undermined community cohesion more than this. There's a win win here, if people want it and it's done sensitively and professionally.
This is an excellent post, but I disagree with you about the significance of the ethnicity of the perpetrators. You would know more than I, but I would guess that the authorities (police, social workers, local politicians) chose not to speak up for fear of being accused of racism.
We have learned not to make cultural distinctions, but I wonder whether the ethnic divide between the perpetrators and their victims had anything to do with their eagerness to rape.
I would also be curious whether the cultural background of the perpetrators was significant. This article in UNICEF suggests that child abuse is more common in Pakistan than it is here.
Social services were ignoring under age girls having sex here in Derby years back. A friend's granddaughter kept going out at night to see an Asian boyfriend in a nearby town. Social services who had care of her, because she put herself into care, wouldn't bring her back and wouldn't involve the police. She did get out of it eventually, in part possibly because she had family who genuinely cared for her.
Good piece. There's a broader context here, which is if you live in these areas, there's been no single issue that has undermined community cohesion more than this. There's a win win here, if people want it and it's done sensitively and professionally.
This is an excellent post, but I disagree with you about the significance of the ethnicity of the perpetrators. You would know more than I, but I would guess that the authorities (police, social workers, local politicians) chose not to speak up for fear of being accused of racism.
We have learned not to make cultural distinctions, but I wonder whether the ethnic divide between the perpetrators and their victims had anything to do with their eagerness to rape.
I would also be curious whether the cultural background of the perpetrators was significant. This article in UNICEF suggests that child abuse is more common in Pakistan than it is here.
https://www.unicef.org/pakistan/child-protection-0
I believe all of these suggest that the ethnicity of the rapists matters.