Thursday, October 30, 2014

UK: Child sex exploitation is a ‘social norm’, damning report finds

Music videos, “selfies” and “sexting” have led to the sexual exploitation of children becoming the “norm” in some areas, a report claims.

The inquiry, which Theresa May, the Home Secretary, described as “alarming”, found that some girls were regularly approached by older men and urged to get into cars on their way home from school, but that such instances were “part of everyday life” because they had become normalised.

It also said that almost 650 children reported missing in Greater Manchester this year were at risk of exploitation .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk