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Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  6 July 2018

This report is about the third joint targeted area inspection programme, which began in May 2017 and examined ‘the multi-agency response to older children who are living with neglect’. This report considers the most significant learning from six inspections of local authority areas with a focus on the neglect of older children.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  19 September 2017

A report examining the multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse, along with inspections of local area services.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  29 September 2016

This report sets out an overview of the five joint inspections of child sexual exploitation and missing children were published from February to August 2016.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  20 July 2016

Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. The police service also has a significant role working with other agencies to ensure the child’s protection and well-being, longer term.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  23 March 2016

Each year thousands of children go missing from their homes, although the majority of them return home or are found soon after, all children who go missing are potentially at risk of harm, and a significant number, because of their circumstances, will face the risk of sexual, criminal or economic exploitation.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  22 September 2015

Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. The police service also has a significant role working with other agencies to ensure the child’s protection and well-being, longer term. This is the report of an inspection of Devon and Cornwall Police.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  2 July 2015

Dealing with child sexual exploitation in a virtual world requires a different style of policing from the conventional methods of the past. This report sets out findings from an inspection of the police service’s efforts to tackle online child sexual exploitation, and concludes that forces need to better understand the nature and potential scale of the this type of offending to ensure that more is done to protect children from harm, and bring perpetrators to justice.