From Gulf News
London, UK: The number of paedophiles convicted of child sex offences has rocketed by nearly 60 per cent in five years.
Figures show the number of offenders convicted of sex attacks on under-16s leapt from 1,363 in 2005 to 2,135 in 2010.
While the UK Justice System seems to be congratulating itself on it's splendid work, the question is, how much has child sex abuse increased in those 5 years? Internet pornography has significantly increased child sex abuse in the making of the videos or on Skype, etc.
One suspects that much of that 60% increase in convictions is a result of increased child sex activity. Since it is likely that fewer then one in ten abuses are reported, and not many of them end up with convictions, that the overall situation in the UK is worse than ever.
Please join my 3:15 PM prayer group and pray that real progress will be made against paedophilia in the UK.
The increase was attributed to better detection rates, but child protection groups argued that the Ministry of Justice statistics, released under the Freedom of Information Act, suggest a rise in child sex abuse. The number of convictions in 2009, for example, was 1,916.
However, figures from the child-protection charity the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) show that in 2008-09 there were more than ten times as many reported sex offences against under-18s recorded by police.
Statistics over the period obtained from all 43 police forces in England and Wales showed 21,618 occasions where under-18s were reported to be victims of sex crimes including rape, gross indecency and incest.
One in seven of the victims was younger than ten, while 1,000 were five and under.
Campaigners say these numbers are still relatively small compared with the real figures as child sex offences remain under-reported.
They believe the increase in internet-based sexual exploitation through social networks such as Facebook may be to blame for the dramatic surge.
Peter Davies, the chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, welcomed the increase in convictions, saying it was "a good indicator that police services and others are getting their act together".
The centre has seen an encouraging increase in the number of high-risk sex offender networks disrupted, from 29 in 2006-7 to 132 in 2010-11.
But Jon Brown, the NSPCC's head of strategy and development, said: "I think police are right when they say that they are being more successful in prosecutions, but it would also be right to conclude cautiously that we are looking at an increase in child sex abuse and in different types of sex abuse.
"The phenomenon of sexual abuse online has certainly increased."
London, UK: The number of paedophiles convicted of child sex offences has rocketed by nearly 60 per cent in five years.
Figures show the number of offenders convicted of sex attacks on under-16s leapt from 1,363 in 2005 to 2,135 in 2010.
While the UK Justice System seems to be congratulating itself on it's splendid work, the question is, how much has child sex abuse increased in those 5 years? Internet pornography has significantly increased child sex abuse in the making of the videos or on Skype, etc.
One suspects that much of that 60% increase in convictions is a result of increased child sex activity. Since it is likely that fewer then one in ten abuses are reported, and not many of them end up with convictions, that the overall situation in the UK is worse than ever.
Please join my 3:15 PM prayer group and pray that real progress will be made against paedophilia in the UK.
The increase was attributed to better detection rates, but child protection groups argued that the Ministry of Justice statistics, released under the Freedom of Information Act, suggest a rise in child sex abuse. The number of convictions in 2009, for example, was 1,916.
However, figures from the child-protection charity the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) show that in 2008-09 there were more than ten times as many reported sex offences against under-18s recorded by police.
Statistics over the period obtained from all 43 police forces in England and Wales showed 21,618 occasions where under-18s were reported to be victims of sex crimes including rape, gross indecency and incest.
One in seven of the victims was younger than ten, while 1,000 were five and under.
Campaigners say these numbers are still relatively small compared with the real figures as child sex offences remain under-reported.
They believe the increase in internet-based sexual exploitation through social networks such as Facebook may be to blame for the dramatic surge.
Peter Davies, the chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, welcomed the increase in convictions, saying it was "a good indicator that police services and others are getting their act together".
The centre has seen an encouraging increase in the number of high-risk sex offender networks disrupted, from 29 in 2006-7 to 132 in 2010-11.
But Jon Brown, the NSPCC's head of strategy and development, said: "I think police are right when they say that they are being more successful in prosecutions, but it would also be right to conclude cautiously that we are looking at an increase in child sex abuse and in different types of sex abuse.
"The phenomenon of sexual abuse online has certainly increased."
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