'This is Not Just About History…' Addressing the Disconnect in Historic (Non‐Recent) Child Abuse Investigations. (4th September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aldridge, Jo
• Is Part Of: Child abuse review. Volume 27:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 29
• Publication Date: 2017-09-04
• Subjects: Child abuse -- Periodicals; Child abuse -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Abused children -- Services for -- Periodicals; Abused children -- Services for -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 362.76
• DOI: 10.1002/car.2492
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-9136

Abstract

Key Practitioner Messages: Historic (non‐recent) child abuse investigations need to consider the effects of investigative processes on victims and survivors. Such investigations include those undertaken by the police and by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). Victim and survivor accounts need to be taken seriously and investigated thoroughly in order for victims/survivors not to feel let down by, and disconnected from, criminal justice and IICSA processes. 'Historic (non‐recent) child abuse investigations need to consider the effects of investigative processes on victims and survivors'