kempo, here’s a link to a download of the Jay report:
http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/download...e_in_rotherham
The report confirms at paragraphs 8.1 and 8.2 and again in describing another report at 10.2 that the primary failure of the police was to fail to recognise the abuse for what it was.
Chapter 11 is entitled ‘Issues of Ethnicity’. The chapter summary includes: Within the Council, we found no evidence of children’s social care staff being influenced by concerns about the ethnic origins of suspected perpetrators when dealing with individual child protection cases, including CSE. To fair to you, it continues: In the broader organisational context, however, there was a widespread perception that messages conveyed by some senior people in the Council and also the Police, were to 'downplay' the ethnic dimensions of CSE. Unsurprisingly, frontline staff appeared to be confused as to what they were supposed to say and do and what would be interpreted as 'racist'. From a political perspective, the approach of avoiding public discussion of the issues was ill judged.
I agree that avoiding public discussion was ill judged. I also agree with Professor Jay at paragraph 11.2 that there is no simple link between race and child ***ual exploitation
Interestingly, paragraph 11.16 explodes one of the claims that is often made in these threads where it states one of these myths was that only white girls are victims of ***ual exploitation by Asian or Muslim males, as if these men only abuse outside of their own community, driven by hatred and contempt for white females. This belief flies in the face of evidence that shows that those who violate children are most likely to target those who are closest to them and most easily accessible.'
Perhaps you’d care to draw my attention to a passage that supports your original proposition that It was this fear of investigating Muslims that allowed the Rotherham abuse to continue for so long ?
I confess that I have never read Casey, but will do so and come back to you (but not today, because it’s a bank holiday and I have better things to do with my time).




Reply With Quote