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CAFCASS
(Children and Family Court Advisory and
Support Service) looks after the interests of
children involved in family proceedings. It works with children and their
families, and advises the courts on the children's best interests. CAFCASS
only works in the family courts.
The
Child Exploitation and Online
Protection (CEOP) Centre works across the UK and internationally to
deliver a holistic approach that combines police powers with the dedicated
expertise of business sectors, government, specialist charities and other
interested organisations - all focused on tackling child sex abuse. It
includes details of individual child sex offendenders.
The Criminal
Records Bureau aims to reduce the risk of
abuse by ensuring that those who are unsuitable are not able to work with
children and vulnerable adults.
The
NSPCC (National Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) specialises
in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.
The NSPCC is the only UK children's charity with
statutory powers that enable it to take action to safeguard children at risk
of abuse.
Victoria
Climbié Inquiry: Lord Laming's independent,
statutory inquiry into the circumstances leading to Victoria Climbié's
death, and to recommend action to prevent such a tragedy happening again.
Child Protection:
International
The International
Center for Missing and Exploited Children works to identify and
coordinate a global network of organisations fighting child sexual
exploitation and abduction. It serves as a coordinator, facilitator, and
enabler by providing counsel, standards, tools, and resources to help
maximize the individual and collective effectiveness of agencies worldwide.
Florida Law Enforcement's
Sexual
Predator/Offender Registry provides public
information on offenders classified as sexual predators and/or
convicted of a crime
against children. The information is "made
available to interested citizens to help them educate themselves about the
possible presence of such offenders in their local communities",
and is provided "to assist interested persons in forming
their own risk assessments based on the offender's personal circumstances
and conviction history."
The
New York State Sex
Offender Registry site provides an overview of the sex offender
registration law and how the public can obtain information about sex
offenders. The
Virtual Global
Taskforce (VGT) is made up of law enforcement agencies from around the
world working together to fight child abuse online. The aim of the VGT is to
build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement agencies
that helps to protect children from online child abuse. |
