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Alexis Jay

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Gender Male
Age 75
Date of birth April 25,1949
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Preceded byDame Lowell Goddard
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Alexandrina Henderson Farmer Jay, OBE is a British social worker and academic. She is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde and the independent chair of the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland.

'Redress scheme' announced for child sexual abuse victims

'Redress scheme' announced for child sexual abuse victims
May 22,2023 12:50 pm

... Chairwoman Prof Alexis Jay said the inquiry had heard " time and time again how allegations of abuse were ignored, victims were blamed and institutions prioritised their reputations over the protection of children"...

Grooming gangs and ethnicity: What does the evidence say?

Grooming gangs and ethnicity: What does the evidence say?
Apr 4,2023 8:01 am

... So what does the evidence say about the ethnicity of members of grooming gangs who sexually exploit children? In her, published in 2014, Prof Alexis Jay concluded that the majority of " known perpetrators were of Pakistani heritage" including five men convicted in 2010...

Child sex abuse: Failing to report it should be made illegal - major inquiry

Child sex abuse: Failing to report it should be made illegal - major inquiry
Oct 20,2022 7:20 am

... Chairwoman Prof Alexis Jay described an " epidemic that leaves thousands of victims in its poisonous wake"...

Child sexual abuse: Extensive failures in tackling grooming, says report

Child sexual abuse: Extensive failures in tackling grooming, says report
Feb 1,2022 4:06 pm

... There was a " flawed assumption" that this form of child sexual abuse was on the wane, the inquiry s chair Prof Alexis Jay said...

Lord Janner: Police shut down MP child abuse investigations - report

Lord Janner: Police shut down MP child abuse investigations - report
Oct 19,2021 2:07 pm

... Professor Alexis Jay, chairman of the inquiry, said police and prosecutors " appeared reluctant to fully investigate" claims against Lord Janner despite " numerous serious allegations"...

Westminster abuse claims: police and political parties turned blind eye'

Westminster abuse claims: police and political parties turned blind eye'
Feb 25,2020 5:30 pm

... Play down rumours Professor Alexis Jay, the head of the investigation, said: It is clear to see that Westminster institutions have repeatedly not for dealing with allegations of sexual abuse, turning a blind eye to active shielding of the perpetrators...

Rotherham sexually abused: identify bugs, policeman interviewed MP

Rotherham sexually abused: identify bugs, policeman interviewed MP
Feb 16,2020 10:16 am

... A report in 2014 by Professor Alexis Jay in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, mainly by men of Pakistani heritage...

Child abuse inquiry: travel bans are not the sex-offenders'

Child abuse inquiry: travel bans are not the sex-offenders'
Feb 16,2020 9:57 am

... Professor Alexis Jay, the Chairman of the IICSA, said: The sexual abuse of children abroad by British nationals is not an urgent problem, we will hide you...

Child sexual abuse: Extensive failures in tackling grooming, says report

Feb 16,2020 6:23 am

Police and councils still do not understand The Risk of organised gangs grooming children in their areas, according to a public inquiry.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said authorities were failing to collect Data which would help identify paedophiles.

It found signs of abuse in six areas but police were often unable to provide evidence on the extent of The Problem .

There were " extensive failures" in how child exploitation is tackled, it said.

In its 18th report, IICSA examined abuse in St Helens , Tower Hamlets in London, Swansea, Durham, Bristol and Warwickshire.

The Inquiry criticised authorities for failing to collect Data about the ethnicity of either abusers or their victims.

There was a " flawed assumption" that this form of child sexual abuse was on the wane, The Inquiry 's chair Prof Alexis Jay said.

Officials in two areas said there was no Data suggesting abuse, but in at least one, Swansea, The Inquiry found examples which " should have been identified by The Police ".

There was also disagreement among agencies working with police about the definition of organised Child Abuse , The Report found.

The Inquiry found children as young as 10 were being labelled as only " at risk" despite clear evidence they were contracting sexually-transmitted diseases, going missing with adults and turning up late from " house parties".

Concerns about so-called grooming gangs have been growing since the late 2000s following a string of horrifying cases in Rotherham, Rochdale, Derby, Oxford, Bristol and Cornwall.

They involved a clear pattern in which groups of adult men befriended children, plying them with drink and drugs before sexually abusing them over months.

There has been repeated criticism of The Police and child protection agencies for failing to take account of the fact that in some of The Most serious cases The Perpetrators were a distinct ethnic or religious community, while The Victims were from another.

None of the areas examined by IICSA kept Data on the ethnicity of all victims and perpetrators.

" This makes it impossible to know whether any particular Ethnic Group is over-represented as perpetrators of child Sexual Exploitation by networks, " The Report concludes.

This is despite the Home Office regularly publishing general Data about the ethnicity of criminals and victims.

'I was a child'

One woman, abused as a child by a notorious gang in Rochdale told The Bbc : " I was a child. I always pictured rape as being pinned down, are being tied up.

" Because I got drunk and I woke up with no underwear on I didn't actually think I'd been raped. I always kind of blamed myself in that situation. "

" The School knew that I was pregnant at 14 and used to See Me get picked up and dropped off by Asian males.

" The Hospital knew because they carried out an abortion without my parent's consent. "

" The Police knew because I was arrested every other week.

" All The Authorities knew, but they never did anything. "

The Inquiry found most children involved had experienced parental neglect, substance misuse, Domestic Violence and family breakdown.

But there was a continuing problem with children who were being abused being prosecuted for low level crimes or anti-social behaviour, while their abusers were Left Alone .

A charity in St Helens , Catch 22 , told The Inquiry that child protection professionals were still describing children as " promiscuous" and " putting themselves at risk".

In Swansea, a child was said to have had " sexual partners from the Age Of 11". Legally, there are no circumstances where a child under the Age Of 13 can consent to sex with an adult.

A senior official at The Council accepted that documents were " littered" with inappropriate language.

Prof Jay described abuse by grooming gangs as " A Crime which involves the sexual abuse of children in The Most degrading and destructive ways by multiple perpetrators".

She added: " There appeared to be a flawed assumption that child Sexual Exploitation was on the wane, however it has become even more of a hidden problem and increasingly underestimated. "

The Inquiry 's recommendations include improvement to the advice and guidance given to police and local authorities, a tighter definition of The Problem , and The Collection of ethnicity Data .



Source of news: bbc.com

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