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The Home Office review on "grooming gangs" finally published concludes:
1. “links between ethnicity and this form of offending” could not be proven
2. “Research has found that group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) offenders are most commonly white" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/grooming-gangs-review-race-religion-home-office-b1774161.html
1. “links between ethnicity and this form of offending” could not be proven
2. “Research has found that group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) offenders are most commonly white" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/grooming-gangs-review-race-religion-home-office-b1774161.html
“Some studies suggest an over-representation of black and Asian offenders relative to the demographics of national populations. However, it is not possible to conclude that this is representative of all group-based CSE offending.”
The document said there were issues with the data used in existing studies, sample selection and a “potential for bias and inaccuracies”
Assume this is referring to studies like the Quilliam report that was widely debunked by experts at the time, yet was cited in national papers
Assume this is referring to studies like the Quilliam report that was widely debunked by experts at the time, yet was cited in national papers
The Home Office previously said releasing the paper would not be in the “public interest”, in response to a Freedom of Information request by The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grooming-gang-rotherham-review-home-office-findings-a9344896.html
It would be good to understand why this was not considered in the public interest before, given the interest on this issue had led to so many conspiracy theories about Pakistanis in particular
Full report here
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/944206/Group-based_CSE_Paper.pdf
Full report here
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/944206/Group-based_CSE_Paper.pdf
Those whose research was debunked at the time by experts such as Dr @DrEllaC, yet stood by its veracity (e.g. Quilliam), need to respond now.
The Quilliam report was cited by national newspapers as fact, and used by the far right https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1054833871693463552?s=19
The Quilliam report was cited by national newspapers as fact, and used by the far right https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1054833871693463552?s=19
What are the consequences for those who inflamed the far right?
They should be held accountable for their failures in publishing poor research that had consequences
They should be held accountable for their failures in publishing poor research that had consequences
Let's hope this report can help this disgusting crime of gang-related child sexual exploitation (as well as all forms of CSE) be tackled effectively & that it is reported on properly.
Joseph Harker ( @josephharker) realised the dangers of poor reporting on this early on.
We now need media outlets to reflect *again* on why many (not all) fed this narrative that has provided fuel to the far right, even though its basis was thin https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/22/how-racism-takes-root
We now need media outlets to reflect *again* on why many (not all) fed this narrative that has provided fuel to the far right, even though its basis was thin https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/22/how-racism-takes-root
To be explicit, the HO report dismisses the Quilliam report as an unreliable source - see pic and https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/943955/Characteristics_of_group-based_child_sexual_exploitation_in_the_community__Literature_review.pdf
Ht @DrEllaC
Ht @DrEllaC
