Exclusive: Star Hobson's family have called for an overhaul of England's child protection system after an LBC investigation revealed 97% of child cruelty reports to police don't result in a charge. VickiSmith_
Child neglect is the ongoing failure to meet a child’s basic needs, and according to the NSPCC is the most common form of child abuse.
But he told LBC the charging figures do not reflect the various other outcomes which wouldn’t be counted in the data, including social care or suspects being charged for more severe offences, including murder. He said that when investigating neglect there is a difference between “criminal acts” and “neglect that takes place down to poor parenting, where support is needed to be given to parents to assist them in terms of bringing up children in today’s society.”
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