Broken and Betrayed

Broken and Betrayed
Author: Jayne Senior
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2016-03-24
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1509801618

For fourteen years, Jayne Senior tried to help girls from Rotherham who had been groomed, raped, tortured, pimped and threatened with violence by sex traffickers. As the manager of Risky Business, which was set up to work with vulnerable teens, she heard heartbreaking and shocking stories of abuse and assiduously kept notes and details of the perpetrators, passing information on to the authorities in the belief that they would do something. Eventually, when she lost hope that the authorities would take action against the gangs she had identified as the abusers, she became a whistleblower for The Times investigative reporter Andrew Norfolk. Now, in her powerful memoir Broken and Betrayed, she describes a life spent working to protect Rotherham's girls, the pressure put on her to stop rocking the boat, and why she risked prison in the hope that she could help end the appalling child exploitation in the town.

Child Sexual Exploitation After Rotherham

Child Sexual Exploitation After Rotherham
Author: Angie Heal
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784502766

The scale of the Rotherham child protection scandal has led professionals responsible for safeguarding children in other regions to recognise the extent of child abuse in their area and consider how to respond efficiently. Drawing on lessons learned from key case reviews and independent practice, this book tells the story of Rotherham and shows the consequences of failing to respond to concerns of child sexual exploitation. Using case examples demonstrating both poor and good practice, from Rotherham and elsewhere, the authors are able to present recommendations for improvements at strategic management and frontline practitioner levels.

Just a Child

Just a Child
Author: Sammy Woodhouse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-04
Genre: Abused children
ISBN: 9781788700078

A chilling and heartbreaking story of how a trusting young girl ended up as the victim of psychological and sexual abuse. Sammy will be fully identified. This is one of the most high profile cases of its kind, when it was brought to national attention by Sammy's bravery in contacting a Times journalist. Sammy is currently working with the government to try and get changes implemented to protect other girls from being groomed in same way. Sammy had the courage to blow the whistle on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, prompting the Jay Report.

Girl for Sale

Girl for Sale
Author: Lara McDonnell
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 147350161X

At the vulnerable age of 12, Lara McDonnell was picked out by a gang of men who befriended her, showered her with attention and gained her trust. Manipulated and groomed, her life quickly spiralled out of control as the men trafficked her around the country, deliberately keeping her compliant with drink and drugs. Deeply disturbed, and frightened about what the gang would do to her if she tried to break free, it would take over 4 years for Lara to find the strength to fight back, flee Oxford and escape her nightmare. This is her heartbreaking story.

Survivors

Survivors
Author: Maggie Oliver
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019
Genre: Autobiographies
ISBN: 1789460859

A heartbreaking expose on the Rochdale grooming scandal from whistleblower and former detective Maggie Oliver.