One mother's story of the psychological impact on her children of her ex husband's sexual offences
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They call it "the knock" - when the police are at the door and demand to take away laptops and phones to search for evidence of images of child sexual...
show moreEmma eventually got support from the charity Children Heard and Seen, which offers face-to-face support to children in Oxford and Birmingham and online support to families across the country. Sarah Burrows and James Otley explain how their online groups and mentoring help to support families like Emma's.
The Ministry of Justice say that there is help for children who are victims of crime, but a victim is defined as someone who is directly affected by a criminal offence, so families of offenders are not deemed to be victims of crime. There are no plans to change this as it could result in victims of crime receiving less support.
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