Failing to report or protect children from sexual crimes
Laws targeting sexual offences against children
Learn about laws making it a crime not to report sexual offending against children and, within institutions, not to protect a child from sexual abuse.
Failing to report sexual offences against children
A new law makes it a crime not to report a reasonable belief of sexual offending against a child in the absence of a reasonable excuse.
Failing to protect children from sexual offences
It is a crime in institutional settings for certain people not to protect a child from a known risk of sexual offending.