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Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children
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- ACPO (2007) Practice Advice on Police Use of Digital Images
- ACPO (2010) Communication Advisory Group Guidance
- ACPO (2012) Good Practice Guide for Digital Evidence, Version 5.0
- ACPO (2012) National Contact Management Principles and Practice
- ACPO (2012) Practice Advice on European Cross-Border Investigations
- NCA (2020) Child Rescue Alert Operational Guidance
- ACPO (2013) Guidelines on the Presentation of Images to Court in Indecent Images of Children Cases in England and Wales [RESTRICTED] (this link is available to authorised users who are logged on to College Learn)
- ACPO (2014) A Guide to Investigating Child Deaths
- ACPO Criminal Records Office
- ACPO CPAI Lead’s Position on Young People Who Post Self-Taken Indecent Images
- ACPO et al (2013) Protocol and Good Practice Model: Disclosure of information in cases of alleged child abuse and linked criminal and care directions hearings
- Adoption and Children Act 2002
- All Wales Child Protection Procedures 2008
- Barnardo’s
- CEOP
- Child Abduction Act 1984
- Child assessment orders
- Children Act 1989
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933
- College of Policing (2013) Guidance on Relationships with the Media
- College of Policing Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme
- College of Policing (2019) Managing the risk of suicide for persons under investigation for online child sexual abuse and exploitation
- College of Policing (2019) Advice for safeguarding children through use of a child abduction warning notice
- CPS (2008) Pre-Trial Witness Interviews – Guidance for Prosecutors
- CPS (2013) Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
- CPS (2013) Victim’s Right to Review Scheme
- CPS (2014) Guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media
- CPS Disclosure Manual
- CPS information on disclosure of material to third parties
- CPS information on special measures
- Criminal injuries compensation scheme
- Criminal Justice Act 2003
- Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
- Criminal Law Act 1967
- Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
- Data Protection Act 1998
- Department for Children, Schools and Families (2008) Safeguarding Children in whom illness is fabricated or induced
- Emergency protection orders
- European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- Faculty of Forensic and Legal Information Guidelines on Paediatric Forensic Examinations in Relation to Possible Child Sexual Abuse
- Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003
- Forced Marriage Unit (FMU)
- Foreign travel orders
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] 1 AC 112
- HM Government (2006) What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused
- HM Government (2006) Working Together to Safeguard Children
- HM Government (2007) Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession
- HM Government (2015) Working Together to Safeguard Children
- HMCPSI/HMIC (2012) Joint Inspection Report on the Experience of Young Victims and Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System
- HMIC (2013) ‘Mistakes were made’. HMIC‘s review into allegations and intelligence material concerning Jimmy Savile between 1964 and 2012
- Home Office (2011) The National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS): What you need to know
- Home Office (2013) Multi-Agency Working and Information Sharing Project: Early Findings
- Home Office and Department of Health (2002) Guidance on Complex Child Abuse Investigations: Inter-Agency Issues
- Home Office Circular 017/2008
- Home Office Circular 36/2002
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Independent sexual violence advisors
- Interim care order
- International Federation of Journalists (2002) Child Rights and the Media: Putting Children in the Right
- INTERPOL
- Ministry of Justice (2022) Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on interviewing victims and witnesses, and guidance on using special measures
- Ministry of Justice (2012) MAPPA Guidance, Version 4
- Ministry of Justice (2012) The Registered Intermediary Procedural Guidance Manual
- Ministry of Justice (2015) Code of Practice for Victims of Crime
- National action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief
- National Agreement on Arrangements for the Use of Interpreters, Translators and Language Service Professionals in Investigations and Proceedings within the Arrangements for the Attendance of Interpreters in Investigations and Proceedings within the Criminal Justice System, as revised 2007
- National Association for People Abused in Childhood
- National Autistic Society (2011) Autism: a guide for criminal justice professionals
- National Crime Agency
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- NCA MCIS Poster (to be treated as official)
- NCA MCIS Briefing (to be treated as official)
- NPCC (2015) Advice on the Structure of Visually Recorded Witness Interviews (Third Edition)
- NSPCC (2005) Understanding the links: child abuse, animal abuse and domestic violence
- NSPCC factsheet (2013) Child abuse reporting requirements for professionals
- Office for Criminal Justice Reform (2009) Early special measures discussions between the police and the Crown Prosecution Service
- PACE Codes of Practice
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Police Reform Act 2002
- Prohibited Steps Order
- Protection of Children Act 1978
- R v G [2004] 1 AC 1034
- R v Graham-Kerr [1988] 1 WLR 1098 (not hyperlinked)
- R v Oliver [2002] EWCA Crim 2766, et al (not hyperlinked)
- R v Stamford [1972] 2 QB 391 (not hyperlinked)
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Reunite
- Risk of sexual harm orders
- Serious case reviews
- Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Sexual offences prevention orders
- SupportLine
- The Emergency Protection Order (Transfer of Responsibilities) Regulations 1991
- The Royal College of Pathologists and The Royal College of Paediatrics and Health (2004) Sudden unexpected death in infancy: A multi-agency protocol for care and investigation
- The Royal College of Radiologists and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2008) Standards for Radiological Investigations of Suspected Non-accidental Injury
- Victim Support
- Voice of the child
- Voice of the child practice briefing
- Welsh Assembly Government (n.d.) Safeguarding Children: Working Together Under the Children Act 2004
- Witness Charter
- Witness Service
- Workforce Modernisation
- Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
- Youth Justice Board