Rotherham abuse scandal: IPCC to investigate conduct of 10 police officers
▻http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/18/rotherham-abuse-scandal-police-watchdog-investigate-conduct-10-officers
Jay said blatant failures by police and political leadership in the town led to the abuse of 1,400 children over a 16-year period. She found that between 1997 and 2013, Rotherham’s most vulnerable girls, some as young as 11, were raped by large numbers of men. Yet police failed to bring the perpetrators to justice, often criminalising the victims instead.