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Baby X: Britain's Child Abusers Brought To Justice (2010)

by Harry Keeble(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1847397875 (ISBN13: 9781847397874)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Pocket Books

review 1: 3.5Harry Keeble is a Child Protection Officer in one of the poorest boroughs of London, Hackney. He joins the team after the Victoria Climbie case and this is a series of stories about various cases that he encounters.. Harry is a likeable story teller and the only reason this missed out on 4 stars is that he jumps back to previously mentioned cases as they develop further and it can get confusing in regards to which case he is talking about. I will definitely read more of his books and am looking forward to Crack House.I've read lots of books written by foster carers such as Casey Watson, Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis so it was interesting to explore the tragic lives of children who eventually find themselves in care.
review 2: This was a very interesting report... more on the response of the United Kingdom to the deaths of two children, Victoria Climbié and Baby P. Both were failures of the Social Services, police and doctors. Victoria Climbié had been tortured for years and Baby P for over half of his short life. After those horrific failures, new laws were made, policies changed and police were assigned to what Harry Keeble called the "cardigan squad."He details the lengths the police and social services were willing to to document abuse and to track down the abusers. This also included sending teams to some foreign countries to talk to witnesses and build a case. Heartbreakingly, some times the abusers were set free, but some of the older children who testified said that they felt free because they had had a chance to face their abuser, in many cases, their fathers, and tell what was done to them. While there were many successes, there are still children who fall between the cracks and suffer horrific abuse and more needs to be done. The statistics are appalling and they are increasing. Having been a teacher, I found myself going over children I had taught and wondering about situations that made me uneasy. I remember children who were too quiet and timid and a father I felt was too full of anger. less

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