Most
child abusers 'escape conviction'
A report by the Australian law reform Commission has
reportedly found 95 per cent of child sex offenders escape conviction.
Just five to ten per cent of child sex cases which get to
court are finalised with only half of those accused offences actually
convicted, according to News Ltd.
The report also shows over the past ten years, the number of
children Australia-wide in need of protection has tripled from almost 92,000 to
more than 309,000.
The percentage of children aged 10 to 17 who came into
contact with police has also soared from four per cent to an estimated 15 - 17
per cent.
The report's author James McDougall says: "we have let
the children down".
"Child protection is just one of those areas, we should
be creating environments where our children are better off and protected."