Jayne Senior
Jayne Senior, MBE, is a British youth worker and manager of the Swinton Lock Activity Centre near Mexborough in South Yorkshire, England.[1]
Senior is a former manager of Risky Business in Rotherham, a youth project set up in 1997 by Rotherham Council to work with girls and young women at risk of sexual exploitation.[2]
Working for over a decade to expose the issue of child sexual exploitation within Rotherham, Senior's efforts included acting as a whistleblower for a series of articles in The Times about the council's apparent attempts to cover up the abuse. The articles triggered a public inquiry by Alexis Jay, an inspection of the council by Louise Casey, the subsequent replacement of the councillors by government-appointed commissioners, and several criminal inquiries.[3]
Senior was rewarded with an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[4][5][6][7] She is the author of Broken and Betrayed: The true story of the Rotherham abuse scandal by the woman who fought to expose it (2016).
References
- ^ Chris Burn (10 June 2016). "Rotherham abuse whistleblower Jayne Senior awarded MBE" Archived 2017-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Star (Rotherham).
- ^ "Rotherham abuse scandal: Key dates". BBC News. 2 September 2014.
- ^ Margaret Coker; Alexis Flynn (22 May 2015). "One Woman's Crusade for U.K. Town's Young Rape Victims". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Charity worker who fought to expose Rotherham child abuse to work for victims". The Yorkshire Post. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Low, Valentine; Sanderson, David (11 June 2016). "Youth worker who exposed Rotherham abuse gets MBE". The Times. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ Unsworth, Mike (10 June 2016). "MBE for youth worker they said was lying when she exposed Rotherham grooming scandal". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Rotherham whistleblower Jayne Senior appointed MBE". BBC News Online. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
Further reading
- BBC News “Rotherham abuse whistleblower Jayne Senior investigated”
- Andrew Norfolk (24 September 2012). "Police files reveal vast child protection scandal". The Times.
- Norfolk, Andrew (28 August 2014). "Rotherham child sex abuse: How the truth finally came out", The Times.
- Senior, Jayne (2016). Broken and Betrayed: The true story of the Rotherham abuse scandal by the woman who fought to expose it. London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9781509801619.
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- "The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" (Pall Mall Gazette, 1885)
- Speak of the Devil (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
- Paedogeddon (Channel 4, 2001)
- The Execution of Gary Glitter (Channel 4, 2009)
- Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (ITV, 2012)
- National Treasure (Channel 4, 2016)
- Three Girls (BBC One, 2017)
- Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
- Protection of Children Act 1978
- Children Act 1989
- Sex Offenders Act 1997
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
- Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
- Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009
- Age of consent
- Sexual offences in the UK
- Violent and Sex Offender Register
- Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
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