Survivors : fighting for justice : one brave detective's battle to expose the Rochdale child abuse scandal /
by Oliver, Maggie [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : John Blake, 2019Description: xi, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781789460858 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 364.1534 OLISubject(s): Oliver, Maggie | Child sexual abuse -- England -- Rochdale | Child sexual abuse -- Investigation -- England -- Rochdale | Child trafficking victims -- Services for -- England -- Rochdale | Child trafficking -- Prevention | Crime | CrimeSummary: When detective Maggie Oliver first discovered that children as young as 10 were being groomed, abused and trafficked for sex by gangs of men in the Rochdale area, she felt like a lonely voice calling for people to act. Banging on closed doors, it seemed that nobody was able or willing to help her save these vulnerable girls, but she couldn't just sit back while countless lives were being destroyed forever in plain sight. Instead, she launched a one-woman campaign to bring down these sickening gangs. This is the heartbreaking and shocking story of how the actions of one determined detective secured convictions in what is now one of the most notorious grooming cases in the UK. Along the way Maggie discovered countless examples of how the authorities were letting down our most vulnerable children.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Bootle Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 364.1534 OLI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003031562X |
TV tie-in.
When detective Maggie Oliver first discovered that children as young as 10 were being groomed, abused and trafficked for sex by gangs of men in the Rochdale area, she felt like a lonely voice calling for people to act. Banging on closed doors, it seemed that nobody was able or willing to help her save these vulnerable girls, but she couldn't just sit back while countless lives were being destroyed forever in plain sight. Instead, she launched a one-woman campaign to bring down these sickening gangs. This is the heartbreaking and shocking story of how the actions of one determined detective secured convictions in what is now one of the most notorious grooming cases in the UK. Along the way Maggie discovered countless examples of how the authorities were letting down our most vulnerable children.
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