UNITED KINGDOM
MSN News
More than nine out of 10 people support the introduction of mandatory reporting of abuse in the wake of the Jimmy Savile revelations, according to a poll.
Staff at schools, care homes and hospitals should have a legal requirement to report sexual and other forms of abuse if they discover them, according to 94% of people surveyed by legal firm Slater & Gordon.
A host of child abuse charities have already called for the law change, alongside former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer.
Liz Dux, head of abuse at Slater & Gordon, which represents 70 people who say they were victims of Savile, said mandatory reporting could have prevented many crimes being committed.
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