The Post-Cleveland Period

The Post-Cleveland period, in relation to the management and investigation of child sexual abuse allegations ,some key developments took place. 'Working Together' guidelines published in 1988 brought some vital changes about how the investigations should be carried out. The main features were that sexual abuse was considered as a separate registration category, the parents had to be invited to attend child protection conferences , joint interviews had to be carried out by the police and social workers, and medical examinations had to be the subject to the child's consent.(Corby,1998).
Over the intervention strategies and methods used by professionals in child protection to investigate child sexual abuse ,the public disquiet is still strong.