Template:Did you know nominations/Peterborough sex abuse case

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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 21:34, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Peterborough sex abuse case

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... that in reaction to child sexual exploitation cases in Rochdale and in Rotherham, police investigated and prosecuted a similar case in Peterborough?

Reviewed: Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 55
Comment: Not a nice topic, but one which must be spoken of fairly

Created by CurrentUK (talk). Nominated by The Almightey Drill (talk) at 12:27, 16 April 2015 (UTC).

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General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: An amazingly balanced take on a hot button subject. DYK core requirements all check out. Although hook is overly long in edit view (263 characters), it shrinks to 143 characters to the reader's eye. Article is GTG. However, this curious George would like to know the effects of the perpetrators' ethnic backgrounds upon the case.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:17, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Georgejdorner: Whether it should or shouldn't be, ethnicity in British criminal cases has been discussed, even on cases in which there is no direct racial motive. For as many politicians or authors who say that it comes from a foreign culture problem, there are as many who say that sexual crimes committed by ethnic minorities are overscrutinised and divert attention away from a crime committed by people from all walks of life (unfortunately, anywhere in the world, children are most likely to be abused by their parents more than anybody else). These two sides of the debate are presented in a way which is balanced (last time I checked) on the articles on the Rotherham and Rochdale cases. Those two are bywords for this type of criminal activity in the UK, to the same extent as "Columbine" would refer to the shooting. Despite the heavy jail term given for the Peterborough case, it received less debate and coverage than prior ones, where accusations of police and social service misconduct were reported as hindering prosecution for years. '''tAD''' (talk) 16:32, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation.Georgejdorner (talk) 15:59, 23 April 2015 (UTC)