Read a selection of newspaper reports on the various cases featured in Dispatches, and download a number of government reports related to child protection.
Hawkins case
Father arrested after boy, 4, stabbed to death
Yorkshire Post - 24 September 2007
Life sentence for father who killed his four-year-old son and stabbed daughter in revenge attack against wife
Daily Mail - 6 March 2008
Pemberton case
Ending the cycle of domestic violence
Guardian - 24 July 2006
Police face family murder probe
BBC News - 20 April 2005
Mullings-Sewell case
Tragic toddler dumped by mum
Manchester Evening News - 13 November 2008
Mentally unstable mum detained
The Advertiser - 1 May 2009
Ogunkoya case
Father condemns 'whitewash' report into killing of children
Guardian - 18 July 2008
Social services failed children killed by schizophrenic mother
Telegraph - 17 July 2008
Howson case
Edlington baby death trail: 'Toddler's spine snapped in two'
Doncaster Free Press - 9 October 2008
'Basic failings' by social workers in death of Amy Howson
The Times - 25 June 2009
Philcox case
Tributes to children found dead
BBC News - 16 June 2008
Lyn McAuliffe describes Amy and Owen Philcox's killer as evil and cold blooded
Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News - 26 February 2009
Further reading
The child murder epidemic: Deaths as shocking and avoidable as Baby P's happen every single week
Peter Oborne/Daily Mail - 10 July 2009
One child in Britain 'is killed like Baby Peter every week'
The Independent - 10 July 2009
The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report
Lord Laming - March 2009
Victoria Climbie Inquiry Report
Lord Laming - January 2003
Ofsted: Inspection reports into children’s services
London Safeguarding Children Board: Child Protection Procedures
DCSF: Every Child Matters - Working Together to Safeguard Children

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