False allegations ruin lives
FACT believes false allegations:
- blight families and ruin children’s lives
- demoralize staff and limit recruitment
- waste valuable police time
- waste valuable professionals time
- undermine the integrity of police and the investigative process
- waste millions of pounds each year
- bring the justice system into disrepute
- undermine the development of essential trust between adults and children
- fail to protect children or vulnerable adults
- make it much more likely that the guilty remain free
See also
The suffering of the wrongfully accused
How common are wrongful allegations of child sexual abuse?
