There's been an increase in sexual assaults among teens, says Cari

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On whether the figures represented an actual increase in assaults or whether it was that more girls were reporting it, Eve Farrelly of Cari said that 'it's probably a bit of both'.

Image: Shutterstock/Stanislaw Mikulski Image: Shutterstock/Stanislaw Mikulski THERE’S BEEN AN increase in the number of teenagers who’ve reported being sexually assaulted when socialising with other teens, according to an annual report by the voluntary organisation Children At Risk in Ireland .

In its annual report, Cari said that there had been a “significant increase” of 36% in the number of children being referred for sexually harmful behaviour. On whether these figures represented an actual increase in assaults or whether it was that more girls were reporting it, Farrelly said that “it’s probably a bit of both”.

 

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