Children Act (2004) s.58. Available at: https://www.legislatinon.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/31/contents

Metropolitan Police (2022) What is Child Abuse? https://https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/caa/child-abuse/what-is-child-abuse

Offences Against the Person Act (1861) s.18, 20, 47. Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga//Vict/24-25/100/contents

NSPCC definition of child abuse – when a child is harmed intentionally or unintentionally by an adult (2022.a) What is child abuse? https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/

The UN states that children’s rights are Human Rights (2021) Every Right for Every Child. https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/child-rights-why-they-matter

The World Health organisation (WHO) states child maltreatment is the abuse and neglect that occurs under 18 years of age (2022) Child Maltreatment.  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/child/maltreatment