CHILD ABUSE HITS RECORD HIGH

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SICKENING physical and sex attacks on children in Paisley are increasing.
Shocking new figures show that disgusting assaults on tots and youngsters have risen to a record high in Renfrewshire.
Social workers were involved in 318 child protection cases during 2006/07 a rise of 166 cases compared to 2001/02.
And 87 youngsters were registered on a protection list after suffering emotional, physical or sexual abuse at the hands of parents or carers.
The appalling figures show that the problem of child abuse continues to plague the area.
Since 2000, there has been a steady increase in the number of referrals, investigations and abused children being put into protective care.
Last year, it was reported that 30 toddlers under the age of four years old were listed after being put through physical injury and neglect.
Three children under the age of eight were sexually abused at the hands of their guardian in Renfrewshire.
One Buddie, who was abused as a child, said: The figures are obviously worrying because any increase in instances of child abuse, even just one case, is one too many.
There is a public perception that a typical child molester is a big scarred, tattooed man, standing outside the school gates, but in reality, this is very rarely the case.
The typical molester is usually someone who knows the child, even a family member, as unpalatable as that is.
We need to do more to get this message across to the general public.
The new statistics , released by the Scottish Government, show the number of cases involving sexual abuse has dropped nationally, while emotional abuse and neglect soared.
A spokesman for Renfrewshire Council said: "Between 2000 and 2007, Scotland as a whole saw a 66 per cent rise in the number of children being referred to social work services because of child protection issues.
Renfrewshire has seen a similar long-term rise and between 2006 and 2007 referrals rose by 13 per cent nationally but only by 5.6 per cent in Renfrewshire.