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Troubled family culture revealed

An entrenched culture of abuse and welfare dependency of thousands of "troubled families" need to be fundamentally addressed to help them turn their lives around, according to the Government's adviser on the issue.

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Shocking cases of child abuse 'in hell families'

The prevalence of child sexual and physical abuse and sometimes child rape was striking and shocking.

It became clear that in many of these families the abuse of children by in many cases parents, siblings, half-siblings and extended family and friends was a factor in their dysfunction.

Some discussed it as if as it was almost expected and just a part of what they had experienced in life. Children often had not been protected by their parents.

In many of the families the sexual abuse repeated itself in the next generation... There were also incidents where families talked about incest.

– Louise Casey, Head of Troubled Families Team

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