Section 4. Findings 4.63 Fifty-eight per cent of children reported that they had not experienced victimisation by staff. This varied between establishment, from 78% of respondents at Medway to fewer than half (47%) of respondents at Feltham. Figure 30: Staff here have not victimised me 4.64 Over half (55%) of respondents said they would report it if they were victimised by staff. 4.65 Overall, verbal abuse was the most common type of victimisation that children reported from staff (33%). Figure 31: Types of victimisation by staff 4.66 Analyses on sub-population data for types of victimisation by staff revealed that: Verbal abuse (reported by 33% of children) • A significantly higher proportion of children from a black and minority ethnic background than children from a white background reported that they had been verbally abused by staff (38% compared with 28%). 42 Children in Custody 2018–19

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