Scotland’s police force has come under fire for using the euphemism “minor-attracted people” to describe pedophiles in an official report. The term, which often is shortened into the acronym “MAPs,” ...

Scottish police referred to pedophiles as “minor-attracted people,” a term often intended to destigmatize child abuse, in a major new report. “Minor-attracted people” is a term widely used by those ...

Police in Scotland have sparked outrage for describing pedophiles as "minor-attracted people" in a report. Officials said the language in the year-end report was based on terminology used by the ...

LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - Scottish police said on Wednesday they had received more than 7,000 online reports of offences in the first week since the introduction of a new hate crime law that ...