Safer Communities: Volume 14 Issue 1

Community awareness raising on child sexual exploitation: possibilities and problems

Sukhwant Dhaliwal, Kate D'Arcy, Roma Thomas

A number of reports on child sexual exploitation (CSE) have pointed to the importance of community awareness raising as a preventative measure, a means of extending the reach of…

Understanding children’s non-disclosure of child sexual assault: implications for assisting parents and teachers to become effective guardians

Nadia Marie Wager

The purpose of this paper is to examine adult survivors’ of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) retrospective reflections on their motives for not disclosing their abuse. The aim was to…

Child maltreatment: how can friends contribute to safety?

Debra Sue Allnock

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a study of support received by 60 young adults who experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse and neglect in…

Safe foster care for victims of child sexual exploitation

Lucie Elizabeth Shuker

The purpose of this paper is to report on an evaluation of a pilot of specialist foster care for children at risk, or victims, of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and/or…

Utilising the arts to tackle child sexual exploitation

Claire Cody

The purpose of this paper is to consider the potential use of creative, arts-based methods to address child sexual exploitation (CSE) through connecting with and supporting young…

Keeping it from the community

Nicola Sharp

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between forced marriage, running away/going missing and child sexual exploitation.

Child sexual exploitation and community safety

Helen Beckett, Jenny Pearce