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The number of missing child reports exceed police investigative capacity, yet some incidents are linked with harm, making effective risk assessment essential for safeguarding. Police data likely underrepresents harm to missing children due to harm being undisclosed, and missing incidents going unreported. A better understanding of harm associated with missing children could help to develop appropriate interventions to reduce missing incidents and prevent harm.
This study examined 18 months of published Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews across England – a previously overlooked resource…
This scoping study explores forms of sexual exploitation of children and young people in Ireland, including those whose life experiences make them more vulnerable including being in care, going ‘missing’ or running away from home or a care placement.
The present study explores the meaning attached to ‘recovery’ for young people defined as having experienced human trafficking and explores this concept in relation to the longer-term impact of statutory, third sector and informal forms of support in Scotland. It draws on 11 years of data collected by the SGS and primary data collected from interviews with stakeholders, practitioners, and young people.
The aim of the study was to fill a gap in knowledge in relation to what constitutes recovery and effective support over a longer time frame for separated children and young people who have…
Uganda Care Leavers/Association of Care Leavers Uganda released this statement in response to the appearance of Ugandan children on an April 15, 2023, episode of Britain's Got Talent. These care leavers who have spent part or all of their lives in residential care expressed concern about the institutionalisation of children and the need to instead promote family care for all children.
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Cracks in the System is a new report from Lumos that is the first of its kind to systematically explore the links between institutional care and child trafficking in Europe.
For many years, it has been known that traffickers directly target children in the care systems of many countries for recruitment into trafficking and that care leavers are at increased risk of exploitation. Despite this, laws and policies across Europe seldom connect the issues of child institutionalisation and child trafficking.
This new research identifies four main ways in which…
Throughout history, technological development has had a major impact on society as a whole. Today we find that access to the internet is ubiquitous, and in recent years this has touched the lives particularly of children and young people. As most young people in Norway own a smartphone, the web has become significantly more integrated into their lives, bringing with it many new opportunities. At the same time, it can lead to challenges, including the increased incidence of sexual offences committed against children over the internet. There is reason to believe that children and adolescents…
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The following article reports upon recent research, which explored the perceptions of professionals of the issues that affect the sexual and criminal exploitation of children in care, along with a discussion of the effectiveness of current responses to these issues and the challenges that professionals face. The study utilised focus groups and semi-structured interviews to gain the perspectives of thirty-six participants from across a range of agencies involved in children’s social work and youth justice from an area in the north-west of England. The findings echoed previous…
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The following article reports upon recent research, which explored the perceptions of professionals of the issues that affect the sexual and criminal exploitation of children in care, along with a discussion of the effectiveness of current responses to these issues and the challenges that professionals face. The study utilised focus groups and semi-structured interviews to gain the perspectives of thirty-six participants from across a range of agencies involved in children’s social work and youth justice from an area in the north-west of England. The findings echoed previous…
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Child victims of trafficking are recognized as particularly vulnerable victims, who require additional protection and support and a more rigorous legal framework. The regional anti-trafficking instruments explicitly enforce the importance of protecting child trafficking victims, requiring Member States to ‘appoint a guardian or a representative for a child victim of trafficking in human beings from the moment the child is identified by the authorities’. The problem of child trafficking and exploitation has received increased attention in England and Wales in recent years…
"Our report compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the 4 nations in the UK for 2017.
The report sets out 20 different indicators. Each indicator looks at the question of 'how safe are our children?' from a different perspective. They also include historic data, to help track progress over time."
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This year's report explains what the available data tells us about the current child protection landscape. It also highlights our call for a new UK-wide prevalence survey to give the clearest possible…