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delivery on improving local responses
for children at risk or victims of child
sexual exploitation (CSE).
These four briefing papers set out the
findings from the evaluation:
The Challenge of Outcomes
Measurement in CSE Services - One
of the key findings of the evaluation
was that the CSE services struggled
to evidence ‘top-level’ outcomes,
because of a range of challenges
around impact measurement. This
8 page briefing considers these
in more detail and in the context
of the experience of voluntary and
community sector organisations more
generally.
The Children and Social Work Act:
The Role of Voluntary Sector CSE
Services in New Safeguarding
Arrangements - Over 2018/19 new
local safeguarding arrangements
will be agreed, published and
implemented, as the local authority
(LA), local police chief and clinical
commissioning group take joint
responsibility for safeguarding in
place of Local Safeguarding Children
Boards (LSCBs). Safeguarding
partners will have responsibility
to identify ‘relevant agencies’ and
publish plans that outline how they will
work with those agencies to safeguard
and promote children’s welfare. This
7 page briefing will therefore be of
particular interest to independent
chairs of LSCBs, new safeguarding
partners and local agencies with
responsibility for responding to CSE.
Voluntary and Statutory Sector
Partnerships in Local Responses
to Child Sexual Exploitation - This
6 page briefing focuses on evidence
that can support the development
of effective partnerships between
voluntary and statutory sector
agencies when responding to CSE.
The Role of the Voluntary Sector
in Protecting Children from Sexual
Exploitation - This 7 page briefing
highlights evidence on the role of the
voluntary sector in responding to CSE
within the 50 local authorities where
these services operated.
Child Sexual Exploitation
Perpetrator Research
Centre of Expertise on Child
Sexual Abuse, February 2018
The purpose of these exploratory
studies was to increase understanding
of CSE perpetration and perpetrators
and identify the strengths and
limitations of research approaches.
The studies varied in their approach
including: identifying findings from
research to date, undertaking
interviews with experts and in some
cases, case file analysis, and
pursuing new empirical evidence on
the characteristics and perspectives
of individuals who sexually exploit
young people.
• Young People Who Engage in CSE
Behaviours: An Exploratory Study
• Characteristics and Motivations
of Perpetrators of Child Sexual
Exploitation: A Rapid Evidence
Assessment of Research
• Characteristics and Perspectives
of Adults who Have Sexually
Exploited Children: Scoping
Research
• Interventions for Perpetrators
of Child Sexual Exploitation: a
Scoping Study
• Interventions for Perpetrators of
Online Child Sexual Exploitation: a
Scoping Review and Gap
Review of International Survey
Methodology on Child Sexual
Abuse and Child Sexual
Exploitation
Lorraine Radford, Centre of
Expertise on Child Sexual
Abuse, 2018
This rapid evidence assessment was
commissioned to inform work on
improving the collection of data in
England and Wales.
It looks at the differences in victim
and perpetrator self-report survey
methodologies used internationally to
measure the prevalence of CSA and
CSE, in order to identify good practice
that could be replicated here (and
which might facilitate comparisons
with studies in other countries).
The 66 page report can be accessed
at: https://www.csacentre.org.uk/
research-publications/scale-andnature-of-child-sexual-abuse-andexploitation/a-review-of-internationalsurvey-methodology-on-child-sexualabuse-and-child-sexual-exploitation/
Local commissioning of
services addressing child
sexual abuse and exploitation
in England: a rapid review
incorporating findings from five
locations
Cordis Bright Consulting,
Centre of Expertise on Child
Sexual Abuse, Kam Kaur and
Christine Christie,
January 2018
Presents findings from a rapid review
of local commissioning looking at how
child sexual abuse (CSA) and child
sexual exploitation (CSE) services
were commissioned in five local areas
in England. The report describes
findings from a review of the literature
and interviews with 30 commissioners
which show that CSE service
commissioning practice appears
well-developed, but there is a need
to invest in CSA and harmful sexual
behaviour (HSB) commissioning
practice and service provision. The
report points out that there is concern
among stakeholders about the
increasing demand for CSA, CSE
and HSB services, including the need
for a service response to the online
facilitation of these abuses.
The 56 page online report can be
accessed at:
https://www.csacentre.org.uk/
research-publications/localcommissioning-of-servicesaddressing-child-sexual-abuseand-exploitation-in-england/
local-commissioning-of-servicesaddressing-child-sexual-abuse-andexploitation-in-england/
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