Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation In Gangs and Groups
Date
2012
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Office of the Children s Commissioner
Abstract
Description
This report, coming at the end of the first year of this Inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children in gangs and groups, has uncovered for the first time the extent to which children in England are being sexually exploited. We publish the number of known victims over a set period of time but can say with certainty that our figures are an undercounting of the true scale of this form of abuse. We know that because, although many agencies and organisations responded to our request for information and data, there were some notable gaps, with a few local authorities failing to do so. Furthermore, we know that children are sexually exploited in contexts other than in gangs and groups, including by lone perpetrators. Evidence about those children is not included in this report.
item.page.type
Text
item.page.format
pdf
Keywords
Gang-youth, Child sexual exploitation, United Kingdom, International Resources