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Director NPCC Hydrant Programme and CSE Taskforce - supporting the policing response to child protection and abuse investigation.
The report published today provides further insight into the dynamics of group based child sexual abuse and exploitation. Importantly it takes place in many settings and perpetrators come from many backgrounds. Our collective response needs to take account of this to ensure we tackle the wider threat. In doing so we can prevent more offending, keep more children safe, bring more offenders to justice and importantly recognise all victims and survivors.
Today (Thursday 21 November) the Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Taskforce have published a new report which sets out publicly a clear, detailed picture of police recorded group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation crimes across England and Wales in 2023. Based on data collected from 44 police forces, this national snapshot in time gives insight, analysis and commentary on the scale, nature and threat of group-based Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE), including crime types and where offences were committed. Assistant Chief Constable Becky Riggs, NPCC lead Child Abuse Protection and Investigation said: “Today’s report reveals where our efforts in tackling these most abhorrent crimes need to be focussed. The findings will allow policing and partners to consider whether current responses reflect the very clear changes in threat. Put simply, are we in the right spaces, and are there things we should be doing differently?” To read the report visit: https://lnkd.in/eugp2vsy #CSE #CSA #GroupBasedCSE #Data #HydrantProgramme #CSETaskforce
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2wIncredibly valuable work and insights.