Links to research and commentary on child sexual exploitation by Mike Williams Evaluation Officer NSPCC, views do not necessarily represent those of my employer
Given that most sexual abuse is perpetrated by men and males, and given how child sexual abuse is encouraged, enabled and defended by systems of patriarchal power, ought gender and patriarchy be central to a definition of child sexual abuse?
Is working with the concept of 'CSE' useful? In other words given that child sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse, can there be cases where it is more useful to think about what is happening as 'child sexual exploitation' rather than 'child sexual abuse'? #CSE
Its not always the case, but some child sexual exploitation could be prevented if neglect of the child was nipped in the bud. It would be good to see papers and interventions which explicitly address this. #cse#neglect#childneglect
"I don’t know enough about your story to give a conclusive opinion on whether this is happening to you, all I can do is talk to you about what some of the risks could be and then it’s up to you to process that in a way that you can process it.” https://t.co/wtEwgjqy4h #cse
“They may be getting money, phones, drugs and alcohol, which they might struggle to get access to from anyone else. Homeless CYP may get a place to stay, and those who feel their parents are overly controlling get a chance to be free of that control." https://t.co/wtEwgjqy4h #cse
“You might work through the grooming line, and you’d say, ‘Can you recognise some of these?’ And they just wouldn’t get involved or they’d shut down or they’d want to go home... you’d be trying to push, which meant they’d shut down even more". https://t.co/wtEwgjqy4h #cse
“They tend to be children who have already got problems in their lives anyway. The problem that we think is the problem may not be the most important.” On working with children affected by #cse#childsexualexploitation https://t.co/wtEwgjqy4h
" 'Just leave the relationship and we’ll put
you somewhere safe’. For us it’s very practical and simple
but for her it might be shaming, there might be videos of her,
indecent images of her that will get shared." https://t.co/wtEwgjqy4h #cse#childsexualexploitation
“I’m working with a YP and she says to me all the time, ‘You have no idea the consequences I face in my life’. She can’t talk to me about what her abuse is, she can’t talk to me about what the consequences are because for her they feel so real." https://t.co/wtEwgjqy4h