We are the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre). We want children to be able to live free from the threat and harm of sexual abuse.
Our aim is to reduce the impact of CSA through improved prevention and better response.
We are a multi-disciplinary team, funded by the Home Office, hosted by Barnardo’s and work closely with key partners from academic institutions, local authorities, health, education, police and the voluntary sector. However, we are independent and will challenge any barriers, assumptions, taboos and ways of working that prevent us from increasing our understanding and improving our approach to child sexual abuse.
To tackle child sexual abuse we must understand its causes, scope, scale and impact. We know a lot about CSA and have made progress in dealing with it, but there are still many gaps in our knowledge and understanding which limit how effectively we are tackling the issue.
Dr Sophie Laws highlights research done by other people (not the CSA Centre) that improves understanding of child sexual abuse.
Dr Sophie Laws
February 2019
Our partners are all represented on our advisory board:
To effectively deal with a problem as pervasive and important as this needs everyone with a stake in working to prevent child sexual abuse to get involved. Keep up to date with the latest publications, events and opportunities from the CSA Centre in our monthly newsletter.