Responding to CSA

To effectively deal with a problem as pervasive and important as CSA requires everyone with a stake in working to prevent child sexual abuse to get involved. In addition to our core strands of research on the scale and nature of CSA, the evidence base of effectiveness and CSA offending, we have published reports on a wide range of aspects of and interventions around CSA.

Child sexual abuse within complex safeguarding approaches

Small-scale study reflecting on the identification and response to concerns of child sexual abuse within this developing approach to safeguarding adolescents and its implications for practice.

Sexual abuse of children from under-represented groups

Child sexual abuse is prevalent in all communities in England and Wales, but it is less likely to be identified and responded to when it affects children from some groups.

Understanding parents' needs

Establishing a framework for understanding parents’ needs where their child has been sexually exploited

Risk tools

Exploring the purposes for which tools and checklists are used and the ways in which they do or do not support good practice in CSE prevention

Local commissioning

Understanding and addressing the challenges faced by the local commissioners of CSA services

The night-time economy

What night-time economy workers currently know and do about CSA and CSE

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Key messages from research on institutional child sexual abuse

Key messages surrounding child sexual abuse in an institutional context, rather than that occurring in the family or other settings.

Key messages from research on intra-familial child sexual abuse

Key messages on child sexual abuse that occurs within a family environment.