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Read the latest reflections from our team, and those in the field, on child sexual abuse; developments, challenges and what needs to happen next.

Telling the truth
Man and woman speaking on sofa, man looks at this hands
General Updates

24 Nov 2022

Telling the truth

Dr Sophie Laws

Have confidence in your skills: navigating our response to sibling sexual harm
Female professional discusses a paper document at a table with a young boy
General Updates

29 Apr 2022

Have confidence in your skills: navigating our response to sibling sexual harm

Natasha Sabin

Behind the headlines…
General Updates

21 Feb 2022

Behind the headlines…

Lisa McCrindle

“We mustn’t rely on a child to tell us verbally in order to take action”
A young girl looks at a male professional as they sit together on a wall
General Updates

26 Nov 2021

“We mustn’t rely on a child to tell us verbally in order to take action”

Anna Glinski

Building understanding of child sexual abuse: bringing researchers together
A group of female academics have a discussion in a workshop setting, with laptops and across two table
General Updates

29 Oct 2021

Building understanding of child sexual abuse: bringing researchers together

Dr Sophie Laws

Not Just Numbers
Young boy wearing shaded glasses speaks to a female police support officer outside and smiles
General Updates

26 Aug 2021

Not Just Numbers

Kairika Karsna

Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy: Reflections
A young girl sits at a table next to a female professional holding a clipboard, facing two male professionals
General Updates

15 Feb 2021

Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy: Reflections

Ian Dean

Sexual abuse of Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and young people: ‘People don’t talk about it’
A boy plays with a toy, whilst a man and woman chat on the sofa behind him
General Updates

21 Oct 2020

Sexual abuse of Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and young people: ‘People don’t talk about it’

Dr Sophie Laws

Evaluating the Child sexual abuse Practice Leads Programme in social work: An insider’s perspective
Three multi-agency professionals - one male, one female and another male in police uniform - write on a whiteboard
General Updates

17 Jun 2020

Evaluating the Child sexual abuse Practice Leads Programme in social work: An insider’s perspective

Diana Parkinson

“But they must have known!” Effectively working with non-abusing parents
A male professional speaks to a woman sat on a sofa in a home
General Updates

18 Mar 2020

“But they must have known!” Effectively working with non-abusing parents

Anna Glinski

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