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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

People don’t talk about it: reflections two years on
A teenage boy sits playing a gay with a male professional in a youth club setting
Guest posts

15 Jul 2022

People don’t talk about it: reflections two years on

Sophia King

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

Have we finally reached ‘the next hinterland’?
A view of the Houses of Parliament over the Thames
Guest posts

25 Mar 2022

Have we finally reached ‘the next hinterland’?

Peter Yates

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

“Data outputs are only as good as the information that the practitioners enter into the system”
A female professional writes on a whiteboard whilst speaking to a teenage girl
Guest posts

24 Sep 2021

“Data outputs are only as good as the information that the practitioners enter into the system”

Emma Harewood

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

I was shocked: it doesn’t feel like we’ve moved on from the nineties
A young girl sat on a leather chair playing with a toy speaks to a female professional who is crouched alongside showing her a piece of paper
Guest posts

26 Mar 2021

I was shocked: it doesn’t feel like we’ve moved on from the nineties

Jabeer Butt

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