Child Sexual Exploitation. 64.1 Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is defined as: “Sexual exploitation of children and young people under 18 involves exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where young people (or a third person or persons) receive 'something' (e.g. food, accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, affection, gifts, money) as a result of them performing, and/or another or others performing on them, sexual activities. Child sexual exploitation can occur through the use of technology without the child's immediate recognition; for example being persuaded to post sexual images on the Internet/mobile phones without immediate payment or gain. In all cases, those exploiting the child/young person have power over them by virtue of their age, gender, intellect, physical strength and/or economic or other resources. Violence, coercion and intimidation are common, involvement in exploitative relationships being characterised in the main by the child or young person's limited availability of choice resulting from their social/economic and/or emotional vulnerability.”
Child Sexual Exploitation. Child trafficking -. Some missing children subsequently become trafficked, often for the purposes of sexual exploitation. They may be trafficked across both small and large geographical areas. Guidance for practitioners regarding child trafficking can be found under the respective SCB web sites: Staffordshire: Section 4Ka Safeguarding trafficked children guidance Section 4Kb Safeguarding trafficked children toolkit Stoke-on-Trent: Stoke-On-Trent Safeguarding Children Board policies and procedures Children missing from education (CME) Children and young people miss education either because they do not have a school/ college place, or they are having some other difficulties in attending school/ college. This makes them vulnerable and more likely to be at risk of neglect or abuse. Certain groups of children and young people are more likely to miss education, they include: • Young people who have committed offences • Children living in women’s refuges • Children of homeless families, perhaps living in temporary accommodation • Young runaways • Children with long-term medical or emotional problems • Looked After children • Children with a gypsy/traveller background • Young carers • Children with transient families • Teenage mothers • Children who are permanently excluded from school • Migrant children, whether in families seeking asylum or economic migrants • Trafficked children For detailed guidance on Children Missing Education see “Revised statutory guidance for local authorities in England to identify children not receiving a suitable education (DCSF January 2015).
Child Sexual Exploitation. 3.17 It is important for SARCs to understand the characteristics of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in order to provide a suitable response to this form of child sexual abuse. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)33 found: • Majority of CSE victims were girls - However in 31% of cases, gender was unknown. It is likely that male victims are under-represented due to difficulties in identifying sexual exploitation in boys and young men. • 14 and 15 year olds are most likely to be noticed by authorities - Some victims of sexual exploitation were as young as 9 or 10 years old, but young people most commonly came to the attention of statutory and non-statutory authorities aged 14 or 15. • Majority of victims were White - 61% of the victims were White, 3% were Asian and 1% were Black. Ethnicity was unknown in 33% of cases. Children from minority ethnic backgrounds are likely to be under-represented in statistics because of barriers to reporting and accessing services. • Children who go missing are risk of sexual exploitation - Information about whether children went missing was incomplete, but 842 children were reported as missing on at least one occasion. However, it was not known whether these children were sexually exploited before, during or after they went missing.
Child Sexual Exploitation. Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation- Department for Education 2017 Official What is child sexual exploitation? Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a type of sexual abuse. When a child or young person is exploited they're given things, like gifts, drugs, money, status and affection, in exchange for performing sexual activities. Children and young people are often tricked into believing they're in a loving and consensual relationship. This is called grooming. They may trust their abuser and not understand that they're being abused. Children and young people can be trafficked into or within the UK to be sexually exploited. They're moved around the country and abused by being forced to take part in sexual activities, often with more than one person. Young people in gangs can also be sexually exploited. Sometimes abusers use violence and intimidation to frighten or force a child or young person, making them feel as if they've no choice. They may lend them large sums of money they know can't be repaid or use financial abuse to control them. Anybody can be a perpetrator of CSE, no matter their age, gender or race. The relationship could be framed as friendship, someone to look up to or romantic. Children and young people who are exploited may also be used to 'find' or coerce others to join groups. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx.xx/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/child-sexual-exploitation/ Official Types of child sexual exploitation CSE can happen in person or online. An abuser will gain a child's trust or control them through violence or blackmail before moving onto sexually abusing them. This can happen in a short period of time. When a child is sexually exploited online they might be persuaded or forced to: •send or post sexually explicit images of themselves •film or stream sexual activities •have sexual conversations. Once an abuser has images, video or copies of conversations, they might use threats and blackmail to force a young person to take part in other sexual activity. They may also share the images and videos with others or circulate them online. Gangs use sexual exploitation: •to exert power and control •for initiation •to use sexual violence as a weapon. Children or young people might be invited to parties or gatherings with others their own age or adults and given drugs and alcohol. They may be assaulted and sexually abused by one person or multiple perpetra...
Child Sexual Exploitation. ‘Child sexual exploitation is a form of sexual abuse where children are sexually exploited for money, power or status. It can involve violent, humiliating and degrading sexual assaults. In some cases, young people are persuaded or forced into exchanging sexual activity for money, drugs, gifts, affection or status. Consent cannot be given, even where a child may believe they are voluntarily engaging in sexual activity with the person who is exploiting them. Child sexual exploitation doesn't always involve physical contact and can happen online. A significant number of children who are victims of sexual exploitation go missing from home, care and education at some point.’ ‘Child sexual exploitation is a form of child abuse. It occurs where anyone under the age of 18 is persuaded, coerced or forced into sexual activity in exchange for, amongst other things, money, drugs/alcohol, gifts, affection or status. Consent is irrelevant, even where a child may believe they are voluntarily engaging in sexual activity with the person who is exploiting them. Child sexual exploitation does not always involve physical contact and may occur online.’ ‘Involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in sexual activities, not necessarily involving a high level of violence, whether or not the child is aware of what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact, including assault by penetration (for example, rape or oral sex) or non-penetrative acts such as masturbation, kissing, rubbing and touching outside of clothing. They may also include non-contact activities, such as involving children in looking at, or in the production of, sexual images, watching sexual activities, encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways, or grooming a child in preparation for abuse (including via the internet). Sexual abuse is not solely perpetrated by adult males. Women can also commit acts of sexual abuse, as can other children.’
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