Improving outcomes for victims and survivors, including children.
Background
Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Evidence-based child abuse prevention: Developing measures for observation and evaluation in a global context
Globally, 95 million children become victims of physical, emotional and sexual child abuse every year. Child abuse has lifetime impacts including medical trauma, mental health distress, illness, school drop-out and unemp...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to develop a child abuse measure for observation and evaluation, which can help improve outcomes for child abuse victims and survivors.
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Child Sexual Exploitation and Girls: An Interactive Training Tool for Child Protection Professionals
This project will undertake a collaborative knowledge exchange between the Centre for Child Protection (CCP) and Kent Police (KP). They will create, apply, and evaluate a pilot training tool to support police officers in...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on creating a training tool for police officers to work with girls who have experienced child sexual exploitation, which is partially relevant to improving outcomes for victims and survivors.
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2PS - Prevent & Protect Through Support
There are no changes to the project scope:- The European Commission’s latest strategy for fighting child sexual abuse highlights a harsh reality that, globally, we are ‘losing the battle’ against online child sexual abu...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically addresses the issue of child sexual abuse and exploitation, providing preventive measures and support.