What are the links between child exploitation and abuse and youth offending?
Background
The objective for MoJ is to develop a sustainable and effective prison and probation service that protects the public, delivers interventions that break the cycle of reoffending and rebuilds confidence in the criminal justice system. We want to divert adults, children and young people away from crime. Our evidence interests span a range of areas through all stages of the justice system, with a particular focus on improving holistic systems-wide understanding of what works to improve outcomes.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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ORA: Understanding and Preventing Youth Crime (UPYC)
UPYC is a theory-testing comparative survey of schoolchildren's experience of, and attitudes to, crime and substance use, covering France, Germany, the Netherland, the UK and the United States of America. The study forms...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Birkbeck, University of London
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on understanding and preventing youth crime, which includes exploring the links between child exploitation and abuse and youth offending.
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Crimes of child sexual exploitation in England - A socio-legal project promoting effective approaches to investigation and prosecution.
The 2012 national inquiry into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in gangs and groups by the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England reported 2409 'confirmed victims' of child sexual exploitation in either gangs o...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Kent
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses crimes of child sexual exploitation, which is directly related to child exploitation and abuse and its impact on youth offending.
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How do differing rates and modes of child welfare service interventions impact upon educational and criminal justice outcomes of vulnerable children?
Intervention by child welfare services (CWS) aims to reduce exposure to maltreatment, trauma, or other adverse experiences, either through improvements in family functioning or because the child is placed in care. Notwit...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on the impact of child welfare service interventions on educational and criminal justice outcomes of vulnerable children, which is related to the broader issue of youth offending.