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criminal exploitation

September 21, 2020

Children's Society calls for national strategy on child criminal exploitation

The Government should end the postcode lottery when it comes to identifying children at risk of exploitation and offering support, says The Children's Society.
April 7, 2020

Fear of further rise in child exploitation cases during pandemic

There are fears that criminals may take advantage of the crisis to target children isolated from their usual support networks, or who may be missing the supervision and support offered by school, college and other education settings.
March 31, 2020

New report on criminal exploitation of children in children's homes

Three-quarters of children’s homes in England are owned by private companies, who tend to locate them in disadvantaged areas where property is cheap.
March 5, 2020

Safeguarding system needs to do more to protect teens and infants

At least half of all children who died or were seriously harmed were already identified as vulnerable.
January 12, 2020

Children experiencing criminal exploitation 'continue to be let down'

Young people too often end up being treated as criminals rather recognised and supported as victims, says the Children's Society.
July 9, 2019

Howard League research finds children’s homes calling the police 200 times a year

Some children’s homes are calling the police repeatedly over matters that would never involve the police if they happened in a family home, says the Howard League.
March 26, 2019

Knife-crime prevention orders likely to criminalise vulnerable children

Home Office proposals could criminalise thousands of children who are themselves victims of slavery, trafficking or criminal exploitation, says Standing Committee on Youth Justice.
March 5, 2019

Local Government Association responds to report on child gangs

Government funding for Youth Offending Teams has been halved from £145 million in 2010/11 to £72 million in 2017/18.
January 31, 2019

‘Shocking’ county lines exploitation highlights need to improve help for children

Latests assessment finds the exploitation of children and vulnerable adults is increasing.
June 30, 2018

The Children’s Society secures funding to tackle child exploitation

The Children’s Society has secured £2.1 million of National Lottery funding to tackle child exploitation in three UK hubs.