Group Localised Child Sexual Exploitation: Identifying Those Who Have Been Prosecuted

Bhatti‐Sinclair, Kish; Sutcliffe, Charles

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“…Similarly, there was agreement within the studies about the overlap between the many categorisations used to describe the CSE crimes committed, resulting in flagging and data recording issues, such as CSE cases being recorded as CSA, criminal exploitation or domestic abuse making it harder to analyse (CEOP, 2013; Kelly & Karsna, 2017). Terminology used within the studies to frame CSE include: child grooming (Gill & Harrison, 2015); internal trafficking (Cockbain et al., 2011); group localised CSE (GLCSE) (Bhatti‐Sinclair & Sutcliffe, 2018); child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSA/E) (Kelly & Karsna, 2017); and associated with organised crime and offending networks (Senker et al., 2020; Skidmore et al., 2016). Societal expectations and reactions to CSE could potentially be blurred by such shifting terminology and therefore lead to a differing operational response from law enforcement teams, such as the comparison between organised offending networks and lone offenders.…”

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“…The night-time economy was reported to enable the perpetrator in leading a double life and having access to victims that might be lacking in appropriate guardianship. Good practice was discussed in relation to community-based projects targeting mosques and the night-time economy to further prevent and disrupt offending (Bhatti-Sinclair & Sutcliffe, 2018).…”

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“…Further analysis revealed that there are few effective (specifically national) centralised systems for initial identification, flagging, mapping, monitoring and tracking perpetration through the CJS and thus the true scale of the MOONEY problem remains hidden (Berelowitz et al, 2012;Bhatti-Sinclair & Sutcliffe, 2018;CEOP, 2011CEOP, , 2013. Studies report;…”

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“…Nonetheless, the OCC (2012) inquiry into gangs and groups detailed that it was mostly male perpetrators against female victims. Despite data inconsistencies, studies have reported that where offending takes place in groups or gangs, there is typically only loose connections, mostly via friends or relatives, often involved in criminality, and associated with ethnic homogeneity (Bhatti-Sinclair & Sutcliffe, 2018;CEOP, 2013;Cockbain & Wortley, 2015;Rafiq & Adil, 2017;Senker et al, 2020). Therefore, contradicting Skidmore et al's (2016) association between group perpetration and 'organised crime'.…”

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A systematic review of the United Kingdom's contact child sexual exploitation perpetrator literature: Pointing a way forward for future research and practice

Mooney

2021

Journal Invest Psychology

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Until recently, empirical evidence exploring Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) has been scarce, particularly in relation to contact exploitation, where the convicted perpetrator seeks direct physical (offline) contact as opposed to solely targeting the victim online. This article presents a systematic review of the UK's contact CSE perpetrator literature, searching from 2009 to the present day to ensure that studies encompass the categorisations detailed within the CSE statutory definitions. Twenty‐three research articles were appraised using a Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). A narrative synthesis approach was used to synthesise the findings from qualitative and mixed methods studies identifying four significant analytical themes including (a) barriers to examining a complex phenomenon, (b) recognising the contact CSE perpetrator, (c) understanding the contact CSE perpetrator and (d) responding to the contact CSE perpetrator. This review synthesises evidence in a singular study, ideal for policy‐makers and stakeholders to provide a more comprehensive safeguarding response, guide future research directions, and provide suggestions for law enforcement disruption strategies within the United Kingdom. Recommendations for policy, practice, procedure and training include improving the recording of data, re‐categorising CSE as CSA, targeting harmful sexual behaviour and group offending, and designing evidenced based perpetrator treatment programmes. Future research centring on the perpetrator's adverse experiences and the strategies used to instigate sexual contact could advance understanding of how these crimes could be prevented.

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A systematic review of the United Kingdom's contact child sexual exploitation perpetrator literature: Pointing a way forward for future research and practice

Mooney

2021

Journal Invest Psychology

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“…70 Worryingly, some academics (including the author of a book on ‘anti-racist practice in social work’) have since uncritically cited Quilliam’s drivel and even made a similarly dubious attempt to assess (dis)proportionality in CSE offending based on ‘Muslim names’ in media reports. 71 This point further demonstrates that poor quality, partisan ‘research’ also has the capacity to influence and shape scholarly debate – a development that should alarm researchers.…”

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Failing victims, fuelling hate: challenging the harms of the ‘Muslim grooming gangs’ narrative

Cockbain¹,

Tufail²

2020

Race & Class

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‘Muslim grooming gangs’ have become a defining feature of media, political and public debate around child sexual exploitation in the UK. The dominant narrative that has emerged to explain a series of horrific cases is misleading, sensationalist and has in itself promoted a number of harms. This article examines how racist framings of ‘Muslim grooming gangs’ exist not only in extremist, far-right fringes but in mainstream, liberal discourses too. The involvement of supposedly feminist and liberal actors and the promotion of pseudoscientific ‘research’ have lent a veneer of legitimacy to essentialist, Orientalist stereotypes of Muslim men, the demonisation of whole communities and demands for collective responsibility. These developments are situated in the broader socio-political context, including the far Right’s weaponisation of women’s rights, the ‘Islamophobia industry’ and a long history of racialising crime. We propose alternative ways of understanding and responding to child sexual exploitation/abuse. We contend that genuinely anti-racist feminist approaches can help in centring victims/survivors and their needs and in tackling serious sexual violence without demonising entire communities.

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Child sexual exploitation (CSE) networks: reassembling structure and activity

Dixon

2024

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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Group Localised Child Sexual Exploitation: Identifying Those Who Have Been Prosecuted

Cited by 3 publications

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A systematic review of the United Kingdom's contact child sexual exploitation perpetrator literature: Pointing a way forward for future research and practice

A systematic review of the United Kingdom's contact child sexual exploitation perpetrator literature: Pointing a way forward for future research and practice

Failing victims, fuelling hate: challenging the harms of the ‘Muslim grooming gangs’ narrative

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) networks: reassembling structure and activity

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