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Five myths about child
sexual exploitation
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Between 2014 and 2015,
police recorded 47,008
sexual offences against
children in the UK in
2014/15, the highest
number of recorded sexual
offences in the last decade.

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Myth #1
Child sexual exploitation
only happens to children
in care
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Approx.70% of victims of child sexual
exploitations live at home.
However, looked-after children account
for a disproportionate number of
victims and can be particularly
vulnerable.

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Myth #2
Child sexual exploitation
only happens to girls
and young women
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Boys and young men are also targeted
but may be less likely to disclose
offences or seek support.
• Sexual assault on a male child under 13 - 2,252; sexual
assault on a female child under 13 - 5,893.
• Rape of a male child under 16 – 606; rape of a female
child under 16 - 4,241.
• Rape of a male child under 13 - 1,268; rape of a female
child under 13 - 3,274.
NSPCC How safe are our children? (2016)

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Myth #3
Child sexual exploitation
is only perpetrated by
men
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The Children's Commissioner's study
found that 72% of abusers were male,
10% of abusers were female. In 18%
of cases gender wasn't disclosed.

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Where women or girls have been
identified as perpetrators, their role
was primarily, though not exclusively,
to procure victims. They have tended
to be young, had histories of being
sexually exploited themselves and of
abusing others in tandem with the
group or gang that had previously
sexually exploited them.

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Myth #4
Child sexual exploitation
is adults abusing
children
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Evidence indicated by the Children's
Commissioner's study found that that
the age range of abusers was from 12
to 75 years.
Young people are sometimes used to
‘recruit’ others and technology can play
a significant role.

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Myth #5
Child sexual exploitation
only happens in large
towns and cities
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Evidence shows that CSE can and
does happen in all parts of the country.
Young people can also be transported
between towns, cities, and villages for
the purpose of being sexually
exploited, known as trafficking within
the UK (an offence punishable by up to
14 years imprisonment).

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Preventing child sexual
exploitation through
education and training
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• Educating children and young people about healthy
relationships, sexual consent and online risks.
• Raising awareness away from the stereotypes by
teaching how to identifying, monitor and protect young
people particularly vulnerable to exploitation regardless
of ethnicity, gender, faith and sexual orientation.
• Eradicating the culture of denial by openly discussing
and understanding the nature and risks of sexual
exploitation among agencies, practitioners, children,
parents, local government and the public.
• Increasing online safety awareness and implementing
educational strategies across agencies.

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