RT Article
T1 Assisting Economically Marginalized and Vulnerable Youth and Minimizing Opportunities for Exploitation by Adult Criminal Groups
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 52
IS 3
SP 349
OP 363
A1 Arnull, Elaine
A2 Goss, Melissa
A2 Heimer, Karen
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1917860013
AB This paper examines the exploitation of marginalized children and youth at risk of violent victimization and sexual exploitation by networks of adult criminals. Using the UK as an example, we consider various public inquiries that identified serious failings in UK criminal justice, social care, public health, and educational systems. These reports said that children and youth had been exploited by networks of adult criminals over time. They also described a sense of defeatism and lack of agency among the criminal justice and social service agencies to address the social, criminal, and public health problems associated with this form of child and youth exploitation. We discuss research that illuminates this issue and suggest some avenues for building trust between victims/survivors, community members, criminal justice agencies, and social services.
K1 Partnerships
K1 sexual exploitation of children
K1 economic exploitation of children
K1 sexual exploitation of youth
K1 economic exploitation of youth
DO 10.1177/00938548241310436