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13 July 2018 1
The Children’s Society
@ChildSocPol@lucycapron
The scale of child criminal
exploitation
Vulnerabilities and risk factors
Resources and good practice
Recommendations for change and
future work
The scale of child criminal
exploitation through ‘county
lines’
Vulnerabilities and risk factors
Resources and good practice
Recommendations for change and
future work
Child Criminal Exploitation occurs where an individual or group takes
advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce,
control, manipulate or deceive a child or young
person under the age of 18 into any criminal
activity (a) in exchange for something the victim
needs or wants, and/or (b) for the financial or
other advantage of the perpetrator or facilitator
and/or (c) through violence or the threat of
violence. The victim may have been criminally
exploited even if the activity appears consensual.
Child Criminal Exploitation does not always
involve physical contact; it can also occur through
the use of technology.
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The exploitation of children
“although the exploitation of children continues to be reported, the true scale of abuse remains an intelligence gap in many parts of the county”
NCA report ‘County Lines Violence, Exploitation and Drug Supply 2017’
The scale of child criminal
exploitation through ‘county
lines’
Vulnerabilities and risk factors
Resources and good practice
Recommendations for change and
future work
Missing
CSE services
Youth offending
Pupil Referral
units
International trafficking
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The Children’s Society services
• STRIDE service in London
• Disrupting Exploitation Service in London, Greater Manchester and West Midlands
• Missing and outreach services
• International trafficking services
• Sexual exploitation services
The scale of child criminal
exploitation through ‘county
lines’
Vulnerabilities and risk factors
Resources, tools and good practice
Recommendations for change and
future work
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What does good practice look like?
Information sharing arrangements between the police,
local authorities and voluntary sector
Ensure all children who go missing receive a Return
Home Interview and information/intelligence is shared
with the police
Multi-agency risk panel, rather than siloed vulnerabilities
e.g. CSE, trafficking, criminal exploitation
Mapping of risks and young people, and disrupting plans
for young people (and networks) at risk
All staff in the local authority and police force recognising
these children as victims and referring them to the
National Referral Mechanism – any other professionals
report to police and children’s services. Clear lines of
responsibilities are critical.
Child Abduction Warning
Notices and Modern
Slavery Risk Orders
Gang injunctions
Restriction Orders on telephones
National Referral
Mechanism
Toolkits
The scale of child criminal
exploitation through ‘county
lines’
Vulnerabilities and risk factors
Resources, tools and good practice
Recommendations for change and
future work
Thank you
Lucy Capron
12th July 2018
@lucycapron
@ChildSocPol
www.childrenssociety.org.uk
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