Profiling peer-on-peer abuse

Carlene Firmin
,
David Hancock
,
Sandeep Broca
,
Manish Umaria
,
Gareth Sloane
,
Sepia Golding

Institute of Applied Social Research (IASR)

Research Output: Book/Report Commissioned report Peer-review

Open access

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Abstract

Since 2013 the MsUnderstood Partnership (MSU), led by the University of Bedfordshire, has been working with local areas across England to develop responses to peer-on-peer abuse which are: a) Contextual: Engage with the families, peer groups, schools and public, neighbourhood spaces associated to peer-on-peer abuse b) Holistic: Recognise the intersecting dynamics of peer-on-peer sexual exploitation, serious youth violence, harmful sexual behaviour and teenage relationship abuse which are often subject to siloed definitions and responses Informed by a contextual audit, MSU delivered support plans with 11 participating local safeguarding children’s boards, comprising six sites. Each site received a different package of support designed to build on the strengths identified during their audit process. One site was a cluster of six London boroughs – Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Hackney, and Islington – referred to as the North London (NL) Cluster. In the NL Cluster one area of activity focused upon building profiling capacity through the delivery of a support package to analysts. This briefing has been co-produced by the University of Bedfordshire with analysts who participated in the support programme. It aims to share lessons learnt from the process with other

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Book/Report Commissioned report Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

Published - 16/07/2016

Publication status

Published - 16/07/2016

Publisher

Contextual Safeguarding Network

External Publication IDs

handle.net: 10547/624995

Access to documents

Briefing-6-profiling.pdf

Accepted author manuscript, 640.69 KB

License:CC BY-NC-ND