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Twenty-first century party people: young people and sexual exploitation in the new millennium

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Abstract

This article reviews existing evidence and debates in relation to young people and sexual exploitation in the light of new empirical evidence generated through primary research. This research explored the types of sexual exploitation that practitioners had worked with in the preceding year and Local Safeguarding Children Boards’ responses to young people's sexual exploitation. The findings indicate that there may be several models of sexual exploitation operating simultaneously in any particular area, and the article therefore suggests that the discourse on young people's sexual exploitation that has dominated policy and practice for more than a decade in the UK requires reconsideration to account for the complex forms of sexual exploitation young people experience in the 21st century. The paper suggests that, in order to provide young people with the most appropriate support, practice responses need to be developed from the concrete conditions in which young people are subject to sexual exploitation, rather than applying abstract ‘models’ that fail to capture the lived experience of the young people concerned.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 155-168

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Child Abuse Review (Volume 22, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/05/2013

Publication status

Published - 01/05/2013

ISSN

0952-9136

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/594568
  • Scopus: 84879411357

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