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Shaw, J and Greenhow, SK (2019) Children in Care: Exploitation, Offending and the Denial of Victimhood in a Prosecution-led Culture of Practice. British Journal of Social Work, 50 (5). pp. 1551-1569. ISSN 0045-3102
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Abstract
The following article reports upon recent research, which explored the perceptions of professionals of the issues that affect the sexual and criminal exploitation of children in care, along with a discussion of the effectiveness of current responses to these issues and the challenges that professionals face. The study utilised focus groups and semi-structured interviews to gain the perspectives of thirty-six participants from across a range of agencies involved in children’s social work and youth justice from an area in the north-west of England. The findings echoed previous research by suggesting that for a number of reasons connected to their ‘looked-after’ status and deficiencies within the care system, children are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Although attempts are being made to develop co-ordinated responses to safeguarding, there is still a long way to go in terms of focusing on vulnerability instead of aprosecution-led approach when offending occurs as a result of exploitation. It is argued how in order to ensure that good, innovative practice becomes ‘standard’ practice; further legislation is required in tandem with a greater degree of education surrounding exploitation and the dynamics inherent in these offences
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| Additional Information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The version of record 'Julie Shaw, Sarah Greenhow, Children in Care: Exploitation, Offending and the Denial of Victimhood in a Prosecution-led Culture of Practice, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 50, Issue 5, July 2020, Pages 1551–1569' is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz137 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1607 Social Work, 1608 Sociology, 1701 Psychology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Divisions: | Justice Studies (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
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| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2020 15:31 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2021 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1093/bjsw/bcz137 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14178 |
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