Report on police response to group-based CSE highlights inconsistent definitions and victim-blaming language

28th December 2023Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

The latest report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services into the police response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales has found that inconsistent definitions are fuelling a lack of understanding of the scale of the issue, with some officers still engaging in victim-blaming language, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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Report on police response to group-based CSE highlights inconsistent definitions and victim-blaming language

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