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Support for children with lived experience of modern slavery

26 April 2024

Guest Post by Dr Anna Skeels, Research Fellow, SPARK, Cardiff University Child modern slavery is complex, often hidden, an extreme violation of children’s protection and their rights.  Modern slavery is […]

Children at risk of criminalisation – why don’t we tell them?

Children at risk of criminalisation – why don’t we tell them?

11 January 2024

Guest post by Dr Kathy Hampson In England and Wales, children can be prosecuted for their actions from the age of 10 (called becoming ‘criminally responsible’). There are other issues […]

Hidden Harms: Understanding Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse

5 May 2023

Guest post by Bethan Pell   Recent media headlines have drawn attention to child to parent violence yet there is a lack of understanding as to how it should be […]

Giving evidence in parliament

Giving evidence in parliament

13 March 2023

On the 1st of March, Nina Maxwell participated in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Child Criminal Exploitation & Knife Crime discussing the Victims Bill alongside Iryna Pona (Policy and Research […]

What are the service outcomes for criminally exploited children?

24 February 2023

We have launched a new research project to examine the referral routes, service approaches, interventions and education, health, social care and offending outcomes for criminally exploited children in two local […]

I’m trying to save my family: Parent experiences of child criminal exploitation by Nina Maxwell

17 February 2023

Maxwell, N. (2022). I’m trying to save my family: Parent experiences of child criminal exploitation. Youth Justice. This paper presents interview findings from parents with lived experience of parenting a […]