Making sense of child sexual exploitation : exchange, abuse and young people / Sophie Hallett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallett, Sophie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child sexual abuse.

Physical Description:

vii, 168 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is now high on the social care agenda, but what is it? How it is different from other forms of child sexual abuse? This important book puts forward the rarely heard voices of children and young people who have experienced CSE and the professionals who have worked with them to answer these questions. Taking a critical perspective, Hallett also addresses the possibility that further problems might arise from the framing of 'child sexual exploitation', which can have serious implications for the ways that society responds to CSE and to the children and young people caught up in it. Central to the discussion are themes such as youth, childhood, care and power, making for an important sociological contribution to this under-reached field. The book challenges the dominant way of thinking about CSE and, with new and valuable practice and policy relevant insights, is also essential reading for those workings or training to work with children and young people. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 From 'child prostitution' to 'child sexual exploitation': an overview 11

2 Vulnerabilities 35

3 Risk 55

4 Exchange and abuse 83

5 Responses, recognition and reciprocity 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1447333586

9781447333586

9781447333609

1447333608

OCLC:

953054073