Twenty-first century party people: young people and sexual exploitation in the new millennium
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Melrose, MargaretAffiliation
University of BedfordshireIssue Date
2013-05
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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.Citation
Melrose, M. (2013) 'Twenty-First Century Party People: Young People and Sexual Exploitation in the New Millennium'. Child Abuse Review 22 (3):155Publisher
WileyJournal
Child Abuse ReviewDOI
10.1002/car.2238Additional Links
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/car.2238http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/car.2238/full
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0952-9136ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/car.2238