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Carlene Firmin MBE Head of the MsUnderstood Partnership MRC 2014 - Not to be reproduced without consent of author Data and Research Case file example Emerging evidence from case file analysis Building a response not to be reproduced without consent of the author One in three girls’ experienced sexual violence from a partner (Barter 2009) Two thirds (65.9%) of contact sexual abuse experienced by children up to age-17 was perpetrated by someone under-18 (Radford et al 2011) ¼ Barnardo’s service users was sexually exploited by their peers (2011) 29% of perpetrators of sexual exploitation in gangs or other groups under-19 (OCC, 2012) Most frequently identified in Pan-London survey (2014) not to be reproduced without consent of the author If you make an enemy of him you make an enemy of all of them Sometimes the people that you chill with want you to do certain things that you don’t want to do, but you have to do it because you’re part of that crew, you’re part of it ‘I’ll tell the nurses and like my counsellor about the domestic violence and that, but I won’t tell them about the rest of it, cos they can tell other people and they won’t understand, they’ll think oh she deserved it, she’s a criminal’ not to be reproduced without consent of the author People want to be seen as like the alpha male, like the rude boy, the bad boy. They’ll be scared of him, they want to be the biggest, the best’ ‘Imagine if you got a couple of them in the crew that they’re virgins. Yeah? It’s a big thing, the first time you have sex with a girl, and someone laid it on for you. Do you know what I mean? And that gives him stripes, man, he’s now somebody. Do you know what I mean? He’s even more than whatever he was then, he’s more now. ‘Cause he can get you sex’ not to be reproduced without consent of the author It depends what the girl is. If she’s a slag, she ain’t equal. Boys just treat her like shit and that’s the only thing. Don’t get your name around if you’re not ready to get violated” (Participant F2, 15 year old young man) “I’ve done it to kids before, I’ve been saying ‘go in there, what’s up with him, here’s a girl’, you know what I’m saying, ‘I’m finished so you can go in’ and he’s like ‘I’ll go in there in a minute’ and then you notice ‘em , like you can see in their eyes that they don’t want to go in ... when I first like beat15 a girl and that, I got like not peer pressure but it was like, that was, that was how I ever lost mine innit like” (Participant N2, 16 year old young man) Not to be reproduced without consent of author Lara and John • Lara is sexually harassed in school by John • John is gang-associated and Lara has seen him sexually and physically assault others • After six months John rapes Lara • Following the rape John continues to ask Lara to engage in sexual activity • Other boys in school approach Lara for sex • Four months later John takes a group of friends to Lara’s house and they bang on the door demanding sexual activity 2014 - Not to be reproduced without consent of author Society Neighbourhood School Peer Group Home Child not to be reproduced without consent of the author Age and gender specific Peer group association Interplay between individuals and environments (relocation) Survival and dependence Social models of consent and culpability not to be reproduced without consent of the author 2014 - Not to be reproduced without consent of author CSE DA SHB SYV/Gangs Government Home Office Home Office ? Home Office Local MA MASE CSE-Subgroup LSCB MARAC Safer Communities ? / SHB group Multi-agency gangs group Assessment CSE DASH AIM Matrix Services CSE services Sex Offender Treatment IDVA, Refuge DV Perpetrators SHB services Local gangs projects Policing CAIT / Sexual Offences DV Team / Homicide CAIT Gang Injunctions Plus: Asset, Onset, CAF, Child Protection Procedures... Plus: Risk and Vulnerability panels, youth crime disorder panels, missing children and young people …. 2014 - Not to be reproduced without consent of author Society Neighbourhood School Roles and group dynamics in each of these spaces LOOK FOR THE BROKEN LINES Peer Group Home Child MSU 2014 - Not to be reproduced without author's consent Consent/MACR Consent/Power Consent/Agency not to be reproduced without consent of the author Vulnerable adolescents vs. Vulnerable children Risk outside the home vs. Risk within the home Abuse by young people vs. Abuse by adults Unsafe social spaces vs. Unsafe individuals not to be reproduced without consent of the author Carlene Firmin MBE +44 (0)207 250 3933 [email protected] www.msunderstood.org.uk not to be reproduced without consent of the author