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These figures not only highlight the scale & diversity of online child sexual abuse.

They also reinforce the urgent need to equip professionals with the knowledge, tools & resources required to recognise harm, support children & intervene effectively.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #CSACentre

The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) has published their new report: "Scale and nature of child sexual abuse: Review of evidence".

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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #safeguarding #CSACentre

The CSA Centre (Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse) have released a new report on the 2023/24 trends in official data. Using the free downloadable infographics, I made this poster for our staff.

Full report can be found here: www.csacentre.org.uk/research-res...

#CSACentre #Safeguarding

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5.1% experience sexual extortion, where someone threatens to share intimate material unless a child provides money or participates in further sexual activity.

#DRAGON #DRAGONSpotter #DRAGONShield #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #safeguarding #CSACentre

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4.0% experience the non-consensual creation, sharing or exposure to sexual images or videos, including deepfake material & unwanted exposure to pornography.

#DRAGON #DRAGONSpotter #DRAGONShield #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #safeguarding #CSACentre

Communicating Safeguarding data to front line ambulance crews is a constant challenge with so much information and distressing content. The CSA Centre recently released the 'Data Insights Hub' to make finding the data more accessible. Below is a poster I made for our crews
#CSACentre #Safeguarding

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7.3% experience online sexual exploitation involving sexual conversations, images or other sexual activity in exchange for payment.

#DRAGON #DRAGONSpotter #DRAGONShield #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #safeguarding #CSACentre

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The estimated prevalence of online solicitation is substantially higher among girls (17.2%) than boys (9.8%).

#DRAGON #DRAGONSpotter #DRAGONShield #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #safeguarding #CSACentre

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This report brings together findings from the Office for National Statistics’ Crime Survey for England & Wales as well as international research to provide a detailed overview of the prevalence of child sexual abuse.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #safeguarding #CSACentre

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Of particular relevance to DRAGON are the report’s global lifetime prevalence estimates for online abuse:

11.5% of children experience online solicitation, including grooming, harassment, unwanted sexual conversations & pressure to share images or engage in sexting.

#DRAGON #CSACentre

viz. that shielding statutory services rather than safeguarding children has been, and remains, the priority of UK Governments (est 500,000 pa children suffer some form of CSA in E+W - CSACentre ??). Below are some of vacuous arguments against MR (of known and *suspected* CSA) /3

@piersmorgan.bsky.social you were asking tonight @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about % of white men comiting sexual abuse.

Whites make up 83% of the population in England and Wales but 88% of the child sexual abuse cases.

Source: CSACentre

People don't talk about it: reflections two years on @csacentre http://www.csacentre.org.uk/resources/blog/people-dont-talk-about-it-reflections-two-years-on/