Safeguarding Children from Exploitation - SOCI9840

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This module is not currently running in 2025 to 2026.

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Compulsory to the following courses: None Optional to the following courses: None Also available as an elective module: None Available as a standalone module

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Indicative reading

The University is committed to ensuring that core reading materials are in accessible electronic format in line with the Kent Inclusive Practices. The most up to date reading list for each module can be found on the university's reading list pages. Cockbain, E., 2013. Grooming and the 'Asian sex gang predator': the construction of a racial crime threat. Race & Class, 54(4), pp.22-32. Department for Education (2017) Child Sexual Exploitation: Definitions and Guide for Practitioners https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-sexual-exploitation-definition-and-guide-for-practitioners Firmin, C. (2020)., Contextual safeguarding and child protection: re-writing the rules. London: Taylor & Francis Group. Hallett, S., 2017. Making sense of child sexual exploitation: exchange, abuse and young people. Policy Press. Harding, S., 2020. County lines: Exploitation and drug dealing among urban street gangs. Policy Press. Jago, S., et al. (2011). What's Going on to Safeguard Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation? how Local Partnerships Respond to Child Sexual Exploitation. Luton: University of Bedfordshire. Kelly, L. and Karsna, K. (2017). Measuring the Scale and Changing Nature of Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation. Scoping Report. Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, London Metropolitan University. Marshall, H., 2022. Young Men’s Perspectives on Child Criminal Exploitation and Their Involvement in County Lines Drug Dealing: An Intersectional Analysis. In Contemporary Intersectional Criminology in the UK (pp. 87-101). Bristol University Press. McAlinden, A.M., 2014. Deconstructing victim and offender identites in discourses on child sexual abuse: Hierarchies, blame and the good/evil dialectic. British Journal of Criminology, 54(2), pp.180-198. Melrose, M. and Pearce, J. eds., (2013) Critical perspectives on child sexual exploitation and related trafficking, Springer. O'Brien, M., 2017. Criminalising Peacekeepers: Modernising National Approaches to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Springer. OCC (2015) Protecting children from harm: A critical assessment of child sexual abuse in the family network in England and priorities for action. London: Office of the Children’s Commissioner. Wroe, L.E., 2021. Young people and "county lines": a contextual and social account. Journal of Children's Services.

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  1. ECTS credits are recognised throughout the EU and allow you to transfer credit easily from one university to another.
  2. The named convenor is the convenor for the current academic session.
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