Child Sexual Exploitation: Boys and Young Men

1 Boys & young men at risk of CSE

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Masculine Vs Feminine
CAR PLANT

ANIMAL
EMOTION ITEM OF CLOTHING

Gender Dilemmas
Boys and young men can struggle to communicate effectively about their emotions. There is a general tendency for boys to act out when in emotional distress. While girls are seen as having problems boys may be seen as being a problem.
Clutton. S, Coles. J (2007) Sexual Exploitation Risk Assessment Framework: A Pilot Study, Barnardos: Cardiff)

Boys and Young Men

Gender ratio between boys and girls being sexually exploited were 60% girls 40% boys (Out of sight, out of mind study, undertaken in 2005).
Between 2006 2013 the Seraf Service has worked with 149 girls and 8 boys. 2012/13 the Seraf Service received 178 SERAF risk assessments from professionals 161 were girls and 17 were boys. April Oct 2013 132 referrals 120 girls and 12 boys.

Boys and Young Men

In 2009/10 the Police in England and Wales recorded:
802 offences of rape of a male child under 16 (4,899 of a female child under 16) 1,058 offences of sexual assault on a male child under 13 (4,160 of a female child under 13)

In: Crime in England and Wales 2009/2010; findings from the British Crime survey and Police recorded crime(PDF) 3rd. Ed. London: National Statistics

The barriers to working with boys:

In your groups discuss the difficulties involved in identifying and working with boys.

How to engage with Boys and Young Men

Be appropriately honest. Build a relationship before starting work. Set out clear boundaries (confidentiality). Think professionalbe personal. Use appropriate resources. Consider the setting. Give them the power and control.
( provided by BLAST service, 2012)

Routes into sexual exploitation

Previous abuse Survival/desperation Addictions Self exploration Peer recruitment (direct/ indirect)

14 year old boy abused through sexual exploitation

Do you think I just woke up one day and thought Ill be a rent boy today? Thousands of things have happened to get me here mum leaving, no one at home, hanging around the pub waiting for dad, blokes trying to touch us up, seeing boys do tricks and getting cash and fags. If you want to change me, youre probably going to have to do thousands of things too, to balance it out.
No Son of Mine Barnardos 2001

Seraf Contact Details

Cardiff Office Nicola Abraham (Senior Service Practitioner) Rachael Phillips (Service Practitioner) 46 Marlborough Road Roath Cardiff CF23 5BX Telephone: 029 2049 1743 Email: emma.james@barnardos.org.uk hannah.denman@barnardos.org.uk Web: www.barnardos.org.uk/serafservice

Thank you