A serious case review (SCR) into large-scale child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Newcastle found that restricting the liberty of children is failing in one of its key objectives, to prevent perpetrators making contact with victims.
The SCR was launched in the wake of Operation Sanctuary which was launched by Northumbria Police in January 2014 with a wave of arrests, following allegations of abuse made in December 2013.
Currently councils can place children who have been victims, or are at risk of CSE, in secure settings, to save them from perpetrators and to offer them therapeutic support. But the serious case review details that the use of secure settings for victims was failng to prevent abusers making contact with children.
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