Most CSE services are targeted towards young women rather than young men and there is limited knowledge about gender and its importance in understanding and responding to CSE. This study highlights differences in how girls and boys come to be referred to Barnardo's CSE services.
Policy and practice context
In recent years, CSE has increasingly been recognised as a serious child protection and crime prevention concern and its profile has increased in the media. Police and local authorities have been heavily criticised for failing to identify and respond adequately to CSE and demands have been growing nationally, and internationally, for improved responses to CSE (for examples see Appleton, 2014 and the home affairs select committee, 2013).
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