Sexual assault

Background The growth of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) is causing increasing concern within and outside law-enforcement. One of the consequences of the global reach of the internet...

The Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research have completed a two-year study which focused on understanding the impact of serious organised crime in local communities and how this threat is tackled locally.

The criminal justice response to ‘sexting’ – defined by the National Police Chiefs’ Council as the sending and receiving by children and young people of ‘youth produced sexual imagery’ –...