Breaking the wall of silence Practitioners' responses to trafficked children and young people

Publishers National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children Document authors Hynes Patricia, Pearce Jenny J, Bovarnik Silvie Zones UK Type Report / Study / Data Date of publication 2009 Document main thematic Child Protection/ Related Topic Document thematics Child Trafficking Total pages 206 External link

The research was conducted by researchers at the University of Bedfordshire and the NSPCC, jointly managed by the University of Bedfordshire and the NSPCC, and principally funded through The Children’s Charity. The proposal for the research met relevant ethical requirements and approval. A team of four researchers worked over a two-year period in three sites in the UK to:
• review international and UK literature on trafficking;
• conduct focus groups and interviews with a total of 72 practitioners from a range of children’s services selected as the most experienced in working with cases of trafficked children and young people; and
• analyse 37 cases of children and young people: 27 who had been trafficked into the UK from abroad for various forms of exploitation; and 10 UK citizens who were trafficked within the UK for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
The research project was supported by a multidisciplinary advisory group and an independent academic consultant. The research is a qualitative project. It is not an overview of how many or why children are trafficked. It is an assessment of the complexities and problems faced by practitioners who are working with the cases.