Discovering a Predictive Mechanism to Identify Risk and Harm in Extra-Familial Child Exploitation: Time to Reconsider the Multi-agency Child Exploitation (MACE) Response?

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This paper examines the multi-agency identification of risk and harm in extra-familial child exploitation (CE). It explores several data prediction methods to effectively target and prevent harm. It provides a taxonomy analysis of repeat victimisation and cumulative victim harm. It also examines the relationship between age and harm and, finally, the conditional probability of repeat victimisation in exploited children. Research Question Are the most harmed exploited children referred to Mult...

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Authors: Wilson, AV; Mueller-Johnson, K

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Article number: 3
• Publication date: 2024-03-02
• Acceptance date: 2024-01-29
• DOI: 10.1007/s41887-024-00095-8
• EISSN: 2520-1336
• ISSN: 2520-1344
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child exploitation; MACE; Harm; Predictive; Risk