Research published by the Inquiry

‘What can be learnt from other jurisdictions about preventing and responding to child sexual abuse’^[1]

• Summarises the latest evidence on how jurisdictions outside England and Wales prevent, identify and respond to child sexual abuse.

• Examines 88 pieces of existing research.

‘The impacts of child sexual abuse’^[2]

• Considers the multiple effects of child sexual abuse on victims and survivors.

• Examines 205 pieces of existing research.

‘Child sexual abuse within the Catholic and Anglican Churches’^[3]

• Considers the nature and scale of child sexual abuse within the two churches, and what factors may have contributed to the sexual abuse taking place.

• Examines 160 pieces of existing research.

The internet and child sexual abuse: ‘Behaviour and characteristics of perpetrators of online-facilitated child sexual abuse and exploitation’,^[4] ‘Characteristics and vulnerabilities of victims of online facilitated child sexual abuse and exploitation’,^[5] and ‘Quantifying online facilitated child sexual abuse’^[6]

• Explores the behaviours and characteristics of perpetrators online, the vulnerabilities and characteristics of victims online, and the nature and scale of online child sexual abuse.

• Collectively examines 323 pieces of existing research.

‘Deflection, denial and disbelief: social and political discourses about child sexual abuse and their influence on institutional responses’^[7]

• Considers how discourses from the 1940s to the present have shaped society’s understanding of child sexual abuse, child protection practices and institutional responses.

• Examines 340 pieces of existing research.

‘Child sexual abuse in custodial institutions’^[8]

• Considers the scale of child sexual abuse within the youth secure estate and institutional responses to this sexual abuse.

• Examines 237 pieces of existing research.