Publications

Report examining the patterns of child exploitation within the county of the East Midlands and comparing the characteristics of perpetrators of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE). 

Report on the impact that the Modern Slavery PEC has had since its foundation in 2019.

Analysis of policy and data on reconsideration requests for negative decisions from the National Referral Mechanism 

Practical guidance notes exploring how to undertake modern slavery research with ethical considerations in place. 

Report examining the role of financial investigations in strengthening prosecutions for offences under the Modern Slavery Act.

Seeing beyond the negative: An examination of key variables in the different reasons for the decisions not to formally recognise people as survivors of modern slavery.

Evidence Review: assessing the nature and scale of modern slavery risk in the construction sector, with focus on the housebuilding subsector.

Policy report on the creation of a standalone Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) criminal offence in England and Wales by the Crime and Policing Bill 2025.

Research on how definitions impact on the UK’s response to child trafficking.