- Dates: September 24-27, 2023
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Advancements in Child Protection Administrative Data and Solutions for Tackling Child Exploitation and Abuse
Understanding the prevalence and nature of Child Abuse
Learning on definitions, typologies and improving data quality for measuring Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) and other forms of child abuse and neglect
Advancements in measuring the magnitude of CSEA and other forms of child abuse and neglect
Administrative data insights into the scale and nature of CSEA and other forms of child abuse and neglect
Law enforcement data challenges
Advancements in policing research and practice for responding to and preventing child abuse and neglect
Approaches to handling big administrative data on cybercrimes (including innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning approaches).
Linked data approaches between administrative datasets and multiple child protection system actors
Advancements in data and learning to tackle online violence against children
Research and practice highlighting the online-offline continuum of CSEA and other forms of child abuse and neglect
Evidence on the prevalence, nature and drivers of online harms against children
Research and practice contributing to understanding what works to prevent online harms against children
Collaborative working models and promising practice
Multi-agency model approaches to administrative data coordination and use (CACs, ICACs, Barnahaus, Women and Child Protection Units, one-stop centers, etc)
Evaluation and practice examples of collaborative working models for responding to and preventing the continuum of online and offline harms to children
Examples of research to practice and practice to research models for building better capabilities, systems and data partnerships
Response, practice and prevention efforts
Monitoring and evaluation and contributing to ‘What Works’ for preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect
Learning in child helplines/hotlines development, integration in child protection systems and analysis of data
Hospital and hospital-based child advocacy centre/children’s services data, big data and predictive policing
Case studies, best and promising practice