Psychological Vulnerabilities and Protective Factors Influencing Child Crim

22 October 2024

Child Criminal Exploitation is a form of child abuse where children can be manipulated, coerced, or forced to commit crimes. Criminal exploitation is associated with a range of harms to children, and this research aims to identify vulnerabilities that make some children more at risk compared to others.
If you 18-30 years of age, please consider completing my questionnaires. You do not need to have experienced exploitation as a child; all experiences are helpful.

Requirements

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Keywords

• University of Central Lancashire
• child exploitation
• Child Abuse
• child attachment
• criminal
• Criminal Psychology
• Victim
• child criminal exploitation
• CCE
• protective factors
• vulnerable groups
• county lines

Ethical approval

The Science Ethics Review Panel at the University of Central Lancashire granted ethical approval for this study on the 27th of August 2024.

About the researcher

Dr Carol Ireland, Associate Professor (Reader) in Aggression, Consultant Forensic Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, School of Psychology and Humanities, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Daniel Kilgallon, PhD Student Investigator, Research Assistant, Doctoral Teaching Associate, School of Psychology and Humanities, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Dr Michael Lewis, Course Director MSc Applied Forensic Psychology, School of Psychology and Humanities, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

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