The current scoping review provides a comprehensive examination of law enforcement’s role, understanding and practices regarding the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). The need for a multi-level and multi-agency approach is highlighted.
The various cultural and societal barriers, lack of trust in law enforcement, and traditional views about their role in prevention point to the need for law enforcement to work more with communities, to demonstrate commitments to preventing CSEA, and for different approaches to upskilling law enforcement based on evidence of CSEA crimes and promoting attitude changes on social taboos and gender biases.
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