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Young people, their families and friends are being urged to ‘Spot the Signs’ of child criminal exploitation in a new campaign being launched today (11/11) by Wiltshire Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner.The focus on education aims to help stem the instances of child exploitation in our communities and the serious violence often associated with this type of exploitation, including knife crime and gang culture. The campaign aims to educate young people and those close to them on how to spot that exploitation may be taking over a young person’s life by using a targeted social media campaign aimed at both young people and adults, educational visits to schools and real-life case studies from young people who have managed to break the cycle. Child criminal exploitation is where criminals use children to commit offences for them in exchange for cash and gifts – these can be actual but also online ‘gifts’ like virtual money in online gaming communities. The young person is then often manipulated and pressured into doing things like stealing or carrying drugs or weapons in return.
Spot the signs. Stop the crime. Unexplained money or gifts, such as new trainers, clothing or phones Significant decline in school attendance and/or performance Changes in mood and behaviour, such as becoming more surly, aggressive or angry Increasing amounts of time spent on social media, particularly talking to ‘friends’ they haven’t met or you don’t know Relationships with older people Possession of a second mobile phone from which they are receiving a high volume of calls or need to leave urgently after receiving a text/call. Read more here. | ||||
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