Communication is the key to stopping ‘self-generated’ child sexual abuse material, says a report that focuses on girls aged between 11 and 13 years old. It was commissioned by the Home Office and carried out by experts at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), using data from the Histon-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Research from ARU’s Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER) shows that two-way communication, as well as careful monitoring, is the most effective way to prepare girls to handle online requests for indecent images. The research draws on survey results that were conducted …
