Driving systems change: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’s Violence Reduction Network

This series of resources focuses on key issues and debates in the field of child exploitation and extra-familial harm, drawn from a series of expert interviews carried out by Ellie Mendez-Sayers, Research in Practice associate.

Through the discussions with researchers and practitioners, who come from a range of fields and have different areas of expertise, we hope to highlight some of the complexities of child exploitation and extra-familial harm, and to contribute to an understanding of the different perspectives that exist.

For some topics, there was a high level of agreement; in others, more differences were apparent. We have tried to ensure that these differences in perspective have been clearly attributed.

We are very grateful to the interviewees, all of whom were extremely generous with their time and expertise.