DIsrupting Child Exploitation: The DICE project

Background

Child sexual exploitation is an insidious social problem which impacts the most vulnerable children and young people in Australia.

Aim

The DICE project (DIsrupting Child Exploitation) aims to develop a multiagency response which pivots the focus of intervention to the sexual exploitation predators who target vulnerable young people in statutory care.

Significance

Previous interventions have prioritised protecting (and controlling) young people, with limited success. Through a trauma-informed approach which supports young people, combined with disruptive police strategies targeting perpetrators and co-ordinated multiagency working, it is anticipated that there will be measurable changes to the protection of vulnerable young people.

Funding Body

Australian Research Council (Project ID: LP200300530)

Funding Budget

$637,834.00