NSPCC learning: Disclosing child sexual abuse: children and young people's experiences

A central recommendation from the Independent Inquiry for Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA, 2022)1 was the introduction of a mandatory reporting duty in England and Wales for disclosures of child sexual abuse.

To help understand the potential implications of this proposal, we commissioned researchers from the University of Bedfordshire to review the evidence on:

• the barriers to disclosure children and young people face
• the motivators and facilitators that help them to disclose sexual abuse

• their experiences following disclosure.

The evidence review focuses on 43 papers and reports from international research with children and young people about their experiences or views on disclosing sexual abuse.

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