Citation

Brookings C. Sex. Transm. Infect. 2013; 89(1): 4.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/sextrans-2012-050940

PMID

23293214

Abstract

Gang culture and gang-related crime have been areas of government focus over recent years, with the main interest on knife and gun crime.1 Recently, growing numbers of high-profile media cases of sexual violence and sexual exploitation, linked to gangs, has lead to a 2-year inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Gangs and Groups (CSEGG),2 conducted under the powers of the Children's Commissioner in the Children Act 2004. A session at the BASHH Doctors in Training (June 2012) reviewed anonymous clinical cases submitted to the CSEGG phase 1 call for evidence. It was only after attending the training day that I became aware and understood the extent and complexity of the gang-related sexual violence and exploitation faced by young people (YP) presenting to sexual health services....

Language: en