This unique session will explore the contexts, threats and response from law enforcement in relation to online child sexual abuse – both nationally and strategically, and through a more local lens.
Speakers: Cath Cox, Fiona Gray (Cumbria Police)
| Ticket Type | Price | Cart |
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| Student - Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Online: AoCPP and CSA Centre learning week - Thursday 16th November | £20.00 | |
| Members - Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Online: AoCPP and CSA Centre learning week - Thursday 16th November | £30.00 | |
| Non Members - Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Online: AoCPP and CSA Centre learning week - Thursday 16th November | £35.00 |
Detective Inspector Catherine Cox is staff officer for the National Police Chief’s Council Child Protection and Abuse Investigations Working Group, led by Deputy Chief Constable Ian Critchley. The group covers all aspects of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation across policing. Catherine has been a police officer for 12 years and in the last decade has worked as a detective, primarily in roles protecting vulnerable people, such as: domestic abuse, child protection, sexual offences and public protection. She has worked on high profile child protection matters such as Alfie Evans, with national organisations on improving safeguarding policy, improving our approach to child protection in organised crime and managing child protection and sexual offences teams in Liverpool. Catherine is really passionate about her job and the opportunity to help improve outcomes for vulnerable children.
Detective Inspector Fiona Gray manages Cumbria Constabulary’s Cyber and Digital Crime Unit, which encompasses the Online Child Abuse Investigation Team, Cyber Dependent Crime Team, Digital Media Investigators and Digital Forensics Unit. She has a background in CID, Public Protection and Safeguarding.
I think Child Abuse Review has gone from strength to strength and is of a consistently high standard. We have held numerous events that have been inspiring and enabling, such as the most recent Congresses and the Trainer's conference and award ceremony, the seminars to disseminate lessons from Serious Case Reviews. As resources get ever tighter, professionals have fewer and fewer opportunities to come together to exchange ideas and to learn together. We move more and more into silos because of work pressures. This is not the way to keep children safe. Association of Child Protection Professionals is needed to bring people concerned about child protection together to learn, to think, to shape policy and practice and to disseminate research. No-one else does this.
