Safeguarding Young People: Responding to young people aged 11 to 17 who are maltreated

Child protection research has paid relatively little attention to adolescents – often tending to treat all children and young people between the ages of 0 and 17 as a homogeneous group. An international review undertaken a decade ago (Rees & Stein, 1999) found very little research on child protection issues with a specific focus on older young people.

The current study was intended to fill this research gap. The Safeguarding Young People research study was a three-and-a-half year project undertaken in partnership by The Children’s Society, NSPCC and the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York with funding from the Big Lottery Research Grants Programme.