Children and young people may be vulnerable to abuse or exploitation from within their family and from individuals they come across in their day-to-day lives. These threats can take a variety of different forms, including:
- sexual abuse,
- physical and emotional abuse
- neglect
- exploitation by criminals
- trafficking
- online abuse
- influences of extremism
Children who are exploited are often vulnerable because of chaotic or traumatic experiences in their lives, making them targets for perpetrators, gangs and networks.