Characteristics of CSE

a child or vulnerable adult from the threat posed by traffickers or help them navigate the harm which they have experienced.252 As a result of this, there was a call for better training and clearer guidance for professionals to identify victims, with the additional encouragement of professional curiosity amongst police officers, lawyers and the judiciary.253 The issues highlighted in the review are reproduced in Figure 8 on the following page.254

Figure 8: Chart reproduced from Bristow & Lomas’ 2020 report on statutory defence255