Child Criminal Exploitation: Recognising the Signs

Child criminal exploitation is an increasingly urgent safeguarding challenge across Australia. Children and young people are recruited, groomed, and controlled through personal relationships, financial incentives, and online platforms—while adults and services often only see the resulting behavior.

Join internationally recognized UK criminologist Craig Pinkney in Adelaide for an essential, 3-hour professional development seminar examining child criminal exploitation, online recruitment, and serious youth violence.3 Hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with a formal Certificate of Attendance.

• International Keynote: UK Criminologist & CEO of SOLVE, Craig Pinkney.
• Lived Experience Insights: First-hand accounts of child recruitment and early warning signs missed by adults.
• Local Perspective: Presentation by David Chikwuba, CEO of Mentoring, Coaching & Counselling.
• Fully Cated Event: Included with your ticket

• The Mechanics of Exploitation: How child criminal exploitation presents and why it is frequently misidentified as deliberate offending.
• Online Grooming & Digital Spaces: How social media, gaming, and messaging platforms are utilized for recruitment.
• Contextual Safeguarding in Practice: Practical frameworks for early identification and intervention.
• International Insights: Strategic approaches developed across the UK and Europe adapted for South Australian practitioners.

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