St. Mary’s Centre 10th Annual Conference 2012 Sexual Exploitation: Protecting the vulnerable

Event Date: 24th February 2012

Location: Manchester

Two day conference – 23 & 24 February 2012

The conference will be addressing a number of issues, including looking at the extent of the problem; prosecuting sexual exploitation cases; protecting young children – child trafficking/exploitation and sexual exploitation among the elderly.

There will be a number of workshops and master classes, including court room skills and surviving cross-examination; successful approaches to tackling sexual exploitation; the challenges of working with children and young people and the latest forensic examination techniques.

It is aimed at, amongst others, social care providers, the police, healthcare professionals, forensic clinicians, counsellors, the legal profession and the third sector.

Speakers include:

Tim Loughton, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
Nazir Afzal, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Greater Manchester
Dr. George Fernie, President of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM)
Mary Newton, Former Senior Scientist, Forensic Science Service
Dr. Bernadette Butler, Associate Specialist / Sexual Offences Examiner, The Haven, Camberwell

For further information please visit – www.stmaryscentre.org