Our book, published by Barnardo’s in their highly respected What Works for Children series aims to synthesis the best available evidence to support the work of practitioners in the fleld of child sexual exploitation. It includes chapters covering the main approaches to combatting CSE that have been developed by specialist services over the last two decades, including awareness raising in schools, outreach and community based prevention strategies as well as direct support and therapeutic work with abused young people and their parents and carers.